OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ecological Processes is 4. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Current and near-term advances in Earth observation for ecological applications	102
Changes in soil biochemical properties following replacement of Banj oak forest with Chir pine in Central Himalaya, India	73
Tropical dry forest dynamics in the context of climate change: syntheses of drivers, gaps, and management perspectives	70
Assessment of soil microbial and enzyme activity in the rhizosphere zone under different land use/cover of a semiarid region, India	56
Effect of land use, season, and soil depth on soil microbial biomass carbon of Eastern Himalayas	53
Integrating morphological spatial pattern analysis and the minimal cumulative resistance model to optimize urban ecological networks: a case study in Shenzhen City, China	49
The impacts of land-use and land-cover change on wetland ecosystem service values in peri-urban and urban area of Bahir Dar City, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopia	43
Biomass and carbon stocks in mangrove ecosystems of Kerala, southwest coast of India	43
Spatial point-pattern analysis as a powerful tool in identifying pattern-process relationships in plant ecology: an updated review	40
A global view of regulatory ecosystem services: existed knowledge, trends, and research gaps	37
Impacts of land use/land cover and climate changes on soil erosion in Muga watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin (Abay), Ethiopia	36
Stand structure and species diversity regulate biomass carbon stock under major Central Himalayan forest types of India	33
Species Distribution Modelling performance and its implication for Sentinel-2-based prediction of invasive Prosopis juliflora in lower Awash River basin, Ethiopia	33
Pandemic spotlight on urban water quality	33
Spatiotemporal analysis of urban growth on forest and agricultural land using geospatial techniques and Shannon entropy method in the satellite town of Ethiopia, the western fringe of Addis Ababa city	29
An improved urban cellular automata model by using the trend-adjusted neighborhood	29
Mapping current and potential future distributions of the oak tree (Quercus aegilops) in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq	28
Changes in ecosystem service values strongly influenced by human activities in contrasting agro-ecological environments	27
Predictive distribution modeling of Swertia bimaculata in Darjeeling-Sikkim Eastern Himalaya using MaxEnt: current and future scenarios	26
Ecological connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes and the importance of scattered trees and small patches	25
Split nitrogen fertilizer application improved grain yield in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating antioxidant capacity and 13C photosynthate mobilization under water-saving irrigation c	23
Rural households’ livelihood vulnerability to climate variability and extremes: a livelihood zone-based approach in the Northeastern Highlands of Ethiopia	22
Modeling fire ignition probability and frequency using Hurdle models: a cross-regional study in Southern Europe	22
Heavy metal gradients from rural to urban lakes in central China	22
Distribution of organic carbon fractions in soil aggregates in Chinese fir plantations with different stand ages	22

Effect of grassland degradation on soil quality and soil biotic community in a semi-arid temperate steppe	22
Integrating structure and function: mapping the hierarchical spatial heterogeneity of urban landscapes	21
Aboveground carbon stock is related to land cover and woody species diversity in tropical ecosystems of Eastern Ethiopia	20
Large-diameter trees dominate snag and surface biomass following reintroduced fire	20
Vegetation and ecosystem carbon recovery following shifting cultivation in Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rainforest eco-region, Southern Asia	20
The identification of wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots: Citizen science reveals spatial and temporal patterns	20
The impact of tropical land-use change on downstream riverine and estuarine water properties and biogeochemical cycles: a review	20
Effect of forest fire on soil microbial biomass and enzymatic activity in oak and pine forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India	19
Seasonality and moisture regime control soil respiration, enzyme activities, and soil microbial biomass carbon in a semi-arid forest of Delhi, India	19
Heat and drought impact on carbon exchange in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests	18
Assessing farmers' contribution to greenhouse gas emission and the impact of adopting climate-smart agriculture on mitigation	18
The spatiotemporal changes of marshland and the driving forces in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China from 1980 to 2016	17
Enhanced carbon acquisition and use efficiency alleviate microbial carbon relative to nitrogen limitation under soil acidification	17
A review of jellyfish aggregations, focusing on India’s coastal waters	17
Responses of soil microbial communities to freeze–thaw cycles in a Chinese temperate forest	17
Effects of stand density on soil respiration and labile organic carbon in different aged Larix principis-rupprechtii plantations	16
Evaluation of the WEAP model in simulating subbasin hydrology in the Central Rift Valley basin, Ethiopia	16
Biology and resource acquisition of mistletoes, and the defense responses of host plants	16
Multi-temporal analysis of past and future land cover change in the highly urbanized state of Selangor, Malaysia	16
Trends in species distribution modelling in context of rare and endemic plants: a systematic review	16
Ecological succession of benthic organisms on niche-type artificial reefs	15
Environmental filtering and spatial processes equally contributed to macroinvertebrate metacommunity dynamics in the highly urbanized river networks in Shenzhen, South China	15
Runoff and soil loss responses of cultivated land managed with graded soil bunds of different ages in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia	15
