OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation is 9. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Using water‐landing, fixed‐wing UAVs and computer vision to assess seabird nutrient subsidy effects on sharks and rays	87
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Assessing the accuracy of georeferenced landcover data derived from oblique imagery using machine learning	52
Camera trap distance sampling for terrestrial mammal population monitoring: lessons learnt from aUKcase study	41
Woody cover and geology as regional‐scale determinants of semi‐arid savanna stability	40
Camera traps with white flash are a minimally invasive method for long‐term bat monitoring	38
Countrywide classification of permanent grassland habitats at high spatial resolution	36
Early spectral dynamics are indicative of distinct growth patterns in post‐wildfire forests	34
Quantifying nocturnal bird migration using acoustics: opportunities and challenges	32
Remote monitoring of short‐term body mass variation in savanna ungulates	31
Estimating beluga whale abundance from space: using drones to ground‐validate VHR satellite imagery	29
Using airborne lidar to characterize North European terrestrial high‐dark‐diversity habitats	27
Bridging the gap in deep seafloor management: Ultra fine‐scale ecological habitat characterization of large seascapes	27
Widespread drought‐induced leaf shedding and legacy effects on productivity in European deciduous forests	27
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Detecting forest canopy gaps using unoccupied aerial vehicle RGB imagery in a species‐rich subtropical forest	23
HydroMoth: Testing a prototype low‐cost acoustic recorder for aquatic environments	23
Improved fire severity mapping in the North American boreal forest using a hybrid composite method	23
Grassland‐use intensity maps for Switzerland based on satellite time series: Challenges and opportunities for ecological applications	22
Capturing long‐tailed individual tree diversity using an airborne imaging and a multi‐temporal hierarchical model	21
Trialling camera traps to determine occupancy and breeding in burrowing seabirds	21
Automatically drawing vegetation classification maps using digital time‐lapse cameras in alpine ecosystems	20
Underwater robots provide similar fish biodiversity assessments as divers on coral reefs	20
Mapping terrestrial groundwater‐dependent ecosystems in arid Australia using Landsat‐8 time‐series data and singular value decomposition	19
Quantifying nocturnal thrush migration using sensor data fusion between acoustics and vertical‐looking radar	19

Tree species diversity mapping from spaceborne optical images: The effects of spectral and spatial resolution	19
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Quantifying wetness variability in aapa mires with Sentinel‐2: towards improved monitoring of an EU priority habitat	17
Bidirectional drought‐related canopy dynamics across pantropical forests: a satellite‐based statistical analysis	16
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Remote sensing‐supported mapping of the activity of a subterranean landscape engineer across an afro‐alpine ecosystem	16
Using camera traps to estimate ungulate abundance: a comparison of mark–resight methods	16
Quantifying the causes and consequences of variation in satellite‐derived population indices: a case study of emperor penguins	16
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A new way to understand migration routes of oceanic squid (Ommastrephidae) from satellite data	14
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Landsat time series reveal forest loss and woody encroachment in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania	13
Camtrap DP: an open standard for the FAIR exchange and archiving of camera trap data	13
Radar and optical remote sensing for near real‐time assessments of cyclone impacts on coastal ecosystems	13
UAV data and deep learning: efficient tools to map ant mounds and their ecological impact	13
Mapping tree cover expansion in Montana, U.S.A. rangelands using high‐resolution historical aerial imagery	12
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Using spatiotemporal information in weather radar data to detect and track communal roosts	12
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Efficacy of machine learning image classification for automated occupancy‐based monitoring	11
Automated extraction of right whale morphometric data from drone aerial photographs	11
Using multiplatform LiDAR to identify relationships between vegetation structure and the abundance and diversity of woodland reptiles and amphibians	11
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Remotely sensing coral bleaching in the Red Sea	10
Wildfire severity and vegetation recovery drive post‐fire evapotranspiration in a southwestern pine‐oak forest, Arizona, USA	10
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Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles to estimate availability and group size error for aerial surveys of coastal dolphins	10
Towards edge processing of images from insect camera traps	10
Bioscatter transport by tropical cyclones: insights from 10 years in the Atlantic basin	10
Walruses from space: walrus counts in simultaneous remotely piloted aircraft system versus very high‐resolution satellite imagery	10
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How can Sentinel‐2 contribute to seagrass mapping in shallow, turbid Baltic Sea waters?	10
Random encounter model is a reliable method for estimating population density of multiple species using camera traps	9
Stronger conservation promotes mangrove biomass accumulation: Insights from spatially explicit assessments using UAV and Landsat data	9
Comparison of bird migration in a radar wind profiler and a dedicated bird radar	9
Deep learning detects invasive plant species across complex landscapes using Worldview‐2 and Planetscope satellite imagery	9
How to achieve accurate wildlife detection by using vehicle‐mounted mobile monitoring images and deep learning?	9
The secret acoustic world of leopards: A paired camera trap and bioacoustics survey facilitates the individual identification of leopards via their roars	9
Hareport hazard: Identifying hare activity patterns and increased mammal–aircraft strike risk at an International Airport	9
Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non‐forest ecosystems	9
Long‐duration remote underwater videos reveal that grazing by fishes is highly variable through time and dominated by non‐indigenous species	9
Beyond tree cover: Characterizing southern China's forests using deep learning	9
Amazonian manatee critical habitat revealed by artificial intelligence‐based passive acoustic techniques	9
StrucNet: a global network for automated vegetation structure monitoring	9