OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Western North American Naturalist is 1. 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
Phenotypes and Distribution of Yellow-Pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus) of Hybrid Ancestry from the Rocky Mountains of Canada	17
Mammals of the Jesús María River Basin, Western Mexico: Alpha and Beta Diversity in an Area of High Environmental Heterogeneity	9
Shrinkage of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow after Preservation in Formalin and Storage in Ethanol	8
Floral Constancies of Flies and Native Bees Visiting Ceanothus perplexans (Rhamnaceae) Flowers in Western Arizona	6
Distribution, Ecology, Morphology, and Status of the Inyo Mountains Salamander (Batrachoseps campi)	5
Heterospecific Coprophagy: Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Feeding on Cougar (Puma concolor) Feces	5
Genetic Evidence for the Presence of Geomys jugossicularis in the Oklahoma panhandle	5
Age-Dependent Search Behavior in the Colorado Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus)	4
Silver Sagebrush (Artemisia cana) Survival and Regrowth after Fire in the Mixed Grass Prairie	4
Observations of Greater Sage-Grouse at a Solar Energy Facility in Wyoming	3
Spatiotemporal Patterns of San Joaquin Kit Foxes and an Urban Canid Guild	3
Robert Kingston Vickery, Jr.—In Memoriam	3
First Documentation of Least Chub in the Snake River Drainage in Idaho	3
Distribution of Astragalus amnis-amissi (Fabaceae), a Plant Endemic to East-Central Idaho	3
Western Pearlshell (Margaritifera falcata) Extirpation in the Smith River, Montana, with a Possible Link to Warming Water Temperatures	3
Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Montane and Alpine Lakes of Northern Colorado (USA)	3
Factors Related to the Distribution and Abundance of Westslope Cutthroat Trout in Central Idaho	3
Submergence Behavior in June by Female Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene Ornata) from Southern Kansas	3
Reproductive Ecology and Bee Associates of Packard's Milkvetch (Astragalus packardiae), a Rare Plant Endemic to Southwestern Idaho	3
Immediate Effects of a wildfire on Bats in a Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Forest	3
New Records and Notes on the Distribution of Aquatic Insects (Coleoptera, Hemiptera) in Southeastern Arizona	3
Unusual Bird Reports from the Trans-Pecos District of Chihuahua, Mexico, Including Five New Additions to the State of Chihuahua	2
Citizen Science in Action: An Updated Distribution for Lampropeltis pyromelana	2
A Holocene Record of Vegetation Change and Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks at Lake of the Woods, Montana, USA	2
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Phalaropes (Phalaropus spp.) and Adult Brine Flies (Ephydra spp.) are Linked on Great Salt Lake, Utah	2

Winter Activity of Perimyotis subflavus Outside Culverts in East Texas	2
Early Records Suggest a Broader Historic Range of the Ozark Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens)	2
Record of Nesting and Fledgling Depredation on Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) in its Peri-Urban Habitat in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, West-Central Mexico	2
Livestock Depredation by Jaguars Associated with Dry-Season Core-Use Areas in a Northeastern Mexico Agrolandscape	2
Plains to Peaks: An Analysis of the Relationship between Colorado Butterfly Communities and Altitude	2
Novel Records of Rodent Species in the Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco, México: Phylogenetic Insights and Taxonomic Implications	2
Presence of Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis) at High Elevation between Watersheds	2
Providing Context for Advancements in Arctomecon californica Conservation: A Comprehensive Literature Review with Case Studies	2
Are Canned Sardines or Dry Cat Food More Effective as Bait for Capturing Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)?	2
Lichens and Allied Fungi of the North Fork Nooksack River Valley Bottom, Whatcom County, Washington: Important Biodiversity in a High-Use Area	2
Trends in the Abundance of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout and Nonnative Trout in the Bear River Basin of Idaho	2
Landscape Genetics of the Camas Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bulbivorus), an Endemic Mammal of Oregon's Willamette Valley	2
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) and Paiute Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris) Detection from Environmental DNA Samples: A Dual-Purpose Assay	2
Genetic Variation and Population Structure among Western Hibernacula of Townsend's Big-Eared Bats, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii	2
Effects of Fire on Kangaroo Rats in the San Joaquin Desert of California	2
Trophic Relationships in Larval California Newts (Taricha torosa)	2
Seasonal Fish Communities in Three Northern California Estuaries	2
Detecting Rainbow Trout Introgression in Bonneville Cutthroat Trout of the Bear River Basin Using Field-Based Phenotypic Characteristics	2
A Molecular Taxonomy of Cottus in western North America	2
Pronghorn Habitat Suitability in the Flint Hills of East Central Kansas	1
Reproductive Biology and Flower Visitors of Two Rare Species of sclerocactus (Cactaceae) in the Southwestern United States	1
Late Pleistocene Herpetofauna from Two High-Elevation Caves in the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado	1
Terrestrial Snails and Slugs of Nevada, USA: An Overview of Taxa, Biogeography, and Habitat Affinities	1
