OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ecological Research 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Complementary combination of multiplex high‐throughput DNA sequencing for molecular phylogeny	64
Ecological impacts of fungal wood decay types: A review of current knowledge and future research directions	35
Museum specimens: An overlooked and valuable material for conservation genetics	25
Elevation and aspect determine the differences in soil properties and plant species diversity on Himalayan mountain summits	19
Relative importance of soil microbes and litter quality on decomposition and nitrogen cycling in grasslands	16
Illuminating the intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of ecological stability across scales	15
Charcoal ecology: Its function as a hub for plant succession and soil nutrient cycling in boreal forests	15
Risk of misinterpreting the Tea Bag Index: Field observations and a random simulation	15
Ecological niche modeling for assessing potential distribution of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. In Ranchi, eastern India	14
Compilation of real‐time PCR conditions toward the standardization of environmental DNA methods	14
Pollination structures plant and nectar‐feeding bird communities in Cape fynbos, South Africa: Implications for the conservation of plant–bird mutualisms	13
Effects of life history and individual development on community dynamics: A review of counterintuitive consequences	12
Relative impact of human harvest and wolf predation on two ungulate species in Central Italy	11
Macroalgal and mangrove provenances demonstrate their relevance in contributing to the blue carbon pool of a tropical seagrass meadow	11
Benthic meiofauna with emphasis on nematode assemblage response to environmental variation in the intertidal zone of the Danshuei River estuary, northwest Taiwan	11
The forest gardener: A marsupial with a key seed‐dispersing role in the Patagonian temperate forest	11
Latitudinal diversity gradients for five taxonomic levels of marine fish in depth zones	11
The Asia‐Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network: 10‐year achievements and new strategies to 2030	11
How plant–soil feedbacks influence the next generation of plants	11
Animal linguistics: Exploring referentiality and compositionality in bird calls	10
Toward more data publication of long‐term ecological observations	10
Effects of grass competition on tree seedlings growth under different light and nutrient availability conditions in tropical dry forests in India	9
Local adaptation to contrasting climatic conditions in Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis) revealed by long‐term provenance trials	9
Outcrossing syndrome in alpine plants: Implications for flowering phenology and pollination success	9
Species interaction: Revisiting its terminology and concept	9

Potential risks of Tithonia diversifolia in Yunnan Province under climate change	9
Predicting effects of climate change on productivity and persistence of forest trees	9
The effects of temporal continuities of grasslands on the diversity and species composition of plants	9
Carbon sequestration potential in the rehabilitated mangroves in Indonesia	8
Architectural plasticity in response to population density in Abutilon theophrasti (Malvaceae)	8
Review: Genetic structure and local adaptation in natural forests of Cryptomeria japonica	8
Red foxes in Japan show adaptability in prey resource according to geography and season: A meta‐analysis	8
Evolutionary bet‐hedging reconsidered: What is the mean–variance trade‐off of fitness?	8
Phytotoxic effect of invasive species Amorpha fruticosa L. on germination and the early growth of forage and agricultural crop plants	8
Mismatched spatial scales can limit the utility of citizen science data for estimating wildlife‐habitat relationships	8
Host phenologies and the life history of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) in a mountain stream in northern Japan	7
Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929	7
Environmental DNA methods for detecting two invasive alien species (American bullfrog and red swamp crayfish) in Japanese ponds	7
Ecosystem engineering structures facilitate ecological resilience: A coral reef model	7
Spatial modeling of road collisions of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel	7
Utility of commercial high‐resolution satellite imagery for monitoring general flowering in Sarawak, Borneo	7
Phenological diversity of freshwater migration can prolong assemblage‐level migration period in amphidromous fishes in a temperate river system in Japan	7
The invisible enemy: Understanding bird‐window strikes through citizen science in a focal city	7
Preface: Blue carbon studies in Asia‐Pacific regions: Current status, gaps, and future perspectives	7
Estimation of fine root production, mortality, and decomposition by using two core methods and litterbag experiments in a mangrove forest	7
Daily inundation induced seasonal variation in the vertical distribution of soil water salinity in an estuarine mangrove forest under a tropical monsoon climate	7
Idea Paper: Tracking the distribution of accretive reef communities across the Kuroshio region	7
Understanding rural and urban perceptions of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation strategies in the Philippines	7
Livestock‐exclusion duration required for restoring grassland in semiarid, loess region in China: Estimate based on species composition measured from small‐scale vegetation patterns	7
Ups and downs of non‐native and native stream‐dwelling salmonids: Lessons from two contrasting rivers	6
Intraspecific variation in growth‐related traits—from leaf to whole‐tree—in three provenances of Cryptomeria japonica canopy trees grown in a common garden	6
