OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Evolutionary Ecology 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.)

Article	Citations
Beyond canonical models: why a broader understanding of Diptera-microbiota interactions is essential for vector-borne disease control	18
A common measure of prey immune function is not constrained by the cascading effects of predators	17
Intraspecific variation of reproductive interference capability in Callosobruchus species	16
An evolutionary approach by second derivatives of the population growth rate of Castilleja tenuiflora, a hemiparasitic plant with and without hosts	15
Phenotypic plasticity and the colonization of new habitats: a study of a colonial spider in the Chaco region and the Cerrado	14
Effects of long-term ethanol storage of blood samples on the estimation of telomere length	14
Aggressive behaviour in the skyhoppers of the Australian Alps	12
Complex eco-evolutionary dynamics induced by the coevolution of predator–prey movement strategies	12
Thermal stress and mutation accumulation increase heat shock protein expression in Daphnia	12
Clutch size and the rejection of parasitic eggs: a comparative test of the maternal investment hypothesis	11
Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry	10
Genomic heterozygosity is associated with parasite abundance, but the effects are not mediated by host condition	10
Phenotypic shifts following admixture in recombinant offspring of Arabidopsis thaliana	10
Ecological and genetic distinctiveness of socially hybridogenetic lineages of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants at regional and local scales	9
The molecular basis and evolution of toxin resistance in poison frogs	9
Body size traits in the flightless bush-cricket are plastic rather than locally adapted along an elevational gradient	9
Novel and classical methods similarly describe variation in territory size among males in Neotropical poison frogs with contrasting reproductive and behavioral strategies	8
The ability to sequester the alkaloid epibatidine is widespread among dendrobatid poison frogs	8
Integrating ecological niche modeling and rates of evolution to model geographic regions of mimetic color pattern selection	8
Temporal stability in color patterns and body size variation in a six-year monitored population of the aposematic toad (Melanophryniscus rubriventris)	8
Across the Gobi Desert: impact of landscape features on the biogeography and phylogeographically-structured release calls of the Mongolian Toad, Strauchbufo raddei in East Asia	7
Recent past connections between Amazonian and Atlantic forests by comparative phylogeography and paleodistribution models for didelphid mammals	7
Vision in dim light and the evolution of color pattern in a crepuscular/nocturnal frog	7
Right or left-handed: are locomotion type, body size, and microhabitat related to forelimb laterality in anurans?	7
Sexual dichromatism in a cryptic poison frog is correlated with female tadpole transport	6

The resilience of reproductive interference	6
Pleistocene extinction and geographic singularity explain differences in global felid ensemble structure	6
Perception of con- and heterospecific injury cues in tadpoles of dendrobatid, ranid and bufonid frogs (Anura)	6
Eco-evolutionary dynamics further weakens mutualistic interaction and coexistence under population decline	6
A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives	5
Could adult or juvenile dispersal shape geographical parthenogenesis? Evidence from the facultatively parthenogenetic phasmid Megacrania batesii	5
Can energy density influence treefrog distribution and species functional traits?	5
Rapid morphological changes as agents of adaptation in introduced populations of the common myna (Acridotheres tristis)	5
Do past and present abiotic conditions explain variation in the nutritional quality of wildflower pollens for bees?	5
Eco-evolutionary dynamics in two-species mutualistic systems: one-sided population decline triggers joint interaction disinvestment	5
Multivariate selection and the making and breaking of mutational pleiotropy	5
Size as a complex trait and the scaling relationships of its components across teleosts	5
Impact of developmental temperatures on thermal plasticity and repeatability of metabolic rate	5
Does the diversity of anuran iris patterns have an ecological function or is it just beauty in the eye of the beholder?	5
Large brain in undisturbed headwaters: validation of general evolutionary predictions from a local-scale perspective	5
Capture tolerance: A neglected third component of aposematism?	5
Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs	4
History matters: evolutionary and demographic reconstruction of the Southwest Atlantic loggerheads (Testudinata: Cheloniidae)	4
Body size in Batesian mimicry	4
Estimating the volume of biological structures from a single 2D image: considering apparent cross-sectional area as an alternative to the ellipsoid method	4
Evidence for an innate basis of prey preference in a desert ambush predator	4
Relaxed selection and the evolution of the chasmogamous flower of Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae)	4
Correction to: Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance	4
Riverine barriers to gene flow in a salamander with both aquatic and terrestrial reproduction	4
From self-interest to cooperation: extra-pair mating as a driver of relaxed territorial aggression in social neighbourhoods	4
The role of pictorial cues and contrast for camouflage	4
Chemical defense and tonic immobility in early life stages of the Harlequin cabbage bug, Murgantia histrionica (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)	4
Commentary: Infectious disease — the ecological theater and the evolutionary play	4
Revisiting and interpreting the role of female dominance in male mate choice: the importance of replication in ecology and evolution	4
Correction to: Evolutionary allometry of sexual dimorphism of jumping performance in anurans	4
Commentary: The ecological and evolutionary implications of allometry	4
Complex landscape, instream and anthropogenic environmental features drive genetic and morphological structuring amongst brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in a dendritic river system	4
The contribution of maternal and paternal body size to offspring early adulthood life histories in a parasitoid wasp, Lysiphlebus fabarum	4
Biocontrol exerts natural selection against fecundity traits in Cytisus scoparius (L.)	4
Correction to: Assessment of the dunnocks’ introduction to New Zealand using innate immune-gene diversity	4
A well-studied parasitoid fly of field crickets uses multiple alternative hosts in its introduced range	3
Climate and habitat niche diversification in a southwest European squamate assemblage	3
Ontogenetic shift in diet of a large elapid snake is facilitated by allometric change in skull morphology	3
Macronutrient composition and availability affects repeatability of fly activity through changes in among- and within-individual (residual) variation	3
Sigmoid allometries generate male dimorphism in secondary sexual traits: a comment on Packard (2023)	3
Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	3
Deceived, but not betrayed: static allometry suggests female ornaments in the long-tailed dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda) exaggerate condition to males	3
Adult poison frogs can capture and consume aquatic tadpoles	3
Should I stay, should I go, or something in between? The potential for parasite-mediated and age-related differential migration strategies	3
Plasticity in thermal hardening of the invasive Asian house gecko	3
Predator-based selection and the impact of edge sympatry on components of coral snake mimicry	3
Transitions and its indicators in mutualistic meta-networks: effects of network topology, size of metacommunities and species dispersal	3
Leaf toughness is a better predictor of herbivory and plant performance than leaf mass per area (LMA) in temperate evergreens	3
Function predicts the allometry of contest-related traits, but not sexual or male dimorphism in the amazonian tusked harvestman	3
Reproductive trade-offs in the colorado checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus): an examination of the relationship between clutch and follicle size	3

