Oecologia

Papers
(The median citation count of Oecologia is 2. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Integrating demographic niches and black spruce range expansion at subarctic treelines37
Imperfect diet choice reduces the performance of a predatory mite30
A reciprocal egg-swap experiment reveals sources of variation in developmental success among populations of a desert lizard27
Integrating laboratory experiments and biogeographic modelling approaches to understand sensitivity to ocean warming in rare and common marine annelids27
Direct effects of selection on aboveground biomass contrast with indirect structure-mediated effects of complementarity in a subtropical forest26
Plant susceptibility to a shared herbivore is reduced by belowground competition with neighbors24
Anthropogenically driven spatial niche partitioning in a large herbivore assemblage24
Determinants of spring molt in bighorn sheep: life-history, plasticity and phenology24
Altitude and latitude have different effects on population characteristics of the widespread plant Anthyllis vulneraria23
Aboveground herbivores drive stronger plant species-specific feedback than belowground fungi to regulate tree community assembly23
Disappearance of an ecosystem engineer, the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), leads to density compensation and ecological release22
Local drivers of heterogeneity in a tropical forest: epiphytic tank bromeliads affect the availability of soil resources and conditions and indirectly affect the structure of seedling communities22
Drivers of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection load, with evidence of infection tolerance in adult male toads (Bufo spinosus)22
Colouration matters in dull toads: ultraviolet adornment for ladies and agrochemicals fading effects20
Common fear molecules induce defensive responses in marine prey across trophic levels20
Vector-borne plant pathogens modify top-down and bottom-up effects on insect herbivores20
Climate variability supersedes grazing to determine the anatomy and physiology of a dominant grassland species19
Temporal dynamics of the microbial heterogeneity–diversity relationship in microcosmic systems18
Post-settlement demographics of reef building corals suggest prolonged recruitment bottlenecks18
Distinct trophic ecologies of zooplankton size classes are maintained throughout the seasonal cycle18
Bank vole alarm pheromone chemistry and effects in the field18
Climate-dependent plant responses to earthworms in two land-use types18
Predation of boreal owl nests by pine martens in the boreal forest does not vary as predicted by the alternative prey hypothesis18
Disturbance history, neighborhood crowding and soil conditions jointly shape tree growth in temperate forests17
Pathogen infection influences the relationship between spring and autumn phenology at the seedling and leaf level17
Ant communities in disturbed subtropical landscapes: is climate more important than stochastic processes?16
Seasonal changes in diet, immune function, and oxidative stress in three passerines inhabiting a Mediterranean climate16
Extending the CWM approach to intraspecific trait variation: how to deal with overly optimistic standard tests?16
Food availability alters community co-occurrence patterns at fine spatiotemporal scales in a tropical masting system16
Ecological niche differentiation among six annual Lythrum species in Mediterranean temporary pools15
Climate implications on forest above- and belowground carbon allocation patterns along a tropical elevation gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)15
Nitrogen pollution promotes changes in the niche space of fish communities14
Ecosystem engineering and leaf quality together affect arthropod community structure and diversity on white oak (Quercus alba L.)14
Diversity and composition of pollen loads carried by pollinators are primarily driven by insect traits, not floral community characteristics14
Winter-ground microhabitat use by differently coloured phenotypes affects return rate in a long-distance migratory bird14
Negative density-dependence buffers against mismatch-induced population decline in the Sinai baton blue butterfly14
The impact of variable predation risk on stress in snowshoe hares over the cycle in North America’s boreal forest: adjusting to change14
Announcing winners of the Ehleringer and Hanski Prizes for outstanding papers published by student authors in Oecologia in 202214
Hotter and drier climate made the Mediterranean Europe and Northern Africa region a shrubbier landscape14
Combined effects of fire and drought are not sufficient to slow shrub encroachment in tallgrass prairie13
Wild legumes maintain beneficial soil rhizobia populations despite decades of nitrogen deposition13
Antagonistic effects of grazers and shrubs on the emergence and establishment of seedlings in a sub-humid grassland of South America13
Combined effects of increased water temperature and cyanobacterial compounds exert heterogeneous effects on survival and ecological processes in key freshwater species13
Effects of climate change on Lepidoptera pollen loads and their pollination services in space and time13
Viral transmission and infection prevalence in a cannibalistic host–pathogen system13
Seabird guano inputs increase impacts from introduced mammals on the native plants and animals of an oceanic island13
Inconsistent dilution: experimental but not field evidence for a dilution effect in Daphnia–bacteria interactions13
Human habitat modification, not apex scavenger decline, drives isotopic niche variation in a carnivore community13
Effects of microbial-converted ancient permafrost organic carbon on the growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna13
