OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ardea 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Growth Curves of Ryukyu Scops Owl Nestlings, an Owl Species with Asynchronous Hatching and Reversed Sexual Dimorphism	16
Food Provisioning and Body Mass of Nestling Meadow Pipits and Cuckoos	10
Status and Population Trends of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis Breeding in Greece	10
Migrations, Destinations and Breeding of Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata arquata that Spend the Non-Breeding Season in Northern Scotland	10
Contrasting Trends and Dynamics in the Autumn Aggregation of White-Tailed Eagles at Two Fishponds in Lithuania	8
Distribution and Relative Density of Raptors in the Sub-Sahara during the Dry Season	8
Prioritizing Conservation and Research Effort for Poorly Known Species: The Buttonquails (Turnicidae) as a Study Case	8
Conspecific Density as a Driver of Offspring Body Condition in Three Cormorant Colonies in Denmark	8
When Gate Crashers Show Up: Does Expansion of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo in North-Western Italy Affect Breeding Site Selection in Grey Heron Ardea cinerea?	7
The Effect of Environmental Conditions on Captures, Survival and Breeding Success of a Winter-Breeding Seabird.	7
Time Shift in the Exploitation of Fish Stocks by Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo at Lake IJsselmeer: How Wintering Birds began Competing for Fish with Breeding Conspecifics	7
Females and Males Sing Distinctly Different Songs in a Temperate Zone Songbird	7
The Fortunes of Migratory Birds from Eurasia: Being on a Tightrope in the Sahel	7
Numbers of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo Wintering in the Western Palaearctic in January 2013	6
Birds and Bush Fires in African Savannahs	6
Effects on Birds of the Conversion of Savannah to Farmland in the Sahel: Habitats are Lost, But Not Everywhere and Not For All Species	6
Breeding Biology of the Chilean Elaenia Elaenia chilensis, a Long-Distance Migratory Passerine in South America	5
Sanderlings Feed on a Diverse Spectrum of Prey Worldwide but Primarily Rely on Brown Shrimp in the Wadden Sea	5
Traffication: How Cars Destroy Nature and What We Can Do about It.	5
Effects of Roach Rutilus rutilus Collapse on Abundance, Distribution and Diet of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in a Large River in North-West Europe	5
The Effect of Different Mammalian Predator Management Regimes on the Reproductive Success of Black-Tailed Godwits Limosa limosa limosa	5
Climate Effects on Breeding Phenology of Peregrine and Lanner Falcons in the Mediterranean	5
H5N1 Avian Influenza Outbreak Caused Massive Mortality of Chicks of Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis in the Lagoon of Venice	5
Fine-Scale Spatial Variation in Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Diet in Southern England Revealed from Indirect Prey Sampling and Direct Stable Usotope Analysis	4
The Role of Mountain Ranges in Shaping Population-Associated Routes of Migration: A Case Study of European Goldfinches in the Pyrenees	4

Asymmetric Antipredator Behaviour in a Mixed-Species Colony of Two Non-Mobbing Bird Species	4
Selection by Birds of Shrub and Tree Species in the Sahel	4
Migration Patterns and Recorded Emigration of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis in the Largest French Colony of Lac de Grand-Lieu: Density-Dependent Factors Operating at Different Time	3
Autumn Migration of a Juvenile Hybrid of Red and Black Kite (Milvus milvus × M. migrans)	3
Learning and Social Influence on Bird Migration	3
Reflections: What Wildlife Needs and How to Provide It.	3
Responses of Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella, Pine Bunting E. leucocephalos and Their Hybrids to Playbacks of Con- and Heterospecific Songs and Calls in a Hybrid Zone	3
Key Habitat Factors of Breeding Birds in Agricultural Hedgerow Landscapes in East-Fryslân, the Netherlands, in European Perspective – Ecological Evaluation and Relation to Agri-Environmental Schemes	3
Vocal Signalling by Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia in Flocks before Migratory Departure	3
The Peregrine Falcon.	3
Importance of Algarrobo Trees Prosopis flexuosa for Territory Establishment of Three Seed-Eating Passerine Species in the Central Monte Desert	3
Population Status, Breeding Biology and Diet of Norwegian Great Cormorants	3
On the Breeding Ecology of Whinchats Saxicola rubetra in the Last Dutch Populations	3
Foraging Ecology of Red-Billed Tropicbirds on Saba, Caribbean Netherlands, during Early Chick-Rearing	3