Influence of maternal characteristics and reproductive history on recruitment in an iteroparous ungulate	2
Reproductive behaviors promote ecological and phenotypic sexual differentiation in the critically endangered Lehmann’s poison frog	2
Do common dispersal influences inform a large lizard’s landscape-scale gene flow?	2
How does access to water at different life-stages affect male investment in reproduction and survival?	2
Intraspecific competitive interactions rapidly evolve via spontaneous mutations	2
Frequency distributions, dimorphisms, and allometric variation in size of the weapon on male harvestmen (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones)	2
Assessing the speed of individual bacteria dispersing on mycelial networks	2
Virulence evolution during a naturally occurring parasite outbreak	2
Habitat and local climate influence the activity and abundance of Baron’s Mantella frog (Mantella baroni)	2
Modeling defensive functions of alkaloids within diverse chemical portfolios	2
Putting the energetic-savings hypothesis underground: fossoriality does not affect metabolic rates in amphibians	2
Eco-evolutionary feedback as a driver of periodic state shifts in tri-trophic food chains	2
Ecological and behavioral correlates of homing performance in the egg-feeding poison frog Oophaga histrionica	2
Four’s a crowd: social preferences for larger groups in golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) tadpoles	2
Relationship between model noxiousness and mimetic accuracy in myrmecomorphic spiders	2
Fish scale shape follows predictable patterns of variation based on water column position, body size, and phylogeny	2
Comment on: Assessment of the dunnocks’ introduction to New Zealand using innate immune-gene diversity, by Lara et al	2
Fledgling integration in altricial birds: a response to Redondo and Amat	2
Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite	2
Intraspecific divergence of sexual size dimorphism and reproductive strategies in a polytypic poison frog	2
Eco-evolutionary dynamics at the altitudinal limit of a transcontinental boreal conifer	2
Environmental variation shapes and links parasitism to sexual selection	2
Eating to the beat of the drum: vibrational parameters of toe tapping behavior in Dendrobates truncatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)	2
Variation in allometry along the weapon-signal continuum	2
Ontogenetic scaling of disc width with total length in west African batoids	2
Intraspecies variation in cytoplasmic incompatibility intensity in the bean beetle Callosobruchus analis	2
The evolution of body coloration in dung beetles: diel activity and sexual dimorphism	2
Size and shape variation in the male dimorphic head weapons of an anthribid weevil (Hoherius meinertzhageni)	2
Methodological inconsistencies define thermal bottlenecks in fish life cycle: a comment on Dahlke et al. 2020	2
Analysis of the leaf metabolome in Arabidopsis thaliana mutation accumulation lines reveals association of metabolic disruption and fitness consequence	2
Spatio-temporal colour variation of arthropods and their environment	2
Conserved worker policing in African carpenter ants with drastically different egg chemotypes	2
Reproductive ecology of treefrogs: egg size promotes reproductive effort differences between females	2
Does reproductive output differ between related and unrelated male-female pairs of guppies, Poecilia reticulata?	2
Under pressure: evidence for selection on color-related genes in poison frogs of the genus Ranitomeya	2
Automated workflows using Quantitative Colour Pattern Analysis (QCPA): a guide to batch processing and downstream data analysis	2
Sex- and trait-specific silver-spoon effects of developmental environments, on ageing	2
Mutualism enhances Wolbachia infection rates in ant-attended Tuberculatus aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae)	2
Behaviourally mediated camouflage in the furrowed crab (Xantho Hydrophilus)	2