American Naturalist

Papers
(The TQCC of American Naturalist is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Social Learning of Innovations in Dynamic Predator-Prey Systems161
Social Environment Influences the Temporal Dynamics of Sneak-Spawning in a Fish with Alternative Reproductive Tactics45
Individual Dietary Specialization in a Generalist Bee Varies across Populations but Has No Effect on the Richness of Associated Microbial Communities35
Nestling Begging Calls Resemble Maternal Vocal Signatures When Mothers Call Slowly to Embryos31
Host Controls of Within-Host Disease Dynamics: Insight from an Invertebrate System31
Resource Competition and Host Feedbacks Underlie Regime Shifts in Gut Microbiota27
Resident-Disperser Differences and Genetic Variability Affect Communities in Microcosms26
Larval and Adult Traits Coevolve in Response to Asymmetric Coastal Currents to Shape Marine Dispersal Kernels25
Dimensionality and Modularity of Adaptive Variation: Divergence in Threespine Stickleback from Diverse Environments25
Large Mammals Have More Powerful Antibacterial Defenses Than Expected from Their Metabolic Rates24
Editorial Expression of Concern23
Pollinator-Mediated Indirect Effects on Plant Fecundity Revealed by Network Indices23
Differences in Thermal Tolerance between Parental Species Could Fuel Thermal Adaptation in Hybrid Wood Ants22
Front and Back Matter22
Predictable and Divergent Change in the Multivariate P Matrix during Parallel Adaptation22
The Context-Dependent Effects of Host Competence, Competition, and Pathogen Transmission Mode on Disease Prevalence22
Understanding the Role of Naive Learners in Cultural Change20
The Effect of the Recombination Rate between Adaptive Loci on the Capacity of a Population to Expand Its Range20
Avian Predators Avoid Attacking Fly-Mimicking Beetles: A Field Experiment on Evasive Mimicry Using Artificial Prey20
Five Decades of Data Yield No Support for Adaptive Biasing of Offspring Sex Ratio in Wild Baboons (Papio cynocephalus)19
Low Heritability but Significant Early Environmental Effects on Resting Metabolic Rate in a Wild Passerine19
Front and Back Matter19
Resurrecting Historical Observations to Characterize Species-Specific Nesting Traits of Bumblebees18
Front and Back Matter18
Infrequent Long-Range Dispersal and Evolution of a Top Terrestrial Arthropod Predator in the Sub-Antarctic18
(Epi)mutation Rates and the Evolution of Composite Trait Architectures17
Replicated Functional Evolution in Cichlid Adaptive Radiations17
More or Less? The Effect of Symbiont Density in Protective Mutualisms17
Effects of Phylogenetic Relatedness on Fluctuation-Dependent and Fluctuation-Independent Coexistence Mechanisms in Multispecies Communities17
Acquired Phototrophy as an Evolutionary Path to Mixotrophy17
Strength of Sexual Selection and Sex Roles Vary between Social Groups in a Coral Reef Cardinalfish17
Front and Back Matter16
Transforming Restoration Science: Multiple Knowledges and Community Research Cogeneration in the Klamath and Duwamish Rivers16
Predator Group Composition Indirectly Influences Food Web Dynamics through Predator Growth Rates16
Front and Back Matter16
Variation in Avian Predation Pressure as a Driver for the Diversification of Periodical Cicada Broods15
Estimating Density Dependence, Environmental Variance, and Long-Term Selection on a Stage-Structured Life History15
An Evolutionary and Ecological Community Model for Distribution of Phenotypes and Abundances among Competing Species15
Front and Back Matter15
Spatially Explicit Habitat Selection: Testing Contagion and the Ideal Free Distribution with Culex Mosquitoes15
Front and Back Matter15
Demography Predicts Genetic Effective Size in a Desert Stream Fish Community15
Resource Availability Affects Seasonal Trajectories of Population-Level Learning14
Pyrophilic Plants Respond to Postfire Soil Conditions in a Frequently Burned Longleaf Pine Savanna14
Extra Nestlings That Are Condemned to Die Increase Reproductive Success in Hoopoes14
When and Where We Can Expect to See Early Warning Signals in Multispecies Systems Approaching Tipping Points: Insights from Theory14
