Ecological Entomology

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecological Entomology is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Bee abundance and diversity respond to extremes in temperature and precipitation in the Urban Chihuahuan Desert19
Host plant selection by Cerambycidae in two different strata in association with seasonality and physical wood characteristics in a tropical dry forest19
Species distribution modelling reveals the influence of climatic and geographic factors on scarab beetle beta diversity along altitudinal gradients19
Changes in pollinators' flower visits and activities potentially drive a diurnal turnover of plant‐pollinator interactions18
High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate18
The response to fire by two eusocial bee species16
Testing the migration syndrome: Comparative fecundity of migratory and non‐migratory nymphaline butterflies16
No evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle (Coleoptera) families16
Mistletoes benefit from initiating cascading effects in a cactus–stem borers–arthropods system: A positive feedback15
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Determination of the functional response in the orb‐weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type14
Previous infestation by conspecifics leads to a transient increase of the performance of Sitobion avenae aphids on wheat leaves13
Warming promotes non‐native invasive ants while inhibiting native ant communities13
Distinct diurnal and nocturnal flower visitor communities provide pollination services in urban gardens12
Wildfires induce a reduction in body size and morphological variation of an insular endemic insect12
Spatio‐temporal species aggregations do not rule out interspecific competition in tree hollow spider assemblages12
Resilience that goes beyond prophylaxis: Benefits of faecal accumulation within termite nests11
How does ageing affect life history traits and cold tolerance in summer‐versus winter‐acclimated fruit flies?11
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Diet C:N ratio and temperature influence the performance and colouration of tobacco hornworms11
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Female mate choice is affected by male condition but not female condition in an assassin bug10
Aphelinus nigritus ‐induced transgenerational fecundity compensation in parasitized Melanaphis sorghi10
Warming accelerates development but alters synchrony in a season‐dependent manner in a damselfly10
Myrmecochorous plants and their ant seed dispersers through successional stages in temperate cove forests10
Heat is deadlier than hypoxia for an elevationally migrating moth10
Diverging effects of geographic distance and local habitat quality on the genetic characteristics of three butterfly species10
Host plant phenology drives risky larval dispersal in an outbreaking insect defoliator10
Spatial variation in ant–tree bipartite networks is driven by a bottom‐up process10
Linking disturbances in neotropical landscapes with ecosystem functional traits: A preliminary assessment using epigaeic and leaf‐litter ant communities9
Amino acid substitutions in the Na + /K +ATPase 9
Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp9
Ants do not prey upon an extrafloral‐nectar‐feeding predatory mite8
Flying to greener pastures: Spider ballooning in the city8
Diversity and partner selection of environmentally‐derived Burkholderia sensu lato in stinkbugs8
Pollen associated with a Texas population of blow flies‐ (Diptera: Calliphoridae ) highlights unde8
Where water meets rock: Ecological niches and diversity hotspots of hygropetric beetles in the Neotropics8
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Host plant use is driven by microclimate not nutritional quality in a grassland butterfly8
The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies8
OlfactionROOM: An optimised, low‐cost olfactometer and easy‐to‐apply setup to mitigate the escape behaviour of insects8
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance8
Greenhouse gas emissions from ant nests: A systematic review8
Adaptation to host's chemical defences as a driver of wing morphological evolution and developmental instability in cactophilic Drosophila7
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Inferring long‐distance movements of insects using combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses: A case study of the African edible bush‐cricket7
Multiple foundresses and multiple hosts: The influences of kinship and host quality on group reproduction in a quasi‐social parasitoid7
Abiotic drivers of co‐occurrence and diversity patterns of Calopterygidae species in Amazonian protected freshwaters7
A trait‐based understanding of the vulnerability of a Paleotropical moth community to predation by a sympatric bat with flexible foraging strategies7
Fire favours the native bee community in a semi‐arid ecosystem7
Interspecific competition leads to more long‐winged morphs in two sympatric cricket species6
Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains6
Fluctuating asymmetry in spider‐hunting wasps as a possible indicator of stress in Brazilian Atlantic Forest landscapes6
In plateaus, land cover replaced climate as the vital environmental factor on the spatial composition of bumblebees with the altitude rising6
Winter moth populations are isolated on co‐occurring tree species with contrasting budburst‐phenology6
Suboptimal macronutrient ratios promote cannibalism in a generalist herbivore ( Trichoplusia ni )6
Spiders in the mosaic: How habitat heterogeneity and structure drive local spider diversity in a Mediterranean forest6
Insect‐plant‐fungus interactions in mycorrhizal associations, with a focus on spittlebugs and ectomycorrhizal host plants6
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Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae6
What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility6
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles6
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Correction to “Unilateral exclusion of three leaf beetle species due to resource competition for oviposition sites”6
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Vegetation biomass and landscape context influence web‐building spider dietary breadth in urban vacant lots6
Height and phytotelm size affect the invertebrate communities of epiphytic bromeliads in the Amazon rainforest6
Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest5
Size and location of host‐plant shape the spatial pattern of forest insect5
Increasing stability of northern Austrian Lepidoptera populations over three decades5
Lessons from long‐term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate‐driven changes5
Correction to ‘Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle’5
Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle5
Fire ants mediate competition between scale insects and fruit flies5
Free ride without raising a thumb: A citizen science project reveals the pattern of active ant hitchhiking on vehicles and its ecological implications5
Soil conditions and the emergence phenology and survival of a solitary, ground‐nesting bee in a coastal dune environment5
Aggregative oviposition varies with density in processionary moths—Implications for insect outbreak propensity5
Correction to “Cascading effects of grazing intensity on predatory arthropod and parasitoid densities”5
Viral prevalence is higher, while relative infection loads are lower, in later developmental stages of a univoltine insect herbivore5
Environmental stress influences reproductive success in male spider mites5
Impact of temperature and season on ant foraging activity of two invasive species in a Mediterranean urban area5
Quantification of invertebrates on fungal fruit bodies by the use of time‐lapse cameras5
Intraspecific competition in antlion larvae: Effects on substrate choice, movement and trap size5
Ecosystem functions and functional traits for the study of phytophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)5
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Early social experience, rather than kinship affecting aggression in an egg parasitoid wasp, Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), that exhibits 5
Soil‐ and ground‐dwelling arthropod diversity on green roofs: Functional groups are strongly influenced by substrate depth and plant community4
Seasonal time constraints reduce the impact of warming on life history but not on physiology4
Flooding affects fluctuating asymmetry but not growth of a riparian orbweaving spider4
Induced drought in an Amazonian forest affects diversity but not foraging distance of generalist ants4
Can long‐term diapause/dormancy improve persistence in a positively autocorrelated environment?4
Female investment in terminal reproduction or somatic maintenance depends on infection dose4
To stay or not to stay? Temporal shifts in dung beetle occupancy in a cloud forest landscape4
Bottom‐up effects shift top‐down community structure of the parasitoid guild that attacks Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on 4
Solving the trophic puzzle: Host–parasite associations in Neotropical fig wasps associated with fig trees of section Americanae4
Population responses to temperature in 12‐year insect time series4
Can pollinators track plant expansions? A case study on the genetic structure of a host‐dependent pollinating wasp4
Mixed effects of urbanization on pollination services among four native plant species4
Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance4
Physiological condition drives ecological functions of two highly abundant and widespread dung beetles of South American pasturelands4
Living in an urban pod: Seed predation and parasitism of bruchid beetles in a native tree species4
Discordant pattern between realised and fundamental saline niches in two supralittoral Ochthebius species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)4
