OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Insect Conservation 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Günther Theischinger and John Hawking: The complete field guide to dragonflies of Australia. 2nd edn (with colour illustrations by Albert Orr)	37
The diversity of moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini) from threatened mountain cloud forests in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot	31
Review of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) eggs: focus on Japanese species	26
Flight behaviour of a threatened butterfly at edges between high- and low-quality habitat	26
Habitat management interventions for a specialist mid- successional grassland butterfly, the Lulworth Skipper	23
Two decades of monitoring and active conservation of the Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) in the Czech Republic	22
The genetic structure of the ash obligate moth prays fraxinella suggests that it is not affected by current habitat fragmentation	21
More insect species are supported by green roofs near public gardens	18
Book review of ecology and conservation of the dutch ground beetle fauna – lessons from 66 years of pitfall trapping	18
Squeeze it or leave it? An ecological-economic assessment of the impact of mower conditioners on arthropod populations in grassland	18
Landscape composition influences colony growth in the tropical asian stingless bees (Tetragonula fuscobalteata)	17
Effect of environmental factors on the abundance of riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and co-inhabiting aquatic insects within a reach scale, in Japan	15
Special issue on insect conservation in biodiversity hotspots	13
Micro-habitat features determine oviposition site selection in High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries	13
To graze or to mow? The influence of grassland management on grasshoppers (Orthoptera) on a flood protection embankment in the Donau-Auen National Park (Austria)	12
Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain	12
Clover in agriculture: combined benefits for bees, environment, and farmer	12
Effects of dispersed and aggregated retention-cuttings and differently sized clear-cuttings in conifer plantations on necrophagous silphid and dung beetle assemblages	12
Journal of Insect Conservation’s special issue on insect diversity in Agriculture	12
It is here to stay. The exotic species Cloeon smaeleni Lestage, 1924 (Ephemeroptera) will be a long-term element of south American diversity	11
Ant habitat-use guilds response to forest-pasture shifting in the southwestern Amazon	11
Timing and mulching frequency affected the number of nests of cavity-nesting wasps that hunt for aphids in forest meadows	10
How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies	10
Cavity-nesting bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of xerothermic habitats are unable to use cavities in reed galls	10
The influence of biodiversity-friendly ranching practices on dung beetle diversity in a Mexican mountainous tropical landscape	10

Two common bee-sampling methods reflect different assemblages of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) community in mixed-grass prairie systems and are dependent on surrounding floral resource availability	10
Fecal matters: implementing classical Coleoptera species lists with metabarcoding data from passerine bird feces	10
Efficiency of emergency conservation methods: a case study of the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) and its specific parasitoid	10
Livestock systems preserving natural grasslands are biodiversity reservoirs that promote spiders’ conservation	10
Experimental management and mark-release-recapture methods fill critical knowledge gaps for an at-risk butterfly	9
Identifying insect and arachnid indicator taxa for impacts and management in coastal landscapes	9
Within-habitat vegetation structure and adult activity patterns of the declining butterfly Euphydryas aurinia	9
Structure of ant assemblages and effect of environmental conditions in gallery forests with different conservation status in the Humid Chaco ecoregion of Argentina	9
Phenology, distribution and conservation of the desert sand-skipper Croitana aestiva Edwards (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)	9
What do monarchs feed on in winter? Nectar sources at hibernation sites	8
Evaluating log piles as stag beetle conservation measure	8
Cerrado physiognomies in a protected area determine the distribution of necrophagous Diptera	8
The role of citizens in conservation science: a case study with threatened Brazilian butterflies	8
Until death do us part: abundance and survival of necrophagous beetle species associated with fox scats in fragmented landscapes	8
Beyond butterflies: integrating frugivorous moths into conservation and biodiversity monitoring	8
Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) overgrowth on dry Alpine grassland impedes Red List Orthoptera but supports local orthopteran beta diversity	8
Subterranean biodiversity and the depth distribution of beetles (Coleoptera) in forested scree slopes in the Western Carpathians (Slovakia)	7
Spatial and temporal variation of floral visitors and their visitation pattern on Acanthus ilicifolius L.: a case study from the mangrove ecosystem of Indian Sundarbans	7
Using the ecological relationships of Odonata with a habitat integrity index to test the biodiversity ecosystem function framework	7
Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation	7
Heterogeneity in altered streams does not increase the richness of stream specialist species of Odonata in the Maranhense Cerrado	7
The effects of plant invasion, floral resources and soil characteristics on ground-nesting bees	7
First field-based estimates of bumblebee diapause survival rates showcase high survivorship in the wild	7
Land use changes disrupt streams and affect the functional feeding groups of aquatic insects in the Amazon	7
