OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ardea is 4. 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
Prioritizing Conservation and Research Effort for Poorly Known Species: The Buttonquails (Turnicidae) as a Study Case	18
Dads on Duty: First Account of Nest Sitting in Barnacle Ganders	16
The Fortunes of Migratory Birds from Eurasia: Being on a Tightrope in the Sahel	14
Factors influencing roost use by Short-toed Treecreepers Certhia brachydactyla at urban sites	12
Decline in the Numbers of Eurasian Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus on the Exe Estuary Special Protection Area	11
Within- and between-Year Variation in the Presence of Individually Marked Ruff Calidris pugnax at a Stopover Site during Northward Migration	11
Foreword	11
Autumn Migration of a Juvenile Hybrid of Red and Black Kite (Milvus milvus × M. migrans)	11
Molecular Methods to Study Great Cormorant Feeding Ecology	10
To See, Hear and Speak: How Counts of Birds in Individual Trees Help Address the Environmental Causes of the Sahel	10
Reducing Fish Losses to Great Cormorants Using Artificial Fish Refuges: Refining Refuge Deployment Strategies	9
Distribution and Numbers of Arboreal Birds between the Hyper-Arid Sahara and the Hyper-Humid Guinea Forests	9
The Diet of the West African Crested Tern Unveiled by an Analysis of Otoliths Collected Over 20 Years along Its Main Breeding Sites	9
Studies of Food Ecology of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo in Relation to Water Transparency Require System-Adjusted Data: An Example from Two Polish Reservoirs	9
Ornithology from the Lakeshore	9
Dynamics of Naïve White Storks Ciconia Ciconia Migrating at the Central European Migratory Divide during 1947–2018	8
Granivorous Birds in the Sahel: Is Seed Supply Limiting Bird Numbers?	8
Unexpected Alliances: Same-Sex Parenting in the Black-Vented Shearwater	8
Incubation Before Clutch Completion Predicts Incubation Time and Hatching Asynchrony in the Blue Tit Cyanistes Caeruleus	8
First Record of an ‘Ino’ Colour Aberration in the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca	7
Expanding East: Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo Thriving in the Eastern Baltic and Gulf of Finland	7
The Gap of Chad, a Dearth of Migratory Birds in the Central Sahel	7
Seasonal Shifts in Habitat Choice of Birds in the Sahel and the Importance of ‘Refuge Trees’ for Surviving the Dry Season	6
Conspecific Density as a Driver of Offspring Body Condition in Three Cormorant Colonies in Denmark	6
Fine-Scale Spatial Variation in Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Diet in Southern England Revealed from Indirect Prey Sampling and Direct Stable Usotope Analysis	6

Migrations, Destinations and Breeding of Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata arquata that Spend the Non-Breeding Season in Northern Scotland	6
The Effect of Different Mammalian Predator Management Regimes on the Reproductive Success of Black-Tailed Godwits Limosa limosa limosa	6
Foraging Ecology of Red-Billed Tropicbirds on Saba, Caribbean Netherlands, during Early Chick-Rearing	5
Selection by Birds of Shrub and Tree Species in the Sahel	5
On the Wintering Ecology of Montagu's Harriers in West Africa: Itinerancy in Relation to Varying Annual Environmental Conditions	5
Breeding Biology of the Chilean Elaenia Elaenia chilensis, a Long-Distance Migratory Passerine in South America	5
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	5
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	5
Breeding Biology of the White-Throated Cacholote Pseudoseisura gutturalis ochroleuca, an Endemic Bird of the Monte Desert	4
Social Hierarchy within Communal Foraging Flocks of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo as Reflected by Differences in Prey Composition and Food Intake at the Roost	4
Distribution and Numbers of Ground-Foraging Birds between the Hyper-Arid Sahara and the Hyper-Humid Guinea Forests	4
Foraging Behaviour of the Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus in Its Peak Abundance After Wildfire	4