OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Camera trap distance sampling for terrestrial mammal population monitoring: lessons learnt from aUKcase study	64
Countrywide classification of permanent grassland habitats at high spatial resolution	51
A satellite perspective on the movement decisions of African elephants in relation to nomadic pastoralists	47
Real‐time insect tracking and monitoring with computer vision and deep learning	41
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Camera traps enable the estimation of herbaceous aboveground net primary production (ANPP) in an African savanna at high temporal resolution	34
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Fine‐scale landscape phenology revealed through time‐lapse imagery: implications for conservation and management of an endangered migratory herbivore	25
Camera traps with white flash are a minimally invasive method for long‐term bat monitoring	25
Automated visitor and wildlife monitoring with camera traps and machine learning	23
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Long‐term analysis of persistence and size of swallow and martin roosts in the US Great Lakes	21
Structure‐from‐motion photogrammetry demonstrates that fine‐scale seascape heterogeneity is essential in shaping mesophotic fish assemblages	20
Assessing the accuracy of georeferenced landcover data derived from oblique imagery using machine learning	19
Coherence of recurring fires and land use change in South America	18
Passive acoustic surveys reveal interactions between frugivorous birds and fruiting trees on a large forest dynamics plot	18
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Time‐series remote sensing of rice paddy expansion in the Yellow River Delta: Towards sustainable ecological conservation in the context of water scarcity	17
Using satellite data to assess spatial drivers of bird diversity	17
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How can Sentinel‐2 contribute to seagrass mapping in shallow, turbid Baltic Sea waters?	16
Using water‐landing, fixed‐wing UAVs and computer vision to assess seabird nutrient subsidy effects on sharks and rays	16
High‐intensity bird migration along Alpine valleys calls for protective measures against anthropogenically induced avian mortality	16

Efficacy of machine learning image classification for automated occupancy‐based monitoring	15
Approaching a population‐level assessment of body size in pinnipeds using drones, an early warning of environmental degradation	15
BatNet: a deep learning‐based tool for automated bat species identification from camera trap images	15
Earth observation for ecosystem accounting: spatially explicit national seagrass extent and carbon stock in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar	15
Mapping tree cover expansion in Montana, U.S.A. rangelands using high‐resolution historical aerial imagery	14
Deep learning‐based training data augmentation combined with post‐classification improves the classification accuracy for dominant and scattered invasive forest tree species	14
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Treegraph: tree architecture from terrestrial laser scanning point clouds	13
Using multiplatform LiDAR to identify relationships between vegetation structure and the abundance and diversity of woodland reptiles and amphibians	12
LiDAR and multispectral imagery predict the occurrence of tree cavities suitable for a cavity‐nesting duck	12
Interpolating missing land cover data using stochastic spatial random forests for improved change detection	12
Effects of different management measures on soil conservation and the influence of environmental conditions: a case study involving UAV remote sensing on the Loess Plateau	12
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Detecting overmature forests with airborne laser scanning (ALS)	11
Assessing experimental silvicultural treatments enhancing structural complexity in a central European forest – BEAST time‐series analysis based on Sentinel‐1 and Sentinel‐2	11
Mapping the long‐term influence of river discharge on coastal ocean chlorophyll‐a	10
Recurring bleaching events disrupt the spatial properties of coral reef benthic communities across scales	10
Monitoring shallow coral reef exposure to environmental stressors using satellite earth observation: the reef environmental stress exposure toolbox (RESET)	10
Invasion in the Niger Delta: remote sensing of mangrove conversion to invasive Nypa fruticans from 2015 to 2020	10
Early spectral dynamics are indicative of distinct growth patterns in post‐wildfire forests	10
Remote sensing of wildlife connectivity networks and priority locations for conservation in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT) in Tanzania	10
The development of an unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis of dual‐polarization weather surveillance radar observations to assess nocturnal insect abundance and diversity	9
