OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ecosystems 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Fuel Profiles and Biomass Carbon Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Insights for Disturbance Interactions from a Historical Silvicultural Experiment	50
Time Scales of Ecosystem Impacts and Recovery Under Individual and Serial Invasions	47
A Cosmic View of ‘Tundra Gardens’: Satellite Imagery Provides a Landscape-Scale Perspective of Arctic Fox Ecosystem Engineering	36
Integrating Reservoirs into the Dissolved Organic Matter Versus Primary Production Paradigm: How Does Chlorophyll-a Change Across Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Reservoirs?	32
Post-fire Regeneration Traits of Understorey Shrub Species Modulate Successional Responses to High Severity Fire in Mediterranean Pine Forests	27
A Topographic Gradient Drives Spatial Variability of Stem CH4 Fluxes in a Temperate Alder Stand	24
Two Mechanisms Drive Changes in Boreal Peatland Photosynthesis Following Long-Term Water Level Drawdown: Species Turnover and Altered Photosynthetic Capacity	24
Integrating Remote Sensing with Ground-based Observations to Quantify the Effects of an Extreme Freeze Event on Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) at the Landscape Scale	22
Correction to: Elevated Allochthony in Stream Food Webs as a Result of Longitudinal Cumulative Effects of Forest Management	21
Impact of a 2°C Warmer Climate on the Fine Root System of European Beech, Sessile Oak, Scots Pine, and Douglas Fir in Central European Lowland Forests	21
The Relative Importance of Coarse-Scale Climate and Fine-Scale Nitrogen Availability Contrasts in Driving Home-Field Advantage Effects in Litter Decomposition	21
Biophysical Controls on Soil Carbon Cycling in a Northern Hardwood Forest	21
Celebrating 25 Years of Ecosystems	19
Plant Litter from Rare Species Increases Functional Diversity and Decomposition of Species Mixtures	18
Chronic Nitrogen Deposition Induces Phosphorus Limitation of Aquatic, But Not Terrestrial, Decomposition	18
Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog	18
Impacts of Compost Amendment Type and Application Frequency on a Fire-Impacted Grassland Ecosystem	18
Material Legacies and Environmental Constraints Underlie Fire Resilience of a Dominant Boreal Forest Type	16
A Severe Hurricane Increases Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes and Triples Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Tropical Forest	16
Fire History and Long-Term Carbon Accumulation in Hemi-boreal Peatlands	16
A Global Synthesis of the Effects of Livestock Activity on Hydrological Processes	15
Biocrusts Modulate Climate Change Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Pools: Insights From a 9-Year Experiment	15
Aboveground Responses of C3 and C4 Grass-Dominated Plant Communities to Future Larger and Less Frequent Rainfall Events	15
Multicentury Growth Patterns and Climate Relationships of Three Co-occurring Nothofagus Species in High-Elevation Forests of the Valdivian Andes	15
Decoding a Soil Microbial Strategy: Prioritizing Quantity Over Quality of Phosphatases	14

Long-Term Phosphorus Addition Strongly Weakens the Carbon Sink Function of a Temperate Peatland	14
Hypolimnetic Nutrient Subsidies to Surface Waters of a Large Lake: A Coupled Hydrodynamic Modelling and Nitrogen Isotope Field Assessment	14
Disturbance Level Mediates the Differential Resistance of Tropical Dry Forest Soil and Vegetation Attributes to High-Intensity Hurricanes	13
Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic	13
Structuring Life After Death: Plant Leachates Promote CO2 Uptake by Regulating Microbial Biofilm Interactions in a Northern Peatland Ecosystem	13
Contrasted Successional Trajectories in a Mediterranean Wetland Due to Geomorphic- and Human-Induced Perturbations	12
Anion Exchange Capacity Explains Deep Soil Nitrate Accumulation in Brazilian Amazon Croplands	12
Response of Boreal Plant Communities and Forest Floor Carbon Fluxes to Experimental Nutrient Additions	12
Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests	12
Flexibility in Aquatic Food Web Interactions: Linking Scales and Approaches	12
Ocean Acidification Influences Strain Selection and Metabolism of the Benthic Diatom Cocconeis neothumensis var. marina	12