Influence of urban air pollution on the population in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: a spatial approach	15
Multi-scale habitat selection and impacts of climate change on the distribution of four sympatric meso-carnivores using random forest algorithm	15
The influence of grazing and cultivation on runoff, soil erosion, and soil nutrient export in the central highlands of Ethiopia	14
Habitat heterogeneity influences avian feeding guild composition in urban landscapes: evidence from Bhubaneswar, India	14
Assessing the bird guild patterns in heterogeneous land use types around Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India	14
Modelling the potential risk zone of Lantana camara invasion and response to climate change in eastern India	14
Water resilience mapping of Chennai, India using analytical hierarchy process	13
Effects of fire history on animal communities: a systematic review	13
Evidence that cultural food practices of Adi women in Arunachal Pradesh, India, improve social-ecological resilience: insights for Sustainable Development Goals	13
The impacts of altitude and seed pretreatments on seedling emergence of Syrian juniper (Juniperus drupacea (Labill.) Ant. et Kotschy)	13
Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA	12
Radial variations in xylem sap flux in a temperate red pine plantation forest	12
Can vegetation index track the interannual variation in gross primary production of temperate deciduous forests?	12
Using machine learning to predict habitat suitability of sloth bears at multiple spatial scales	12
The importance of large-diameter trees to the creation of snag and deadwood biomass	11
Effects of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) and nitrogen (N) supply on N uptake and utilization of indica and japonica cultivars (Oryza sativa L.)	11
Seasonal dynamics of iron and phosphorus in reservoir sediments in Eucalyptus plantation region	11
Changing climate patterns risk the spread of Varroa destructor infestation of African honey bees in Tanzania	11
Elevated atmospheric CO2 impact on carbon and nitrogen transformations and microbial community in replicated wetland	10
A global meta-analysis of woody plant responses to elevated CO2: implications on biomass, growth, leaf N content, photosynthesis and water relations	10
Soil carbon stock and emission: estimates from three land-use systems in Ghana	10
Effects of different forms of nitrogen addition on microbial extracellular enzyme activity in temperate grassland soil	10
Pollinator-mediated self-pollination and reproductive assurance in an isolated tree of Magnolia grandiflora L.	10
Uncovering current pyroregions in Italy using wildfire metrics	10
Soil and water conservation practice effects on soil physicochemical properties and crop yield in Ethiopia: review and synthesis	9
Long-term changes in the plant ecology of an African savanna landscape and the implications for ecosystem theory and conservation management	9
Species richness, phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic structure patterns of exotic and native plants along an elevational gradient in the Himalaya	9

Increased microbial sequestration of soil organic carbon under nitrogen deposition over China’s terrestrial ecosystems	9
Ecological niche modelling of a critically endangered species Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari using bioclimatic and non-bioclimatic variables	9
Consistency in bird community assembly over medium-term along rural-urban gradients in Argentina	9
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Tree species diversity predicts aboveground carbon storage through functional diversity and functional dominance in the dry evergreen Afromontane forest of Hararghe highland, Southe	9
Environmental and landscape influences on the spatial and temporal distribution of a cattle herd in a South Texas rangeland	9
Effects of geoclimatic factors on the variability in Pinus pinea cone, seed, and seedling traits in Turkey native habitats	9
Influence of land cover features on avian community and potential conservation priority areas for biodiversity at a Ramsar site in India	8
Aggregate-related microbial communities and nutrient stoichiometry under different croplands	8
Hydrological alteration and biodiversity change along the river network caused by anthropogenic activities and climate variability	8
Landscape structure and suitable habitat analysis for effective restoration planning in semi-arid mountain forests	8
Nitrogen addition mediates the response of foliar stoichiometry to phosphorus addition: a meta-analysis	8
Increasing loss of mature boreal forests around protected areas with red-listed forest species	8
Estimating landscape structure effects on pollination for management of agricultural landscapes	8
Effects of topographic variability and forest attributes on fine-scale soil fertility in late-secondary succession of Atlantic Forest	7
Nitrogen addition reduced carbon mineralization of aggregates in forest soils but enhanced in paddy soils in South China	7
Ecological implications of twentieth century reforestation programs for the urban forests of São Paulo, Brazil: a study based on litterfall and nutrient cycling	7
A traceability analysis system for model evaluation on land carbon dynamics: design and applications	7
Does landscape context affect pollination-related functional diversity and richness of understory flowers in forest fragments of Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil?	7
The effect of dolomite amendment on soil organic carbon mineralization is determined by the dolomite size	7
Soil biotic and abiotic conditions negate invasive species performance in native habitat	7
Nitrogen use efficiency of terrestrial plants in China: geographic patterns, evolution, and determinants	7
Remediation mechanism of “double-resistant” bacteria—Sedum alfredii Hance on Pb- and Cd-contaminated soil	7
Neocosmopolitan distributions of invertebrate aquatic invasive species due to euryhaline geographic history and human-mediated dispersal: Ponto-Caspian versus other geographic origins	7
