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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance	18
Methodological inconsistencies define thermal bottlenecks in fish life cycle: a comment on Dahlke et al. 2020	16
Evolution of koinobiont parasitoid host regulation and consequences for indirect plant defence	15
Variation in allometry along the weapon-signal continuum	14
Riverine barriers to gene flow in a salamander with both aquatic and terrestrial reproduction	14
Photosynthetic and morphological traits control aquatic plant distribution according to light stress	13
Eye‐body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians	12
Dangerous visions: a review of visual antipredator strategies in spiders	12
Ontogenetic shift in diet of a large elapid snake is facilitated by allometric change in skull morphology	11
Are mutations usually deleterious? A perspective on the fitness effects of mutation accumulation	10
Function predicts the allometry of contest-related traits, but not sexual or male dimorphism in the amazonian tusked harvestman	10
Sex- and trait-specific silver-spoon effects of developmental environments, on ageing	10
Eco-evolutionary dynamics further weakens mutualistic interaction and coexistence under population decline	9
Size as a complex trait and the scaling relationships of its components across teleosts	9
Ontogenetic allometry underlies trophic diversity in sea turtles (Chelonioidea)	9
Social interaction, and not group size, predicts parasite burden in mammals	9
Supergroup F Wolbachia in terrestrial isopods: Horizontal transmission from termites?	8
Reproductive barriers and fertility of two neotropical orchid species and their natural hybrid	8
Complex eco-evolutionary dynamics induced by the coevolution of predator–prey movement strategies	8
Fitness effects of somatic mutations accumulating during vegetative growth	8
The hidden effect of inadvertent social information use on fluctuating predator–prey dynamics	8
Multivariate selection and the making and breaking of mutational pleiotropy	8
The effect of genetics, diet, and social environment on adult male size in a sexually dimorphic spider	8
Vision in dim light and the evolution of color pattern in a crepuscular/nocturnal frog	8
Extrapair mating opportunity explains the evolutionary transition between the presence and absence of tail ornamentation in swallows	7

Reply to: methodological inconsistencies define thermal bottlenecks in fish life cycle	7
The ability to sequester the alkaloid epibatidine is widespread among dendrobatid poison frogs	7
Large scale phenotypic characterisation of Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata: Serpentes): climatic and environmental drivers suggest the role of evolutionary processes in a polymorphic species	7
Impact of developmental temperatures on thermal plasticity and repeatability of metabolic rate	7
Commentary: The ecological and evolutionary implications of allometry	6
Beyond canonical models: why a broader understanding of Diptera-microbiota interactions is essential for vector-borne disease control	6
Genetic data reveal fine-scale ecological segregation between larval plethodontid salamanders in replicate contact zones	6
Reproductive trade-offs in the colorado checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus): an examination of the relationship between clutch and follicle size	6
Spatio-temporal colour variation of arthropods and their environment	6
A common measure of prey immune function is not constrained by the cascading effects of predators	6
Phylogenetic dynamics of Tropical Atlantic Forests	5
It is about time: effects of thermal fluctuations resulting from climate change on trophic interactions with a focus on host–parasitoid interactions	5
Variation in behavioral traits across a broad latitudinal gradient in a livebearing fish	5
Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry	5
Urban-rural gradients: how landscape changes drive adaptive evolution of plant competitive traits	5
Bucking the trend of pollinator decline: the population genetics of a range expanding bumblebee	5
Plasticity in thermal hardening of the invasive Asian house gecko	5
Rapid morphological changes as agents of adaptation in introduced populations of the common myna (Acridotheres tristis)	5
Androgens, antlers, and sexual selection: testosterone’s relationship to reproductive success and associated morphological characteristics in white-tailed deer	5
Non-parallel morphological divergence following colonization of a new host plant	5
Effect of habitat permanence on life-history: extending the Daphnia model into new climate spaces	5
The molecular basis and evolution of toxin resistance in poison frogs	5
The resilience of reproductive interference	5
Predation impacts brain allometry in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata)	4
Effect of parental phenotype on dispersal, growth and maturation of offspring in wild masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)	4
Does courtship behavior predict parentage in Collared Lizards? Influence of male social status and habitat structure	4
Understanding the drivers of dispersal evolution in range expansions and their ecological consequences	4
Size and shape variation in the male dimorphic head weapons of an anthribid weevil (Hoherius meinertzhageni)	4
Phenotypic shifts following admixture in recombinant offspring of Arabidopsis thaliana	4
Local-scale environmental filtering shape plant taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in an isolated Amazonian tepui (Tepequém table mountain)	4
The role of climatic niche divergence in the speciation of the genus Neurergus: An inter-and intraspecific survey	4
Lichen moths do not benefit from ‘element imitation’ masquerade in the absence of a matching background	4
A call for more ecologically and evolutionarily relevant studies of immune costs	4
Virulence evolution during a naturally occurring parasite outbreak	4
A well-studied parasitoid fly of field crickets uses multiple alternative hosts in its introduced range	4
Thermal stress and mutation accumulation increase heat shock protein expression in Daphnia	4
Transcriptomic analyses during development reveal mechanisms of integument structuring and color production	4