Global Patterns of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Reproductive and Leaf Litterfall	11
Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient	11
Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa	11
The Effect of Water Colour on Fish Communities in Boreal lakes	11
Exceptions to the Heterotrophic Rule: Prevalence and Drivers of Autotrophy in Streams and Rivers	11
Embracing Uncertainty and Probabilistic Outcomes for Ecological Critical Loads	11
Biomass Pyramids of Marine Mesozooplankton Communities as Inferred From Their Integrated Trophic Positions	11
Identifying Bottlenecks to Energy Circulation in the Bay of Biscay Pelagic Food Web: Key Species Under the Spotlight	11
Ecosystem Changes Caused by Hydrological Change are Associated with Population Decline in a Formerly-Common Grazing Herbivore	10
Abiotic Factors Modify Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Outcomes After High-Severity Fire	10
Detecting Trajectories of Regime Shifts and Loss of Resilience in Coastal Wetlands using Remote Sensing	10
Nitrogen Addition Increases Freeze Resistance in Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Shrubs in a Temperate-Tropical Ecotone	10
Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests	10
Trophic Niche Metrics Reveal Long-Term Shift in Florida Bay Food Webs	10
Temporal Development of Microhabitats on Living Habitat Trees in Temperate European Forests	9
Exploring the Frequency and Distribution of Ecological Non-monotonicity in Associations among Ecosystem Constituents	9
Season and Flow Drive Productivity of a Regulated River	9
Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland	9
Are Ecosystem Engineering Traits Fixed or Flexible: A Study on Clonal Expansion Strategies in Co-occurring Dune Grasses	9
An Outlook for Deep Learning in Ecosystem Science	8
Longitudinal Declines in Autochthony and Food Web Length: Why Do Ecological Frameworks Fail to Predict Trophic Webs in Rivers of the Pampa Biome?	8
Spatial Signatures of Biological Soil Crusts and Community Level Self-organization in Drylands	8
Impact of Drought on Ecohydrology of Southern California Grassland and Shrubland	8
Tree Foliage is a Methane Sink in Upland Temperate Forests	8
Post-fire Recovery Dynamics and Resilience of Ecosystem Services Capacity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems	8
Agricultural Land Management and Grazing Intensification Effects on Ecosystem Carbon and Nutrient Stocks	8
An Emerging Carbon Sink in Headwater Streams and the Role of Large Wood and Riparian Forest Structure	8
Watershed-scale Variation in Potential Fungal Community Contributions to Ectomycorrhizal Biogeochemical Syndromes	8
Benthopelagic Deep-Sea Food Webs Along a Latitudinal Gradient in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean)	8
Diverse Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Insects on Dung and Carrion Decomposition	8
Suspended Sections Within Downed Deadwood Are Drier, Have Altered Decomposer Communities, and Slower Decomposition	8
Vegetation Changes Following Large-scale Fence Removal Across a Protected Area Network Within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve, South Africa	7
Impacts of Watershed Restoration on Runoff, Evapotranspiration, and Ecosystem Service Valuation in a Semi-Arid Region	7
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Large Wood in a Coastal River	7
Species Diversity and Stability of Dominant Species Dominate the Stability of Community Biomass in an Alpine Meadow Under Variable Precipitation	7
Soil Legacies of Tree Species Composition in Mature Forest Affect Tree Seedlings’ Performance	7
Global Positive Effects of Litter Inputs on Soil Nitrogen Pools and Fluxes	7
Watershed Responses to Climate Change-Driven Disturbances in Temperate Montane Ecosystems of the Western United States	7
Coralline Algal Population Explosion in an Overgrazed Seagrass Meadow: Conditional Outcomes of Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions	7

Sedimentary Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Across a Vertical Gradient on a Temperate Wetland Seascape Including Salt Marshes, Seagrass Meadows and Rhizophytic Macroalgae Beds	7
