OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Strengthening top-down strategies are also required for conservation of the Araucaria Forest	123
Considering counterfactual scenarios in conservation planning: Perspectives from a biodiverse mining area in the Atlantic Forest	46
To graze or not to graze: A core question for conservation and sustainable use of grassy ecosystems in Brazil	43
Avian assemblages associated with different grasslands managements in cattle production systems in the pampas of Argentina	42
Why is it so easy to undergo devegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado?	39
Implications of unreliable species identification methods for Neotropical deer conservation planning	36
Fire reduces taxonomic and functional diversity in Neotropical moist seasonally flooded forests	29
Conservation of forest cover in Mesoamerican biosphere reserves is associated with the increase of local non-farm occupation	23
A participatory approach to map strategic areas for conservation and restoration at a regional scale	22
Reducing negative economic and equity implications associated with conserving 30% of the planet by 2030	19
Genetics and community-based restoration can guide conservation of forest fragments for endangered primates	17
Deforestation projections imply range-wide population decline for critically endangered Bornean orangutan	15
Anthropogenic factors do not affect male or female jaguar habitat use in an Amazonian Sustainable Reserve	15
Thermal mismatch explains fungal disease dynamics in Brazilian frogs	14
Integrating connectivity in marine protected area design: A case study between the Philippines and Taiwan	13
A framework for identifying and integrating sociocultural and environmental elements of indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ landscape transformations	12
Declining representation of imperiled Atlantic Forest birds in community-science datasets	12
Indigenous lands and conservation units slow down non-GHG climate change in the Cerrado-Amazon ecotone	11
Olfactory repellents as perceptual traps for mesocarnivores immersed in livestock systems	11
Environmental heterogeneity and sampling relevance areas in an Atlantic forest endemism region	11
Climate and land-use changes coupled with low coverage of protected areas threaten palm species in South Brazilian grasslands	11
Making the most of existing data in conservation research	10
Human density, development, and roads are the main drivers of carnivore presence in urban areas	10
Beyond patch size: The impact of regional context and habitat quality on three endangered primates	10
Bird taxonomic and functional diversity in urban settlements within a forest biome vary with the landscape matrix	10

Beyond fear: a new paradigm to manage shark recovery in Brazilian marine protected areas	9
Challenges and perspectives for the Brazilian semi-arid coast under global environmental changes	9
Vegetation cover restricts habitat suitability predictions of endemic Brazilian Atlantic Forest birds	9
Mapping the way: identifying priority potential corridors for protected areas connectivity in Colombia	9
From silos to solutions: Navigating transdisciplinary conservation research for early career researchers	8
Birds in agroscapes: effects of forest cover and landscape heterogeneity on dryland bird diversity and composition	8
Passando a boiada: degazettement and downsizing threaten protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon	8
Climate influence on future suitability of high-altitude wetlands in two natural protected areas from the Central Andes of Argentina	8
Conservation biology: four decades of problem- and solution-based research	8
Contrasting nation-wide citizen science and expert collected data on hummingbird–plant interactions	8
Are invasive marmosets harmful to Atlantic Forest birds?	8
Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional responses of plant communities in different life-stages to forest cover loss	7
Brazil’s Belo Monte license renewal and the need to recognize the immense impacts of dams in Amazonia	7
Landscape composition regulates the spillover of beneficial insects between forest remnants and adjacent coffee plantations	7
Natural grassland remnants in dynamic agricultural landscapes: identifying drivers of fragmentation	7
Longitudinal changes on ecological diversity of Neotropical fish along a 1700 km river gradient show declines induced by dams	7
Phylogenetic structure and diversity among herpetofaunal communities along a successional gradient of a tropical dry forest in Mexico	6
Minimum costs to conserve 80% of the Brazilian Amazon	6
Identifying priority conservation areas for the Andean Condor in Colombia	6
Large herbivore-palm interactions modulate the spatial structure of seedling communities and productivity in Neotropical forests	6
Patterns of endemism in Amazonian floodplain birds	6
Determining the location of protected areas in France: Does “scientific interest” matter?	6
Habitat loss and distribution of the Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata): implications for its conservation in South American temperate grasslands	6
Maintenance of a scavenger ancient food web in insular remote areas	6
Is banning Persistent Organic Pollutants efficient? A quantitative and qualitative systematic review in bats	6
Does spring bring colors? Seasonal bird plumage color variation along urban-rural gradients	6
Network science: Applications for sustainable agroecosystems and food security	6