OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ecosystems is 7. 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
Reviewer Acknowledgement 2023	76
Two Mechanisms Drive Changes in Boreal Peatland Photosynthesis Following Long-Term Water Level Drawdown: Species Turnover and Altered Photosynthetic Capacity	52
2022 Reviewer Thank You	40
Tree Diversity, Initial Litter Quality, and Site Conditions Drive Early-Stage Fine-Root Decomposition in European Forests	37
Integrating Reservoirs into the Dissolved Organic Matter Versus Primary Production Paradigm: How Does Chlorophyll-a Change Across Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Reservoirs?	36
A Cosmic View of ‘Tundra Gardens’: Satellite Imagery Provides a Landscape-Scale Perspective of Arctic Fox Ecosystem Engineering	29
Mineral-Associated Organic Matter Concentration Beneath Northern Temperate Trees Varies by Mycorrhizal Type and Leaf Habit	28
Labile Soil Carbon Heterogeneity Driven by Consumer Engineering of Aboveground Structure in a Kenyan Savanna	26
The Impact of Variable DOC Concentrations on Acidification Assessments	26
Reassembly of Disturbed Forests Portends Climate Resilience but Diversity Loss	25
Nitrogen Reduction Causes Shifts in Winter and Spring Phytoplankton Composition and Resource Use Efficiency in a Large Subtropical Lake in China	23
Differences in Characteristics of Sample Sites Explain Variable Responses of Soil Microbial Biomass to Nitrogen Addition: A Meta-Analysis	23
Soil Fungi Promote Biodiversity–Productivity Relationships in Experimental Communities of Young Trees	22
Topography Mediates the Response of Soil CO2 Efflux to Precipitation Over Days, Seasons, and Years	22
Integrating Field Data and a Meta-ecosystem Model to Study the Effects of Multiple Terrestrial Disturbances on Small Stream Ecosystem Function	21
Invertebrate-Mediated Ecosystem Processes are Resilient to Disturbance Across a Land-Use Gradient in Borneo	20
Anion Exchange Capacity Explains Deep Soil Nitrate Accumulation in Brazilian Amazon Croplands	20
Is Oxygenation Related to the Decomposition of Organic Matter in Cryoconite Holes?	20
Contrasting Silicon Dynamics Between Aboveground Vegetation and Soil Along a Secondary Successional Gradient in a Cool-temperate Deciduous Forest	19
Time Scales of Ecosystem Impacts and Recovery Under Individual and Serial Invasions	19
Pyric Herbivory and the Nexus Between Forage, Fire and Native and Introduced Large Grazing Herbivores in Australian Tropical Savannas	19
The Role of Epiphytic Algae and Grazing Snails in Stable States of Submerged and of Free-Floating Plants	19
Contrasted Successional Trajectories in a Mediterranean Wetland Due to Geomorphic- and Human-Induced Perturbations	18
Fuel Profiles and Biomass Carbon Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Insights for Disturbance Interactions from a Historical Silvicultural Experiment	18
Climate Effects on Prairie Productivity Partially Ameliorated by Soil Nutrients and Plant Community Responses	18

Drainage-Driven Loss of Carbon Sequestration of a Temperate Peatland in Northeast China	17
Correction to: Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic	17
Spatial Distribution of Carbon Stocks Along Protected and Non-protected Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico	17
How Much Soil Carbon is Derived from Woody Detritus? A Ten-Year Study of 13C Incorporation into Soil Organic Matter	16
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	16
The Roles of the Moss Layer in Mediating Tree Seedling Environmental Stress, Mercury Exposure, and Regeneration in High-Elevation Conifer Forests	15
Response of Stream Metabolism to Coarse Woody Debris Additions Along a Catchment Disturbance Gradient	15
Early Differentiation of the Phenotypic Space and Performance of Juniperus thurifera Across Woodland-Expanding Areas	15
Fungal Biodiversity Mediates the Effects of Drying on Freshwater Ecosystem Functioning	15
Soil Biota Adversely Affect the Resistance and Recovery of Plant Communities Subjected to Drought	15
Consequences of Piñon-Juniper Woodland Fuel Reduction: Prescribed Fire Increases Soil Erosion While Mastication Does Not	15
Ocean Warming Will Reduce Standing Biomass in a Tropical Western Atlantic Reef Ecosystem	14
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	14
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nitrogen Mobilization in Residential Lawns	14
Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa	14
Shifting Forests and Carbon: Linking Community Composition and Aboveground Carbon Attributes	14
Response of Boreal Plant Communities and Forest Floor Carbon Fluxes to Experimental Nutrient Additions	13
Long-Term Drought and Warming Alter Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities in an Upland Heathland	13
Combining Techniques to Conceptualise Denitrification Hot Spots and Hot Moments in Estuaries	13
Post-fire Regeneration Traits of Understorey Shrub Species Modulate Successional Responses to High Severity Fire in Mediterranean Pine Forests	13
Soil Organic Carbon Content Decreases in Both Surface and Subsoil Mineral Horizons by Simulated Future Increases in Labile Carbon Inputs in a Temperate Coniferous Forest	13
