Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology

Article	Citations
Soil aggregation, ecosystem engineers and the C cycle	55
Bee hotels host a high abundance of exotic bees in an urban context	35
Land cover composition, local plant community composition and honeybee colony density affect wild bee species assemblages in a Mediterranean biodiversity hot-spot	27
Lantana camara and Ageratina adenophora invasion alter the understory species composition and diversity of chir pine forest in central Himalaya, India	22
What do you mean by “niche”? Modern ecological theories are not coherent on rhetoric about the niche concept	21
How biased is our perception of plant-pollinator networks? A comparison of visit- and pollen-based representations of the same networks	20
Herbaceous seeds dominates the soil seed bank after long-term prescribed fire, grazing and selective tree cutting in savanna-woodlands of West Africa	18
The apiary influence range: A new paradigm for managing the cohabitation of honey bees and wild bee communities	17
Functional traits vary among fleshy-fruited invasive plant species and their potential avian dispersers	16
Urban areas are favouring the spread of an alien mud-dauber wasp into climatically non-optimal latitudes	16
Multi-year monitoring land surface phenology in relation to climatic variables using MODIS-NDVI time-series in Mediterranean forest, Northeast Tunisia	15
The impact of pollen quality on the sensitivity of bumblebees to pesticides	15
Foraging efficiency of white stork Ciconia ciconia significantly increases in pastures containing cows	14
Contrasting effects of herbivore damage type on extrafloral nectar production and ant attendance	12
Nematode metabolic footprints, ecological and functional indices in tropical maize-beans agro-ecosystems under different farming practices	11
Different responses of dung beetle diversity and feeding guilds from natural and disturbed habitats across a subtropical elevational gradient	10
Sudanian versus Zambezian woodlands of Africa: Composition, ecology, biogeography and use	10
Fruiting phenology and consumption of zoochoric fruits by wild vertebrates in a seasonally dry tropical forest in the Brazilian Caatinga	10
Comparing germination metrics of Opuntia ficus-indica and O. robusta between two sets of bird species (Pied Crows and two smaller species)	10
Pollinator conservation in the context of global changes with a focus on France and Belgium	9
Plant-pollinator interactions on green roofs are mediated by substrate characteristics and plant community composition	9
Differential ontogenetic effects of gut passage through fish on seed germination	9
Similitudes and differences between two closely related Ficus species in the synthesis by the ostiole of odors attracting their host-specific pollinators: A transcriptomic based investigation	9
Auditory predator cues affect monarch (Danaus plexippus; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development time and pupal weight	9
Epigeic fauna (with emphasis on ant community) response to land-use change for sugarcane expansion in Brazil	8

Quantifying responses of dung beetle assemblages to cattle grazing removal over a short-term in introduced Brazilian pastures	8
Troubles in pear pollination: Effects of collection and storage method on pollen viability and fruit production	8
Metacommunity structure reveals that temperature affects the landscape compositional patterns of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites across elevations	8
Soil carbon and nitrogen fractions in response to land use/cover changes	8
Bat-fruit networks structure resist habitat modification but species roles change in the most transformed habitats	8
Short-term modifications of mycorrhizal fungi, glomalin and soil attributes in a tropical agroforestry	8
Orchid-pollinator network in Euro-Mediterranean region: What we know, what we think we know, and what remains to be done	8
Disentangling the determinants of litter decomposition among invaded and uninvaded habitats: A field experiment from the Kashmir Himalaya	7
Assessing the fire resilience of the savanna tree component through a functional approach	7
Influence of sampling methods on the description of a Neotropical seed dispersal network	7
2D or not 2D? Three-dimensional home range analysis better represents space use by an arboreal mammal	7
Variable soil pH can drive changes in slope aspect preference of plants in alpine desert of the Central Great Caucasus (Kazbegi district, Georgia)	7
Nitrogen deposition is positively correlated to foliar nitrogen content in Vaccinium myrtillus and other understory species in temperate forests on acidic soil	7
Hummingbird-plant interactions along an altitudinal gradient in northwestern Mexico	7
Splitting hares: Current and future ecological niches predicted as distinctly different for two congeneric lagomorphs	7
Frugivores vary in their response to neighborhood effects in a novel ecosystem	7
Some like it hot: Drought-induced forest die-off influences reptile assemblages	7