Historic trophic decline in New England’s coastal marine ecosystem12
Seasonal shift in diet affects female reproductive anatomy but not mating behavior12
Phenotypic variation in a neotropical understory bird driven by environmental change in an urbanizing Amazonian landscape12
Trait-based responses to cessation of nutrient enrichment in a tundra plant community12
Extreme bill dimorphism leads to different but overlapping isotopic niches and similar trophic positions in sexes of the charismatic extinct huia12
Plant richness, land use and temperature differently shape invertebrate leaf-chewing herbivory on plant functional groups12
Quantifying the nature and strength of intraspecific density dependence in Arctic mosquitoes12
Keeping it cool to take the heat: tropical lizards have greater thermal tolerance in less disturbed habitats12
Legacy effects of a multi-year extreme drought on belowground bud banks in rhizomatous vs bunchgrass-dominated grasslands12
Colonial waterbirds provide persistent subsidies to swamp forests along an estuarine island food chain12
Richness, not evenness, varies across water availability gradients in grassy biomes on five continents11
Browning-induced changes in trophic functioning of planktonic food webs in temperate and boreal lakes: insights from fatty acids11
Tibetan birds lay larger but fewer eggs in a clutch11
Traits, strategies, and niches of liana species in a tropical seasonal rainforest11
Dew water-uptake pathways in Negev desert plants: a study using stable isotope tracers11
Ectophagous folivores do not profit from rich resources on phylogenetically isolated trees11
Drought at a coastal wetland affects refuelling and migration strategies of shorebirds11
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation does not stimulate soil phosphatase activity under temperate and tropical trees11
Differential outcomes of novel plant-herbivore associations between an invading planthopper and native and invasive Spartina cordgrass species11
Comparing long-term patterns of spread of native and invasive plants in a successional forest11
The evolution of prey-attraction strategies in spiders: the interplay between foraging and predator avoidance11
An apex carnivore’s life history mediates a predator cascade11
Protein expression plasticity contributes to heat and drought tolerance of date palm10
Effects of pollen and nectar inoculation by yeasts, bacteria or both on bumblebee colony development10
Prey species increase activity in refugia free of terrestrial predators10
Habitat isolation and the cues of three remote predators differentially modulate prey colonization dynamics in pond landscapes10
Using stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) values from feces and breath to infer shorebird diets10
The association between haemosporidian infection and non-breeding moult location in great reed warblers revisited by combining feather stable isotope profiles and geolocator data10
Long-term patterns in winter habitat selection, breeding and predation in a density-fluctuating, high Arctic lemming population10
Energy expenses on prey processing are comparable, but paid at a higher metabolic scope and for a longer time in ambush vs active predators: a multispecies study on snakes10
Fire-mediated germination syndromes in Leucadendron (Proteaceae) and their functional correlates10
The effects of high-severity fires on the arboreal ant community of a Neotropical savanna9
Pulses of anthropogenic food availability appear to benefit parents, but compromise nestling growth in urban red-winged starlings9
Pathogens and predators: examining the separate and combined effects of natural enemies on assemblage structure9
Multi-scale beta-diversity patterns in testate amoeba communities: species turnover and nestedness along a latitudinal gradient9
Removal of invasive Scotch broom increases its negative effects on soil chemistry and plant communities9
The limiting factors and regulatory processes that control the environmental responses of C3, C3–C4 intermediate, and C4 photosynthesis9
Soil water availability and branch age explain variability in xylem safety of European beech in Central Europe9
An unusually diverse genus of Collembola in the Cape Floristic Region characterised by substantial desiccation tolerance9
Vegetation biomass and topography are associated with seasonal habitat selection and fall translocation behavior in Arctic hares9
Incorporation of the 15N-labeled simulated arthropod rain in the soil food web9
Impacts of invasion on a freshwater cleaning symbiosis9
Phenotypic plasticity as the main driver of alien plant trait variation in urban versus rural microclimate for the model species Veronica persica9
Importance of hydraulic strategy trade-offs in structuring response of canopy trees to extreme drought in central Amazon9
Costs and benefits of “insect friendly” artificial lights are taxon specific9
Long-term spatiotemporal variation in density of a tropical folivore: responses to a complex disturbance regime9
Seedling responses to soil moisture amount versus pulse frequency in a successfully encroaching semi-arid shrub9
Temperature dependence of carbon metabolism in the leaves in sun and shade in a subtropical forest9
Plant community composition alters moisture and temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in semi-arid shrubland9
Wing morphology of a damselfly exhibits local variation in response to forest fragmentation9
Death comes for us all: relating movement-integrated habitat selection and social behavior to human-associated and disease-related mortality among gray wolves9