Balancing risk and opportunity: Nasute termite responses to predator and competitor chemical cues4
Warm or bright – Temperature and light microhabitat use in insect pollinators4
Contrasting effects of nitrogen fertiliser application on the performance of closely related grasshoppers through changes in plant nutrient concentrations4
Phenological imbalance in the supply and demand of floral resources: Half the pollen and nectar produced by the main autumn food source, Hedera helix , i4
Ecological and functional effects of habitat conversion and seasons on fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in tropical dry forests4
Seasonality as a structuring factor of the dung beetle community in burned neotropical savannas4
Invasion of the coccinellid community associated with a tropical annual agroecosystem4
Prolonged flow intermittency undermines the habitat potential of forested landscapes for a stream‐dwelling dragonfly4
Intraspecific interactions at high predator densities affect the predation efficiency of Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) when prey density 3
Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks3
Adaptations to water gradient in three Rorippa plant species correspond with plant resistance against insect herbivory under drought and waterlogged cond3
Effects of temperature and humidity on the presence and prevalence of a common fungal parasite on an invasive ladybird3
Ecosystem functions of ants and dung beetles in agriculture‐dominated Amazonian riparian forests3
Differential egg cannibalism by hatchlings in a burrower bug: Trophic and viable eggs3
Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly, Photinus pyralis3
Contrasting responses of drosophila pupal parasitoids to heat waves in the larval and adult stages3
Correlates of Odonata species composition in Amazonian streams depend on dissimilarity coefficient and oviposition strategy3
Community structure and antifungal activity of actinobacteria in a fungus‐growing termite3
Influence of generalist stingless bees on the structure of mutualistic flower–pollinator networks in the tropics: Temporal variation3
Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa3
Ecology of fear: ontogeny‐mediated non‐consumptive effects in a parasite–host system3
Do nest sites limit wild honey bee colonies? Decoding swarm waggle dances to assess nest site availability3
Sun exposure as a main driver influencing the arriving communities of saproxylic beetles on deadwood3
Origin of the Red‐veined Darter dragonflies migrating into the European part of Russia revealed by stable isotopes of hydrogen3
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Phoretic mites do not affect burying beetle reproductive success, despite eliminating fly competitors3
Multivariate flower phenotype and proboscis length shape specialised pollination niches3
Effects of benign and heat stress conditions on parent clones and their selfed offspring of the pea aphid3
House cricket males reared at different perceived acoustic population densities differ in adult behaviour but not physiology3
Hatching asynchrony affects intraspecific competition among larval mosquitoes3
Potential climate warming effects on the distribution of an invasive alien pest species3
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Understanding the life history characteristics of bird lice: Amblycera versus Ischnocera3
The effect of habitat amount on flight‐related traits in the butterfly Hamadryas februa is sex‐dependent3
The influence of genetic variation on pre‐oviposition processes for host‐parasitoid co‐evolution3
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Winter fleshy‐fruited plants are the catalysts for spring populations of an invasive fruit fly3
Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land‐use3
What shapes galling insect–parasitoid interaction networks on closely related host plants?3
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Phenotypic plasticity in Acanthoscelides quadridentatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its effect on the seed fate of Mimosa seto2
Behavioural responses to radio‐tag attachment in butterflies: Evidence for active tag removal2
Decisions better left unchanged: Selection of ambush orientation before prey arrival in a sit‐and‐wait predator2
Not dear neighbours: Antennation and jerking, but not aggression, correlate with genetic relatedness and spatial distance in the ant Lasius niger2
Significant colony differences in thermal tolerances and decoupling of high and low critical temperatures in the army ant Eciton burchellii parvispinum2
Dynamic distribution modelling of the swamp tigertail dragonfly Synthemis eustalacta (Odonata: Anisoptera: Synthemistidae) over a 20‐year bushfire regime2
Evolution of developmental plasticity and the potential of host shift in the seed beetle: Insights from laboratory evolution experiments2
Salty suitors: High larval sodium intake reduces adult lifespan and influences reproductive behaviour in a lepidopteran herbivore2
