American Naturalist

Papers
(The TQCC of American Naturalist 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Front and Back Matter173
Replicated Functional Evolution in Cichlid Adaptive Radiations45
Long-Term Decrease in Coloration: A Consequence of Climate Change?40
Acquired Phototrophy as an Evolutionary Path to Mixotrophy33
Estimating Density Dependence, Environmental Variance, and Long-Term Selection on a Stage-Structured Life History32
Learning from Our Study Organisms about Sexual Selection: Lessons from the Ocellated Wrasse32
Front and Back Matter31
Georgii F. Gause’s The Struggle for Existence and the Integration of Natural History and Mathematical Models31
Front and Back Matter28
Differences in Thermal Tolerance between Parental Species Could Fuel Thermal Adaptation in Hybrid Wood Ants28
Soilscapes of Mortality Risk Suggest a Goldilocks Effect for Overwintering Ectotherms27
Inbreeding and competitor’s genetic relatedness affect dynamic male color-ornament expression in a cichlid fish26
Avian Predators Avoid Attacking Fly-Mimicking Beetles: A Field Experiment on Evasive Mimicry Using Artificial Prey25
Front and Back Matter23
Using Computational Simulations to Model Deleterious Variation and Genetic Load in Natural Populations23
When and Where We Can Expect to See Early Warning Signals in Multispecies Systems Approaching Tipping Points: Insights from Theory23
Pyrophilic Plants Respond to Postfire Soil Conditions in a Frequently Burned Longleaf Pine Savanna22
Understanding the Role of Naive Learners in Cultural Change22
Front and Back Matter20
Metabolic Rate Diversity Shapes Group Performance in Honeybees19
The Evolution of Resource Provisioning in Pollination Mutualisms18
Dynamic Trait Distribution as a Source for Shifts in Interaction Strength and Population Density18
Adaptive Evolution Can Both Prevent Ecosystem Collapse and Delay Ecosystem Recovery18
Front and Back Matter18
Extreme High-Elevation Mammal Surveys Reveal Unexpectedly High Upper Range Limits of Andean Mice17
What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Dismantling the Human Hierarchies in Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Toxicology for Scientific and Social Progress17
Eavesdropping Micropredators as Dynamic Limiters of Sexual Signal Elaboration and Intrasexual Competition17
Front and Back Matter17
Dispersal Alters the Nature and Scope of Sexually Antagonistic Variation17
Repeated Divergence in Opsin Gene Expression Mirrors Photic Habitat Changes in Rapidly Evolving Crater Lake Cichlid Fishes17
Gut Microbiota Uniqueness Is Associated with Lake Size, a Proxy for Diet Diversity, in Stickleback Fish17
Who Keeps the House after Divorcing? Partner and Nest Fidelity in the Long-Lived Alpine Swift16
Seasonal Alternation of Putative Camouflage Wing Morphs of the American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta)16
Higher Mortality Is Not a Universal Cost of Dispersal: A Case Study in African Wild Dogs16
Natural Selection after Severe Winter Favors Larger and Duller Bluebirds15
The Origin of Asexual Brine Shrimps15
Effects of Plasticity on Elevational Range Size and Species Richness15
Bending the course of evolution: how mutualistic interactions affect macroevolutionary dynamics of diversification in mimetic Ithomiini butterflies15
Anisogamy Does Not Always Promote the Evolution of Mating Competition Traits in Males15
Resource Variation Within and Between Patches: Where Exploitation Competition, Local Adaptation, and Kin Selection Meet15
Front and Back Matter15
Sex-Specific Associations between Social Behavior, Its Predictability, and Fitness in a Wild Lizard15
A New Diploid Parthenogenetic Whiptail Lizard from Sonora, Mexico, Is the “Missing Link” in the Evolutionary Transition to Polyploidy15
Evolutionary Epidemiology Consequences of Trait-Dependent Control of Heterogeneous Parasites15
Correction15
Detecting Nonadditive Biotic Interactions and Assessing Their Biological Relevance among Temperate Rainforest Trees15
Front and Back Matter14
Correction14
Familia, Comunidad y Maestros: How I Became a Latina Science Professor14
Stochasticity Leads to Coexistence of Generalists and Specialists in Assembling Mutualistic Communities14
The Impact of Coinfection Dynamics on Host Competition and Coexistence14
Integrating Infection Intensity into Within- and Between-Host Pathogen Dynamics: Implications for Invasion and Virulence Evolution14
Effects of Phylogeny on Coexistence in Model Communities14
Strain Diversity and Spatial Distribution Are Linked to Epidemic Dynamics in Host Populations13
Intransitive Stability Collapses Under the Influence of Dominant Competitors13
2023 American Society of Naturalists Awards13
Can Conflicting Selection from Pollinators and Nectar-Robbing Antagonists Drive Adaptive Pollen Limitation? A Conceptual Model and Empirical Test13
Hazardous Loss of Genetic Diversity through Selective Sweeps in Asexual Populations13
