OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Food Webs is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring co-evolutionary processes in ant-plant mutualism networks: Evidence from a phylogenetic analysis	31
Death from below: Sit-and-wait predatory behavior in a burrowing crayfish (Lacunicambarus thomai)	24
Anthropogenic activities facilitate temporal overlaps and spatial partitions among sympatric canids in a human-modified landscape of Bulgaria	16
Changes in the diet of the native sea urchin Arbacia dufresnii at different scenarios of the Undaria pinnatifida invasion (Patagonia, Argentina)	14
Specialization in Ciidae-host fungi communities in two Atlantic forest remnants of Southeast Brazil	14
Updating the prey menu of the ophiophagous snake Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1758) with two heterospecific snakes from the Amazon and Atlantic Forest	13
Novel observations of cleaning interactions between eastern grey kangaroos and three Australian bird species	13
Indirect functional effects of neighbors on food web compartments could not overcome density-dependent limited growth of a grazing minnow	10
Consumption of terrestrial invertebrates by limnephilid caddisflies (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) indicate an overlooked link in stream-riparian food webs	10
First documentation of acorn consumption by eastern screech owl (Megascops asio)	10
Who feeds on whom in semi-aquatic moss ecosystems?	10
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)	10
A review of the ecological role of the Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygoninae)	9
Biodiversity benefits of an ecosystem engineer are negated by an invasive predator	9
Foraging association of Groove-billed Anis with a Giant Anteater in Cojedes, Central-western Venezuelan Llanos	9
Following the bear: The interspecific foraging associations between vertebrate predators of cicada nymphs	9
Structural but not functional resistance of frugivore-plant interaction networks to the defaunation process	8
Using camera traps to inform reintroduction success and recovery of the Northern Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)	8
Seasonal variability of invertebrate prey diet and selectivity of the dominant forage fishes in Lake Huron	8
Prey availability and diet composition of the Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) during migration on the South-Western Black Sea coast, Bulgaria	8
A vertebrate, the fence skink, is a common but relatively low-quality prey for an invertebrate predator, the redback spider	7
Predation of turtles by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the Southeastern United States	7
Straight from the Güiñas mouth: Diet of a Neotropical carnivore documented through camera traps	7
Video observations of wolves hunting ungulates on linear features	7
Contribution of emergent aquatic insects to the trophic variation of tropical birds and bats	7

Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) predation on passerine birds in Namibia	7
Coastal hypoxia reduces trophic resource coupling and alters niche characteristics of an ecologically dominant omnivore	7
Avoidance of invasive prey reduces subsequent consumption of similar native prey	7
Diets of two non-native praying mantids (Tenodera sinensis and Mantis religiosa) show consumption of arthropods across all ecological roles	7
Consistent foraging on marine resources by coyotes (Canis latrans) on the Southern California coast	6
Predation of oak acorns by Baird's tapir in one of the last remnants of mountain cloud forest in Southern Mexico	6
Top-predator removal does not cause trophic cascades in Australian rangeland ecosystems	6
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	6
Carbon sources supporting macrobenthic crustaceans in tropical eastern pacific mangroves	5
Trophic cascades and climate change	5
Scale of effect matters: Forest cover influences on tropical ant-plant ecological networks	5
Trophic structure and biomagnification of cadmium, mercury and selenium in brown smooth hound shark (Mustelus henlei) within a trophic web	5
Simple bulk pigment analysis suggests microphytobenthos contributions to food webs may be underestimated due to isotopic contamination by remineralized wetland carbon	5
Food webs speak of human impact: Using stable isotope-based tools to measure ecological consequences of environmental change	5
Remote cameras capture dung burial by burrowing cricket	5
Predation on anurans by a giant water bug Belostoma sp. (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in a forest management area in the eastern Amazon	5
Mineral licks as a potential nidus for parasite transmission	4
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	4
Trophic chain of the pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean: An approach through stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen	4
Cattle dung in aquatic habitats alters mosquito predatory biocontrol dynamics	4
Can spatial food web subsidies associated with river hydrology and lateral connectivity be detected using stable isotopes?	4
Association between arthropod densities suggests dominance of top-down control of predator-prey food-webs on pear trees during winter	4
Butterflies with a taste for elephant dung: Puddling of adult butterflies on elephant dung in India's Western Ghats	4
The influence of parasitism on producers and nutrients in mesocosm ecosystems	4
How many predator guts are required to predict trophic interactions?	3
Sloths strike back: Predation attempt by an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) on a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) at a mineral lick in Western Amazonia, Ecuador	3
Editorial Board	3
Diets that do not let benthivorous salmonid fish, Thymallus baicalensis, realize their potential for accumulating large content of omega-3 PUFAs in muscle tissue	3
Littoral resources, food chain length and top predator size - Are these connected with lake size?	3
Changes in food-web structure and energy flow in kelp forest ecosystems on the south-west coast of South Africa following the invasion of Jasus lalandii	3
A simple trail camera modification reveals red-bellied woodpeckers as important egg predators of box-nesting wood ducks	3
Cascading carrion: Opportunistic predation at deer gut piles	3
Year-round use of anthropogenic food sources in human modified landscapes by adult and young Kelp Gulls	3
Trophic niche of four sympatric direct-developing frogs (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Eastern Brazilian Amazonia	3
Olingos do eat insects: Records of nocturnal mammals preying on arthropods in arboreal live-capture traps	3
Individual diet specialization drives population trophic niche responses to environmental change in a predator fish population	3
Predator-prey reversal between a venomous snake, Bitis caudalis, and an insectivorous skink, Trachylepis margaritifera	3
Trophic transfer of microplastics in a model freshwater microcosm; lack of a consumer avoidance response	3
The trophic ecology of an invasive predator in a novel ecosystem: Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus in a restored urban stream	3
Applying network analysis to measure functional diversity in food webs	3
Zonation of protistan plankton in a productive area of the Patagonian shelf: Potential implications for the anchovy distribution	3
Tayra behavior preying on a cavity nest in the subtropical forest of the Southern Yungas	3
Review of post-metamorphic frog-eat-frog predation, with a description of a new cases of anurophagy	3