OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Emu-Austral Ornithology 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial bias in implementation of recovery actions has not improved survival of Orange-bellied Parrots Neophema chrysogaster	12
Urban divide: predictors of bird communities in forest fragments and the surrounding urban matrix	11
Improved systematics of lorikeets reflects their evolutionary history and frames conservation priorities	10
Dominant factors shaping the gut microbiota of wild birds	10
Sublethal fitness costs of chronic exposure to hot weather vary between sexes in a threatened desert lark	10
The conservation management implications of isolation by distance and high genetic diversity in Great Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx haastii)	8
If a bird calls, will we detect it? Factors that can influence the detectability of calls on automated recording units in field conditions	8
Trends in monitoring of Australia’s threatened birds (1990–2020): much improved but still inadequate	7
Differences in wing shape of captive, critically endangered, migratory Orange-bellied ParrotNeophema chrysogasterrelative to wild conspecifics	7
How far east can a Western Whistler go? Genomic data reveal large eastward range extension, taxonomic and nomenclatural change, and reassessment of conservation needs	6
Interactive effects of habitat attributes and predator identity explain avian nest predation patterns	6
Trophic rewilding of native extirpated predators on Bass Strait Islands could benefit woodland birds	6
Genetic connectivity in allopatric seabirds: lack of inferred gene flow between Northern and Southern Buller’s albatross populations (Thalassarche bulleri ssp.)	6
Using anecdotal reports to clarify the distribution and status of a near mythical species: Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis)	5
Microsatellite genotyping detects extra-pair paternity in the Chatham Island Black Robin, a highly inbred, socially monogamous passerine	5
A taxonomic revision of the Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus complex (Aves: Maluridae) after analysis of phylogenetic and phenotypic data	5
UV sensitive vision in cardinals and tanagers is ubiquitous	5
Broad-scale opportunistic movements in the tropical waterbird Anseranas semipalmata: implications for human-wildlife conflicts	5
Is there sexual segregation in habitat selection by Black-browed Albatrosses wintering in the south-west Atlantic?	4
Trends and patterns in the extinction risk of Australia’s birds over three decades	4
A review of specimens of Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii suggests serious concern for its conservation outlook	4
Biological characteristics of Australian threatened birds	4
Recent extinctions among Little Spotted Kiwi (Apteryx owenii) and the origin of extant populations	4
Monitoring threats to Australian threatened birds: climate change was the biggest threat in 2020 with minimal progress on its management	4
Rodent predation and specialised avian habitat requirements drive extinction risk for endemic island songbirds in the south-west Pacific	4

Declining but not (yet) threatened: a challenge for avian conservation in Australia	4
Tree cover is crucial but riparian areas provide a strategic focus for preserving an urban avoider in a fragmented urban ecosystem	4
Phylogenetic affinities of the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel: implications for conservation	4
Identification of breeding grounds and annual routines of the newly discovered bohaii subspecies of Black-tailed Godwits	4
Extinct Australian birds: numbers, characteristics, lessons and prospects	4
Controlling the rainbow lorikeet in Tasmania: is it too late?	4
Traffic noise alters individual social connectivity, but not space-use, of Red-backed Fairywrens	3
Functional connectivity and population persistence in woodland birds: insights for management from a multi-species conservation genetics study	3
Trends in breeding activity of the threatened Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata): what can we expect under a changing climate?	3
Translocations and their effect on population genetics in an endangered and cryptic songbird, the Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus	3
Impacts of the invasive European Starling on two neotropical woodpecker species: agonistic responses and reproductive interactions	3
Reproductive biology of the Whitehead’s Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi)	3
A multi-locus approach to discern conservation units and adaptive potential of Pacific Black Ducks across Australia and surrounding islands	3
Not-so-forbidden fruit: the potential conservation role of toxic Pimelea microcephala subsp. microcephala fruits for native arid zone birds	3
Birds on farms: a review of factors influencing bird occurrence in the temperate woodlands of south-eastern Australia	3
Identifying factors affecting captive breeding success in a critically endangered species	3