Cave lithology effect on subterranean biodiversity: A case study in quartzite and granitoid caves	7
Are native nectar robbers against the alien? Effects of floral larceny on the reproductive success of the invasive yellow bells (Tecoma stans, Bignoniaceae)	7
Phylogenetic α- and β-diversity elevational gradients reveal consistent patterns of temperate forest community structure	7
Assessing the role of a mammalian frugivorous species on seed germination potential depends on study design: A case study using wild samango monkeys	7
Feeding plasticity and temporal behaviour of the alien American mink in Europe	6
Height-diameter allometric relationships for seedlings and trees across China	6
Rare Pteridophytes are disproportionately frequent in the tropical forest of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China	6
The importance of the standardizing sampling methodology to detect altitudinal gradients in mountains: A study case for the resident bird community in a hotspot (Atlantic forest) and the Middle Domain	6
No apparent effect of invasive alien goldenrod on soil microbial communities or soil fauna feeding activity	6
From the euclidean distance to compositional dissimilarity: What is gained and what is lost	6
Does N deposition mitigate the adverse impacts of drought stress on plant seed germination and seedling growth?	6
Resource partitioning among a pollinator guild: A case study of monospecific flower crops under high honeybee pressure	6
Impact of 25 years of grazing on the forest structure of Pinus cembroides in northeast Mexico	6
Effects of locality and stone surface structure on the distribution of Collembola inhabiting a novel habitat – the stone-ice border on an alpine glacier	6
Differences in mutualistic or predatory interactions between tree and rodent species as revealed by using a double-duplex passive integrated transponder tagging technique	6
A review of seed ecology of poisonous plants in the world's grasslands	6
Parapatric pied and red-handed tamarin responses to congeneric and conspecific calls	6
Sources of floral scent variation in the food-deceptive orchid Orchis mascula	5
Evaluating whether MPA management measures meet ecological principles for effective biodiversity protection	5
Disentangling the architecture of the frugivorous bird-plant interaction networks in a savanna-forest mosaic in the Neotropical savanna	5
Everyone makes mistakes: Sampling errors in vegetation analysis - The effect of different sampling methods, abundance estimates, experimental manipulations, and data transformation	5
Fine woody debris as a biogen reservoir in forest ecosystems	5
Impacts of traditional practices on biodiversity and structural characteristics of sacred groves in northern Togo, West Africa	5
The contribution of small shrubby patches to the functional diversity of wood-pastures	5
Novel diplochory: Native bats and non-native rats disperse seeds of an island tree	5
Ecological relevance of high and low nucleic acid content bacteria in a monsoon influenced tropical estuary: Implications on the β-Glucosidase activity	5
The role of arthropods in early colonization near melting glaciers: Contradictions between ecological assumptions and recent study results	5
Male-biased adult sex ratio in non-breeding areas of an extreme long-distance migratory shorebird population	5
Comparison of grassland plant-pollinator networks on dairy farms in three contrasting French landscapes	5
Fruit bat diversity patterns for assessing restoration success in reforestation areas in the Philippines	5
Seed fates of four rainforest tree species in the fragmented forests of Anamalais in the southern Western Ghats, India	5
Variations in the coverage of biological soil crusts along an aridity gradient in the central-west Argentina	5
Alien pests and their influence on native biota in leaf litter of non-native trees	5

The impact of a catastrophic flood on species and size composition of the diet of fish-eating birds	5
Extension of the EICA hypothesis for invasive Chromolaena odorata	5
Isolation and self-regulation processes in simulated postfire microsites promote plant species diversity	5
Seasonally dry tropical forests of the Gulf of Mexico: A degraded landscape undergoing homogenization or a promising, resilient reservoir?	5
Influence of environmental predictors on hyphomycete assemblages in subtropical streams	5
Relationships between tree height and tree species richness at small scales	5
On the natural selection of body mass allometries	4
Emerging issues in grassland ecology research: Perspectives for advancing grassland studies in Nigeria	4
Alien invasive plant Amaranthus spinosus mainly altered the community structure instead of the α diversity of soil N-fixing bacteria under drought	4
Ficus-frugivore interactions, especially in areas of land-use change, in Africa: A systematic review	4
Leafing intensity decreases with increasing water table depth and plant height in Populus euphratica, a desert riparian species	4