Illuminating the Arctic: Unveiling seabird responses to artificial light during polar darkness through citizen science and remote sensing	9
Using drones to reduce human disturbance while monitoring breeding status of an endangered raptor	9
Wildfire severity and vegetation recovery drive post‐fire evapotranspiration in a southwestern pine‐oak forest, Arizona, USA	9
Capturing hedgerow structure and flowering abundance with UAV remote sensing	9
The development of a convolutional neural network for the automatic detection of Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus covey calls	9
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Remote monitoring of short‐term body mass variation in savanna ungulates	8
Long‐duration remote underwater videos reveal that grazing by fishes is highly variable through time and dominated by non‐indigenous species	8
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Combining satellite and field data reveals Congo's forest types structure, functioning and composition	8
Improving the efficiency and accuracy of evaluating aridland riparian habitat restoration using unmanned aerial vehicles	8
Forest edge structure from terrestrial laser scanning to explain bird biophony characteristics from acoustic indices	8
The secret acoustic world of leopards: A paired camera trap and bioacoustics survey facilitates the individual identification of leopards via their roars	8
Random encounter model is a reliable method for estimating population density of multiple species using camera traps	8
Detecting selective logging in tropical forests with optical satellite data: an experiment in Peru shows texture at 3 m gives the best results	7
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Widespread drought‐induced leaf shedding and legacy effects on productivity in European deciduous forests	7
Global monitoring of soil multifunctionality in drylands using satellite imagery and field data	7
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A systematic framework for continuous monitoring of land use and vegetation dynamics in multiple heterogeneous mine sites	7
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Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles to estimate availability and group size error for aerial surveys of coastal dolphins	6
Bioscatter transport by tropical cyclones: insights from 10 years in the Atlantic basin	6
Interannual variation of gross primary production detected from optimal convolutional neural network at multi‐timescale water stress	6
Estimating animal density using the Space‐to‐Event model and bootstrap resampling with motion‐triggered camera‐trap data	6
Using multiscale lidar to determine variation in canopy structure from African forest elephant trails	6
High‐resolution thermal imagery reveals how interactions between crown structure and genetics shape plant temperature	6

Automating sandhill crane counts from nocturnal thermal aerial imagery using deep learning	6
Both Landsat‐ and LiDAR‐derived measures predict forest bee response to large‐scale wildfire	6
HydroMoth: Testing a prototype low‐cost acoustic recorder for aquatic environments	6
Remote sensing of Antarctic polychaete reefs (Serpula narconensis): reproducible workflows for quantifying benthic structural complexity with action cameras, remotely operated vehicles and stru	6
Beyond tree cover: Characterizing southern China's forests using deep learning	5
Monitoring fin and blue whales in the lower St. Lawrence Seaway with onshore seismometers	5
21 000 birds in 4.5 h: efficient large‐scale seabird detection with machine learning	5
A convolutional neural network architecture designed for the automated survey of seabird colonies	5
Regional estimates of a range‐extending ecosystem engineer using stereo‐imagery from ROV transects collected with an efficient, spatially balanced design	5
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An automated procedure to determine construction year of roads in forested landscapes using a least‐cost path and a Before‐After Control‐Impact approach	5
Detecting forest canopy gaps using unoccupied aerial vehicle RGB imagery in a species‐rich subtropical forest	5
Accurate delineation of individual tree crowns in tropical forests from aerial RGB imagery using Mask R‐CNN	5
Passive acoustic monitoring reveals the role of habitat affinity in sensitivity of sub‐tropical East Asian bats to fragmentation	5
Using airborne lidar to characterize North European terrestrial high‐dark‐diversity habitats	5
Estimating beluga whale abundance from space: using drones to ground‐validate VHR satellite imagery	5
Improved fire severity mapping in the North American boreal forest using a hybrid composite method	5
Examining wildfire dynamics using ECOSTRESS data with machine learning approaches: the case of South‐Eastern Australia's black summer	4
Arboreal camera trapping: a reliable tool to monitor plant‐frugivore interactions in the trees on large scales	4
