OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Food Webs is 5. 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.)

Article	Citations
Updating the prey menu of the ophiophagous snake Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1758) with two heterospecific snakes from the Amazon and Atlantic Forest	38
Exploring co-evolutionary processes in ant-plant mutualism networks: Evidence from a phylogenetic analysis	26
Insights into prey handling and feeding strategies by ghost crabs on sea turtle eggs and hatchlings	20
Novel observations of cleaning interactions between eastern grey kangaroos and three Australian bird species	18
Specialization in Ciidae-host fungi communities in two Atlantic forest remnants of Southeast Brazil	17
Changes in the diet of the native sea urchin Arbacia dufresnii at different scenarios of the Undaria pinnatifida invasion (Patagonia, Argentina)	15
Anthropogenic activities facilitate temporal overlaps and spatial partitions among sympatric canids in a human-modified landscape of Bulgaria	15
Death from below: Sit-and-wait predatory behavior in a burrowing crayfish (Lacunicambarus thomai)	15
A review of the ecological role of the Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygoninae)	14
Foraging association of Groove-billed Anis with a Giant Anteater in Cojedes, Central-western Venezuelan Llanos	14
Consumption of terrestrial invertebrates by limnephilid caddisflies (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) indicate an overlooked link in stream-riparian food webs	12
Indirect functional effects of neighbors on food web compartments could not overcome density-dependent limited growth of a grazing minnow	12
Prey availability and diet composition of the Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) during migration on the South-Western Black Sea coast, Bulgaria	12
First documentation of acorn consumption by eastern screech owl (Megascops asio)	11
The great escape: Interspecific interaction and behavioral response to a semi-arboreal predator, the Tayra (Eira barbara), by a group of black-faced spider monkeys (Ateles chamek)	11
Who feeds on whom in semi-aquatic moss ecosystems?	11
Editorial Board	10
Structural but not functional resistance of frugivore-plant interaction networks to the defaunation process	10
Straight from the Güiñas mouth: Diet of a Neotropical carnivore documented through camera traps	10
Biodiversity benefits of an ecosystem engineer are negated by an invasive predator	10
Using camera traps to inform reintroduction success and recovery of the Northern Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)	10
Following the bear: The interspecific foraging associations between vertebrate predators of cicada nymphs	10
Predation of turtles by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the Southeastern United States	9
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) predation on passerine birds in Namibia	9
Diets of two non-native praying mantids (Tenodera sinensis and Mantis religiosa) show consumption of arthropods across all ecological roles	9

Avoidance of invasive prey reduces subsequent consumption of similar native prey	8
Coastal hypoxia reduces trophic resource coupling and alters niche characteristics of an ecologically dominant omnivore	8
A vertebrate, the fence skink, is a common but relatively low-quality prey for an invertebrate predator, the redback spider	8
Consistent foraging on marine resources by coyotes (Canis latrans) on the Southern California coast	8
Video observations of wolves hunting ungulates on linear features	8
Natural diet, trophic niche and prey selectivity of a euryphagous bark predator, Neotama mexicana (Araneae: Hersiliidae), in a semi-urban forest of Caldas, Colombia	8
Predation of oak acorns by Baird's tapir in one of the last remnants of mountain cloud forest in Southern Mexico	8
Top-predator removal does not cause trophic cascades in Australian rangeland ecosystems	7
The isotopic niche breadth of aquatic insects increases with elevation in neotropical mountain streams	7
Remote cameras capture dung burial by burrowing cricket	7
Predation on anurans by a giant water bug Belostoma sp. (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in a forest management area in the eastern Amazon	7
Predation of Carollia perspicillata (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) by South American Pepper Frog (Leptodactylus labyrinthicus): unraveling the predator-prey relationship in caves	7
Simple bulk pigment analysis suggests microphytobenthos contributions to food webs may be underestimated due to isotopic contamination by remineralized wetland carbon	7
Avoiding the enemy while searching for dinner: Understanding the temporal niche of the threatened clouded tiger-cat in protected cloud forests of the Middle Cauca, Colombia	7
Association between arthropod densities suggests dominance of top-down control of predator-prey food-webs on pear trees during winter	6
Mineral licks as a potential nidus for parasite transmission	6
Predatory behavior of the hellgrammite larva Corydalus batesii (McLachlan, 1868) (Insecta: Megaloptera: Corydalidae) in an Amazonian stream	6
Ophiophagy in Bothrops mattogrossensis: Predation on Helicops angulatus and potential for reciprocal interactions among Neotropical snakes	6
Scale of effect matters: Forest cover influences on tropical ant-plant ecological networks	6
Beyond hydration: predation by terrestrial vertebrates on semi-aquatic prey in temporary water bodies of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico	6
Trophic structure and biomagnification of cadmium, mercury and selenium in brown smooth hound shark (Mustelus henlei) within a trophic web	6
Joining to the web. Predation of Heterophrynus sp. (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) on a catfish Astroblepus sp. (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae), in a premontane river of the northern Andes of Colombia	6
Trophic cascades and climate change	6
Cattle dung in aquatic habitats alters mosquito predatory biocontrol dynamics	5
Trophic ecology of Caribbean polychaetes: responses to environmental changes driven by massive Sargassum arrivals	5
Trophic transfer of microplastics in a model freshwater microcosm; lack of a consumer avoidance response	5
Butterflies with a taste for elephant dung: Puddling of adult butterflies on elephant dung in India's Western Ghats	5
First record of nectar feeding by the exotic lizard Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) in urban environments in Brazil with notes on unusual feeding behaviors	5
Trophic chain of the pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean: An approach through stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen	5
Can spatial food web subsidies associated with river hydrology and lateral connectivity be detected using stable isotopes?	5
How many predator guts are required to predict trophic interactions?	5
Predator-prey reversal between a venomous snake, Bitis caudalis, and an insectivorous skink, Trachylepis margaritifera	5