Oecologia

Papers
(The median citation count of Oecologia is 2. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Ultraviolet radiation: a double-edged sword in old forest Lobaria lichens—reducing growth while enhancing acclimation56
The distinctive material cycle associated with seabirds and land crabs on a pristine oceanic island: a case study of Minamiiwoto, Ogasawara Islands, subtropical Japan46
Ectoparasite and blood parasite prevalence in birds: a comparative study between urbanized airport environments and natural habitats42
Human habitat modification, not apex scavenger decline, drives isotopic niche variation in a carnivore community38
Trophic effects of vertebrate insectivores and carnivorous arthropods in a subtropical forest: the roles of functional redundancy and intraguild predation31
Assessing carbon and nitrogen economics in temperate forests through the relationship between foliar nutrient resorption and root production29
Seedling responses to soil moisture amount versus pulse frequency in a successfully encroaching semi-arid shrub25
Correction: Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes24
Correction to: Hold tight or loosen up? Functional consequences of a shift in anther architecture depend substantially on bee body size24
Antagonistic effects of grazers and shrubs on the emergence and establishment of seedlings in a sub-humid grassland of South America24
Temperature dependence of carbon metabolism in the leaves in sun and shade in a subtropical forest23
Using stable isotope (δ13C, δ15N) values from feces and breath to infer shorebird diets22
Phenological plasticity alters community structures of mountain Lepidoptera21
Colouration matters in dull toads: ultraviolet adornment for ladies and agrochemicals fading effects20
Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes20
Disappearance of an ecosystem engineer, the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), leads to density compensation and ecological release18
Announcing winners of the Ehleringer and Hanski Prizes for outstanding papers published by student authors in Oecologia in 202118
Chemotype, maternal genotype, or field neighbors: what influences performance and resource allocation in a perennial plant species the most?17
Life under leaves: substrate-borne vibrations provide a window into the behavior and ecology of two miniaturized geckos17
In poor taste: leaf palatability traits are not correlated with aboveground enemy release17
Individual heterogeneity in ixodid tick infestation and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in a northern community of small mammalian hosts16
Patterns of decomposition and functional traits for flower and leaf litter in tropical woody species16
Plant invasion reduces density-dependent pollination but not florivory16
What if the upwelling weakens? Effects of rising temperature and nutrient depletion on coastal assemblages16
Food supply and individual quality influence seabird energy expenditure and reproductive success16
Selective effect of winter weather on a songbird’s morphology depends on individual sex and winter condition16
Modeling calcium-limitation in Daphnia with consideration of food quantity and phosphorus content15
Parasites alter food-web topology of a subarctic lake food web and its pelagic and benthic compartments15
Preparing for the future offspring: European perch (Perca fluviatilis) biosynthesis of physiologically required fatty acids for the gonads happens already in the autumn15
Population genetic structure in two contrasting human-altered environments of yellow pygmy rice rat Oligoryzomys flavescens15
Intrinsic water-use efficiency influences establishment in Encelia farinosa15
Mating system induced lags in rates of range expansion for different simulated mating systems and dispersal strategies: a modelling study15
Cropland encroachment on global protected areas and its national-level drivers14
Correction: Seed dispersal function of the brown bear Ursus arctos on Hokkaido Island in northern Japan: gut passage time, dispersal distance, germination, and effects of remaining pulp14
Do community changes persist after irruptive population dynamics? A case study from an invasive species boom and bust14
Resource availability and human activity shape the landscape distribution of white rhinoceros, a highly threatened African megaherbivore14
Effects of land-use change and disturbance on the fine root biomass, dynamics, morphology, and related C and N fluxes to the soil of forest ecosystems at different elevations at Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanza14
It is hot and cold here: the role of thermotolerance in the ability of spiders to colonize tree plantations in the southern Atlantic Forest14
Correction: Niche partitioning and individual specialisation in resources and space use of sympatric fur seals at their range margin14