Propagating Uncertainty in Predicting Individuals and Means Illustrated with Foliar Chemistry and Forest Biomass	12
Disentangling Ecosystem Necromass Dynamics for Biodiversity Conservation	12
Hydrological Regime and Plant Functional Traits Jointly Mediate the Influence of Salix spp. on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks in a High Arctic Tundra	12
Calculating Nitrogen Uptake Rates in Forests: Which Components Can Be Omitted, Simplified, or Taken from Trait Databases and Which Must Be Measured In Situ?	12
Toward a Multi-stressor Theory for Coral Reefs in a Changing World	11
Turbidity Structures the Controls of Ecosystem Metabolism and Associated Metabolic Process Domains Along a 75-km Segment of a Semiarid Stream	11
Natural Disturbances are Essential Determinants of Tree-Related Microhabitat Availability in Temperate Forests	11
Submerged Rootless Macrophytes Sustain a Stable State Against Free-Floating Plants	11
Correction: Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient	11
Local and Regional Effects of Land-Use Intensity on Aboveground Biomass and Tree Diversity in Tropical Montane Cloud Forests	11
Current Forest–Savanna Transition in Northern South America Departs from Typical Climatic Thresholds	10
Experimental Evidence Supporting the Seasonal Availability of Water Hypothesis in a Mixed C3/C4 Grassland	10
Flexibility in Aquatic Food Web Interactions: Linking Scales and Approaches	10
Combined Effects of Nitrogen Deposition and Climate on Root-to-Shoot Ratios and Root Morphology in Temperate Tree Regeneration	10
Greenhouse Gas Balance of Sphagnum Farming on Highly Decomposed Peat at Former Peat Extraction Sites	10
Carbon Stocks and Total Belowground Carbon Flux Respond to Weather and Grazing in Semiarid Montane Meadows	10
Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests	10
Alleviation of Nutrient Co-limitation Increases Grassland Biomass Production, But Not Carbon Storage	9
Fine Root Growth Increases in Response to Nitrogen Addition in Phosphorus-limited Northern Hardwood Forests	9
Increased Water Use Efficiency in China and Its Drivers During 2000–2016	9
The Effect of Water Colour on Fish Communities in Boreal lakes	9
Accelerating Mountain Forest Dynamics in the Alps	9
Meta-analysis Reveals Different Competition Effects on Tree Growth Resistance and Resilience to Drought	9
Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient	9
Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests	9
Hydrologic Setting Dictates the Sensitivity of Ecosystem Metabolism to Climate Variability in Lakes	8
Local Environmental Context Structures Animal-Habitat Associations Across Biogeographic Regions	8
The Effect of Marsh Age on Ecosystem Function in a Rapidly Transgressing Marsh	8
Standing Litter Modifies Top-Down Effects of Large Herbivores on a Grassland Plant Community	8

Global Patterns of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Reproductive and Leaf Litterfall	8
Simulating Soil Atmosphere Exchanges and CO2 Fluxes for an Ongoing Peat Extraction Site	8
Biomass Pyramids of Marine Mesozooplankton Communities as Inferred From Their Integrated Trophic Positions	8
Exploring the Role of Cryptic Nitrogen Fixers in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Frontier in Nitrogen Cycling Research	8
Low Redox Decreases Potential Phosphorus Limitation on Soil Biogeochemical Cycling Along a Tropical Rainfall Gradient	8
Foliar Stoichiometry is Marginally Sensitive to Soil Phosphorus Across a Lowland Tropical Rainforest	8
Soil Abiotic Properties Shape Plant Functional Diversity Across Temperate Grassland Plant Communities	7
Exceptions to the Heterotrophic Rule: Prevalence and Drivers of Autotrophy in Streams and Rivers	7
Net Ecosystem Metabolism is Independent of Elevation in Mountain Lakes of the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA	7
Embracing Uncertainty and Probabilistic Outcomes for Ecological Critical Loads	7
Plant Traits and Phylogeny Predict Soil Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Mediterranean Mixed Forests	7
Assessing Energetic Pathways and Time Lags in Estuarine Food Webs	7
Unexpected Negative Effect of Available Water Capacity Detected on Recent Conifer Forest Growth Trends Across Wide Environmental Gradients	7
Bamboo Plantation Establishment Changes Rainfall Partitioning and Chemistry	7
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulation of Water Clarity in a Large, Floodplain River Ecosystem	7
Bryosphere Loss Impairs Litter Decomposition Consistently Across Moss Species, Litter Types, and Micro-Arthropod Abundance	7
Biotic and Abiotic Control Over Diurnal CH4 Fluxes in a Temperate Transitional Poor Fen Ecosystem	7
Abiotic Factors Modify Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Outcomes After High-Severity Fire	7
Stressors Increase the Impacts of Coastal Macrofauna Biodiversity Loss on Ecosystem Multifunctionality	7
Correction to: Elevated Allochthony in Stream Food Webs as a Result of Longitudinal Cumulative Effects of Forest Management	7
Frost-Associated Defoliation in Populus tremuloides Causes Repeated Growth Reductions Over 185 years	7
Macroscale Variation in Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Foliar Carbon, Nitrogen, and Nitrogen Resorption	7