Oikos

Papers
(The TQCC of Oikos is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Direct effect of artificial warming on communities is stronger than its indirect effect through body mass reduction44
Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles43
Effects of tree species diversity and conspecific seedling density on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on big‐leaf mahogany seedlings43
The impact of plant diversity and vegetation composition on bumblebee colony fitness41
Community‐wide epizoochorous interactions revealed from roadkilled mammals39
How size and resource traits control species' biomass in monoculture and mixture and drive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships35
The distribution of distances to the edge of species coexistence31
Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: maintenance of invertebrate assemblages amid intertidal stress gradients31
Hosts, pathogens and hot ponds: thermal mean and variability contribute to spatial patterns of chytrid infection29
Warming winters promote biodiversity through reduced mortality of a habitat‐forming species in soft‐sediment intertidal systems29
Ecological boundaries and constraints on viable eco‐evolutionary pathways29
Marine gastropods at higher trophic level show stronger tolerance to ocean acidification26
Local environment and sampling bias drive parasite prevalence estimates in freshwater fish communities26
Natural range expansion promotes stress resistance as a component of dispersal syndromes in non‐native insects25
Spatially‐discrete disturbance overrides inherent environmental heterogeneity in grazed mixed‐grass prairie24
Reproducing in a changing world: combined effects of thermal conditions by day and night and of water constraints during pregnancy in a cold‐adapted ectotherm24
A case of the blues: linking guild coloration to service quality in a marine cleaning mutualism24
Looking beyond Popper: how philosophy can be relevant to ecology22
Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance‐ and functional‐based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics21
Structural complexity of hard substrates shapes shallow marine benthic communities21
Fish depth redistributions do not allow maintenance of abundance in a region of rapid change20
Reindeer grazing reduces climate‐driven vegetation changes and shifts trophic interactions in the Fennoscandian tundra20
Taxonomic novelty emerges more frequently and independently of functional novelty in historical coral communities19
Functional diversity in agricultural landscapes: evidence of long‐term clustering and multi‐scale effects of land use on avian communities19
Landscape‐scale dynamics of a threatened species respond to local‐scale conservation management19
Why sex matters in phenological research18
The ameliorating influence of neighbouring plants on aboveground microclimate depends on their number, size and proximity18
The rate of environmental change as an important driver across scales in ecology18
Unraveling how keystone niche individuals contribute disproportionately to the population niche18
Modelling Amazon fire regimes under climate change scenarios17
Trap‐dependence in capture–recapture studies: empirical evidence in vertebrates and biological meaning17
Patronus charm: a comparison of benefactor plants and climate mediation effects on diversity17
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The role of functional and phylogenetic diversity in riparian tree vegetation on leaf litter breakdown in rivers17
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Expert‐led priorities for a response diversity research agenda in ecology16
The only lasting truth is change: multiple dimensions of biodiversity show historical legacy effects in community assembly processes of freshwater fish16
A phylogenetic perspective on ecological specialisation reveals hummingbird and insect pollinators have generalist diets16
Special issue: Ecology of information enters the Anthropocene16
The origin of excavator nesting behavior and its impact on the evolution of Neotropical parrots16
Climate change may alter the signal of plant facilitation in Mediterranean drylands16
Rethinking community‐weighted means: why geometric averages matter16
Variable interspecific competition under megadrought conditions: rodent population dynamics in semiarid Chile16
Europe's Nature Restoration Law has now been adopted. What comes next?15
Shifts in fish habitat use and diet breadth across a modified large river's physical gradient follow river theories15
Unique roles of functional group of submerged macrophytes on ecosystem functions15
Disentangling the relative roles of biased colonization and in situ evolution in driving the island syndrome in Coprosma (Rubiaceae)15
Environmental drivers of local abundance–mass scaling in soil animal communities15
Defensive mutualists affect outcross pollen transfer and male fitness in their host plant14
Niche complementarity stabilizes grassland biomass during drought and eutrophication14
The role of fish feces for nutrient cycling on coral reefs14
Latitude‐specific responses of European birds' population growth rates to temperature and water availability13
Above‐ and belowground plant pathogens along elevational gradients: patterns and potential mechanisms13
Host identity, nest quality, and parasitism strategy: influences on body size variation in parasitoid bees and wasps13
Prey naiveté alters the balance of consumptive and non‐consumptive predator effects and shapes trophic cascades in freshwater plankton13