Distinctive seed dispersal and seed bank patterns of invasive African grasses favour their invasion in a neotropical savanna9
Temperature and intraspecific variation affect host–parasite interactions8
Relative importance of tree species richness, tree functional type, and microenvironment for soil macrofauna communities in European forests8
Modeling heterothermic fitness landscapes in a marsupial hibernator using changes in body composition8
Consistent individual variation in plant communication: do plants have personalities?8
Cueing on distant conditions before migrating does not prevent false starts: a case study with African elephants8
Correction to: Hold tight or loosen up? Functional consequences of a shift in anther architecture depend substantially on bee body size8
Effects and response of the Cerrado ground-layer to frost along the canopy cover gradient8
Selection of predictor variables for species distribution models: a case study with an invasive marine bryozoan8
Who can pass the urban filter? A multi-taxon approach to disentangle pollinator trait–environmental relationships8
Structural resilience and high interaction dissimilarity of plant–pollinator interaction networks in fire-prone grasslands8
Evaluating the effects of water and food limitation on the life history of an insect using a multiple-stressor framework8
Weather and food availability additively affect reproductive output in an expanding raptor population8
Autochthonous production contributes to the diet of wood-boring invertebrates in temperate shallow water8
Litter nitrogen concentration changes mediate effects of drought and plant species richness on litter decomposition8
Nonlinear spatial and temporal decomposition provides insight for climate change effects on sub-Arctic herbivore populations8
The effects of plant–soil feedback on invasion resistance are soil context dependent8
The role of competition on invader colonization along stress gradients in the Fuegian steppe8
Long-term dynamics of the network structures in seed dispersal associated with fluctuations in bird migration and fruit abundance patterns8
Lianas do not reduce tree biomass accumulation in young successional tropical dry forests8
Individual variability in the phenology of an asynchronous penguin species induces consequences on breeding and carry-over effects8
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are associated with reduced nitrogen cycling rates in temperate forest soils without corresponding trends in bacterial functional groups8
Seasonal diversity dynamics of a boreal zooplankton community under climate impact8
Correction to: Temperate forest fragments maintain aboveground carbon stocks out to the forest edge despite changes in community composition8
Publisher Correction: Invertebrate sounds from photic to mesophotic coral reefs reveal vertical stratification and diel diversity8
Competition for water and rapid exclusion of an island endemic by a pantropical species in a tropical climate8
Fires slow population declines of a long-lived prairie plant through multiple vital rates8
Correlation between mammal track abundance and Forest Landscape Integrity Index validates actual forest ecological integrity8
Using the right tool for the job: the difference between unsupervised and supervised analyses of multivariate ecological data7
Top-down regulation of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) in its native range in the Pacific Northwest of North America7
Plant species- and stage-specific differences in microbial decay of mangrove leaf litter: the older the better?7
Soil microbiomes in lawns reveal land-use legacy impacts on urban landscapes7
The genetic regulation of avian migration timing: combining candidate genes and quantitative genetic approaches in a long-distance migrant7
Oaks enhance early life stage longleaf pine growth and density in a subtropical xeric savanna7
Effects of competition and predation operating at individual and population levels: an overview of results from a long-term field experiment7
A large-scale field experiment across six rivers illustrates how the effects of resource enrichment are context dependent7
The allocation of anatomical traits determines the trade-off between fine root resource acquisition–transport function7
Tree communities and functional traits determine herbivore compositional turnover7
Plant–soil interactions in the native range of two congeneric species with contrasting invasive success7
The impact of global change factors on the functional genes of soil nitrogen and methane cycles in grassland ecosystems: a meta-analysis7
Correction to: Flock‑species richness influences node importance and modularity in mixed‑species flock networks7
High grazing pressure accelerates changes in community assembly over time in a long-term grazing experiment in the desert steppe of northern China7
Geographical variation in pace-of-life in a long-distance migratory bird: implications for population management7
Selective effect of winter weather on a songbird’s morphology depends on individual sex and winter condition7
Branch architecture in relation to canopy positions in three Mediterranean oaks7
Demographic effects of phenological variation in natural populations of two pond-breeding salamanders7
The distinct roles of water table depth and soil properties in controlling alternative woodland-grassland states in the Cerrado7
The effect of precipitation timing on phylogenetic and functional community structure in a semi-arid steppe7
Top-down and bottom-up forces explain patch utilization by two deer species and forest recruitment7
Correction: Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes7
Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes7