Management and landscape of shelterbelts contribute to butterfly and flowering plant diversity in northern Japan	6
Geographical personality gradient in herbivorous animals: Implications for selective culling to reduce crop damage	6
Responses of leaf traits to low temperature in an evergreen oak at its upper limit	6
Dietary differences between grasshoppers are associated with life history tradeoffs in an alpine meadow	6
Increased grazing intensities induce differentiation of the relationships between functional traits and aboveground plant biomass in shrub‐ and grass‐dominated community in desert steppe	6
Wider crown shyness between broad‐leaved tree species than between coniferous tree species in a mixed forest of Castanopsis cuspidata and Chamaecyparis obtusa	6
Evaluation of the baseline carbon sequestration rates of Indo‐Pacific temperate and tropical seagrass meadow sediments	6
Spatiotemporal activity of the pine marten Martes martes: Insights from an island population	6
Fine‐scale distribution of tropical seagrass beds in Southeast Asia	6
Estimation of total fine root production using continuous inflow methods in tropical mangrove forest on Pohnpei Island, Micronesia: Fine root necromass accumulation is a substantial contributor to blu	6
Ecological niche differentiation of two salamanders (Caudata: Hynobiidae) from Hokkaido Island, Japan	5
Scavenging and carcass caching behavior by European wildcat (Felis silvestris)	5
Long‐term monthly climate data at the forest stations of Kyoto University	5
Preface: Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar	5
Phylogenetic structure of lichen metacommunities in Amazonian and Northeast Brazil	5
Comparison of macroinvertebrate assemblages in a stream before and after fine sedimentation by deer‐induced forest floor degradation	5
Greenhouse gas emissions are affected by land use type in two agroforestry systems: Results from an incubation experiment	5
Canopy conductance and gas exchange of a Japanese cypress forest after rainfall‐induced wetness	5
Towards linking species traits to demography and assembly in diverse tree communities: Revisiting the importance of size and allocation	5
Review: Monitoring of land cover changes and plant phenology by remote‐sensing in East Asia	5
High variation of mitochondrial DNA diversity as compared to nuclear microsatellites in mammalian populations	5
Lead isotope ratios in moss for the assessment of transboundary pollutants in the Yatsugatake Mountains, central Japan	5
Why species richness of plants and herbivorous insects do or do not correlate	5
Quantitative evaluation of species composition dissimilarity within a community and among communities	4

Bilberry seed production explains spatiotemporal synchronicity in bank vole population fluctuations in Norway	4
Idea paper: Incorporating sexual differences in dispersal decision making into metapopulation theory	4
Large‐scale ecological field data for satellite validation in deciduous forests and grasslands	4
The significance of building behavior in the evolution of animal architecture	4
Leaf trait variability explains how plant community composition changes under the intense pressure of deer herbivory	4
Annual variability in the sound acorn production of Quercus serrata is regulated by a seed‐predatory weevil in western Japan	4
Cross‐shore distributions of peracarid crustaceans after changes in beach morphology: The importance of suction as a key geoenvironmental variable	4
Contrasting metacommunity patterns of fish and aquatic insects in drainage ditches of paddy fields	4
Relative importance of host‐dependent versus physical environmental characteristics affecting the distribution of an ectoparasitic copepod infecting the mouth cavity of stream salmonid	4
Effect of root litter addition on nitrogen mineralization rate under laboratory low‐temperature conditions in soil from a Japanese northern hardwood forest	4
Effect of source habitat spatial heterogeneity and species diversity on the temporal stability of aquatic‐to‐terrestrial subsidy by emerging aquatic insects	4
Physiological responses of the xero‐halophyte Salsola drummondii to seasonal alterations of environmental conditions in a salt desert	4
Field data for satellite validation and forest structure modeling in a pure and sparse forest of Picea glehnii in northern Hokkaido	4
Idea paper: How are ecosystem services related to biodiversity and ecological integrity in each site under climate change?	4
Review: Vegetation history of Cryptomeria japonica in Japan since the last interglacial period	4
Phenology in a community context: Toward a better understanding of the causes and consequences of phenology in seasonal environments	4
Idea paper: Monitoring and databasing nonnative species to manage establishment debt in aquatic ecosystems	4
Blood trail of expansion? Long‐term patterns of livestock depredation by wolves in Poland	4
Changes in stable nitrogen isotopes of plants, bulk soil and soil dissolved N during ecosystem retrogression in boreal forest	4
Low spatial congruence between temporal functional β‐diversity and temporal taxonomic and phylogenetic β‐diversity in British avifauna	4
Variations in effects of ectosymbiotic microbes on the growth rates among different species and genotypes of Daphnia fed different algal diets	4
Seasonal variations of ¹³⁷Cs concentration in freshwater charr through uptake and metabolism in 1–2 years after the Fukushima accident	4
Concordant genetic structures of sika deer and Japanese land leeches suggest that the current range expansion of Haemadipsa japonica is dependent on sika deer migration: A case study	4
Seagrass biomass and sediment carbon in conserved and disturbed seascape	4