Differential response to fire in ground vs. vegetation arthropod communities	7
Mud-puddling on roadsides: a potential ecological trap for butterflies	7
Soil arthropod assemblages reflect both coarse- and fine-scale differences among biotopes in a biodiversity hotspot	7
Why do spiders balloon? a review of recent evidence	6
Species and site contributions to Odonata adult assemblage uniqueness in Brazilian Amazon streams	6
Responses of necrophilous beetles to animal mass mortality in the Australian Alps	6
The impact of pan trap diameter on sampled bee communities and bycatch weight	6
Impact of climate warming and landscape change on monarch butterfly	6
Vital rate responses to temperature lead to butterfly population declines under future warming scenarios	6
Influence of environmental heterogeneity on the structure of the dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) assemblage of the Cerrado savanna of northeastern Brazil	6
Effects of moss encroachment on reproduction of the large heathland bush-crickets Ephippiger diurnus and Gampsocleis glabra	6
What is the best time of the day to monitor Odonata? An investigation into changes in the abundance and species richness of dragonflies in ponds in northern Italy	6
Rove beetle species diversity and the patterns of interactions with their host plants in primary and secondary tropical forests	6
Bee-friendly interventions: the barriers and opportunities affecting urban residents’ conservation of wild bees in Gardens	6
Changes in phenology and abundance of an at-risk butterfly	5
Conserving Lepidoptera in a changing world: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths	5
Effects of habitat biotic features on hymenopteran diversity in East Africa	5
The potential for elevated soil salinity to enhance the ecological trap effect of roadside pollinator habitat	5
How to estimate carabid biomass?—an evaluation of size-weight models for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and perspectives for further improvement	5
Non-target effects of herbicides on the Zerene silverspot butterfly, a surrogate subspecies for the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly	5
The encounter of distinct Morimus asper (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) phylogeographic lineages on the Balkan Peninsula: conservation implications	5
Correction to: Tolerant semiaquatic bugs species (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) are associated to pasture and conventional logging in the Eastern Amazon	5
Butterfly community structure in belize: species richness patterns reveal the role of climate gradients in shaping butterfly community structure and strategies for long-term conservation	5
From 20 to 2? Landmark-based geometric morphometrics reveal negligible wing-shape divergence between 20 subspecies of the Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae), in the Carpat	5
Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire	5
Serious population extinctions of a formerly common xerothermic insect: the sad story of the conspicuous burnet moth Zygaena carniolica in the Czech Republic	5

The effect of soil moisture and ambient temperature on pupation depth for the imperiled Callophrys irus	5
Population ecology of the red-winged grasshopper, Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae), in Japan	5
Spatial gradients and grazing effects of a transhumant herd on plants and insect herbivores in Pyrenean subalpine grasslands	5
Bumblebee abundance and richness along disused railway lines: the impact of track morphology	5
New insights into the geographic patterns of functional role and taxonomic richness of ants from Mexico	5
Consistent oviposition preferences of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly over 14 years on a chalk grassland reserve in Bedfordshire, UK	5
Robustness of biodiversity surrogates to temporal variation and imperfect detection	5
Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe	4
Correction: DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)	4
Caterpillars of the marsh fritillary butterfly Euphydryas aurinia can extend their life-cycle in Scotland	4
Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages	4
Extreme weather impacts on butterfly populations in Southern Texas, USA	4
Correction: Ant diversity along elevational gradients in the European Alps: insights for conservation under a changing climate	4
Response of bee and hoverfly populations to a land-use gradient in a Quebec floodplain	4
Mark-recapture study and habitat assessment for the northern metalmark butterfly, Calephelis borealis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)	4
Plant-herbivore networks composed by adult and immature insects have distinct responses to habitat modification in Brazilian savannas	4
Habitat preferences and phenology of carrot wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae, Gasteruption) in Central Europe	4
Free-living colonies of native honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in 19th and early 20th century Sweden	4
Sublethal doses of glyphosate impair olfactory memory retention, but not learning in the honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata)	4
How can an intensively used agricultural landscape preserve diversity of Orthoptera assemblages?	4
Carabus clatratus (Coleoptera: Carabidae): study case of mass rearing and release of a threatened species with new details on its life history	4
Effect of dramatic alteration of landscape structure on the Orthoptera assemblages of Transcarpathian lowland meadows (West Ukraine)	4
Ecological monitoring and indicator taxa: butterfly communities in heterogeneous landscapes of the Western Ghats and Malabar coast, India	4
Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle’ beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique)	4
The oases of Baja California Peninsula: overlooked hotspots for wild bees	4