OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ecosystems is 8. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Two Mechanisms Drive Changes in Boreal Peatland Photosynthesis Following Long-Term Water Level Drawdown: Species Turnover and Altered Photosynthetic Capacity	56
Fuel Profiles and Biomass Carbon Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Insights for Disturbance Interactions from a Historical Silvicultural Experiment	41
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	38
Integrating Reservoirs into the Dissolved Organic Matter Versus Primary Production Paradigm: How Does Chlorophyll-a Change Across Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Reservoirs?	31
A Cosmic View of ‘Tundra Gardens’: Satellite Imagery Provides a Landscape-Scale Perspective of Arctic Fox Ecosystem Engineering	30
Time Scales of Ecosystem Impacts and Recovery Under Individual and Serial Invasions	29
Post-fire Regeneration Traits of Understorey Shrub Species Modulate Successional Responses to High Severity Fire in Mediterranean Pine Forests	26
Correction to: Elevated Allochthony in Stream Food Webs as a Result of Longitudinal Cumulative Effects of Forest Management	25
Fire Recurrence and Time Since Last Fire Interact to Determine the Supply of Multiple Ecosystem Services by Mediterranean Forests	24
Hydrologic Setting Dictates the Sensitivity of Ecosystem Metabolism to Climate Variability in Lakes	23
Accelerating Mountain Forest Dynamics in the Alps	22
Inundation, Hydrodynamics and Vegetation Influence Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in Amazon Floodplain Lakes	21
Modelling Marine Predator Habitat Using the Abundance of Its Pelagic Prey in the Tropical South-Western Pacific	21
Ecosystem Functioning Influences Species Fitness at Upper Trophic Levels	20
A Classification Framework to Assess Ecological, Biogeochemical, and Hydrologic Synchrony and Asynchrony	20
The Relative Importance of Coarse-Scale Climate and Fine-Scale Nitrogen Availability Contrasts in Driving Home-Field Advantage Effects in Litter Decomposition	20
Mapping the Delivery of Ecological Functions Combining Field Collected Data and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)	19
Celebrating 25 Years of Ecosystems	19
Agricultural Landscape Transformation Needed to Meet Water Quality Goals in the Yahara River Watershed of Southern Wisconsin	19
Biophysical Controls on Soil Carbon Cycling in a Northern Hardwood Forest	19
Chronic Nitrogen Deposition Induces Phosphorus Limitation of Aquatic, But Not Terrestrial, Decomposition	18
Watershed-scale Land Use Change Increases Ecosystem Metabolism in an Agricultural Stream	18
Impacts of Compost Amendment Type and Application Frequency on a Fire-Impacted Grassland Ecosystem	18
Fire History and Long-Term Carbon Accumulation in Hemi-boreal Peatlands	18
Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog	17

A Global Synthesis of the Effects of Livestock Activity on Hydrological Processes	16
Material Legacies and Environmental Constraints Underlie Fire Resilience of a Dominant Boreal Forest Type	16
Biocrusts Modulate Climate Change Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Pools: Insights From a 9-Year Experiment	16
Nitrogen Addition in a Tibetan Alpine Meadow Increases Intraspecific Variability in Nitrogen Uptake, Leading to Increased Community-level Nitrogen Uptake	16
Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient	16
Plant Litter from Rare Species Increases Functional Diversity and Decomposition of Species Mixtures	16
Risk Assessment for Key Socio-Economic and Ecological Species in a Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystem Under Combined Ocean Acidification and Warming	15
A Severe Hurricane Increases Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes and Triples Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Tropical Forest	15
Long-Term Phosphorus Addition Strongly Weakens the Carbon Sink Function of a Temperate Peatland	15
Decoding a Soil Microbial Strategy: Prioritizing Quantity Over Quality of Phosphatases	15
Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic	14
A Trait-Based Approach for Understanding Changes in Carbon Sequestration in Semi-Arid Grassland During Succession	14
Disturbance Level Mediates the Differential Resistance of Tropical Dry Forest Soil and Vegetation Attributes to High-Intensity Hurricanes	14
Structuring Life After Death: Plant Leachates Promote CO2 Uptake by Regulating Microbial Biofilm Interactions in a Northern Peatland Ecosystem	13
Response of Boreal Plant Communities and Forest Floor Carbon Fluxes to Experimental Nutrient Additions	13
Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa	13
