OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Tropical Ecology 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Habitat heterogeneity supports day-flying Lepidoptera in oil palm plantations	14
Beetle rhythms in the rain: time series analysis and seasonal activity patterns of sympatric large-sized Goliathinae in Uganda’s forests	13
Timing, magnitude, and sources of coarse particulate organic matter in tropical montane streams	12
Tree density-dependence effects on seed dispersal of a large-seeded tropical tree	12
Spatiotemporal effects on the assemblage heterogeneity of Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	11
Litter production in successional forests of southern Bahia, Brazil	9
Population genetics of the endangered black walnut Juglans neotropica (Juglandaceae) based on plastid data from the Amazonas region	9
Attack rates on artificial caterpillars in urban areas are higher than in suburban areas in Colombia	8
Land snail abundance and diversity across varied land-use types in and around Lamto Reserve, Central Côte d’Ivoire	8
The effect of tree-on-tree interactions and abiotic conditions on woody communities in Brazilian savannas	7
A natural hybrid of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes benstonei × rafflesiana (Nepenthaceae) emits vivid gre	7
Differences in the structure of bat assemblages among habitats in the Caatinga dry forest	7
Blending in – an unobtrusive method for observing behaviour in nocturnal arboreal mammals in the tropics using thermal optics from an elevated platform	6
Seasonal dietary niche changes in Neotropical bats	6
Evolution and emergence of mosquito-borne viruses of medical importance: towards a routine metagenomic surveillance approach	6
Bat diversity is driven by elevation and distance to the nearest watercourse in aterra firmeforest in the northeastern Brazilian Amazon	6
Changes in spinescence across leaf ontogeny support the optimal defence hypothesis in blackberries (Rubus adenotrichos)	6
Living in the edge: large terrestrial mammal and bird species traits and the ability to cope with extreme environmental conditions and human disturbance in a tropical dry forest in Colombia	6
Foliar characteristics of neotropical forest affect assemblages structure of parasitoid insects	6
Impacts of invasive alien species on riparian plant communities in South African savanna	4
Bacteria associated with leaf-cutter ants drive natural antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria	4
The influence of burial depth on germination and establishment of seeds in chimpanzee faeces, Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire	4
High level of daily heterothermy in desert gerbils	4
Body mass determines the role of mammal species in a frugivore-large fruit interaction network in a Neotropical savanna	4
First records of tent-roosting bats from the northern Atlantic Forest, Brazil	4

Pollen movement of the endemic Agave cupreata by bats and birds in western Mexico	4
Potential seed dispersal agents of Monoon liukiuense on Iriomote Island, Japan	4
Report on an outbreak of coral-killing sponge Clathria (Microciona) aceratoobtusa in an unprotected reef of the Gulf of Mannar, India	3
Revisiting the phenology of El Triunfo cloud forest, Mexico, 30 years later	3
Bioclimatic predictors of forest structure, composition and phenology in the Paraguayan Dry Chaco	3
How do macrophyte cover and environmental variables influence the microcrustacean community across wet and dry seasons in a tropical marginal lake?	3
Nest density ofAtta sexdens(Linnaeus, 1758) in Atlantic Forest restoration sites depends on the surrounding landscape	3
Plant defence traits among discrete vegetation assemblages in a mesic savanna landscape in Kenya	3
Elevation and cation exchange capacity determine diversity of ferns in a low-montane tropical rainforest in Ecuador	3
The potential distribution of Cyclopes didactylus, a silky anteater, reveals a likely unknown population and urgent need for forest conservation in Northeast Brazil	3
Turnover in fish species composition is related to water colour of Amazonian rivers	3
Spatial association of bamboos with trees in a commercial tree plantation forest in Myanmar	3
Compositional distinctiveness and patterns of woody species abundance distribution in Ghana’s Mole National Park, Savannah Region	3
Predicted distribution of the endemic fern Elaphoglossum beddomei reveals threats to rainforests of Western Ghats of India	3
El Niño oscillations impact anti-predator defences to alter survival of an herbivorous beetle in a neotropical wet forest	3
Tree height effects on vascular anatomy of upper-canopy twigs across a wide range of tropical rainforest species	3
Strategies for cave prospecting and non-troglobitic biodiversity surveys in Brazil	3
Larger insects in a colder environment? Elevational and seasonal intraspecific differences in tropical moth sizes on Mount Cameroon	3
Assessing the short-term body condition of lowland tapirs in relation to selective logging in the Brazilian Amazon	3
The association between rainforest disturbance and recovery, tree community composition, and community traits in the Yangambi area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	3
Climate and vegetation collectively drive soil respiration in montane forest-grassland landscapes of the southern Western Ghats, India	3
Population size of the endangered narrow-range endemic tree Semecarpus Calcicola Kochummen (Anacardiaceae), Mantanani Island, Malaysia	3