Secretary’s Report, 202214
How Female-Female Competition Affects Male-Male Competition: Insights into Postcopulatory Sexual Selection from Socially Polyandrous Species14
Coupled Oscillators in an Agroecosystem: Integrating Direct and Indirect Effects14
Seasonality and the Coexistence of Pathogen Strains14
Front and Back Matter14
Civil War Is Associated with Longer Escape Distances among Sri Lankan Birds13
Fluctuation-Dependent Coexistence of Stage-Structured Species13
Assortative Mating in an Ecological Context: Effects of Mate Choice Errors and Relative Species Abundance on the Frequency and Asymmetry of Hybridization13
Evolutionary and Ecological Processes Underlying Geographic Variation in Innate Bird Songs13
The Evolution of Using Shed Snake Skin in Bird Nests13
Vertical Niche Partitioning and the Performance of Mixotrophic Generalists against Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Specialists under Contrasting Light-Nutrient Supply Regimes13
Georgii F. Gause’s The Struggle for Existence and the Integration of Natural History and Mathematical Models13
Front and Back Matter13
Virulent Disease Epidemics Can Increase Host Density by Depressing Foraging of Hosts12
Synchrony and Perturbation Transmission in Trophic Metacommunities12
Fitness Costs of Female Competition Linked to Resource Defense and Relatedness of Competitors12
The Evolution of Social Dominance through Reinforcement Learning12
Disentangling Verbal Arguments: Intralocus Sexual Conflict in Haplodiploids12
Density-Dependent Selection during Range Expansion Affects Expansion Load in Life History Traits12
Niche Specificity, Polygeny, and Pleiotropy in Herbivorous Insects12
Fish, People, and Systems of Power: Understanding and Disrupting Feedback between Colonialism and Fisheries Science12
Coevolution of Patch Selection in Stochastic Environments12
Soilscapes of Mortality Risk Suggest a Goldilocks Effect for Overwintering Ectotherms11
The Effects of Foraging Ecology and Allometry on Avian Skull Shape Vary across Levels of Phylogeny11
Identifying “Useful” Fitness Models: Balancing the Benefits of Added Complexity with Realistic Data Requirements in Models of Individual Plant Fitness11
Within-Host Viral Growth and Immune Response Rates Predict Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Transmission Dynamics for African Buffalo11
Genetic Variation in Male Aggression Is Influenced by Genotype of Prior Social Partners in Drosophila melanogaster11
How Dispersal Evolution and Local Adaptation Affect the Range Dynamics of Species Lagging Behind Climate Change11
Long-Term Decrease in Coloration: A Consequence of Climate Change?11
Variation in Thermal Sensitivity of Diapause Development among Individuals and over Time Predicts Life History Timing in a Univoltine Insect11
Is Evolution in Response to Extreme Events Good for Population Persistence?11
Colonial Legacies Influence Biodiversity Lessons: How Past Trade Routes and Power Dynamics Shape Present-Day Scientific Research and Professional Opportunities for Caribbean Scientists10
Thermal Plasticity in Behavioral Traits Mediates Mating and Reproductive Dynamics in an Ectotherm10
Individual Quality Drives Life History Variation in a Long-Lived Marine Predator10
Diversity-Dependent Diversification in the History of Marine Animals10
Learning from Our Study Organisms about Sexual Selection: Lessons from the Ocellated Wrasse10
Dorsal and Ventral Plumage Coloration Evolve as Distinct Modules with Different Environmental Correlations10
Treasurer’s Report, 202310
The Effect of Mating Complexity on Gene Drive Dynamics10
Context-Dependent Reproductive Isolation: Host Plant Variability Drives Fitness of Hybrid Herbivores10
Front and Back Matter10
Density-by-Diet Interactions during Larval Development Shape Adult Life History Trait Expression and Fitness in a Polyphagous Fly10
Filial Cannibalism Leads to Chronic Nest Failure of Eastern Hellbender Salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)9
Sporadic Events Have a Greater Influence on the Dynamics of Small, Isolated Populations Than Density Dependence and Environmental Conditions9