Contrasted Successional Trajectories in a Mediterranean Wetland Due to Geomorphic- and Human-Induced Perturbations	13
Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient	12
Flexibility in Aquatic Food Web Interactions: Linking Scales and Approaches	12
Turbidity Structures the Controls of Ecosystem Metabolism and Associated Metabolic Process Domains Along a 75-km Segment of a Semiarid Stream	12
Anion Exchange Capacity Explains Deep Soil Nitrate Accumulation in Brazilian Amazon Croplands	12
Embracing Uncertainty and Probabilistic Outcomes for Ecological Critical Loads	12
Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests	12
The Effect of Water Colour on Fish Communities in Boreal lakes	11
Nitrogen Addition Increases Freeze Resistance in Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Shrubs in a Temperate-Tropical Ecotone	11
Global Patterns of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Reproductive and Leaf Litterfall	11
Abiotic Factors Modify Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Outcomes After High-Severity Fire	11
Snail Mucus Increases the CO2 Efflux of Biological Soil Crusts	11
Biomass Pyramids of Marine Mesozooplankton Communities as Inferred From Their Integrated Trophic Positions	11
Exceptions to the Heterotrophic Rule: Prevalence and Drivers of Autotrophy in Streams and Rivers	10
Grasslands Maintain Stability in Productivity Through Compensatory Effects and Dominant Species Stability Under Extreme Precipitation Patterns	10
Natural Advance Regeneration of Native Tree Species in Pinus radiata Plantations of South-Central Chile Suggests Potential for a Passive Restoration Approach	10
Topography and Tree Species Improve Estimates of Spatial Variation in Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in a Subtropical Forest	10
Detecting Trajectories of Regime Shifts and Loss of Resilience in Coastal Wetlands using Remote Sensing	10
Trophic Niche Metrics Reveal Long-Term Shift in Florida Bay Food Webs	10
Contrasting Patterns of Soil Chemistry and Vegetation Cover Determine Diversity Changes of Soil Phototrophs Along an Afrotropical Elevation Gradient	10
Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests	10
Exploring the Frequency and Distribution of Ecological Non-monotonicity in Associations among Ecosystem Constituents	10
Ecosystem Changes Caused by Hydrological Change are Associated with Population Decline in a Formerly-Common Grazing Herbivore	10
Season and Flow Drive Productivity of a Regulated River	9
Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland	9
Tree Foliage is a Methane Sink in Upland Temperate Forests	9
Impact of Drought on Ecohydrology of Southern California Grassland and Shrubland	9
Are Ecosystem Engineering Traits Fixed or Flexible: A Study on Clonal Expansion Strategies in Co-occurring Dune Grasses	9
BVOC Emissions From a Subarctic Ecosystem, as Controlled by Insect Herbivore Pressure and Temperature	9
Temporal Development of Microhabitats on Living Habitat Trees in Temperate European Forests	9
Watershed-scale Variation in Potential Fungal Community Contributions to Ectomycorrhizal Biogeochemical Syndromes	9
Global Positive Effects of Litter Inputs on Soil Nitrogen Pools and Fluxes	8
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Large Wood in a Coastal River	8
Sedimentary Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Across a Vertical Gradient on a Temperate Wetland Seascape Including Salt Marshes, Seagrass Meadows and Rhizophytic Macroalgae Beds	8

An Outlook for Deep Learning in Ecosystem Science	8
Species Diversity and Stability of Dominant Species Dominate the Stability of Community Biomass in an Alpine Meadow Under Variable Precipitation	8
An Emerging Carbon Sink in Headwater Streams and the Role of Large Wood and Riparian Forest Structure	8
Governance in the Face of Extreme Events: Lessons from Evolutionary Processes for Structuring Interventions, and the Need to Go Beyond	8
Vegetation Changes Following Large-scale Fence Removal Across a Protected Area Network Within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve, South Africa	8
Post-fire Recovery Dynamics and Resilience of Ecosystem Services Capacity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems	8
Spatial Signatures of Biological Soil Crusts and Community Level Self-organization in Drylands	8
Suspended Sections Within Downed Deadwood Are Drier, Have Altered Decomposer Communities, and Slower Decomposition	8
Is Zooplankton Body Size an Indicator of Water Quality in (Sub)tropical Reservoirs in China?	8
Habitat Adaptation Mediates the Influence of Leaf Traits on Canopy Productivity: Evidence from a Tropical Freshwater Swamp Forest	8