OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Southern Forests 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Leaf-cutting ants in commercial forest plantations of Brazil: biological aspects and control methods	13
Mechanisms of drought response in Populus	7
Using crown characterisation variables as indicators of the vigour, competition and growth of Brazilian pine	6
Changing use of species and hybrids in South African forest plantations	6
Harnessing the potential of Precision Pest Management in plantation forests	6
Estimating above-ground biomass of individual trees with terrestrial laser scanner and 3D quantitative structure modelling	6
Fire and rust – the impact ofAustropuccinia psidii(myrtle rust) on regeneration of Myrtaceae in coastal heath following wildfire	6
Anatomical, physiological and allometric contrasts of the Cerrado treeDalbergia miscolobiumin full sun and shade environments	5
Mass trapping of Coryphodema tristis (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) using a sex pheromone in Eucalyptus nitens compartments in Mpumalanga, South Africa	5
Mixed-species plantations of Eucalyptus and Acacia mangium increase labile carbon and phosphorus levels in Ferralsol soils in the Cerrado biome, Brazil	5
Grasses as a refuge for Fusarium circinatum L. – evidence from South Africa	4
Developing a satellite-based frost risk model for the Southern African commercial forestry landscape	4
The effect of adjacent vegetation on fire severity in Afrotemperate forest along the southern Cape coast of South Africa	4
Current and potential threat of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) on eucalypts	4
Growth and modulus of elasticity of pine species and hybrids three years after planting in South Africa	3
Solid wood property variations in early-age Acacia plantation trees grown in southern Vietnam	3
Investigation of green-glued laminated timber from the Congo Basin: durability, mechanical strength and variability trends of the bondlines	3
Machine learning and regression models to predict multiple tree stem volumes for teak	3
Eucalypt susceptibility towards the invasive Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) in South Africa	3
Inter-annual growth response of three Miombo tree species to climatic effects	3
Impacts and trapping of ambrosia beetles Euwallacea fornicatus and E. similis in Acacia plantations in Vietnam	3
Fungal genomes enhance our understanding of the pathogens affecting trees cultivated in Southern Hemisphere plantations	3
Development and testing of volume models for Pinus nigra Arn., Fagus sylvatica L., and Quercus pubescens Willd.	3
Genetic diversity of improved genotypes of Tectona grandis in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil	3
Improving the forecasts of commercial timber volume in transition forest in the northern Brazilian Amazon	3

Assessing alternatives for growth and yield modelling in eucalypt stands	3
Carbon production from seasonal litterfall in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	3
The influence of manual and motor-manual pitting implements, pit size and quality on eucalypt performance, South Africa	2
Artificial neural networks and non-linear regression for quantifying the wood volume in Eucalyptus species	2
Wood volume estimation strategies for trees from a Dry Forest/Savannah transition area in Piauí, Brazil	2
Tracing the distribution of natural enemies of non-native invasive eucalypt insect pests in sub-Saharan Africa	2
Effect of thinning on growth and allometry of Eucalyptus diversicolor	2
Current status of technology-use for plantation re-establishment in South Africa	2
First assessment of the blue carbon storage of Rhizophora and Bruguiera mangrove stands on the island of Mauritius (western Indian Ocean)	2
Factors affecting eucalypt survival in South African plantation forestry	2
Assessing the utility of airborne laser scanning derived indicators for tropical forest management	2
An evaluation of the environmental behaviour, fate and risk of key pesticides used in South African forest plantations	2
Optimisation of micropropagation protocols for temperate eucalypt hybrids in South Africa, with a focus on auxin transport proteins	2
Debarking damage by alien Pallas’s squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus, in Argentina and its effects on tree growth	2
Impact of pine plantation establishment on soil properties and fungal communities of natural forests in Zimbabwe	2