Consumer pressure and supplemental pollination mediate shrub facilitation of a native annual desert plant14
Long-term consistency in susceptibility of prey species to predation by an avian predator13
Mechanisms determining the multi-diversity of carrion visiting species along a gradient of carrion body mass13
Multiple and contrasting pressures determine intraspecific phytochemical variation in a tropical shrub13
Correction: Herbivore cues and plant damage-associated compounds jointly alter seed germination and seedling herbivory13
Plant diversity increases spatial stability of aboveground productivity in alpine grasslands13
Clinal versus disruptive latitudinal variation in fruit traits of a South American mistletoe13
Plant induced defenses that promote cannibalism reduce herbivory as effectively as highly pathogenic herbivore pathogens13
Shading and selection effect-mediated species mixing enhance the growth of native trees in dry tropical forests13
Mesocarnivores vary in their spatiotemporal avoidance strategies at communications hubs of an apex carnivore13
Colour-specific diet specialization is associated with differences in owlet weight in a polymorphic owl: influence of the trophic quality variation13
Recent evolution of flowering time across multiple European plant species correlates with changes in aridity13
Marked differences in foraging area use and susceptibility to predation between two closely-related tropical seabirds12
Effects of soil nutrient enrichment on biomass, herbivores, and their predators differ between tree species in the Brazilian Cerrado12
Effect of birds and mammals on seed integrity and germination in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus12
Phenological mismatch between alpine flowers and bumble bees: its mechanism and impacts on the population dynamics of bumble bees12
Flock size increases with the diversity and abundance of local predators in an avian family12
Sr/Ca ratios indicate frugivory versus folivory in primates: a case study using handheld XRF in Kibale National Park, Uganda12
Assessing nitrogen deposition and chemistry in mountainous regions of Olympic National Park and North Cascades National Park Service Complex, Pacific Northwest, USA12
Sex-driven neighborhood effects on herbivory in the dioecious Mediterranean palm Chamaerops humilis L.12
Parasites, depredators, and limited resources as potential drivers of winter mortality of feral honeybee colonies in German forests12
Like mother like daughter: northern elephant seals exhibit fine-scale philopatry11
Fine root trait dynamics and their relationships with productivity across grasslands under extreme drought11
Mechanical traits as drivers of trophic interaction between macrodetritivores and leaf litter11
Coexistence of territorial competitor ants in fragmented boreal forest landscape11
Environmental and population correlates of variation in short torpor use by wild hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius)11
Seasonal variation rather than ectoparasitic fungi infection affects hemolymph parameters, thermal stress tolerance, and movement performance of an invasive ladybird11
The relative importance of abiotic and biotic environmental conditions for taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of spiders across spatial scales11
Heat waves reduce variability in milkweed development, simplify arthropod communities, and suppress herbivory11
Using isolation-by-distance to jointly estimate effective population density and dispersal distance: a practical evaluation using bumble bees11
Herbivore cues and plant damage-associated compounds jointly alter seed germination and seedling herbivory11
Responses of bryosphere fauna to drought across a boreal forest chronosequence11
Nutrient responses of vascular plants to N2-fixing tree Alnus hirsuta encroachment in a boreal peatland11
Adaptive divergence in diets between the sexes in a tropical snake (Stegonotus australis, Colubridae)11
Adaptive plasticity in egg size helps butterflies to cope with desiccation10
Effects of population density on life history traits in a moth: in search of proximate and ultimate explanations10
Host and parasite identity interact in scale-dependent fashion to determine parasite community structure10
Can lowland plants shifting upwards outcompete mountain plants in terms of pollination efficiency?10
Legume effects in a native community invaded by alien Asteraceae in a multi-species comparison10
Intraspecific differences in leaf decomposition and associated traits in closely related Carex species: a microcosm experiment10
UV treatment of the digestive fluid of Nepenthes hemsleyana pitcher plants affects their digestive process, possibly via reducing microbial inquilines10
Catchment scale deforestation increases the uniqueness of subtropical stream communities10
How competition between overlapping generations can influence optimal egg-laying strategies in annual social insects10
Nitrogen and light regulate symbiotic nitrogen fixation by a temperate forest tree9