Aquatic community structure and stream habitat in a karst agricultural landscape	7
Effects of floods on macroinvertebrate communities in the Zarin Gol River of northern Iran: implications for water quality monitoring and biological assessment	7
Rapid assessment checklist for green roof ecosystem services in Bangkok, Thailand	7
Relationship between species richness, taxonomic distinctness, functional diversity, and local contribution to β diversity and effects of habitat disturbance in the riparian spider community of the Ga	7
Improving the knowledge of plant potential biodiversity-ecosystem services links using maps at the regional level in Southern Patagonia	6
Congruent responses of vascular plant and ant communities to pastoral land-use abandonment in mountain areas throughout different biogeographic regions	6
Remote Sensing approach to evaluate anthropogenic influences on Forest Cover of Palamau Tiger Reserve, Eastern India	6
Warming and elevated nitrogen deposition accelerate the invasion process of Solidago canadensis L.	6
Assessing effectiveness of nature-based solution with big earth data: 60 years mangrove plantation program in Bangladesh coast	6
Multiple scenario simulation and optimization of an urban green infrastructure network based on complex network theory: a case study in Harbin City, China	6
Mowing weakens the positive effects of nitrogen deposition on fundamental ecosystem service of grassland	6
Cascading effect of source limitation on the granivore-mediated seed dispersal of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) in secondary forest ecosystems	6
Comparison of soil chemical and microbial properties in monoculture larch and mixed plantations in a temperate forest ecosystem in Northeast China	6
Epidemiological factors of septoria tritici blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum) in the highlands of Wollo, Ethiopia	6
Impact of human disturbances on soil cyanobacteria diversity and distribution in suburban arid area of Marrakesh, Morocco	6
Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service	6
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Lichens reveal the quality of indoor air in Selangor, Malaysia	5
Staying alive on an active volcano: 80 years population dynamics of Cytisus aeolicus (Fabaceae) from Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)	5
Large-diameter trees and deadwood correspond with belowground ectomycorrhizal fungal richness	5
Nitrogen uptake strategies of mature conifers in Northeastern China, illustrated by the 15N natural abundance method	5
Understanding stakeholder preferences for managing red foxes in different situations	5
Predicting invasion potential of Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby under the changing climate in Africa	5
Recovery of bird communities following the construction of a large-scale hydroelectric dam	5
Country-level land carbon sink and its causing components by the middle of the twenty-first century	5
Climate change-driven shifts in plant–soil feedbacks: a meta-analysis	5
Image analysis of Moroccan carob seeds (Ceratonia siliqua L.) revealed substantial intraspecific variations depending on climate and geographic origin	5
Effect of shifting cultivation and fallow on soil quality index in Mokokchung district, Nagaland, India	5
Niche breadth and overlap of spotted deer and domestic cattle with swamp deer in tropical region of Nepal	4
The effects of stump size and within-gap position on sprout non-structural carbohydrates concentrations and regeneration in forest gaps vary among species with different shade tolerances	4
Wildfire yields a distinct turnover of the beetle community in a semi-natural pine forest in northern Sweden	4
N2O emission and its influencing factors in subtropical streams, China	4
Ecological and floristic study of Hirmi woodland vegetation in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia	4
Effects of sulfuric, nitric, and mixed acid rain on the decomposition of fine root litter in Southern China	4
Spatial distribution of above ground carbon density in Harana Forest, Ethiopia	4
Divergent responses of plant biomass and diversity to short-term nitrogen and phosphorus addition in three types of steppe in Inner Mongolia, China	4
Local habitat characteristics determine butterfly diversity and community structure in a threatened Kihansi gorge forest, Southern Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania	4
Complex effects of different types of acid rain on root growth of Quercus acutissima and Cunninghamia lanceolata saplings	4
Spatial and temporal dynamics of growth of woody plant species (birch and willows) on the foreland of a retreating glacier in southern Iceland	4
Camera traps reveal the natural corridors used by mammalian species in eastern Mexico	4
Sustainable land management interventions lead to carbon sequestration in plant biomass and soil in a mixed crop-livestock system: the case of Geda watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia	4
Quantifying the impacts of spatiotemporal land use and land cover changes on soil loss across agroecologies and slope categories using GIS and RUSLE model in Zoa watershed, southwest Ethiopia	4
Vertical distribution patterns and drivers of soil bacterial communities across the continuous permafrost region of northeastern China	4
Comparing leaf area index estimates in a Mediterranean forest using field measurements, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-2 data	4
A review of landscape ecology experiments to understand ecological processes	4
The effects of biodiversity gradient on plant mass and metabolism of individual submerged macrophytes	4
Variations in soil properties and native woody plant species abundance under Prosopis juliflora invasion in Afar grazing lands, Ethiopia	4
Urbanization, economic development, and environmental changes in transitional economies in the global south: a case of Yangon	4
Morphological characterization and habitat suitability modeling of the goat population of Benin under climate change scenarios	4
Ecological niche shifts affect the potential invasive risk of Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae) in China	4