Conspicuous and cryptic poison frogs are picky and prefer different meals in syntopy	4
Ecological predictors of lateral line asymmetry in stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	4
Evolutionary allometry of sexual dimorphism of jumping performance in anurans	4
Do frugivores exert selection on fruiting phenology? Potential scenarios across three plant populations of a Neotropical vine, Passiflora caerulea	4
Fish scale shape follows predictable patterns of variation based on water column position, body size, and phylogeny	4
Sexual size dimorphism and its allometry in Chinese lizards	4
Partially coupled reaction norms of pupal colour and spot size in a butterfly	4
Alkaloid-based chemical defenses and diet in six species of Australian poison frogs in the genus Pseudophryne (Myobatrachidae)	3
Optimal differentiation to the edge of trait space (EoTS)	3
Temporal repeatability of behaviour in a lizard: implications for behavioural syndrome studies	3
Putting the energetic-savings hypothesis underground: fossoriality does not affect metabolic rates in amphibians	3
The role of pictorial cues and contrast for camouflage	3
Associating physiological functions with genomic variability in hibernating bats	3

Altered within- and between-host transmission under coinfection underpin parasite co-occurrence patterns in the wild	3
Host-associated morphological convergence in symbiotic pea crabs	3
Modeling defensive functions of alkaloids within diverse chemical portfolios	3
Chemical defense and tonic immobility in early life stages of the Harlequin cabbage bug, Murgantia histrionica (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)	3
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	3
Ontogenetic changes in behavioral and kinematic components of prey capture strikes in a praying mantis	3
Experimental evidence for stronger impacts of larval but not adult rearing temperature on female fertility and lifespan in a seed beetle	3
Deceived, but not betrayed: static allometry suggests female ornaments in the long-tailed dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda) exaggerate condition to males	3
Transitions and its indicators in mutualistic meta-networks: effects of network topology, size of metacommunities and species dispersal	3
Sexual dichromatism in a cryptic poison frog is correlated with female tadpole transport	3
Spying on your neighbours? Social information affects timing of breeding and stress hormone levels in a colonial seabird	2
Food availability in the nursery affects parental food allocation but not tadpole begging performance in a frog with facultative parental care	2
Catching the red eye: field evidence that artificial prey with red eye-like markings are preferentially avoided by avian predators	2
Sex-dependent elevational effects on bird feather moult	2
Effects of long-term ethanol storage of blood samples on the estimation of telomere length	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
Under pressure: evidence for selection on color-related genes in poison frogs of the genus Ranitomeya	2
Should I stay, should I go, or something in between? The potential for parasite-mediated and age-related differential migration strategies	2
Automated workflows using Quantitative Colour Pattern Analysis (QCPA): a guide to batch processing and downstream data analysis	2
Geometric morphometrics reveal complex shape variation patterns at different geographic scales in the patagonian gastropod Trophon geversianus	2
The contribution of maternal and paternal body size to offspring early adulthood life histories in a parasitoid wasp, Lysiphlebus fabarum	2
Nest Integration: a novel form of food acquisition by altricial fledglings	2
Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs	2
Mother strawberry poison frogs might supplement nutritive eggs with secretory provisioning	2
A paradox of parasite resistance: disease-driven trophic cascades increase the cost of resistance, selecting for lower resistance with parasites than without them	2
Reproductive character displacement allows two sexually deceptive orchids to coexist and attract the same specific pollinator	2
Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite	2
The reproductive strategy of the clonal helophyte Leersia oryzoides (L.) Swartz. in response to variable submergence conditions and different harvest times	2
Intraspecific divergence of sexual size dimorphism and reproductive strategies in a polytypic poison frog	2
Environmental variation shapes and links parasitism to sexual selection	2
Habitat and local climate influence the activity and abundance of Baron’s Mantella frog (Mantella baroni)	2
Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	2
Biocontrol exerts natural selection against fecundity traits in Cytisus scoparius (L.)	2
Evolved tolerance to NaCl does not alter Daphnia response to acute heat stress	2
Genomic heterozygosity is associated with parasite abundance, but the effects are not mediated by host condition	2
The orchid mantis exhibits high ontogenetic colouration variety and intersexual life history differences	2
Larval cannibalism in Phyllobates poison frogs	2
The scale of competition impacts parasite virulence evolution	2
Different stress from parasites and mate choice in two female morphs of the blue-tailed damselfly	2
High relative humidity and temperature limit disease development and mortality in golden frogs of Panama, Atelopus zeteki, infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis	2
Pleistocene extinction and geographic singularity explain differences in global felid ensemble structure	2
A model for evolutionary rescue through plant mating system	2
Eating to the beat of the drum: vibrational parameters of toe tapping behavior in Dendrobates truncatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)	2
Predator-based selection and the impact of edge sympatry on components of coral snake mimicry	2
Adult poison frogs can capture and consume aquatic tadpoles	2
Climate and habitat niche diversification in a southwest European squamate assemblage	2
Proximate determinants of family size in an obligate egg-feeding frog	2
Size variation, allometry and mating success in Aotearoa\|New Zealand kelp flies (Coelopidae)	2
A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives	2