Deriving Population Scaling Rules from Individual-Level Metabolism and Life History Traits13
Treasurer’s Report, 202013
Adaptive Maternal Effects Shape Offspring Phenotype and Survival in Natal Environments13
A Cryptic Sex-Linked Locus Revealed by the Elimination of a Master Sex-Determining Locus in Medaka Fish12
Quantifying phylogenetic and nonphylogenetic patterns in the richness, frequency, and identity of links in a herbivore-parasitoid interaction network12
Context-Dependent Benefits of Aphids for Bacteria in the Phyllosphere12
Habitat Heterogeneity, Environmental Feedbacks, and Species Coexistence across Timescales12
Social Behavior, Ovary Size, and Population of Origin Influence Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Orchid Bee Euglossa dilemma12
Monarch Butterfly Migration as an Integrative Model of Complex Trait Evolution12
Aquatic Soundscape Recordings Reveal Diverse Vocalizations and Nocturnal Activity of an Endangered Frog12
Demographic Attritions, Elevational Refugia, and the Resilience of Insect Populations to Projected Global Warming11
Density-Dependent and Species-Specific Effects on Self-Organization Modulate the Resistance of Mussel Bed Ecosystems to Hydrodynamic Stress11
Periodical Cicada Emergences Affect Masting Behavior of Oaks11
Female Reproductive Fluid Increases the Opportunities for Postmating Sexual Selection by Prolonging the Egg Fertilization Window11
Host Energetics Explain Variation in Parasite Productivity across Hosts and Ecosystems11
Rethinking Gloger’s Rule: Climate, Light Environments, and Color in a Large Family of Tropical Birds (Furnariidae)11
The Adaptation Front Equation Explains Innovation-Driven Taxonomic Turnovers and Living Fossilization11
Mate Sampling Behavior Determines the Density Dependence of Sexual Selection11
Do Interactions among Microbial Symbionts Cause Selection for Greater Pathogen Virulence?11
The Extension of Foundress Life Span and the Evolution of Eusociality in the Hymenoptera11
Plant Phenotypes as Distributions: Johannsen’s Beans Revisited11
Corrigendum11
The Demographic Consequences of Adaptation: Evidence from Experimental Evolution11
Seasonality in Kgalagadi Lizards: Inferences from Legacy Data11
The Evolution of Mate Attachment10
The Evolution of Rodent Tail Morphology10
How Important Are Functional and Developmental Constraints on Phenotypic Evolution? An Empirical Test with the Stomatal Anatomy of Flowering Plants10
Bargain to Be Dominant10
Patterns of Plant Salinity Adaptation Depend on Interactions with Soil Microbes10
Nested versus Independent Sampling: Solving the Mystery of Contradictory Species-Area Relationships10
Front and Back Matter10
Evolutionary Origins and Patterns of Diversification in Animal Brood Parasitism10
Host Identity Matters—Up to a Point: The Community Context of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Transmission10
Close Kin Dyads Indicate Intergenerational Dispersal and Barriers10
Population Dynamic Consequences of Context-Dependent Trade-Offs across Life Histories10
Effects of Parental Care on the Magnitude of Inbreeding Depression: A Meta-Analysis in Fishes10
Sons Shorten Mother’s Lifespan in Preindustrial Families with a High Level of Infant Mortality10
Social Familiarity and Spatially Variable Environments Independently Determine Reproductive Fitness in a Wild Bird10
Seasonality and the Coexistence of Pathogen Strains9
Priority Effects Determine How Dispersal Affects Biodiversity in Seasonal Metacommunities9
Quantitative Prediction of Interactions in Bipartite Networks Based on Traits, Abundances, and Phylogeny9
Mate Preferences and Choosiness Are Distinct Components of Mate Choice in Eastern Gray Treefrogs (Hyla versicolor)9
Evolutionary and Ecological Processes Determining the Properties of the G Matrix9
Secretary’s Report, 20239
Mechanistic Models of Trophic Interactions: Opportunities for Species Richness and Challenges for Modern Coexistence Theory9
What Can Evolutionary History Tell Us about the Functioning of Ecological Communities? The ASN Presidential Debate9
Five Decades of Data Yield No Support for Adaptive Biasing of Offspring Sex Ratio in Wild Baboons (Papio cynocephalus)9
Asynchronous Life Histories Generate Uneven Arms Races and Impact the Maintenance of Mutualisms9
Asymmetric Evolvability Leads to Specialization without Trade-Offs9
Sexual Selection Increases Male Behavioral Consistency in Drosophila melanogaster9
Revisiting the Role of Genetic Variation in Adaptation9
Multiyear Time-Shift Study of Bacteria and Phage Dynamics in the Phyllosphere9
Looking across Scales in Disease Ecology and Evolution9
Testing the Mating System Model of Parasite Complex Life Cycle Evolution Reveals Demographically Driven Mixed Mating9
Thermal Costs and Benefits of Replicated Color Evolution in the White Sands Desert Lizard Community9
Front and Back Matter9
Individual Quality Drives Life History Variation in a Long-Lived Marine Predator8
