OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Functional Ecology is 34. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity	181
Cover Picture and Issue Information	146
Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator	135
Physiological responses of narwhals to anthropogenic noise: A case study with seismic airguns and vessel traffic in the Arctic	129
Active regulation of ultraviolet light exposure overrides thermal preference behaviour in eastern fence lizards	128
The structure and ecological function of the interactions between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through multilayer networks	86
Warming modulates soil multifunctionality through assembly processes and co‐occurrence patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in drylands	75
Temporal dynamics in functional fruit traits of native and invasive fleshy fruited plants in subtropical Andean forests	74
Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage	56
Observational and experimental evidence that rapid mass loss is consistent with the flight efficiency hypothesis and not caused by reproductive effort in three passerine species	55
Odour information enables patch choice by mammalian herbivores from afar, leading to predictable plant associational effects	55
Spatial assembly of grassland communities and interrelationships with productivity	54
Can body mass and skull morphology predict seed and fruit ingestion potential for mammal species? A test using extant species and its application to extinct species	52
The temporal and spatial response of soil fungal community composition and potential function to wildfire in a permafrost region in Canada	50
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Editors are biased too: An extension of Fox et al. (2023)'s analysis makes the case for triple‐blind review	50
Beyond single host, single parasite interactions: Quantifying competence for complete multi‐host, multi‐parasite communities	49
Grazing disrupts the trade‐off between silica‐ and phenol‐based plant defences along an aridity gradient in grasslands	46
Abiotic stress rather than biotic interactions drives contrasting trends in chemical richness and variation in alpine willows	46
Responses to cold temperature determine clinal patterns of photosynthetic acclimation of a cosmopolitan grass genus and challenge the concept of quantifying phenotypic plasticity	44
En route to resources: Foraging strategies of plant‐associated insects to identify resources in complex dynamic environments	44
Herbivore species and patch heterogeneity modulate grazing‐induced shifts in soil nematode trophic structure and energy flux	40
The fingerprint of functional strategies in Mediterranean seagrass fish assemblages	38
Phylogeny of respiratory adaptations and local temperature extremes shape the thermal vulnerability of intertidal crabs	38

Spore production monitoring reveals contrasting seasonal strategies and a trade‐off between spore size and number in wood‐inhabiting fungi	38
Variation in leaf phosphorus fractions reflects plant adaptations and distribution in low‐phosphorus tropical forests	38
Contrasting effects of deadwood and gaps on the trophic structure of forest soil microarthropods	37
More than just meat: Carcass decomposition shapes trophic identities in a terrestrial vertebrate	37
Gradual pollen release in a buzz‐pollinated plant: Investigating pollen presentation theory under bee visitation	37
Power law scaling relationships link canopy structural complexity and height across forest types	35
The eco‐evolutionary role of fire in shaping terrestrial ecosystems	34
Trophic regulation of soil microbial biomass under nitrogen enrichment: A global meta‐analysis	34
Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem	34