Fatty acid isotopic composition in Atlantic pollock is not influenced by environmentally relevant dietary fat concentrations7
Influence of sexual dimorphism and dichromatism on reproductive success in a rare native cactus7
Similar seed preferences explain trophic ecology of functionally distinct, but co-occurring and closely related harvester ants7
Tropical land-use change alters trait-based community assembly rules for dung beetles and birds7
The functional roles of psyllid abundance and assemblage on bird-associated forest defoliation7
Announcing winners of the Ehleringer and Hanski Prizes for outstanding papers published by student authors in Oecologia in 20216
Direct and indirect effects of amphidromous shrimps on nutrient mineralization in streams in Japan6
Emerging evidence of resource limitation in an Antarctic seabird metapopulation after 6 decades of sustained population growth6
Correction to: Forecasting intraspecific changes in distribution of a wide-ranging marine predator under climate change6
Of mutualism and migration: will interactions with novel ericoid mycorrhizal communities help or hinder northward Rhododendron range shifts?6
Habitat loss and canopy openness mediate leaf trait plasticity of an endangered palm in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest6
Effects of alder- and salmon-derived nutrients on aquatic bacterial community structure and microbial community metabolism in subarctic lakes6
Contrasting shrub and grass hydraulic responses to experimental drought6
Climate and body size have differential roles on melanism evolution across workers in a worldwide ant genus6
More phylogenetically diverse polycultures inconsistently suppress insect herbivore populations6
Allocation costs of regeneration: tail regeneration constrains body growth under low food availability in juvenile lizards6
Causes and consequences of differences in soil and seed microbiomes for two alpine plants6
Statistical evidence that honeybees competitively reduced wild bee abundance in the Munich Botanic Garden in 2020 compared to 20196
Modelling selection, drift, dispersal and their interactions in the community assembly of Amazonian soil mites6
Limited sexual segregation in a dimorphic avian scavenger, the Andean condor6
Relationship between wintering site and survival in a migratory waterbird using different migration routes6
Contrasting associations between nestling telomere length and pre and postnatal helpers’ presence in a cooperatively breeding bird6
Ecosystem bioelement variability is associated with freshwater animal aggregations at the aquatic-terrestrial interface6
Individual heterogeneity in ixodid tick infestation and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in a northern community of small mammalian hosts6
Avian responses to climate extremes: insights into abundance curves and species sensitivity using the UK Breeding Bird Survey6
Individual-based multiple-unit dissimilarity: novel indices and null model for assessing temporal variability in community composition6
Similar regional-scale survival of tropical and southern temperate birds from the New World6
Maintenance of a fruit colour polymorphism along an elevational gradient in the Southern Alps of New Zealand6
Dominance by non-native grasses suppresses long-term shifts in plant species composition and productivity in response to global change6
Parasites alter food-web topology of a subarctic lake food web and its pelagic and benthic compartments6
Beetle diversity is higher in sunny forests due to higher microclimatic heterogeneity in deadwood6
Inter-specific variability in demographic processes affects abundance-occupancy relationships6
Mating system induced lags in rates of range expansion for different simulated mating systems and dispersal strategies: a modelling study6
Age-specific effects of density and weather on body condition and birth rates in a large herbivore, the Przewalski’s horse6
Variation in reproductive investment increases body temperature amplitude in a temperate passerine6
Soil carbon and plant richness relationships differ among grassland types, disturbance history and plant functional groups6
Defoliation, trampling and nutrient return differentially influence grassland productivity by modulating trait-dependent plant community composition: insights from a simulated grazing experiment6
Continent-wide synthesis of the long-term population dynamics of quaking aspen in the face of accelerating human impacts6
Trade-offs between succulent and non-succulent epiphytes underlie variation in drought tolerance and avoidance6
Host community-wide patterns of post-fledging behavior and survival of obligate brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds6
Can smaller predators expand their prey base through killing juveniles? The influence of prey demography and season on prey selection for cheetahs and lions6
In defense of elemental currencies: can ecological stoichiometry stand as a framework for terrestrial herbivore nutritional ecology?6
Phenotypic variation in Xenopus laevis tadpoles from contrasting climatic regimes is the result of adaptation and plasticity5
Effects of grazing on C:N:P stoichiometry attenuate from soils to plants and insect herbivores in a semi-arid grassland5
Forage stoichiometry predicts the home range size of a small terrestrial herbivore5
Using high-resolution LiDAR-derived canopy structure and topography to characterise hibernaculum locations of the hazel dormouse5
Rapid decline of a four-trophic-level system over a 15-year period5
Species interactions alter the selection of thermal environment in a coral reef fish5
Trait-dependent importance of intraspecific variation relative to species turnover in determining community functional composition following nutrient enrichment5
