OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Tropical Ecology is 1. 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
Occurrence and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in trap cultures from limestone mining sites and un-mined forest soil of Mawsmai, Meghalaya	58
The temperature increase due to climate warming can affect the photosynthetic responses of aquatic macrophytes from tropical lotic ecosystems	18
Species diversity and regeneration largely unaffected by forest fire in tropical dry forests of Eastern India	17
Spatiotemporal dynamics of rice cultivation in India	15
Monitoring tea plantations during 1990–2022 using multi-temporal satellite data in Assam (India)	11
Publisher Correction: Geospatial technology based morphometric analysis and watershed prioritization of lower Satluj basin in India for groundwater recharge potential	11
Application of the Worldwide Bioclimatic Classification System to determine bioclimatic features and potential natural vegetation distribution in Van Chan district, Vietnam	11
Differential response of graminoid and forb species to precipitation variability in a constructed dry tropical grassland	11
Distribution and structural characterization of Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile and Ricinodendron heudelotii (Bail.) Pierre among phytodistricts and land use types in Benin (West Africa)	11
What’s in a name? The curious case of Banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora)	10
Vegetation–soil–microbial diversity influences ecosystem multifunctionality across different tropical coastal ecosystem types	10
Riparian plant species of Sherichhu River in Eastern Bhutan: their diversity, distribution, and ethnobotanical uses	10
Liana regeneration in the treefall gaps, at the gap edges and in the forest interior of a subtropical montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forest in the Ailao Mountains, Southwestern China	10
Habitat fragmentation effects on vascular epiphytes diversity in Kafa biosphere reserve and nearby coffee agroecosystem, southwestern Ethiopia	10
Effect of habitat specific wood specific gravity on biomass and carbon stock of trees in tropical dry deciduous forest of central India	9
Fine root decomposition and nutrient release in two tropical forests of Central Himalaya: a comparative and factor controlling approach	9
Economical and ecological realization of Joint Forest Management (JFM) for sustainable rural livelihood: a case study	9
Estimation of above and belowground biomass for grass, herb, and fern species in Peninsula Malaysia	8
Responses of plants to temporally heterogeneous water conditions in species from different ranges of habitats	8
Climate change impact assessment on worldwide rain fed soybean based on species distribution models	8
Impact of crop residue burning and tillage practices on soil biological parameters of rice–wheat agro-ecosystems	7
Population dynamics and nutritional ecology of Spilosoma obliqua Walker on sesame cultivars	7
Remote sensing-derived bioclimatic variables for modeling invasive Prosopis juliflora distribution in a region of limited meteorological stations	7
Population structure and regeneration strategy of some common legumes in grassland communities of Gorakhpur, India	7
Soil biota community composition as affected by Cryptostegia madagascariensis invasion in a tropical Cambisol from North-eastern Brazil	6

Climate warming will affect the range dynamics of East Asian Meehania species: a maximum entropy approach	6
Do the food availability conditions influence the stage-specific prey choice and predation attributes of agroecosystem-inhabiting spiders?	6
Satellite-based estimates of photosynthetically active radiation for tropical ecosystems in Ghana—West Africa	6
Study on composition and spatio-temporal variation of zooplankton community in coal mine generated pit lakes, West Bengal, India	6
Soil organic carbon and its labile pools as modulated by soil microbes under different land use practices in Typic Ustochrepts	6
A checklist of invasive plants of Gorakhpur district: terai region of eastern Uttar Pradesh	6
Tree diversity and biomass carbon stock along an altitudinal gradient in old-growth secondary semi-evergreen forests in North East India	5
Population, behavior and conservation status of the northern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) in the Inner-line reserve forest, Assam, India	5
Ecological niche modelling to identify suitable sites for cultivation of two important medicinal lianas of the Western Ghats, India	5
Dendrochronological studies in the western Himalaya: opportunities, challenges and prospects	5
Correction: The soil response in experimental Leucaena leucocephala plots under manipulated rainfall regimes	5
Spatial distribution of ants in mixed temperate forest with endangered tree species Taxus contorta Griff stands in himalayan biodiversity Hotspot	5
Diversity, ecology and molecular phylogeny of genus Litsea (Lauraceae) in Central Western Ghat areas of India	5
The rainfall seasonality of Brazilian Amazon tropical rainforests influences on the organization of ant-plant interaction networks	5
Tree root imaging by electrical resistivity tomography: geophysical tools to improve understanding of deep root structure and rhizospheric processes	5
Identifying the potential global distribution and conservation areas for Terminalia chebula, an important medicinal tree species under changing climate scenario	4
Changes in plant diversity and community attributes of coal mine affected forest in relation to a community reserve forest of Nagaland, Northeast India	4
Variation among individuals of Citrullus colocynthis from a desert population in morphological, genetic, and germination attributes	4
The influence of tree population structure on regeneration potential in the sacred forests of Assam, India	4
Geospatial technology based morphometric analysis and watershed prioritization of lower Satluj basin in India for groundwater recharge potential	4