The Difficulty of Predicting Evolutionary Change in Response to Novel Ecological Interactions: A Field Experiment with Anolis Lizards9
Using Computational Simulations to Model Deleterious Variation and Genetic Load in Natural Populations9
Niche Packing and Local Coexistence in a Megadiverse Guild of Frugivorous Birds Are Mediated by Fruit Dependence and Shifts in Interaction Frequencies9
Abiotic Niche Divergence of Hybrid Species from Their Progenitors9
Inverse Lansing Effect: Maternal Age and Provisioning Affecting Daughters’ Longevity and Male Offspring Production9
A Spatial Signal of Niche Differentiation in Tropical Forests9
Seasonal Body Size Plasticity and the Generality of Dehnel’s Phenomenon in Sorex Shrews9
The Role of Indirect Effects in Coevolution along the Mutualism-Antagonism Continuum9
Differential Survival and Background Selection in Cryptic Trunk-Dwelling Arthropods in Fire-Prone Environments9
What Ecological Factors Favor Parthenogenesis over Sexual Reproduction? A Study on the Facultatively Parthenogenetic Mayfly Alainites muticus in Natural Populations9
The Evolution of Competitive Ability9
Food web structure mediates positive and negative effects of diversity on ecosystem functioning in a large floodplain river9
Litter, Plant Competition, and Ecosystem Dynamics: A Theoretical Perspective9
Front and Back Matter8
Front and Back Matter8
The Demographic Costs of Sexually Antagonistic Selection in Partially Selfing Populations8
Marine Cleaning Mutualism Defies Standard Logic of Supply and Demand8
The Relationship between Vector Species Richness and the Risk of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases8
Performative Manipulation of the Environment by Displaying Albert’s Lyrebirds8
Carnivore Niche Partitioning in a Human Landscape8
Editorial: Introducing a new article type for The American Naturalist8
Selection and Admixture in a Polytypic Aposematic Frog8
Light Environment Interacts with Visual Displays in a Species-Specific Manner in Multimodal-Signaling Wolf Spiders8
Accelerated Brain Shape Evolution Is Associated with Rapid Diversification in an Avian Radiation8
Monitoring Demography of Resurrected Populations of Locally Extinct and Extant Species to Investigate Drivers of Species Loss8
“Resistance Is Futile”: Weaker Selection for Resistance by Abundant Parasites Increases Prevalence and Depresses Host Density8
Multigenerational Fitness Effects of Natural Immigration Indicate Strong Heterosis and Epistatic Breakdown in a Wild Bird Population8
Evolution of Social Organization: Phylogenetic Analyses of Ecology and Sexual Selection in Weavers8
2024 American Society of Naturalists Awards8
Predicting and Controlling Spillover in Multispecies Disease Transmission Networks: Steady-State Analysis8
Optimal Seed Size under Mixed Mating Systems When Predispersal and Postdispersal Inbreeding Depression Is Decoupled8
Broken Ring Speciation in California Mygalomorph Spiders (Nemesiidae,Calisoga)8
In Memoriam8
Biological Links between Personality and Plasticity: Testing Some Alternative Hypotheses8
Unprecedented Biting Performance in Herbivorous Fish: How the Complex Biting System of Pomacentridae Circumvents Performance Trade-Offs8
Acceptable Loss: Fitness Consequences of Salinity-Induced Cell Death in a Halotolerant Microalga8
The Origin of Asexual Brine Shrimps8
Better to Divorce than Be Widowed: The Role of Mortality and Environmental Heterogeneity in the Evolution of Divorce8
Repeated Genetic and Adaptive Phenotypic Divergence across Tidal Elevation in a Foundation Plant Species8
Treasurer’s Report, 20218
Shifts in Mutation Bias Promote Mutators by Altering the Distribution of Fitness Effects8
Allee effects, colonization, and extinction: the surprising benefits of demographic stochasticity7
Effects of Community Richness and Competitive Asymmetry on Protozoa Evolution in Sarracenia purpurea Leaves7
Diadromy Drives Elevated Rates of Trait Evolution and Ecomorphological Convergence in Clupeiformes (Herring, Shad, and Anchovies)7
Lifetime Fitness through Female and Male Function: Influences of Genetically Effective Population Size and Density7