Biological soil crusts from the Monte desert affect soil moisture and nutrients, and improve Leptochloa crinita grass development	4
Dynamics of leaf litter decomposition in the timberline zone of western Himalaya	4
Outcomes of a native bamboo on biomass and carbon stocks of a neotropical biodiversity hotspot	4
Litter decomposition above the treeline in alpine regions: A mini review	4
Factors influencing seed predation in rainforest tree communities of subtropical Australia: Fragmentation, seed size and shifts in vertebrate assemblages	4
Criteria to select vegetal species for restoration of plant-pollinator interactions in agricultural landscapes of the Pampa grassland (Argentina)	4
Vulture numbers and densities in a large protected savannah in West Africa	4
The drivers of soil microbial communities structure on forest stands along the altitudinal gradient in western carpathians	4
Epiphytic suspended soils from Borneo and Amazonia differ in their microbial community composition	4
Environmental controls of plant phenology in twelve desert plant species in the Patagonian Monte, Argentina	4
Spatio-temporal variation in seed traits affects the occurrence and body-size pattern of a seed-feeding beetle (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in Brazilian Cerrado	4
Spatial variability in foliar carbon and nitrogen isotope values on Tenerife reflects both climate and soils: Establishing a framework for future work	3
The stress gradient hypothesis explains plant-plant interaction networks in edapho climatic gradients	3
Atlantic Forest birds are more functionally and taxonomically diverse in valley bottoms relative to uplands	3
Long-term monitoring of rodent and shrew communities in a biodiversity hot-spot in Austria using barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets	3
Predator-prey traits and foraging habitat shape the diet of a common insectivorous bat	3
Biodiversity and carbon sequestration potential in two types of tropical rainforest, Cameroon	3
Calls for concern: Matching alarm response levels to threat intensities in three Neotropical primates	3
Entomogamy in wildflowers: What level of pollinator biodiversity is required?	3
Correlations between leaf economics, hydraulic, and shade-tolerance traits among co-occurring individual trees	3
Drivers of plant species richness and structure in dry woodland of Prosopis flexuosa	3
Effects of livestock on nitrogen and carbon cycling in a savanna in Burkina Faso	3
Effects of fragmentation per se on slug movement	3
Does pollination syndrome reflect pollinator efficiency in Silene nutans?	3
Vole disturbances and plant community diversity in a productive hay meadow	3
Influence of edaphic factors along an altitudinal gradient on a litter arthropod community in an Abies-Quercus forest in Mexico	3
Ecological differentiation of Carex species coexisting in a wet meadow: Comparison of pot and field experiments	3
Influence of breeding time, nest size, and egg size on the breeding success of the Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	3
The different facets of native bird diversity (taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic) as predictors of alien birds increasing richness and expanding range in Great Britain	3
Fleshy-fruited species increase with elevation for woody lianas but peak in mid-elevations for herbaceous vines in a subtropical forest system	3
Taxonomic and morphological diversity of the ground-dwelling ant fauna in Eastern Amazonian grasslands	3
Soil biodiversity for the sustainability of agroecosystems	3
Extreme freeze-thaw cycles do not affect moss-associated nitrogen fixation across a temperature gradient, but affect nutrient loss from mosses	3
Climate change forecasts suggest that the conservation area network in the Cerrado-Amazon transition zone needs to be expanded	3
Effect of enriched CO2 atmosphere on morphological and chemical characteristics of Alternanthera philoxeroides	3
Response of soil microbes to Carex meyeriana meadow degeneration caused by overgrazing in inner Mongolia	3
Resprouting increases seedling persistence likelihood after fire in a semelparous bamboo species	3
The effect of seed ingestion by a native, generalist bird on the germination of worldwide potentially invasive trees species Pittosporum undulatum and Schinus terebinthifolia	3
Drivers of songbird territory density in the boundaries of a lowland arable farm	3
An alternative, portable method for extracting microarthropods from forest soil	3
Genetic reconstruction of potential invasion pathways of Ligustrum lucidum into Argentina	3
Does the consumption of pioneer-tree seeds from flooded forests by freshwater sardines affect seed germination?	2
Age-related changes in root traits are linked to internal nitrogen cycling in the perennial forb Physaria (Brassicaceae)	2
Abiotic controls, but not species richness, shape niche overlap and breadth of ant assemblages along an elevational gradient in central Spain	2