Insect functional traits reveal processes that shape niche differentiation patterns9
Temporal decay of similarity in bee-plant relationships throughout the day9
Correction to: Clinal versus disruptive latitudinal variation in fruit traits of a South American mistletoe9
Changes of cyprinid fishery resources in Lake Biwa over 57 years: association with multiple stressors and restoration measures9
Environmental drivers of ground-floor bryophytes diversity in temperate forests9
Do savanna trees mast? Phenological dynamics of flowering and fruiting in savanna tree species9
Consistent responses to moisture stress despite diverse growth forms within mountain fynbos communities9
Plant species richness and phylogenetic diversity can favor the recovery of dung beetle communities in ecological restoration plots9
Niche construction and niche choice by aphids infesting wheat ears9
Repeated migration informs amino acid nitrogen isotope incorporation in the African elephant Loxodonta africana9
Food quality upgrade of carbon from submerged macrophytes by flagellates via a heterotrophic pathway can stimulate growth of Daphnia magna9
Invasion alters plant and mycorrhizal communities in an alpine tussock grassland9
How does maternal age influence reproductive performance and offspring phenotype in the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)?9
Effects of pronounced seasonal turnover and intraspecific variation in leaf traits on specialization of insect herbivores associated with six Salicaceae hosts9
Seed germination and seedling growth response of Leymus chinensis to the allelopathic influence of grassland plants9
Telomere dynamics in female Columbian ground squirrels: recovery after emergence and loss after reproduction9
Linking omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in natural diet with brain size of wild consumers9
Constant herbivory rates and plant–herbivore interactions along a resource availability gradient in South African fynbos9
Variability in mycorrhizal status of plant species is much larger within than between plots in grassland and coastal habitats9
Predicting end-of-season timing across diverse North American grasslands9
Global investigation of lake habitat coupling by fishes8
Ensemble evaluation of potential distribution of Procambarus clarkii using multiple species distribution models8
Ecological strategies of evergreen and deciduous woody species: including nitrogen and phosphorus allocation among organs, and element-based network8
Parallel elevational replacement of hosts and parasites in a highly susceptible songbird genus8
Grazing by wild red deer can mitigate nutrient enrichment in protected semi-natural open habitats8
A silver spoon effect reduces lifetime fitness in a declining loon population8
Rapid plant functional trait responses to warming, flooding, and herbivory in high-latitude coastal wetlands8
The evolution of prey-attraction strategies in spiders: the interplay between foraging and predator avoidance8
Correction: Do savanna trees mast? Phenological dynamics of flowering and fruiting in savanna tree species8
The influence of landscape characteristics on breeding bird dark diversity8
Disturbance and disease: host–parasite interactions in freshwater streams remain stable following wildfire8
Divergent water use efficiency trends among eastern North American temperate tree species8
Predation threat affects isotope ratios of planktonic consumers8
The impact of global change factors on the functional genes of soil nitrogen and methane cycles in grassland ecosystems: a meta-analysis8
Disturbance history, neighborhood crowding and soil conditions jointly shape tree growth in temperate forests8
Effects of climate change on Lepidoptera pollen loads and their pollination services in space and time8
Individual variability in the phenology of an asynchronous penguin species induces consequences on breeding and carry-over effects8
Will climate warming amplify the effects of a range-expanding marine predator?8
Influence of the nurse-protégé interaction on the frugivory pattern of the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus8
Coral reef fish density at a tourist destination responded rapidly to COVID-19 restrictions8
Mitigating the light pollution problem via spectral adjustment: color-biased phototaxis in male glow-worms8
Wing morphology of a damselfly exhibits local variation in response to forest fragmentation8
Native range climate influences nonstructural carbohydrate storage in oak species growing in a common garden8
Incorporation of the 15N-labeled simulated arthropod rain in the soil food web8
Leaf status drives shifts in both community composition and trophic mode of foliar endophytic fungi via variation in functional traits in Tibetan alpine meadow8
Reducing uncertainty with iterative model updating parses effects of competition and environment on salamander occupancy7
