OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ornithological Applications is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Differential seasonal avoidance of anthropogenic features and woody vegetation by Lesser Prairie-Chickens	56
Breeding Sternula antillarum (Least Terns) disturbance distances and duration of escape behaviors: Pedestrians necessitate larger conservation buffers than do passing vehicles	38
Brood parasitism of Hooded Warblers by Brown-headed Cowbirds: Severe impact on individual nests but modest consequences for seasonal fecundity and conservation	36
Songbird annual productivity declines with increasing soil lead contamination around nests	21
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds	20
Birds of Rhode Island: Seasonal Distribution and Ecological History	16
Similar post-fledging behavior observed in wild and reintroduced juvenile Bonelli’s Eagle in two Mediterranean islands	15
Land cover, elevation, and precipitation predict distribution and hotspots of three bird species of concern in boreal Alaska	14
Fine-scale forest structure, not management regime, drives occupancy of a declining songbird, the Olive-sided Flycatcher, in the core of its range	13
Thomas E. Lovejoy III, 1941–2021	12
A Wing and A Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds	10
Climate change is predicted to reduce sympatry among North American wood-warblers	9
Beach recreationists perceive a lack of knowledge about shorebirds’ needs as a constraint to walking around shorebird flocks	9
Historical racial redlining and contemporary patterns of income inequality negatively affect birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles, California	9
Empirical and simulation data reveal a lack of avoidance of wind turbines by Gyps fulvus (Griffon Vulture)	9
2024 AOS Early Professional Awards to Sheela P. Turbek, Jessie L. Williamson, and Gavin M. Jones	9
The Breeding Birds of Minnesota: History, ecology, and conservation	9
Corrigendum to: Predation, parasitism, and drought counteract the benefits of patch-burn grazing for the reproductive success of grassland songbirds	8
Prevalence and diversity of malaria parasites (genus Plasmodium) in the imperiled Saltmarsh Sparrow are greater at northern sites	8
Natal forest fragment size does not predict fledgling, pre-migration or apparent annual survival in Wood Thrushes	7
Urbanization and temperature interactively shape laying dates, food abundance and diet, but have a limited impact on fledging success of Hirundo rustica (Barn swallow)	7
Turkey Vulture survival is reduced in areas of greater road density	7
Causes of nest failure vary with water depth, nesting substrate, and adverse weather in the endangered wetland-breeding Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus (Everglade Snail Kite)	7
Bird–building collisions increase with weather conditions that favor nocturnal migration and with inclement and changing weather	7
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2023 Ornithological Applications, volume 125	6

Shrub cover and height determine the density of Vireo atricapilla (Black-capped Vireo) at two national wildlife refuges	6
Low Kirtland’s Warbler fledgling survival in Wisconsin plantations relative to Michigan plantations	6
Future sea-level rise in northwest Mexico is projected to decrease the distribution and habitat quality of the endangered Calidris canutus roselaari (Red Knot)	6
Alaska’s climate sensitive Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta supports seven million Arctic-breeding shorebirds, including the majority of six North American populations	6
Preferred nesting habitat of the slow-breeding Superb Lyrebird is rare and was disproportionately impacted by Australia’s “Black Summer” megafires (2019–2020) within a World Heritage Area	6
Spatial and temporal population genomics of Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo)	6
Wetter and more forested nonbreeding areas result in later departures but a faster spring migration in Vermivora chrysoptera (Golden-winged Warbler)	6
Secondary Amazon rainforest partially recovers tree cavities suitable for nesting birds in 18–34 years	5
Reintroduced Oriental Stork survival differed by mitochondrial DNA haplotype	5
Avian botulism is a primary, year-round threat to adult survival in the endangered Hawaiian Duck on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, USA	5
Controlling trapping, overgrazing and invasive vegetation is key to saving Java’s last population of the Black-winged Myna	5
The spatiotemporal properties of artificial feeding schemes influence the post-fledging movement of Egyptian Vultures	5
Contributions of environmental conditions and sound characteristics to differences in perceptibility: Recommendations for passive acoustic monitoring	5
Bird predation and landscape context shape arthropod communities on broccoli	5
Rapid population decline in McKay’s Bunting, an Alaskan endemic, highlights the species’ current status relative to international standards for vulnerable species	5
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) has been replacing Anas rubripes (American Black Duck) in human-altered landscapes in Ontario, 1996 to 2019	5
Correction to: Meta-replication reveals nonstationarity in multi-scale habitat selection of Mexican Spotted Owl	5
Dispersal patterns of the endangered Crested Ibis suggest high breeding densities drive natal dispersal	5
Despite regional variation, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus (Pinyon Jay) densities generally increase with local pinyon–juniper cover and heterogeneous ground cover	5
Bird versus Bulldozer: A Quarter-Century Conservation Battle in a Biodiversity Hotspot	4
Weak genetic structure, shared nonbreeding areas, and extensive movement in a declining waterbird	4
Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird , by Mike Stark	4
Citizen science generates reliable migration chronologies to supplement professional surveys for waterfowl habitat management	4
Light-level geolocators and species distribution modeling reveal that the Vulnerable Sporophila cinnamomea (Chestnut Seedeater) migrates through the Paraná-Paraguay system to Central Brazil	4
Thank you to the reviewers of the 2022 Ornithological Applications, volume 124	4
Rapid growth of the Swainson’s Hawk population in California since 2005	4
Abundance and distribution of birds from comprehensive surveys of the Canadian Arctic, 1994–2018	4
Automated bird sound classifications of long-duration recordings produce occupancy model outputs similar to manually annotated data	4
Insectivore diet and abundance determine the contribution of bird species to services and disservices in an agricultural ecosystem	4
Mismatch between strong nest-site selection and low survival of nests and broods for Scolopax minor (American Woodcock) and its implications for conservation	4
Same view through a different lens: Comparing population trends for North American birds using eBird and the Breeding Bird Survey	4
Under cover of darkness: Refuge from artificial light at night may mitigate risks to stranded seabirds	4
Is green the new black? Black-backed Woodpecker vital rates do not differ between unburned and burned forests within a pyrodiverse landscape	3
Cellular network measurements can unravel spatiotemporal properties of bird movement to enhance basic and applied knowledge globally	3
Accounting for seasonal patterns in bird availability prevents biased population trend estimates with advancing spring phenology	3
Lipid metabolites index habitat quality for Canvasbacks on stopover areas during spring migration	3
Yellowstone’s Birds: Diversity and Abundance in the World’s First National Park	3
Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver	3
The illegal trade of wild birds in a social network: A call for action from Argentina	3
Bias in density estimates from avian point-count surveys: Prospects for post-hoc corrections using calibration data	3
Nonbreeding distributions of four declining Nearctic–Neotropical migrants are predicted to contract under future climate and socioeconomic scenarios	3
Extreme weather has variable effects on reproductive success of grassland songbirds at the northern extent of their range	3
Despite short-lived changes, COVID-19 pandemic had minimal large-scale impact on citizen science participation in India	3
Factors influencing spatial and temporal patterns of Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike) occupancy at a grassland-sagebrush ecotone	3
High inter-population connectivity and occasional gene flow between subspecies improves recovery potential for the endangered Least Bell’s Vireo	3
Caught out in the cold: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) survival decreased during an extreme climatic event	3
Cross-seasonal effects in the American Woodcock: Conditions prior to fall migration relate to migration strategy and implications for conservation	3
Journeys with Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguins	3
Postrelease survival of captive-bred Egyptian Vultures is similar to that of wild-hatched Egyptian Vultures and is not affected by release age or season	3