Resurrecting Historical Observations to Characterize Species-Specific Nesting Traits of Bumblebees8
Strength of Sexual Selection and Sex Roles Vary between Social Groups in a Coral Reef Cardinalfish8
Front and Back Matter8
Polyandry as a Male Strategy? A Game between Aggressive and Tolerant Males, Arbitrated by Females8
How Dispersal Evolution and Local Adaptation Affect the Range Dynamics of Species Lagging Behind Climate Change8
Genetic Variation in Male Aggression Is Influenced by Genotype of Prior Social Partners in Drosophila melanogaster8
Dorsal and Ventral Plumage Coloration Evolve as Distinct Modules with Different Environmental Correlations8
Social Learning of Innovations in Dynamic Predator-Prey Systems8
Synchrony and Perturbation Transmission in Trophic Metacommunities8
Spatially Explicit Habitat Selection: Testing Contagion and the Ideal Free Distribution with Culex Mosquitoes8
Density-by-Diet Interactions during Larval Development Shape Adult Life History Trait Expression and Fitness in a Polyphagous Fly8
Variation in Avian Predation Pressure as a Driver for the Diversification of Periodical Cicada Broods8
Colonial Legacies Influence Biodiversity Lessons: How Past Trade Routes and Power Dynamics Shape Present-Day Scientific Research and Professional Opportunities for Caribbean Scientists8
Vertical Niche Partitioning and the Performance of Mixotrophic Generalists against Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Specialists under Contrasting Light-Nutrient Supply Regimes8
The Evolution of Social Dominance through Reinforcement Learning8
Acceptable Loss: Fitness Consequences of Salinity-Induced Cell Death in a Halotolerant Microalga8
Front and Back Matter8
Front and Back Matter8
Coupled Oscillators in an Agroecosystem: Integrating Direct and Indirect Effects8
Predator Group Composition Indirectly Influences Food Web Dynamics through Predator Growth Rates8
Resource Competition and Host Feedbacks Underlie Regime Shifts in Gut Microbiota8
The Effects of Foraging Ecology and Allometry on Avian Skull Shape Vary across Levels of Phylogeny8
Filial Cannibalism Leads to Chronic Nest Failure of Eastern Hellbender Salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)8
Front and Back Matter8
Do Mixed-Species Groups Travel as One? An Investigation on Large African Herbivores Monitored Using Animal-Borne Video Collars7
Assembly, Persistence, and Disassembly Dynamics of Quaternary Caribbean Frugivore Communities7
Predicting and Controlling Spillover in Multispecies Disease Transmission Networks: Steady-State Analysis7
Monitoring Demography of Resurrected Populations of Locally Extinct and Extant Species to Investigate Drivers of Species Loss7
The Contribution of Mutation to Variation in Temperature-Dependent Sprint Speed in Zebrafish,Danio rerio7
Partitioning the Apparent Temperature Sensitivity into Within- and Across-Taxa Responses: Revisiting the Difference between Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Protists7
The Mismatch between Range and Niche Limits due to Source-Sink Dynamics Can Be Greater than Species Mean Dispersal Distance7
Organisms as Complex Structures Wrapped in a Complex Web of Life7
A Trade-Off between Robustness to Environmental Fluctuations and Speed of Evolution7
Unraveling Adaptive Evolutionary Divergence at Microgeographic Scales7
Accelerated Brain Shape Evolution Is Associated with Rapid Diversification in an Avian Radiation7
Unprecedented Biting Performance in Herbivorous Fish: How the Complex Biting System of Pomacentridae Circumvents Performance Trade-Offs7
Multimorph Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Structured Populations7
Evolution of Plant Niche Construction Traits in Biogeomorphic Landscapes7
Color as an Interspecific Badge of Status: A Comparative Test7
Evolutionary Determinants of Nonseasonal Breeding in Wild Chacma Baboons7
Frequency-Dependent Hybridization Contributes to Habitat Segregation in Monkeyflowers7
Long-Term Resilience of Primary Sex Ratios in a Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination after Decades of Climate Warming7
Host Developmental Stage Effects on Parasite Resistance and Tolerance7
Comparing the Predicted versus Realized Rate of Adaptation of Chamaecrista fasciculata to Climate Change7
Competitive Displacement and Agonistic Character Displacement, or the Ghost of Interference Competition7
Better to Divorce than Be Widowed: The Role of Mortality and Environmental Heterogeneity in the Evolution of Divorce7
Parameter Sensitivity of Transient Community Dynamics7
Retiring “Cradles” and “Museums” of Biodiversity7
Intergenerational Effects of Early-Life Starvation on Life History, Consumption, and Transcriptome of a Holometabolous Insect7
Front and Back Matter7
A Test of Haldane’s Rule in Neodiprion Sawflies and Implications for the Evolution of Postzygotic Isolation in Haplodiploids7
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