OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Basic and Applied Ecology is 10. 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
Proximity to wildflower strips did not boost crop pollination on small, diversified farms harboring diverse wild bees	90
Artificial light at night increases the nighttime feeding of monarch butterfly caterpillars without affecting host plant quality	58
Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities	50
Moving north under the eye of the public: The dispersal ecology of the Nosferatu spider, documented by citizen scientists	48
Short-term fate of nitrogen fixed by moss-cyanobacteria associations under different rainfall regimes	47
Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest	44
Abundance and trait-matching both shape interaction frequencies between plants and birds in seed-dispersal networks	41
Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to storm-related disturbances is mediated by topography and dispersal	41
Nematode dynamics in an African dolomite cave: What is the role of environmental filtering in spatial and temporal distribution?	40
Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: Lessons from an individual trait-based approach	36
Non-crop habitats concurrently drive crop colonization by the millet head miner and regulation by natural enemies	35
Using spatially-explicit plant competition models to optimise crop productivity in intercropped systems	34
Testing standard growth substrates for establishing native dry sandy grassland species on extensive green roofs in Northern Germany	33
Semi-natural habitats are key to breeding bird diversity in intensified vineyard landscapes across Europe	32
The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds	32
Are alien plant species superior to natives, and is this determined by performance measure and study design? A meta-analysis	29
Australian green roofs attract bees with similar functional traits, but species-specific responses to local attributes differ significantly	28
An observational assessment of winter human-nature interaction in urban parks	28
Does weed suppression by high crop density depend on crop spatial pattern and soil water availability?	27
Editorial Board	27
Biodiversity in urban blue space – increasing knowledge and species richness	27
Non-additive effects of multiple predators alter the biological control of the coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella)	25
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]	25
Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation	25
Testimonials to reconstruct past abundances of wildlife populations	24

Temporal changes of biodiversity in urban running waters – Results of a twelve-year monitoring study	24
Floristic composition and plant functional type diversity of the basalt cliffs of Western Ghats, India	24
Effects of perennial wildflower strips and landscape structure on birds in intensively farmed agricultural landscapes	24
Invasive common milkweed strongly simplifies insect flower-visiting networks	23
Distance- and density-dependent recruitment of common ragwort is not driven by plant-soil feedbacks	23
Changes in weed vegetation across transects in maize fields	22
Book Review	22
Comparing the performance of two camera trap-based methods to survey small mustelids	21
Editorial Board	21
Plant functional composition as an effective surrogate for biodiversity conservation	21
Simply the green: Urban refuges	21
Exploring relationships between time of day and pollinator activity in the context of pesticide use	21
Towards sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from an interdisciplinary research-based framework applied to the Saint Lawrence floodplain	20
Limited immediate effect of artificial light of realistic intensity on flight behaviour of commuting pond bat (Myotis dasycneme)	20
Traits of hymenopterans, dipterans and plants that indicate vulnerability to landscape homogenization	20
How cushion plant communities structure nival soil biodiversity: A metabarcoding study in the French Alps	20
Corrigendum to “Drought response and urban-pollinator attractiveness of ornamental plant species” [Basic and Applied Ecology Volume 78, August 2024, Pages 1–13]	20
Recent technological developments allow for passive acoustic monitoring of Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) in research and conservation across a broad range of temporal and spatial scales	20
Soundscape for urban ecological security evaluation	20
A review of global trends in the study types used to investigate bee nesting biology	19
Editorial Board	19
The role of non-volatile chemicals of floral rewards in plant-pollinator interactions	19
Residents’ perceptions of cultural ecosystem services from urban green spaces: A comparative study of Korea and Germany	18
Extensive vegetation management and semi-natural habitats increase plant alpha and gamma diversity in European vineyards	18
Editorial Board	18
Bottom-up and top-down drivers of herbivory on Arabica coffee along an environmental and management gradient	18
Seedling recruitment of small-seeded and large-seeded species in forests and pastures in southern Ecuador	17
Contrasting effects of street light shapes and LED color temperatures on nocturnal insects and bats	17
Geographic variation in the population trends of common breeding birds across central Europe	17
Decreasing nitrogen deposition rates: Good news for oligotrophic grassland species?	17
Foraging risk in scavenging ecology: A study of scavenger behavior and patterns of bacterial growth	17
Towards precision grazing: Spatio-temporal dynamics of the relation between cattle, vegetation, and arthropods	16
A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: Does integrated pest management make a difference?	16