Transient effects of corridors on polygyne fire ants over a decade2
Exploring the factors influencing the first singing date of a cicada, Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata : How will it be affected by climate change?2
Debunking wasp pollination: Wasps are comparable to bees in terms of plant interactions, body pollen and single‐visit pollen deposition2
Predator densities alter the influence of non‐consumptive effects on the population dynamics of an agricultural pest2
From leaves to defenders: How the amount and dispersion of leaf damage affect extrafloral nectar production and ant‐mediated protection in wild cotton2
Food plant–associated predation risk and its impact on larval development and adult morphology in a specialist butterfly2
Temporal changes in the composition of parasitoid assemblages associated with the invasive chestnut gall wasp2
Aridity could have driven the local extinction of a common and multivoltine butterfly2
Spread of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss influences litter‐dwelling arthropod communities in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka2
The effect of fly exclusion on scavenger community and carrion decomposition varies with carrion type in a Tibetan alpine meadow2
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Running in the rain: Impact of water droplets on tandem running recruitment in a tropical ant2
A review on true dung beetles' evolutionary and ecological responses to temperature and impacts on ecosystem functions2
Pollinator visitation decline due to pesticide application beyond threshold frequency brings down crop yield2
Assessing the existence of pantropical butterflies: A review of accurate taxonomy, biogeography and life history traits2
Cytoplasmic incompatibility and female fecundity associated with Wolbachia infection in a cricket species2
All the flight we cannot see: Using passive acoustic monitoring to track the world's largest bumble bee, Bombus dahlbomii2
Numbers matter: Predatory ability increases with forager group size in omnivorous ant species with similar predatory traits2
Plant‐mediated facilitation to conspecifics and heterospecifics by two phloem‐feeding maize pests: The influence of insect identity and order of arrival2
Novel grid‐based population estimates correlate with actual population sizes of the marsh fritillary ( Euphydryas aurinia ), while transect and larvae co2
Complex interactions in ant–plant mutualisms: The role of multiple ant food resources in mediating plant defence, pollination and fitness in a tropical shrub2
Altitudinal variation in the ecophysiological limits of a carabid beetle depends on temperature and aridity2
Bacterial‐driven odorant receptor expression shifts alter olfactory behaviour in the oriental fruit fly2
Effects of a temperate heatwave on diel rhythms of insect activity: A comparison across habitats2
The quality matters: Assessing the roles of patch quality and configuration on the abundance of an invading cerambycid species through a multi‐model inference approach2
Reduced fecundity associated with Wolbachia infection in a Neotropical drosophilid2
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Suspended resting of caterpillars as an anti‐predator strategy2
Pollen specialisation is associated with later phenology in Osmia bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)2
A simple technique to assess resource use in dung beetle breeding studies2
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Ivermectin impacts on dung beetle diversity and their ecological functions in two distinct Brazilian ecosystems2
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Complementary effects of two plant defence traits on behaviour and performance of monarch butterfly caterpillars2
Plant silicon defences reduce the performance of a chewing insect herbivore which benefits a contemporaneous sap‐feeding insect2
A test of the competitive ability–cold tolerance trade‐off hypothesis in seasonally breeding beetles2
Microclimate in hollow trees and how it affects an inhabiting beetle species, Osmoderma eremita 2
Ant behaviour as a mediator of extrafloral nectary‐based mutualisms: Interactions with nectar chemistry and environmental conditions2
Specialisation in frog‐biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae): A landscape perspective2
Long‐term, high‐resolution field monitoring reveals increased temporal persistence of larger aggregations in fruit flies2
Attenuation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation does not impede host location in egg parasitoids with positive UV phototaxis2
Solar parks provide heterogeneous habitats for winter‐active ground‐dwelling predatory arthropods2
Mound architecture and season affect concentrations of CO 2 , 2
Substantial fitness costs in terms of parasitization rates, offspring production and sex ratio of Wolbachia infection in Nasonia v2
Macronutrient regulation in adult spotted‐wing Drosophila and nutritional impacts on susceptibility to three commonly‐used insecticides1