Russ Monson and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis5
Light dependence in the phototrophy–phagotrophy balance of constitutive and non-constitutive mixotrophic protists5
N-fertilization and disturbance exert long-lasting complex legacies on subarctic ecosystems5
Synergistic effects of soil nutrient level and native species identity and diversity on biotic resistance to Sicyos angulatus, an invasive species5
Short- and long-term effects of nutritional state on IGF-1 levels in nestlings of a wild passerine5
Seaduck engineers in the Arctic Archipelago: nesting eiders deliver marine nutrients and transform the chemistry of island soils, plants, and ponds5
Functional and sex-specific dynamics of ectoparasite size evolution in marine isopod–fish interactions: Harrison’s rule and increasing variance5
Influence of phylogenetic diversity of plant communities on tri-trophic interactions5
Active breeding seabirds prospect alternative breeding colonies5
Honeybees affect floral microbiome composition in a central food source for wild pollinators in boreal ecosystems5
Rodent competition and fire alter patterns of mound and disk formation of western harvester ants5
Time changes everything: a multispecies analyses of temporal patterns in evaporative water loss5
Invasive tree cover covaries with environmental factors to explain the functional composition of riparian plant communities5
Seed and seedling predation by vertebrates mediates the effects of adult trees in two temperate tree species5
Immune function differs among tropical environments but is not downregulated during reproduction in three year-round breeding equatorial lark populations5
Application of machine learning and acoustic predation tags to classify migration fate of Atlantic salmon smolts5
Legacy effects of herbivory on treeline dynamics along an elevational gradient5
Dynamic species interactions associated with the range-shifting marine gastropod Mexacanthina lugubris5
Pollinator-mediated facilitation alleviates pollen limitation in a plant–hummingbird network5
Food supply and individual quality influence seabird energy expenditure and reproductive success5
Large, old trees define the vertical, horizontal, and seasonal distributions of a poison frog5
IGF-1 induces sex-specific oxidative damage and mortality in a songbird5
Ecosystem engineering in the arboreal realm: heterogeneity of wood-boring beetle cavities and their use by cavity-nesting ants5
Fruiting phenology affects the direction of vertical seed dispersal by mammals and birds across mountain ranges5
Legacies of precipitation influence primary production in Panicum virgatum5
Responses to predation risk cues and alarm pheromones affect plant virus transmission by an aphid vector5
Sea ice extent and phenology influence breeding of high-Arctic seabirds: 4 decades of monitoring in Nunavut, Canada5
Local and large-scale spatial variation in a marine predator–prey interaction in the southwestern Atlantic5
Environmental conditions variably affect growth across the breeding season in a subarctic seabird5
Partitioning resilience of a marine foundation species into resistance and recovery trajectories5
Liana functional assembly along the hydrological gradient in Central Amazonia5
Fire and ant interactions mediated by honeydew and extrafloral nectar in an australian tropical savanna5
Effects of land-use change and disturbance on the fine root biomass, dynamics, morphology, and related C and N fluxes to the soil of forest ecosystems at different elevations at Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanza5
Dealing with disjunct populations of vascular plants: implications for assessing the effect of climate change5
Determining the role of richness and evenness in alpine grassland productivity across climatic and edaphic gradients5
Intrinsic water-use efficiency influences establishment in Encelia farinosa5
Forecasting intraspecific changes in distribution of a wide-ranging marine predator under climate change5
Centrifugation is an effective and inexpensive way to determine Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis quantity in water samples with low turbidity5
Native solitary bee reproductive success depends on early season precipitation and host plant richness5
Treatment effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on foliar traits in six northern hardwood tree species5
Spatial scaling of plant and bird diversity from 50 to 10,000 ha in a lowland tropical rainforest5
Flock-species richness influences node importance and modularity in mixed-species flock networks4
Population density and vegetation resources influence demography in a hibernating herbivorous mammal4
Unexpectedly low paternal diversity is associated with infrequent pollinator visitation for a bird-pollinated plant4
Gene expression of sex steroid metabolizing enzymes and receptors in the skeletal muscle of migrant and resident subspecies of white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)4
Vapor pressure deficit helps explain biogenic volatile organic compound fluxes from the forest floor and canopy of a temperate deciduous forest4
Connectivity mediates the spatial ecological impacts of a glyphosate-based herbicide in experimental metaecosystems4
Do community changes persist after irruptive population dynamics? A case study from an invasive species boom and bust4
Nutrient stress can have opposite effects on the ability of plants to tolerate foliar herbivory and floral herbivory4
Early spring onset increases carbon uptake more than late fall senescence: modeling future phenological change in a US northern deciduous forest4
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