Application of aquatic plants in ecological restoration of sponge city construction	4
Characterizing fuel flammability in a tropical dry community forest in Eastern India using laboratory and remote sensing based approaches	4
Effect of variation in winter rainfall and anthropogenic disturbances on regeneration of trees in (Van-Panchayt) community forests Uttarakhand, India	4
Structure and composition of woody vegetation along the Zambezi river floodplain and seasonal water pans in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe	4
Surface water distribution challenges and elephant impacts on woody species in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe	4
Stand structure, community composition and tree species diversity of sub-tropical forest of Nagaland, Northeast India	4
Circa situm conservation of coffee agroforests: farmer’s perception in Kodagu landscape of Karnataka, India	4
Debarking as a control method for invasive tree species management in tropical forests	4
Effects of elevated ultraviolet-B on the floral and leaf characteristics of a medicinal plant Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr. along with essential oil contents	3
Correction: Structure, composition, and regeneration status of trees in non-protected forests of Eastern Himalaya	3
Distribution mapping of Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. in India using ecological niche modelling	3
Assessing response of microarthropod populations to four edaphic factors in a humid subtropical forest in the sub-Himalayan alluvial plains	3
Reforestation could bring native mammal species back in the tropical highlands	3
A novel monitoring protocol to evaluate large-scale forest restoration projects in the tropics	3
Species richness, stand structure and carbon storage under an age chronosequence in Tectona grandis plantation at agricultural landscape of Indian Eastern Himalayan Foothill	3
Dormant ciliate community from the dry sediment of a temporary lake in a Neotropical floodplain	3
Understory floristic diversity and soil seed bank status of planted and unplanted portions of South Busoga Forest Reserve, Eastern Uganda	3
Amendment of organic manure to natural saline soil reduced N2O but enhanced CO2 and CH4 emissions	3
Effect of vertebrate exclusion on leaf litter decomposition in the coastal Atlantic forest of southeast Brazil	3
Distribution patterns of meiofauna and free-living nematodes in beaches of a remote tropical South Atlantic Island (Trindade, Brazil)	3
Morphology and physiology of Perilla frutescens (Linn.) Britt in relation to micro-climate and edaphic characteristics	3
Soil-litter arthropod communities under pasture land use in southern Rwanda	3
Is there any impact of non-native vegetation on bird communities in Delhi, India?	3
A mini-review on the impact of common gorse in its introduced ranges	2
Assessment of tropical cyclone amphan affected inundation areas using sentinel-1 satellite data	2
Does oak forest ecosystem provisioning services (fuel and fodder) differ in accordance with size of the forest in Garhwal Himalaya, India?	2
Soil CO2 efflux variability influenced by different factors in the subtropical sacred groves of Manipur, North-East India	2
Interrelationships of biological spectra, life-form, landform and functional vegetation type in the riparian forests of a tropical river	2
Soil conservation measures improve vegetation development and ecological processes in the Himalayan slopes	2
Diversity, status and guild structure of the avifauna in the Ajodhya Foothills, Baghmundi, Purulia, West Bengal, India	2

Plant conservation in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot: a case study on the Piper genus in Veracruz (Mexico)	2
Detecting the resilience, resistance, and elasticity concepts in the anthropocene epoch in complex urban ecosystems (Hyrcanian forests in Gorgan City-Iran)	2
Earthworm population dynamics in three different land use systems along an altitudinal gradient (208–2609 m asl) in Kumaun Himalayas, India	2
Predation, but not herbivory, declines with elevation in a tropical rainforest	2
Unveiling tree diversity and carbon density of homegarden in the Thodupuzha urban region of Kerala, India: a contribution towards urban sustainability	2
Correction to: Diversity of root-associated mycobiome of Betula utilis D. Don: a treeline species in Kashmir Himalaya	2
Predation of a neonate caiman, Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) by red fire ants Solenopsis sp. in Atlantic Forest, North-eastern Brazil	2
Bioclimatic modelling of Lantana camara invasion in the Shivalik landscape of Western Himalaya	2
Forest fire hotspot identification and assessment of forest fire impact on AOD over Simlipal biosphere reserve, Odisha (India)	2
Plant population mapping and quantitative assessment of peri-urban vegetation of Ranchi, eastern India	2
Rainfall partitioning in important multipurpose tree species of Himalayan foothills	2
Allometric model based on dendrometrical measurements in mangroves of western Bay of Bengal	2
Comparison among allometric models for tree biomass estimation using non-destructive trees’ data	2
Invasion and distribution of exotic plants in the tropical forests of Western Ghats, India	2
Spiders as bio-indicators of habitat disturbance in the riparian zone of the Ganga river: a preliminary study	2
Performance evaluation of canal irrigation system at the tertiary level of Upper Ganga Canal using remote sensing	2
Nutrient retranslocation of Swietenia macrophylla King plantation in sub-humid foothills of Eastern Himalaya	2
Assessing the forest ecosystem’s vulnerability to human and natural variables in the UNESCO Global Geopark Dak Nong, Vietnam, using the combined ACO-ANFIS model	2
Evaluating agricultural activity dynamics over the Uttar Pradesh state of India using satellite-based datasets	2
Assessment of livestock grazing pressure in key tiger habitat in a semi-arid landscape in Western India	2