Interactions outside local patches contribute to the compound topology of plant–pollinator networks in fragmented dune slacks13
Environmental change alters nitrogen fixation rates and microbial parameters in a subarctic biological soil crust13
A global synthesis and meta‐analysis of the environmental heterogeneity effects on the freshwater biodiversity13
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The biodiversity of plant–frugivore interactions: types, functions and consequences13
Impact of mowing frequency and temperature on the production of temperate grasslands: explanations received by an individual‐based model13
Linking proximate drivers and fitness returns of vigilance in a large ungulate13
Linking intrinsic scales of ecological processes to characteristic scales of biodiversity and functioning patterns13
‘Let the concept of trait be functional'? Revisiting the individual‐level foundation of plant functional ecology13
Impacts of reindeer grazing on phosphorus sorption and nutrient availability in a tundra site13
Arctic‐breeding black‐legged kittiwakes show individual variation in foraging responses to glacial conditions without consequences for reproductive output13
How sharp is the knife? Herbivore and carnivore sensitivity to resource stoichiometric quality13
Environment‐dependent population dynamics emerging from dynamic energy budgets and individual‐scale movement behaviour13
Investigating the effects of whole genome duplication on phenotypic plasticity: implications for the invasion success of giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea13
Evidence of Holarctic distribution: common frog Rana temporaria eggs in Fennoscandia host photosymbiotic green algae (Oophila sp.)12
What is the price of using the Price equation in ecology?12
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Multiple scales of fear: foraging behaviour of white‐naped jays in semiarid landscapes12
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Winter wipeout? Post‐disturbance recovery of brown trout indicates strong population resilience to harsh winter conditions12
The roles of isolation and interspecific interaction in generating the functional diversity of an insular mammal radiation12
Implications of plant N/P stoichiometry influenced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for stability of plant species and community in response to nutrient limitation12
Using long‐term tree diversity experiments to explore the mechanisms of temporal shifts in forest ecosystem functioning12
Effects of environmental and individual variation on time patterns of extinction in small experimental populations12
Heat stress can change the competitive outcome between fungi: insights from a modelling approach12
Temporal changes in taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversity across tree communities in subtropical Atlantic forests12
Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes12
Refuge trifecta: intertidal gastropods use pits to escape heat, wave action and predation12
Recruitment probability in a large carnivore: the role of biological and human‐related factors in early‐life11
Contrasting responses of fine root biomass and traits to large‐scale nitrogen and phosphorus addition in tropical forests in the Guiana shield11
Environmental organic carbon availability determines metabolic and consumption rates in freshwater isopods11
Root functional traits determine the magnitude of the rhizosphere priming effect among eight tree species11
Spatio‐temporal variation in plant–pollinator interactions: a multilayer network approach11
Whole‐seedling trait adjustments of mountain birch under contrasting environmental conditions11
The underground network: facilitation in soil bacteria11
The pace and sequence of spatial learning: exploration facilitates long‐term behavioral refinement11
Linking regional and global functional trait data: insights from mammal communities in a fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape11
Carnivore community reassembly provides a test of Eltonian niche conservatism11
Understandable multifunctionality measures using Hill numbers11
Fly pollinator foraging in boreal forests is shaped by climate, forest structure and flower resources11
Long‐lasting effects of harsh early‐life conditions on adult survival of a long‐lived vertebrate11
Elevated ozone mitigates negative impact of herbivory on the growth of invasive plant species11
Recent increasing homogenisation in Austrian butterfly communities over the past decades11
Connecting the distribution and diversification of marine plants11
The soil bacterium Lysobacter capsici attaches to the nematode surface, and triggers induced systemic resistance in barley, impairing the invasion of root‐lesion nematodes11
Effects of dominant ant species on ant community structure and ant–hemipteran interactions10
Nutritional thermal ecology: investigating the combined influence of temperature and nutrient availability on plant‐ectotherm trophic interactions10
The interplay between landscape change and plasticity in habitat selection determines dispersal movements and settlement in small non‐flying vertebrates10
A single range‐expanding species reshapes alpine ecosystems and their belowground diversity10
Fine root presence and increased phosphorus availability stimulate wood decay in a central Amazonian rainforest10
Floral resource diversity drives spatiotemporal variation in plant–pollinator network structure10
Integrating different facets of diversity into food web models: how adaptation among and within functional groups shape ecosystem functioning10