Mapping mangrove leaf area index (LAI) by combining remote sensing images with PROSAIL‐D and XGBoost methods	4
Time series enable the characterization of small‐scale vegetation dynamics that influence fine‐scale animal behavior – an example from white storks' foraging behavior	4
Trialling camera traps to determine occupancy and breeding in burrowing seabirds	4
Deep learning algorithm outperforms experienced human observer at detection of blue whale D‐calls: a double‐observer analysis	4
Three‐dimensional mapping reveals scale‐dependent dynamics in biogenic reef habitat structure	4
Walruses from space: walrus counts in simultaneous remotely piloted aircraft system versus very high‐resolution satellite imagery	4
Impacts of fire on canopy structure and its resilience depend on successional stage in Amazonian secondary forests	4
Land cover classification of treeline ecotones along a 1100 km latitudinal transect using spectral‐ and three‐dimensional information from UAV‐based aerial imagery	4
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Commercial drones can provide accurate and effective monitoring of the world's rarest primate	4
Regional matters: On the usefulness of regional land‐cover datasets in times of global change	4
Remotely sensed variables explain microhabitat selection and reveal buffering behaviours against warming in a climate‐sensitive bird species	4
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Grassland‐use intensity maps for Switzerland based on satellite time series: Challenges and opportunities for ecological applications	4
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Underwater robots provide similar fish biodiversity assessments as divers on coral reefs	4
Characterizing aboveground biomass and tree cover of regrowing forests in Brazil using multi‐source remote sensing data	4
Regional evaluation of satellite‐based methods for identifying end of vegetation growing season	3
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Spaceborne LiDAR for characterizing forest structure across scales in the European Alps	3
Predicting defoliator abundance and defoliation measurements using Landsat‐based condition scores	3
Impact of pile‐driving and offshore windfarm operational noise on fish chorusing	3
Airborne laser scanning reveals increased growth and complexity of boreal forest canopies across a network of ungulate exclosures in Norway	3
Capturing long‐tailed individual tree diversity using an airborne imaging and a multi‐temporal hierarchical model	3
Ray bioturbation rates suggest they shape estuary processes	3
Automatically drawing vegetation classification maps using digital time‐lapse cameras in alpine ecosystems	3
Geomorphological development of aquatic mesohabitats in shore channels along longitudinal training dams	3
Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning	3
Stronger conservation promotes mangrove biomass accumulation: Insights from spatially explicit assessments using UAV and Landsat data	3
Drone‐based thermal remote sensing provides an effective new tool for monitoring the abundance of roosting fruit bats	3
Shallow coastal water turbidity monitoring using Planet Dove satellites	2
Leveraging the next generation of spaceborne Earth observations for fuel monitoring and wildland fire management	2
Detecting gold mining impacts on insect biodiversity in a tropical mining frontier with SmallSat imagery	2
What shapes fire size and spread in African savannahs?	2
Aggregated time‐series features boost species‐specific differentiation of true and false positives in passive acoustic monitoring of bird assemblages	2
Amazonian manatee critical habitat revealed by artificial intelligence‐based passive acoustic techniques	2
Robust retrieval of forest canopy structural attributes using multi‐platform airborne LiDAR	2
Predicting resilience and stability of early second‐growth forests	2
Quantifying vegetation cover on coastal active dunes using nationwide aerial image analysis	2
The real potential of current passive satellite data to map aboveground biomass in tropical forests	2
Mapping terrestrial groundwater‐dependent ecosystems in arid Australia using Landsat‐8 time‐series data and singular value decomposition	2
Tree species diversity mapping from spaceborne optical images: The effects of spectral and spatial resolution	2
Quantifying nocturnal thrush migration using sensor data fusion between acoustics and vertical‐looking radar	2
Characterizing spatial variability in coastal wetland biomass across multiple scales using UAV and satellite imagery	2
A random encounter model for wildlife density estimation with vertically oriented camera traps	2
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Machine learning to detect marine animals in UAV imagery: effect of morphology, spacing, behaviour and habitat	2
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Challenges and solutions for automated avian recognition in aerial imagery	2
Mainstreaming remotely sensed ecosystem functioning in ecological niche models	2