Host identity and neighborhood trees affect belowground microbial communities in a tropical rainforest	2
Avian frugivory and seed dispersal in Amorphophallus paeoniifolius and Alocasia odora	2
Diversity of root-associated mycobiome of Betula utilis D. Don: a treeline species in Kashmir Himalaya	2
Sustainable utilization and treatment of barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) weed biomass using vermitechnology	2
Evolution of soil texture in mid-subtropical forests in the past 32 years: taking Fanjing mountain in Southwest China as an example	2
Biodiversity and ecological interactions of earthworm species from Poonch division Pakistan	2
Role of LiDAR remote sensing in identifying physiognomic traits of alpine treeline: a global review	1
Patterns of woody species diversity and structure in Thalewood House permanent preservation plot in Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore, India	1
Seasonal variation in leaf traits of Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn.) in relation to its adaptation with soil environment	1
Tree species identification in ex situ conservation areas using WorldView-2 Satellite Data and Machine Learning Methods: a case study in the Bogor Botanic Garden	1
Modeling future habitats to identify suitable sites for ex situ conservation of the endangered palm Metroxylon vitiense (H. Wendl.) H. Wendl. ex Benth. & Hook. f. in Fiji	1
Impacts of climate change on the distribution of Phyllanthus emblica Linn across Southeast Asia: identifying critical variables that determine the distribution of a medicinally important tree	1
A non-destructive approach to develop tree-level allometric equations for estimating aboveground biomass in the forests of Tripura, Northeast India	1
Distribution and diversity of algal communities in rice terrace agroecosystem of a hilly district of southern Assam, North-East India	1
Life amidst debris: urban waste management affects the utilization of anthropogenic waste materials in avian nest construction	1
Allometric differentiation of tree species from different strata in a selectively logged Atlantic Forest remnant in southern Brazil	1
Indian rock outcrops: review of flowering plant diversity, adaptations, floristic composition and endemism	1
Riparian flora of Kashmir valley-composition and diversity patterns	1
Comparison of empirical remote-sensing based models for the estimation of gross primary productivity using eddy covariance and satellite data over agroecosystem	1
Estimation of gross primary productivity of Indian Sundarbans mangrove forests using field measurements and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager data	1
Patterns and drivers of the above- and below-ground carbon stock in Afromontane forest of southern Ethiopia: implications for climate change mitigation	1
Livestock depredation by large carnivores in Western Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir: temporal adherence in predator’s choice	1
Biomass and carbon recovery of secondary forest in a Montane Subtropical Forest of North Eastern India	1
Reduction in avian diversity due to exotic tree plantations on the native savannas of Pune City, India	1
Soil respiration dynamics and effects of hydrothermal factors and NPP during growing period of maize cropland ecosystem in Songnen Plain, China	1
Evaluation of the Priestley–Taylor method to estimate latent heat flux by triangular and trapezoidal approaches using remote sensing data	1
Ecological niche modelling for predicting the habitat suitability of endangered tree species Taxus contorta Griff. in Himachal Pradesh (Western Himalayas, India)	1
Optimal distance to escape terrain of bharal in presence of livestock in Greater Himalayan alpine rangelands	1
Non-viable seed set in Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae) populations in the Western Ghats, India	1
Spatio-temporal fusion methods for spectral remote sensing: a comprehensive technical review and comparative analysis	1
Migration ecology in the freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla Schrank, 1798	1
Understory diversity and floristic differentiation of Kashmir Himalayan coniferous forests: implications for conservation	1
Study of the interrelationship between woody plants and birds in Pune urban area, insights on negative impacts of exotic plants	1
Distribution of an arboreal snail, Rhachistia bengalensis (Lamarck, 1822) in managed and unmanaged habitats: implications for conservation	1
How galling herbivores share a single super-host plant during their phenological cycle: the case of Mimosa gemmulata Barneby (Fabaceae)	1
Periodic flooding and edaphic factors shape Erythrina fusca dominance in riparian forests in the Pantanal wetland	1
Chir pine forest and pre-monsoon drought determine spatial, and temporal patterns of forest fires in Uttarakhand Himalaya	1
Land governance ambiguity and protected area degradation in Cameroon: the case of the Ottotomo reserve	1
Conservation management of Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W. J. de Wilde (Fabaceae) using ecological niche modeling	1
Measuring evapotranspiration by eddy covariance method and understanding its biophysical controls in moist deciduous forest of northwest Himalayan foothills of India	1
Life table estimates of the invasive slug Deroceras laeve (O. F Müller, 1774) occurring in Darjeeling Himalayas, India	1
Regeneration response of Vepris dainellii, an endemic species of Ethiopia to disturbance in moist forest ecosystem	1
Socio-economic differences control species composition of urban gardens in a metropolitan area of Argentina	1
Unravelling the ozone toxicity in Zea mays L. (C4 plant) under the elevated level of CO2 fertilization	1
Feeding ecology of capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) in Sri Surya Pahar, a disturbed habitat in Goalpara District, Assam, India	1
Impact of landscape patterns on herb-layer diversity and seed size of Schima superba in urban remnant vegetation: A case study in Guangzhou, Southern China	1