Interspecific variation in plant abundance can contribute to the diversity and evolutionary assembly of floral communities10
Estimated missing interactions change the structure and alter species roles in one of the world's largest seed‐dispersal networks10
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Effects of intraspecific variation in a native species' phenology on its coexistence with non‐native plants10
Generalization of a density‐dependent ecosystem function in dominant aquatic macroinvertebrates10
Epichloë endophytes impair performance and preference of Rhopalosiphum padi by disrupting aphid feeding behaviour in tall fesc10
Limited impacts of simulated soil disturbance by rewilded vertebrates on above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity10
Determining the optimal movement strategies in environments with heterogeneously distributed resources and toxicants10
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Thermophilisation drives multi‐scale declines in carabid species richness in temperate forests over 25 years9
The magnitude of Allee effects varies across Allee mechanisms, but not taxonomic groups9
Successful frugivory interactions recovery 53 years after the reintroduction of the ariel toucan Ramphastos ariel in the Atlantic forest9
Effects of experimental warming at the microhabitat scale on oak leaf traits and insect herbivory across a contrasting environmental gradient9
Species gain and loss per degree Celsius9
Forbs in Viking lands: the effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on recruitment in tundra grasslands9
Oviposited eggs are sensitive to experimental heatwaves9
Area‐restricted search under realistic constraints9
Quantifying the contribution of community trait mean and diversity to ecosystem functioning9
Optimal foraging can drive emergent initiator‐follower dynamics in social groups9
Long‐term spatially‐replicated data show no physical cost to a benefactor species in a facilitative plant–plant interaction9
Soil microbiomes drive aboveground plant–pathogen–insect interactions9
Disentangling the effects of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Kalahari meerkats9
Strength of seasonality and type of migratory cue determine the fitness consequences of changing phenology for migratory animals9
Comparing the power of phylogenetic, trait and network structure information to predict plant–frugivore interactions9
Drivers of species richness in Amazonian amphibians and reptiles: testing diversity hypotheses across taxonomic groups9
Environmental stochasticity increases extinction risk to a greater degree in pollination specialists than in generalists9
Intraspecific trait variability is a key feature underlying the association between community‐weighted mean and abiotic gradients9
The thermal sensitivity of growth and survival in a wild reptile with temperature‐dependent sex determination9
Trapped in the web: network architectures spread coevolution and shape adaptation9
Defining the danger zone: critical snow properties for predator–prey interactions9
Habitat complexity promotes species richness and community stability: a case study in a marine biogenic habitat9
Early spring snowmelt and summer droughts strongly impair the resilience of bacterial community and N cycling functions in a subalpine grassland ecosystem8
Biotic and abiotic effects on tree regeneration vary by life stage in European primary forests8
Intraspecific trait variability mediates the effect of nitrogen addition and warming on aboveground productivity8
Size matching between fruits and bill gapes differentially affects gulper and masher frugivorous birds8
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Divergence in cold tolerance promotes niche differentiation between diploid and polyploid kiwifruits along an altitudinal gradient in Southwest China8
Inconsistent effects of P enrichment and predator presence on food‐web dynamics in a bromeliad system8
Prickly postglacial pioneers: freshwater plankton community composition influences fatty acid desaturase (FADS2) copy number in southern Greenland threespine sticklebacks8
Temporal variation of soil microarthropods in different forest types and regions of central Europe8
Agrochemical effects on plankton temporal variability are buffered at larger spatial scales8
A timid choice: risk‐taking behavior predicts individualized niche in a varying landscape of safety8
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Multitrophic alpha and beta diversity of lake plankton across Canada8
Does natural root grafting make trees better competitors?8
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Parasite‐manipulated host dispersal: evidence from population genetics and mark–recapture experiments8
Plant–mycorrhizal associations may explain the latitudinal gradient of plant community assembly8
To disperse or compete? Coevolution of traits leads to a limited number of reproductive strategies8
Cotton facilitates long‐distance seed dispersal by functioning as nest material for birds8
Parallels and divergences in landscape genetic and metacommunity patterns in zooplankton inhabiting soda pans8
Diversity and assembly of the microbiome of a leguminous plant along an urbanization gradient8
Stable motifs delay species loss in simulated food webs8
The role of evolutionary processes in determining trophic structure8
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Resource availability and plant age drive defense against herbivory in salt marshes8
Changes in land cover drove the recent range expansion of a tropical farmland bird8
Multi‐omics insights into environmental adaptation and invasion potential of the ascidian Molgula manhattensis8