Metabolic Rate Diversity Shapes Group Performance in Honeybees7
Competitive Displacement and Agonistic Character Displacement, or the Ghost of Interference Competition7
Adaptive Evolution Can Both Prevent Ecosystem Collapse and Delay Ecosystem Recovery7
Temperature Sensitivity of Fitness Components across Life Cycles Drives Insect Responses to Climate Change7
Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals That Regulatory and Low Pleiotropy Variants Underlie Local Adaptation to Environmental Variability in Purple Sea Urchins7
Strolling through a Century: Replicating Historical Bird Surveys to Explore 100 Years of Change in an Urban Bird Community7
Multimorph Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Structured Populations7
Secondary Sexual Trait Melanization in “Black” Scavenger Flies: Nutritional Plasticity and Its Evolution7
Evolution of Plant Niche Construction Traits in Biogeomorphic Landscapes7
Quantitative Characteristics of Stabilizing and Equalizing Mechanisms7
Front and Back Matter7
Bending the course of evolution: how mutualistic interactions affect macroevolutionary dynamics of diversification in mimetic Ithomiini butterflies7
Global Conservation Potential in Coral Reef Halos: Consistency over Space, Time, and Ecosystems Worldwide7
Polyandry as a Male Strategy? A Game between Aggressive and Tolerant Males, Arbitrated by Females7
Emission Rates of Species-Specific Volatiles Vary across Communities ofClarkiaSpecies: Evidence for Multimodal Character Displacement7
Front and Back Matter7
A female-specific color signal? Black-mottled bills indicate breeding in female common waxbills7
A Theoretical Framework for Trait-Based Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics: Population Structure, Intraspecific Variation, and Community Assembly7
Assembly, Persistence, and Disassembly Dynamics of Quaternary Caribbean Frugivore Communities6
Scaling of Activity Space in Marine Organisms across Latitudinal Gradients6
Trait-Fitness Associations via Fecundity and Competition in a Two-Million-Year-Long Fossil Record6
Multituberculate Mammals Show Evidence of a Life History Strategy Similar to That of Placentals, Not Marsupials6
What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Dismantling the Human Hierarchies in Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Toxicology for Scientific and Social Progress6
The Contribution of Mutation to Variation in Temperature-Dependent Sprint Speed in Zebrafish,Danio rerio6
Ecological Filtering and Exaptation in the Evolution of Marine Snakes6
Resource Variation Within and Between Patches: Where Exploitation Competition, Local Adaptation, and Kin Selection Meet6
Two-Sex Demography, Sexual Niche Differentiation, and the Geographic Range Limits of Texas Bluegrass (Poa arachnifera)6
Evolutionary Epidemiology Consequences of Trait-Dependent Control of Heterogeneous Parasites6
Seasonal Alternation of Putative Camouflage Wing Morphs of the American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta)6
Comparing the Predicted versus Realized Rate of Adaptation of Chamaecrista fasciculata to Climate Change6
The Joint Evolution of Animal Movement and Competition Strategies6
Dynamic Changes in Begging Signal Short-Term Information on Hunger and Need6
Dispersal Alters the Nature and Scope of Sexually Antagonistic Variation6
Neotropical Birds Respond Innately to Unfamiliar Acoustic Signals6
Freshwater Habitats Promote Rapid Rates of Phenotypic Evolution in Sculpin Fishes (Perciformes: Cottoidea)6
The Evolution of Resource Provisioning in Pollination Mutualisms6
Repeated Divergence in Opsin Gene Expression Mirrors Photic Habitat Changes in Rapidly Evolving Crater Lake Cichlid Fishes6
Plumage Balances Camouflage and Thermoregulation in Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris)6
Host Developmental Stage Effects on Parasite Resistance and Tolerance6
Dynamic Trait Distribution as a Source for Shifts in Interaction Strength and Population Density6
Time and Chance: Using Age Partitioning to Understand How Luck Drives Variation in Reproductive Success6
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