OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Basic and Applied Ecology is 24. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Moving north under the eye of the public: The dispersal ecology of the Nosferatu spider, documented by citizen scientists	86
Testing standard growth substrates for establishing native dry sandy grassland species on extensive green roofs in Northern Germany	58
Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest	50
Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities	46
Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to storm-related disturbances is mediated by topography and dispersal	42
The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds	42
Abundance and trait-matching both shape interaction frequencies between plants and birds in seed-dispersal networks	40
Artificial light at night increases the nighttime feeding of monarch butterfly caterpillars without affecting host plant quality	40
Using spatially-explicit plant competition models to optimise crop productivity in intercropped systems	40
Proximity to wildflower strips did not boost crop pollination on small, diversified farms harboring diverse wild bees	36
Semi-natural habitats are key to breeding bird diversity in intensified vineyard landscapes across Europe	34
Non-crop habitats concurrently drive crop colonization by the millet head miner and regulation by natural enemies	34
Nematode dynamics in an African dolomite cave: What is the role of environmental filtering in spatial and temporal distribution?	33
Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: Lessons from an individual trait-based approach	31
Short-term fate of nitrogen fixed by moss-cyanobacteria associations under different rainfall regimes	29
Editorial Board	28
Australian green roofs attract bees with similar functional traits, but species-specific responses to local attributes differ significantly	27
Are alien plant species superior to natives, and is this determined by performance measure and study design? A meta-analysis	27
Non-additive effects of multiple predators alter the biological control of the coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella)	26
Yellowstone Wolves: Science and Discovery in the Worlds First National Park. Edited by Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler and Daniel R. MacNulty. 339 pages, London: University of Chicago Press [2020]	26
An observational assessment of winter human-nature interaction in urban parks	25
Bird and bat diversity, herbivory and trade-offs with yield in coffee agroforests in Arabica coffee’s native range	24
Testimonials to reconstruct past abundances of wildlife populations	24
Effects of perennial wildflower strips and landscape structure on birds in intensively farmed agricultural landscapes	24