OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Ecological Monographs is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Predictive performance of presence‐only species distribution models: a benchmark study with reproducible code	292
Scientists' warning on climate change and insects	183
A guide to state–space modeling of ecological time series	119
Cross validation for model selection: A review with examples from ecology	68
Influence of climate, soil, and land cover on plant species distribution in the European Alps	65
From competition to facilitation and mutualism: a general theory of the niche	62
Thoughts on the evolution and ecological niche of diatoms	54
Applying the structural causal model framework for observational causal inference in ecology	34
The magnitude, direction, and tempo of forest change in Greater Yellowstone in a warmer world with more fire	32
Higher metabolic plasticity in temperate compared to tropical lizards suggests increased resilience to climate change	31
Host neighborhood shapes bacterial community assembly and specialization on tree species across a latitudinal gradient	27
Measurement and analysis of interspecific spatial associations as a facet of biodiversity	26
Latitudinal embryonic thermal tolerance and plasticity shape the vulnerability of oviparous species to climate change	26
Lessons learned from a long‐term irrigation experiment in a dry Scots pine forest: Impacts on traits and functioning	25
A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis	25
Reevaluating trophic discrimination factors (Δδ¹³CandΔδ¹⁵N) for diet reconstruction	25
Maintenance of high diversity in mechanistic forest dynamics models of competition for light	24
Ecological and behavioral mechanisms of density‐dependent habitat expansion in a recovering African ungulate population	23
The promise and the perils of resurveying to understand global change impacts	23
Synthesizing the effects of individual‐level variation on coexistence	22
Remotely detected aboveground plant function predicts belowground processes in two prairie diversity experiments	21
Widespread variation in stable isotope trophic position estimates: patterns, causes, and potential consequences	21
Solving the fourth‐corner problem: forecasting ecosystem primary production from spatial multispecies trait‐based models	20
Resolving the consequences of gradual phenotypic plasticity for populations in variable environments	20
Soil biogeochemistry across Central and South American tropical dry forests	19

Trade‐offs affect the adaptive value of plasticity: stronger cannibal‐induced defenses incur greater costs in toad larvae	19
Chemical disturbance cues in aquatic systems: a review and prospectus	18
Intraspecific trait variability is a key feature underlying high Arctic plant community resistance to climate warming	18
Hierarchical drivers of cryptic biodiversity on coral reefs	17
Multi‐trophic metacommunity interactions mediate asynchrony and stability in fluctuating environments	17
Temporal shifts in avian phenology across the circannual cycle in a rapidly changing climate: A global meta‐analysis	17
Partitioning the effects of plant diversity on ecosystem functions at different trophic levels	17
Cumulative impacts across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: a mechanistic evaluation	16
Energy landscape analysis elucidates the multistability of ecological communities across environmental gradients	16
Intrinsic traits, social context, and local environment shape home range size and fidelity of sleepy lizards	16
Local endemism and ecological generalism in the assembly of root‐colonizing fungi	16
Spatiotemporal dynamics of abiotic and biotic properties explain biodiversity–ecosystem‐functioning relationships	16
Combined influence of food availability and agricultural intensification on a declining aerial insectivore	16
Scale‐dependent diversity–biomass relationships can be driven by tree mycorrhizal association and soil fertility	15
Trait‐based inference of ecological network assembly: A conceptual framework and methodological toolbox	15
Age‐related breeding success in little penguins: a result of selection and ontogenetic changes in foraging and phenology	15
Interaction of hydric and thermal conditions drive geographic variation in thermoregulation in a widespread lizard	15
Targeted predator defenses of sponges shape community organization and tropical marine ecosystem function	15
Autopolyploidy‐driven range expansion of a temperate‐originated plant to pan‐tropic under global change	15
Tree symbioses sustain nitrogen fixation despite excess nitrogen supply	14
Macroevolution of defense syndromes in Ficus (Moraceae)	14
Multispecies integrated population model reveals bottom‐up dynamics in a seabird predator–prey system	14
Translocation experiment reveals capacity for mountain pine beetle persistence under climate warming	14
Of wolves and bears: Seasonal drivers of interference and exploitation competition between apex predators	14
Long‐term biodiversity trajectories for pest‐managed ecological restorations: eradication vs. suppression	14
Wildcards in climate change biology	14
Rarefaction and extrapolation with beta diversity under a framework of Hill numbers: The iNEXT.beta3D standardization	13
Sea otter population collapse in southwest Alaska: assessing ecological covariates, consequences, and causal factors	13
Allometry of behavior and niche differentiation among congeneric African antelopes	13
The geographic footprint of mutualism: How mutualists influence species' range limits	13
El Niño and marine heatwaves: Ecological impacts on Oregon rocky intertidal kelp communities at local to regional scales	13
Environmental drivers of biseasonal anthrax outbreak dynamics in two multihost savanna systems	13
Evolution of increased competitive ability may explain dominance of introduced species in ruderal communities	13