Recent Records of Anthony's Mexican Mole (Scapanus anthonyi Allen, 1893) in Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, México	1
Effects of Annual Weather Variation on Peak Herbaceous Yield Date in Sagebrush Steppe	1
Ecological Implications of the Detection of Freshwater Bryozoan Cristatella mucedo (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata) and Myxozoan Parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Cnidaria: Malacosporea) in Southwest	1
Acoustic Interaction between a Pair of Owls and a Wolf	1
Are Shrubs a Necessary Component of the Habitat for Ammospermophilus nelsoni in the San Joaquin Desert?	1
Camera Trap Surveys Characterize a Snake Community from a Chihuahuan Desert Shortgrass Prairie	1
Integrative Biodiversity Inventories: Characterizing Lichen-Forming Fungal Diversity in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Using DNA Barcoding and Vouchered Specimens	1
Postfire Seedling Establishment of Desert Peach (Prunus fasciculata) and Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) from Simulated Seed Caches in the Mojave Desert	1
Cytogenetics of Black Fly Larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Logan River, Utah, the Type Locality of Simulium brevicercum	1
Field-Based Selenium Partitioning Coefficients and Trophic Transfer Factors for Cutthroat Trout Fisheries from Four Montane Lakes, Colorado, USA	1
Morphological Evidence of Maladaptation to Introduced Predators in Gambusia senilis from its Extant Range in the Conchos Basin (Chihuahua, Mexico)	1
Differences between Northern and Southern Female Coyotes	1
Long-Term Soil Fungal Community Recovery After Fire is Impacted by Climate Change	1
Two New Late Quaternary Avifaunas from the East-Central Great Basin with the Description of a New Species of Falco	1
Mystifying Mountain Mimics: Two Sister Species of Kingsnake Show Different Trends in Mimetic Accuracy in Allopatry with Coral Snakes	1
The North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is Recolonizing the Llano Estacado	1
Distribution of the Western Black-Headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps) in California: Implications for Management	1
Reviewers for 2022	1
Genotypic Variation in Cheatgrass Germination Strategies in Contrasting Climate Conditions of the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts	1
Ecosystem Structure and Function across Western Dryland Ecosystems: A Cross-Site Comparison of Semiarid Ecosystem Types in Colorado and Wyoming	1
Changes in an Exotic Fish Community Assemblage of a Thermal Spring in Central Idaho	1
Acarosporaceae of New Mexico: Eight New Species of Acarospora and Sarcogyne	1
Insects Associated with Welsh's Milkweed (Asclepias welshii) at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah	1
Potentially Adaptive Significance of Genome Size Diversity across Ecological Gradients and Seed Size in Ivesia (Rosaceae)	1
Co-Occurrence and Nest Success of Thick-Billed and Chestnut-Collared Longspurs in a Central Montana Rangeland	1
Early Succession Following Prescribed Fire in Low Sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula var. Arbuscula) Steppe	1
Necrotic Lesions and Associated Mites of the Pinnae of Free-Living Bats Artibeus jamaicensis and Sturnira hondurensis from Mexico	1

The History of Cougars in Yellowstone National Park	1
Molecular Identification of Sceloporus Lizards in the Laramie Mountains, Wyoming	1
A Temporal Color Variant in the Blunt-Headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum) in West-Central Mexico	1
Predictability of Invasive Argentine Ant Distribution Across Mediterranean Ecoregions of Southern California	1
Integrating Historical and Contemporary Data for Narrow-Foot Hygrotus Diving Beetle (Hygrotus diversipes Leech, 1966): Perspectives Studying Invertebrates of Management and Conservation Concern	1
Density and Subsurface Burrowing of a Desert-Dwelling Land Snail, Helminthoglypta greggi, in the Western Mohave Desert	1
Three Gastropod Species Reported in Utah for the First Time: Arion fasciatus, Cryptomastix magnidentata, and Cepaea nemoralis	1
An Observation of Spring Mating in Silver-Haired Bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans)	1
Use of Highway Infrastructure by Bats: A Literature Review and Survey of the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas	1
Roosts of Northern Long-Eared Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) at the Western Edge of the Great Plains	1
Records for Hippoboscidae, Streblidae, and Nycteribiidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Colorado and Wyoming	1
A Botanical Framework for Long-Term Research in the Upper Sand Creek Research Natural Area, Dixie National Forest, Utah, USA	1
Small-Scale Winter Damage on Plants: Wind and Ice can Remove Plant Pubescence	1
Monitoring Whitebark Pine Stand Health in the Central Washington Cascades	1
Vertebrate Use of Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Structures in Wetlands of the Nebraska Sandhills	1
First Shasta Ground Sloth (Nothrotheriops; Xenarthra) from the Eastern Great Basin, Nevada	1
Phenology of Antler Velvet Shedding in White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Central Nebraska	1
Insects are Attracted to White Wind Turbine Bases: Evidence from Turbine Mimics	1
Monitoring the Basking Behavior of Rio Grande Cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) through Game Cameras in Southeastern New Mexico, USA	1
Diet of the Golden Eagle during the Breeding Season in Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico	1
Natural History of the Mexican Cockroach Homoeogamia mexicana Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Corydiidae): Biology, Distribution, and Habitat Characterization	1