Importance of accounting for imperfect detection of plants in the estimation of population growth rates8
Methods for calculating coexistence mechanisms: beyond scaling factors8
Nutritional effects on the expression of cryptic pigmentation in freshwater isopods7
Meta‐ecosystem dynamics drive the spatial distribution of functional groups in river networks7
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The ecological memory of landscape complexity shapes diversity of freshwater communities7
Evolution of dispersal and the maintenance of fragmented metapopulations7
Frugivory‐mediated trophic cascades: how apex predators can shape the recruitment of a fleshy‐fruited tree7
Different components of biodiversity mediate two ecosystem functions derived from naturally assembled filter‐feeder communities7
Global warming confers performance advantages to a non‐native predator7
Age ratio in groups of a social ungulate affects epizoochorous dispersal and diaspore exchanges7
Ecological determinants of variation in phenotypic selection on quantitative immune defence traits7
Shifts and rebound in microbial community function following repeated introduction of a novel species7
Measuring individual‐level trait diversity: a critical assessment of methods7
The paradox of searching efficiency or why are violent population cycles so uncommon in terrestrial ecosystem7
Cross‐scale scaling‐law analyses for the heterogeneity and diversity of animal gut microbiomes from community to landscape7
Fire buffers drought impacts on reproduction in a resprouting Mediterranean shrub7
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Climatic disequilibrium of recruit communities across a drought‐induced die‐off gradient in Mediterranean shrubland7
Geographic patterns in scatterhoarding behavior of eastern gray squirrels Sciurus carolinensis7
Environmental influence on intraspecific trait variation in the tropical seagrass Halodule uninervis7
Rainfall increases generalization of pollination networks and heterospecific pollen deposition in arid ecosystems7
Long‐term nutrient addition and grazing exclusion determine flower abundance, diversity and community composition in high‐latitude grasslands7
Climate drives body mass changes in a mountain ungulate: shorter winters lead to heavier Alpine ibex7
From the brink of extinction to regulation: northern Europe's white‐tailed eagles now face density dependence and climate constraints after rapid population growth7
Root foraging strategies and niche segregation of three mediterranean shrub species7
Native tree promotes invasion when native grasses are absent7
Intraspecific variation in the landscape of fear: personality‐driven tradeoffs in habitat use7
Temporal changes in plant–soil feedbacks between the invasive Phytolacca americana and congeneric native and non‐invasive alien plants7
Aquatic insects balance growth with future supply of algal food resources7
Polyploidy confers better cold tolerance in Daphnia7
Demography and climate influence sex‐specific survival costs of reproduction over 60 years in a free ranging primate population7
Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective7
Dead or alive: carbon as a currency to integrate disease and ecosystem ecology theory6
Probing variation in reaction norms in wild populations: the importance of reliable environmental proxies6
Species contributions to ecosystem stability change with disturbance type6
Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe6
Cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) as overlooked hosts of pollinator pathogens: environmental context of interspecific transmission6
Winners and losers of reef flattening: an assessment of coral reef fish species and traits6
A review and meta‐analysis of host‐plant selection by lepidopteran larvae: no evidence of diet breadth constraints on larval decision‐making6
Patchy indirect effects of predation: predators contribute to landscape heterogeneity and ecosystem function via localized pathways6
Ornamentation and body condition, but not glucocorticoids, predict wild songbird cloacal microbiome community and diversity6
Individual variation in perceived density of conspecifics and its impacts on the realization of ecological niches6
Intraspecific variation in seed size mediates rodent–seed interactions: combined patch‐level trait distributions to individual seed selection6
Are we underestimating the ecological and evolutionary effects of warming? Interactions with other environmental drivers may increase species vulnerability to high temperatures6
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Plant–soil feedback relationships depend on nutrient availability and stoichiometry6
Non‐native species affect the long‐term dynamics of native stream fish assemblages6
Bryophytes dominate plant regulation of soil microclimate in alpine grasslands6
Time tells: plasticity and developmental asynchrony underlie trait variation in a dune‐building grass6
Marine trophic architecture and hidden ecological connections in the Strait of Magellan: keystone species and ecosystem resilience6
Taylor's power law meets ecological networks: introducing TPLoN as a novel framework for heterogeneity scaling analysis6
Predicting ecosystem pattern across landscapes6
Bamboo climatic tolerances are decoupled from leaf functional traits across an Andean elevation gradient6
An invasive seagrass drives its own success in two invaded seas by both negatively affecting native seagrasses and benefiting from those costs6
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