Interspecific differences in microhabitat use expose insects to contrasting thermal mortality	12
Urbanization mediates the effects of water quality and climate on a model aerial insectivorous bird	12
Disease‐mediated nutrient dynamics: Coupling host–pathogen interactions with ecosystem elements and energy	12
Secondary forest succession buffers extreme temperature impacts on subtropical Asian ants	12
Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration	12
Rethinking biodiversity patterns and processes in stream ecosystems	12
Upwelling and the persistence of coral‐reef frameworks in the eastern tropical Pacific	12
Wing transparency in butterflies and moths: structural diversity, optical properties, and ecological relevance	11
Water and nitrogen shape winter annual plant diversity and community composition in near‐urban Sonoran Desert preserves	11
Accidental epiphytes: Ecological insights and evolutionary implications	11
Climate‐driven thermal opportunities and risks for leaf miners in aspen canopies	11
Biogeographic history and habitat specialization shape floristic and phylogenetic composition across Amazonian forests	11
Toward a “modern coexistence theory” for the discrete and spatial	10
Static environments with limited resources select for multiple foraging strategies rather than conformity	10
Partner fidelity and environmental filtering preserve stage‐specific turtle ant gut symbioses for over 40 million years	10
Do Nearctic hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) engage in long‐distance migration? An assessment of evidence and mechanisms	10
Evaluating thermal performance of closely related taxa: Support for hotter is not better, but for unexpected reasons	10

Parasites in kelp‐forest food webs increase food‐chain length, complexity, and specialization, but reduce connectance	10
Keystone predation: trait‐based or driven by extrinsic processes? Assessment using a comparative‐experimental approach	9
Complex multi‐predator effects on demographic habitat selection and community assembly in colonizing aquatic insects	9
Climate warming may weaken stabilizing mechanisms in old forests	9
The cost of ectoparasitism in Cliff Swallows declines over 35 years	9
Demography and dispersal at a grass‐shrub ecotone: A spatial integral projection model for woody plant encroachment	9
Rainfall, neighbors, and foraging: The dynamics of a population of red harvester ant colonies 1988–2019	9
Stable pollination service in a generalist high Arctic community despite the warming climate	9
Phylogenetic relatedness, functional traits, and spatial scale determine herbivore co‐occurrence in a subtropical forest	9
Using a demographic model to project the long‐term effects of fire management on tree biomass in Australian savannas	8
Climate change expected to improve digestive rate and trigger range expansion in outbreaking locusts	8
Stable Isotope Trajectory Analysis (SITA): A new approach to quantify and visualize dynamics in stable isotope studies	8
Causes and consequences of pair‐bond disruption in a sex‐skewed population of a long‐lived monogamous seabird	8
Resilience and alternative stable states after desert wildfires	8
Imprints of latitude, host taxon, and decay stage on fungus‐associated arthropod communities	7
Experimental repatriation of snowshoe hares along a southern range boundary reveals historical community interactions	7
Lessons from four decades of monitoring vegetation and fire: maintaining diversity and resilience in Florida’s uplands	7
Off‐host survival of blacklegged ticks in eastern North America: A multistage, multiyear, multisite study	7
Underlying geology and climate interactively shape climate change refugia in mountain streams	7
Metapopulation regulation acts at multiple spatial scales: Insights from a century of seabird colony census data	7
Reproductive effort and terminal investment in a multispecies assemblage of Amazon electric fish	7
From microbes to mammals: Pond biodiversity homogenization across different land‐use types in an agricultural landscape	6
Climate drove the fire cycle and humans influenced fire occurrence in the East European boreal forest	6
Quantifying eco‐evolutionary contributions to trait divergence in spatially structured systems	6
A replicated study on the response of spider assemblages to regional and local processes	6
Species interactions across trophic levels mediate rainfall effects on dryland vegetation dynamics	6
Does restoring apex predators to food webs restore ecosystems? Large carnivores in Yellowstone as a model system	6
Estimation of pollen productivity and dispersal: How pollen assemblages in small lakes represent vegetation	6
Defining, estimating, and understanding the fundamental niches of complex animals in heterogeneous environments	6
Holocene lake phosphorus species and primary producers reflect catchment processes in a small, temperate lake	6
Visual trail following in colonial seabirds: theory, simulation, and remote observations	5
Numerical response of predator to prey: Dynamic interactions and population cycles in Eurasian lynx and roe deer	5
Temporal dynamics of range expander and congeneric native plant responses during and after extreme drought events	5
Seasonality of pollinators in montane habitats: Cool‐blooded bees for early‐blooming plants	5
Assessing risk for butterflies in the context of climate change, demographic uncertainty, and heterogeneous data sources	5
Sapling growth gradients interact with homogeneous disturbance regimes to explain savanna tree cover discontinuities	5
Metapopulation dynamics of multiple species in a heterogeneous landscape	5
Ecological dynamic regimes: Identification, characterization, and comparison	5
Drivers of contrasting boreal understory vegetation in coniferous and broadleaf deciduous alternative states	5