Tortoise ecology in the West African savannah: Multi-scale habitat selection and activity patterns of a threatened giant species, and its ecological relationships with a smaller-sized species	2
Greenhouse gas emissions from termite mounds in a transition area between the Cerrado Savanna and the Atlantic Forest in Brazil	2
Long-term nucleation effect of remnant trees in a temperate forest established on abandoned grassland	2
Aggregated seed dispersal in a Neotropical coastal thicket vegetation: The role of microhabitat, dispersal syndrome and growth form	2
Effect of seed size and fungicide on germination and survival of buried seeds of two grassland species on the Loess Plateau, China	2
Goat browsing does not induce physical defences but reduces leaf size in Vachellia trees	2
Present and future of Iris atrofusca populations in the Negev Desert analyzed by population viability analysis and species distribution modeling	2
The effect of reducing soil water availability on the growth and reproduction of a drought-tolerant herb	2
Edaphic attributes indicative of edge effect in Semideciduous tropical forest	2
Anuran assemblages in western Philippines: Unraveling the effects of habitat types, water availability, and elevation	2
Post-mine succession and short term effects of coal mining in a Guinea savanna ecosystem	2
Benefits to the germination of seeds provided by birds that mandibulate fleshy fruits	2
Functional importance of bird-dispersed habitat for the early recruitment of Taxus chinensis in a fragmented forest	2
Vegetation dynamics and soil nutrients across different shifting cultivation fallows in Montane Subtropical Forest of Mizoram, NE India	2
Effects of Japanese marten (Martes melampus) gut passage on germination of Actinidia arguta (Actinidiaceae): Implications for seed dispersal	2
Evaluating the relative importance of habitat filtering and niche differentiation in shaping the food web of dung-inhabiting predators	2
Effects of fire on the population structure and abundance of Anogeissus leiocarpa and Vitellaria paradoxa in a West African savanna parkland	2
Seasonal patterns of scorpion diversity along a gradient of aridity in Algeria	2
Pollination service and soybean yields	2
The hazard and unsureness of reducing habitat ranges in response to climate warming for 91 amphibian species in China	2
Population trends of four species of amphibians in western France; results from a 15 year time series derived from road mortality counts	2
Dung beetles and the conservation of diversity in an agricultural landscape with maize fields and Atlantic Forest remnants	2
The cost of parasitism: High larval developmental mortality following attacks by a parasitoid fig wasp on a fig pollinating wasp	2
The role of seed size in the performance of Ceiba aesculifolia seedlings subjected to foliar damage	2
Is endozoochoric seed dispersal by large herbivores an evolutionary adaptation? Revisiting the Janzen's ‘Foliage is the fruit’ hypothesis	2

Landscape configuration and composition shape mutualistic and antagonistic interactions among plants, bats, and ectoparasites in human-dominated tropical rainforests	2
Effects of phylogeny, traits, and seasonality on invertebrate herbivory damage in a meadow community	2
Urbanization effects on wild bee carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in the Paris region	2
A neotropical canid as seed disperser in semiarid areas of Brazil	2
The influence of growth types on soil properties along an elevation gradient in a semi-arid oak forest	2
Assessing the influence of riparian invasion by the shrub Lonicera maackii on terrestrial subsidies to headwater streams	2
Where are my dragons? Replicating refugia to enhance the detection probability of an endangered cryptic reptile	2
Host functional traits affect plant responses to pathogen stress: A meta-analysis	2
What determines the seedling viability of different tree species in raccoon dog latrines?	2
Short-term impacts of a record-shattering flood and dam removal on a river turtle assemblage and population placed within the context of a 50 year study	2
Morphological correlates of invasion in Florida cane toad (Rhinella marina) populations: Shortening of legs and reduction in leg asymmetry as populations become established	2
Frugivory and seed dispersal by the Red-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis carbonaria	2
Intraspecific pod and seed trait variation of two herbaceous legume seeds in response to competing neighbours and nutrient resource abundance	2
Vascular epiphyte communities in secondary and mature forests of a subtropical montane area	2
Invasion in the riparian zone: What is the effect of Pteridium arachnoideum on topsoil permeability?	2
Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on seed germination under field conditions: A meta-analysis	2
Dynamics of plant ecology and soil conservation: Implications for cut-slope protection	2
Effects of tree density and the topography of the sites of host trees on epiphytic orchid communities on Schima wallichii in a forest in West Java, Indonesia	2