DNA metabarcoding of light trap samples vs. morphological species identification1
Nest boxes as microhabitats supporting diverse arthropod communities1
Larval diet impacts flight performance in monarch butterflies1
Entomologists' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, insect welfare in research and education1
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Estimating biocontrol agent spread: A case study using introduced dung beetles1
Complex cues in habitat selection: Exploring the influence of vegetation and polarised light on backswimmers in predator‐free environments1
The relationship between body size and diet breadth in non‐web building spiders1
Causes and consequences of microbiome formation in mosquito larvae1
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Rainforest transformation reduces parasitoid wasp diversity—Can the enrichment of flowering vegetation alleviate this?1
Bat droppings collection by ants in epigean environments1
Nutrients and drought alter tri‐trophic interactions in cool‐temperate forests1
The contributions of host diet and genetic background to shaping parasite infection outcomes in monarch butterflies across natural populations1
Does fat identity matter? The effect of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids on bumble bee consumption and fitness1
Are competitive interactions between aphid clones mediated by facultative endosymbionts?1
Testing optimal defence theory in a social insect: Increased risk is correlated with increased venom investment1
Reduced body mass and divergent developmental responses under larval competition between acorn‐sharing moths and weevils1
Beneath the sand: Microbiota composition across instars of two co‐occurring antlion species1
Substantial niche overlap in carrion beetle habitat and vegetation use1
Cucumber beetles negatively impact pollinator visitation to cucurbit flowers1
Soil arthropod communities associated with Berberis thunbergii invasion in a temperate deciduous f1
Successful gall induction on wild roses by gall wasps under lab conditions1
Butterfly community dynamics in a monoculture‐dominated agricultural landscape1
Host plants and experimental warming impact fitness and infection outcomes in a migratory butterfly1
Oviposition and larval mycelia preference of the saproxylic European stag beetle1
No‐choice oviposition preferences predict neighborhood effects among host plants in a model system1
Insect‐microbe‐fungus interplay in citrus agro‐ecosystems: Cuticular symbionts mediate Diaphorina citri resistance to Beauveria ba1
An experimental examination of dispersal decisions made by flight‐capable heteropteran insects in urban stormwater pond conditions1
The temporal distribution of endophytic and exophytic insect guilds responds to host plant phenology in the Brazilian Savannah1
Phylogenetic signal in elevational distribution and range size of a Satyrinae butterfly genus in the Himalaya1
Predation of the white‐lined sphinx moth ( Hyles lineata ) is dependent upon time of day but not human disturbance1
One dung to attract them all: Faeces attractiveness to dung beetles in herbivore multispecies pasture1
Multilevel climatic responses in migratory insects1
Rainfall shapes the physiological condition, but not the body size, of an introduced dung beetle in Brazilian pastures1
Multi‐site interaction turnover in flea–mammal networks from four continents: Application of zeta diversity concept and multi‐site generalised dissimilarity modelling1
Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks1
Atta mexicana waste dumps are hot spots of soil nutrients in an urban Neotropical cloud forest environment1
Soil disturbance impacts on ant‐diaspore multilayer networks in a tropical savanna1
Influence of host species and seasonal interactions on bacterial community structure in fungus‐growing termites: Insights into symbiotic adaptation and ecological function1
The missing links: Bee and non‐bee alpine visitor observation networks differ to pollen transport networks1
Systematic review of cuckoo bumblebee research reveals data gaps and understudied species1
Identifying environmental factors affecting the production of pea aphid dispersal morphs in field populations1
Task‐specific and seasonal differences in individual nutritional status of red wood ant workers1
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Body size mediates the role of insect seed predators as ecosystem engineers for arthropod communities1
The impact of wildfire and mammal carcasses on beetle emergence from heathland soils1
Are fat bankers losing their liquid assets? Changes in lipid accumulation for a nectar‐feeding migratory moth1
Phenotypic plasticity of a Baetid mayfly larvae ( Baetis rhodani ) at sites with high levels of deposi1
Contrasting responses to microhabitat and temperature determine breeding habitat differentiation between two Viola ‐feeding butterflies1
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