Correction: Sedimentary Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Across a Vertical Gradient on a Temperate Wetland Seascape Including Salt Marshes, Seagrass Meadows and Rhizophytic Macroalgae Beds	6
Correction to: Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic	6
Disentangling Ecosystem Necromass Dynamics for Biodiversity Conservation	6
Toward a Standardized Method for Quantifying Ecosystem Hot Spots and Hot Moments	6
Effect of Restoration on Physical and Chemical Peat Properties in Previously Drained Boreal Peatlands	6
Woody Encroachment Intensifies Deep Soil Drying at Daily, Seasonal, and Decadal Scales	6
How Much Soil Carbon is Derived from Woody Detritus? A Ten-Year Study of 13C Incorporation into Soil Organic Matter	6
The Structural and Functional Impacts of Invasive Psidium cattleianum in Forests on the Island of Hawai’i	6
Calculating Nitrogen Uptake Rates in Forests: Which Components Can Be Omitted, Simplified, or Taken from Trait Databases and Which Must Be Measured In Situ?	6
Coastal Forest in Eastern Southern Africa has Savanna Bush-clump Origins	6
Is Oxygenation Related to the Decomposition of Organic Matter in Cryoconite Holes?	6
Integrating Field Data and a Meta-ecosystem Model to Study the Effects of Multiple Terrestrial Disturbances on Small Stream Ecosystem Function	6
Above-Cliff Tundra Reveals Hidden Seabird Footprint: Evidence from Bjørnøya (Svalbard)	6
Root Exudation by an Annual Grass Modifies Soil Biogeochemical Cycling: A Mechanism for Invasion	6
Topography Mediates the Response of Soil CO2 Efflux to Precipitation Over Days, Seasons, and Years	6
Dissolved Organic Carbon Mobilization Across a Climate Transect of Mesic Boreal Forests Is Explained by Air Temperature and Snowpack Duration	6
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nitrogen Mobilization in Residential Lawns	6
Correction: Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient	6
Warming Tends to Promote Nitrogen Conservation but Stimulate N2O Emissions in Mangrove Sediments	5
Impacts of Riparian and Non-riparian Woody Encroachment on Tallgrass Prairie Ecohydrology	5
Climate Records, Isotopes, and C:N Stoichiometry Reveal Carbon and Nitrogen Flux Dynamics Differ Between Functional Groups of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi	5
Interplay of Climate, Fires, Floods, and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Peat Formation and Carbon Dynamic of Coastal and Inland Tropical Peatlands in West Kalimantan, Indonesia	5
Fungal and Oomycete Pathogens Reduce Rangeland Quality Mainly Through Decreasing Forage Production	5
Tree Species Diversity Affects Litter Decomposition via Modification of the Microenvironment	5
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulation of Water Clarity in a Large, Floodplain River Ecosystem	5
Modeling the Effects of Increased Hurricane Frequency on the Tropical Forest Carbon Cycle	5
Anthropogenic Eutrophication Drives Major Food Web Changes in Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria	5
Species Asynchrony and Large Trees Jointly Drive Community Stability in a Montane Subtropical Forest	5
Soil Seed Bank Density Enhanced at Shrub Patches Due to Grazing in a Shrub-Encroached Grassland	5
Sustained Three-Year Declines in Forest Soil Respiration are Proportional to Disturbance Severity	5
Downstream Modification of Mercury in Diverse River Systems Underscores the Role of Local Conditions in Fish Bioaccumulation	5
Coexistence Patterns of Biocrust-Vascular Plant in the Loess Plateau	5
Spatial Heterogeneity of Nitrogen Fixation and Denitrification in Streams	5
Soil Moisture Partitioning Between Under Canopy and Interspace Environments in Shrublands of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert	5
Plant Multi-element Coupling as an Indicator of Nutritional Mismatches Under Global Change	5
Macroscale Variation in Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Foliar Carbon, Nitrogen, and Nitrogen Resorption	5
Seafloor Terrain Shapes the Three-dimensional Nursery Value of Mangrove and Seagrass Habitats	5
Dynamics of Organic Matter Transport, Storage, and Processing in a Non-perennial Mediterranean River Network	5
Thank You to Reviewers	5
Assessment of the Structure and Activity of Bacterial Communities as a Tandem Tool for Estimating the Ecological Condition of Lakes in Poland	5