A large-scale field experiment across six rivers illustrates how the effects of resource enrichment are context dependent7
Browning-induced changes in trophic functioning of planktonic food webs in temperate and boreal lakes: insights from fatty acids7
Impacts of invasion on a freshwater cleaning symbiosis7
Colonial waterbirds provide persistent subsidies to swamp forests along an estuarine island food chain7
Synergistic effects of soil nutrient level and native species identity and diversity on biotic resistance to Sicyos angulatus, an invasive species7
Short- and long-term effects of nutritional state on IGF-1 levels in nestlings of a wild passerine7
Functional diversity of Brazilian bees: revealing the unique patterns of the Neotropics7
How to keep your cool: heat tolerance and thermoregulatory strategies of a cold adapted insectivorous bat7
Mismatches in thermal performance between ectothermic predators and prey alter interaction strength and top-down control7
The allocation of anatomical traits determines the trade-off between fine root resource acquisition–transport function7
Climate-dependent plant responses to earthworms in two land-use types7
The effects of carnivory and herbivory on the energy balance of Arctic grizzly bears7
Local drivers of heterogeneity in a tropical forest: epiphytic tank bromeliads affect the availability of soil resources and conditions and indirectly affect the structure of seedling communities7
Phenotypic variation in Xenopus laevis tadpoles from contrasting climatic regimes is the result of adaptation and plasticity7
Wolf spatial behavior promotes encounters and kills of abundant prey7
Can smaller predators expand their prey base through killing juveniles? The influence of prey demography and season on prey selection for cheetahs and lions7
N-fertilization and disturbance exert long-lasting complex legacies on subarctic ecosystems7
Legacies of precipitation influence primary production in Panicum virgatum7
Warming suppresses grassland recovery in biomass but not in community composition after grazing exclusion in a Mongolian grassland7
Dealing with disjunct populations of vascular plants: implications for assessing the effect of climate change7
Adult survival has a stronger role than productivity in the annual population change of European songbirds7
Seasonal changes in diet, immune function, and oxidative stress in three passerines inhabiting a Mediterranean climate7
Divergent demographic responses of boreal-breeding ducks to growing season variability7
Plant richness, land use and temperature differently shape invertebrate leaf-chewing herbivory on plant functional groups7
Timing of extreme heat events matters: exposure during parasitism disrupts top-down control7
Access to agricultural lands influences the effects of seasonal drought on early growth and juvenile body mass in a large herbivore7
Effect of symbiotic N2 fixation on leaf protein contents, protein degradation and nitrogen resorption during leaf senescence in temperate deciduous woody species7
Active breeding seabirds prospect alternative breeding colonies7
The morphological allometry of four closely related and coexisting insect species reveals adaptation to the mean and variability of the resource size6
A hybrid beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria × A. breviligulata) is more productive and outcompetes its non-native parent species6
Navigating thermal landscapes: habitat use and thermoregulatory trade-offs in a northern viper6
Diversity and assembly of lichens and bryophytes on tree trunks along a temperate to boreal elevation gradient6
Without the locals’ aid: no evidence for a role of admixture in the colonisation success of Italian wall lizards6
Social context mediates the expression of a personality trait in a gregarious lizard6
Age-specific effects of density and weather on body condition and birth rates in a large herbivore, the Przewalski’s horse6
Early spring onset increases carbon uptake more than late fall senescence: modeling future phenological change in a US northern deciduous forest6
Herbivory legacy modifies leaf economic spectrum and drought tolerance in two tree species6
Habitat configurations shape the trophic and energetic dynamics of reef fishes in a tropical–temperate transition zone: implications under a warming future6
The importance of patch shape at threshold occupancy: functional patch size within total habitat amount6
Correction to: Native and exotic plants play different roles in urban pollination networks across seasons6
Population density and vegetation resources influence demography in a hibernating herbivorous mammal6
Early-life, but not late-life, exposure to predator cues reduce the lifespan and reproductive output of freshwater snails6
Contemporary evolution rivals the effects of rhizobium presence on community and ecosystem properties in experimental mesocosms6