Plant species diversity affects plant nutrient pools by affecting plant biomass and nutrient concentrations in high-nitrogen ecosystems	16
Viticulture abandonment benefits the bird community of the French Mediterranean	16
Does crop genetic diversity support positive biodiversity effects under experimental drought?	15
Urbanisation reduced body size but potentially improved flight performance in bees and wasps	15
Towards an effective in-situ biodiversity assessment in European forests	15
Larger cities host richer bee faunas, but are no refuge for species with concerning conservation status: Empirical evidence from Western Europe	15
Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients	15
Cliffs support lichen communities unique from nearby forests	15
Can novel seed mixes provide a more diverse, abundant, earlier, and longer-lasting floral resource for bees than current mixes?	15
Temporal resource partitioning mediates vertebrate coexistence at carcasses: The role of competitive and facilitative interactions	15
Impacts of coastal realignment on biodiversity. A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Distribution, behavior and diet of the Asiatic black bear in human modified landscapes	15
Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes	15
Space-for-Time Substitution to study changes in flowering phenology in herbaceous species is most reliable for early-flowering species	14
Plant diversity on islands in the Anthropocene: Integrating the effects of the theory of island biogeography and human activities	14
Taxonomic and functional characteristics of field edge weed communities along a gradient of crop management intensity	14
Bees and pollination in grassland habitats in Helsinki (Finland) are diverse but dominated by polylectic species	14

WITHDRAWN: Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes	14
Bumblebee workers avoid foraging in road verges along busy roads	13
Editorial Board	13
Challenges and opportunities when studying movement ecology in science and practical conservation	13
Crop gains induced by diversification exceed crop losses to diseases and weeds in a low-input rice cultivation system	13
Asynchrony between solitary bee emergence and flower availability reduces flower visitation rate and may affect offspring size	13
Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser	13
BOOK REVIEW	13
Climate and human influence shape the interactive role of the honeybee in pollination networks beyond its native distributional range	12
Irrigation decreases flower cover and beneficial arthropod abundances in Mediterranean vineyards	12
Positive association between foliar silicon and extrafloral nectar in Vicia faba with application of methyl jasmonate	12
Carnivores cross irrigation canals more often through overpasses than through culverts	12
A global assessment of the species composition and effectiveness of watermelon pollinators and the management strategies to inform effective pollination service delivery	12
Hand pollination of global crops – A systematic review	11
Contrasting effects of land-use and local disturbance on plant and pollinator communities in wetlands	11
Recovery of local dragonfly diversity following restoration of an artificial lake in an urban area near Buenos Aires	11
Ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity respond differently to changes in forest cover and spatial distance	11
Unpacking the fitness consequences of a warmer spring on an overwintering butterfly	11
Proglacial slopes are protected against erosion by trait diverse and dense plant communities associated with specific microbial communities	11
BOOK REVIEW	11
Olive grove intensification negatively affects wintering bird communities in central Spain	11
Time since establishment drives bee and hoverfly diversity, abundance of crop-pollinating bees and aphidophagous hoverflies in perennial wildflower strips	11
Warming enhances the effects of nitrogen addition on fungal but not on bacterial diversity in an alpine meadow	11
What plant–pollinator network structure tells us about the mechanisms underlying the bidirectional biodiversity productivity relationship?	11
Predator and pollinator? An invasive hornet alters the pollination dynamics of a native plant	11
Pollinator supplementation mitigates pollination deficits in smallholder avocado (Persea americana Mill.) production systems in Kenya	11
Climate and soil factors drive the functional and phylogenetic assembly of Qinghai-Tibetan grassland communities via multiple paths	10
Editorial Board	10
Habitat heterogeneity promotes bird diversity in agricultural landscapes: Insights from remote sensing data	10
Scale-dependent effectiveness of on-field vs. off-field agri-environmental measures for wild bees	10
Threats and benefits of invasive alien plant species on pollinators	10
Bumblebee pollination ensures the stability of both yield and quality of the woody oil crop Paeonia ostii ‘Fengdan’	10
The multiple-mechanisms hypothesis of biodiversity–stability relationships	10
Making the best of a hard job: A response to Nakashima (2022)	10
Functional traits mediate ant community assembly in a West African savannah-forest mosaic (Côte d'Ivoire)	10
Environmental complexity and predator density mediate a stable earwig-woolly apple aphid interaction	10
Most habitat's and species' assessments in German Natura 2000 sites reflect unfavourable conservation states	10
Editorial Board	10
Drought response and urban-pollinator attractiveness of ornamental plant species	10
Smelling danger: Lady beetle odors affect aphid population abundance and feeding, but not movement between plants	10
Survival patterns and population stability of cliff plants suggest high resistance to climatic variability	10
Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles	10
Effects of phylogenetic associations on environmental and temporal niche partitioning among sympatric mammals	10