Patterns of Herbivory and Resource Utilization of Tree Seedlings Along an Altitudinal Gradient	4
Ecosystem Size Drives Patterns and Control Mechanisms of Mixotrophs Success Across Tropical Lakes: A Large-Scale Assessment of the Grand Écart Hypothesis	4
Resolving the Drivers of Algal Nutrient Limitation from Boreal to Arctic Lakes and Streams	4
Linking Post-fire Tree Density to Carbon Storage in High-Latitude Cajander Larch (Larix cajanderi) Forests of Far Northeastern Siberia	4
Depth-Dependent Controls Over Soil Organic Carbon Stock across Chinese Shrublands	4
Hydrochoric Seed Dispersal of Riparian Plants Follows Hydrological Patterns Closer Than Geomorphic Variation	4
Tree Mortality may Drive Landscape Formation: Comparative Study from Ten Temperate Forests	4
Chronic Nitrogen Additions Decrease Rates of N Recovery and Increase Rates of Soil Inorganic N Availability in A Temperate Grassland	4
Understorey Forest Management as a Potential Tool to Promote Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in Eucalyptus Plantations	4
Changes in Biotic Mechanisms of Phytoplankton Biomass Stability Along a Eutrophic Gradient	4
Linking Resource Quality and Biodiversity to Benthic Ecosystem Functions Across a Land-to-Sea Gradient	4
Phenotypic Plasticity in Sargassum Forests May Not Counteract Projected Biomass Losses Along a Broad Latitudinal Gradient	4
Ectomycorrhizal Stands Accelerate Decomposition to a Greater Extent than Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Stands in a Northern Deciduous Forest	4
Long Transients May be Temporary Visits of Concealed Alternative Stable States	4
Variable Tissue Stoichiometry Influences Nutrient Recycling by Invasive Freshwater Mussels in Nutrient-Poor Lakes	4
Three Decades of Changing Nutrient Stoichiometry from Source to Sea on the Swedish West Coast	4
Contrasting Responses of Soil Nematode Trophic Groups to Long-Term Nitrogen Addition	4
The Interplay of the Tree and Stand-Level Processes Mediate Drought-Induced Forest Dieback: Evidence from Complementary Remote Sensing and Tree-Ring Approaches	4
Effects of Lithology on Asymbiotic N2 Fixation in Subtropical Secondary Forests, Southwest China	4
A Negative Fire–Vegetation Feedback Substantially Limits Reburn Extent Across the North American Boreal Biome	4
A Cross-System Analysis of Litter Chemical Dynamics Throughout Decomposition	4
Effects of Urban Green Infrastructure Designs on Soil Bacterial Community Composition and Function	4
Water Use Efficiency of Grassland Ecosystem in Badain Jaran Desert and Its Relations to Biometeorological Variables	3
Experimental Evidence that Forest Structure Controls Detrital Decomposition	3
Mapping the Spatial Heterogeneity of Watershed Ecosystems and Water Quality in Rainforest Fjordlands	3
Species-Specific Root Exudation Responses to Long-Term Phosphorus and Nitrogen Fertilization Across Successional Status in Bornean Tropical Rainforests	3
Current Forest–Savanna Transition in Northern South America Departs from Typical Climatic Thresholds	3
Biophysical Determinants of Shifting Tundra Vegetation Productivity in the Beaufort Delta Region of Canada	3
Plant Traits and Phylogeny Predict Soil Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Mediterranean Mixed Forests	3
Alleviation of Nutrient Co-limitation Increases Grassland Biomass Production, But Not Carbon Storage	3
Reviewer Acknowledgement 2023	3
Tree Diversity, Initial Litter Quality, and Site Conditions Drive Early-Stage Fine-Root Decomposition in European Forests	3
Frost-Associated Defoliation in Populus tremuloides Causes Repeated Growth Reductions Over 185 years	3
Estimating Pelagic Fish Biomass in a Tropical Seascape Using Echosounding and Baited Stereo-Videography	3
Seasonal Mass Migration of Water Boatmen (Hemiptera: Corixidae) as a Wetland–River Linkage and Dietary Subsidy to Riverine Fish	3
Bamboo Plantation Establishment Changes Rainfall Partitioning and Chemistry	3
Climate Effects on Prairie Productivity Partially Ameliorated by Soil Nutrients and Plant Community Responses	3
Revisiting Patterns and Controls of Productivity in a Mesic Grassland 30 Years Later: Do We Know Now What We Knew Then?	3
Subsurface Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Losses Offset Surface Carbon Accumulation in Abandoned Agricultural Fields	3