Pathways linking nutrient enrichment, habitat structure, and parasitism to host–resource interactions6
Consistent timelines, divergent end points: plant community change in multiple tallgrass nitrogen addition experiments6
Fatty acid isotopic composition in Atlantic pollock is not influenced by environmentally relevant dietary fat concentrations6
Resistance of shallow soil carbon to both short-term isolated and recurrent droughts in two semi-arid grasslands6
Plants with extrafloral nectaries share indirect defenses and shape the local arboreal ant community6
Induced drought strongly affects richness and composition of ground-dwelling ants in the eastern Amazon6
Lemming winter habitat: the quest for warm and soft snow6
Floral scent divergence across an elevational hybrid zone with varying pollinators6
Forest gaps increase true bug diversity by recruiting open land species6
Invasive and native grasses exert negative plant–soil feedbacks on the woody shrub Artemisia tridentata6
Tree-related microhabitats harbor distinct micro-invertebrate communities and support complex food webs6
Does a coexisting congener of a mixed mating species affect the genetic structure and selfing rate via reproductive interference?6
Defensive tolerance to parasitism is correlated with sexual selection in swallows6
Mechanism of acorn ellagitannin regulating rodent population quantity6
Global analysis of seasonal changes in trematode infection levels reveals weak and variable link to temperature6
The role of morphological traits in predicting the functional ecology of arboreal and ground ants in the Cerrado–Amazon transition6
Cover crop species alter tallgrass prairie community assembly6
Colonization of mudflat substrate by microarthropods: the role of distance, inundation frequency and body size6
Foraging flexibility in response to at-sea constraints in a deep diver, the king penguin: an experimental study5
Sexual differences in phenotypical predictors of floating status: body condition influences male but not female reproductive status in a wild passerine5
Season and prey identity mediate the effect of predators on parasites in rodents: a test of the healthy herds hypothesis5
Anthropogenic subsidies influence resource use during a mange epizootic in a desert coyote population5
Ground-dwelling arthropod community structure responds to an experimental gradient of tropical tree diversity5
Wind conditions do not consistently affect large-scale movement decisions of large savanna herbivores5
Correction to: Host ecology and biogeography drive parasite community composition in Atlantic killifishes5
Inter- and intrapopulation resource use variation of marine subsidized western fence lizards5
Biological nitrogen fixation activity by co-occurring moss species is affected by their ability to absorb nitrogen from canopy throughfall5
Light competition drives species replacement during secondary tropical forest succession5
Anthropogenically driven spatial niche partitioning in a large herbivore assemblage5
Soil nematode assemblages respond to interacting environmental changes5
Water balance affects foliar and soil nutrients differently5
Intraspecific variation in fine root morphology of European beech: a root order-based analysis of phenotypic root morphospace5
Using eDNA to understand predator–prey interactions influenced by invasive species5
Hydraulic constraints to stomatal conductance in flooded trees5
Wildfire and cattle legacies on gradients of soil nitrogen underlie patterns of annual brome invasion5
Plant traits and seasonality shape coexistence and niche segregation patterns among spider species5
Anthropogenic sodium influences butterfly responses to nitrogen-enriched resources: implications for the nitrogen limitation hypothesis5
Nutrients strengthen density dependence of per-capita growth and mortality rates in the soil bacterial community5
Supplementary winter feeding is associated with higher recruitment rates in a population of a scavenging bird of prey5
Quantifying potential abiotic drivers of the ‘nurse plant effect’ in two dominant shrub species of the northern Chihuahuan Desert5
A test of trade-offs in dispersal and reproduction within and between a sister species pair of specialist insect herbivores5
Antagonistic biotic interactions mitigate the positive effects of warming on wood decomposition5
Mechanisms for perennial grass dominance under small herbivore exclusion in an Inner Mongolian grassland5
Plant susceptibility to a shared herbivore is reduced by belowground competition with neighbors5
The distinct amino acid carbon isotope fingerprint of obligate anaerobic bacteria allows estimation of gut bacteria as protein sources for herbivorous mammals5
Conspecific interactions between corals mediate the effect of submarine groundwater discharge on coral physiology5
Long-term spatiotemporal variation in density of a tropical folivore: responses to a complex disturbance regime5
A quantitative synthesis of and predictive framework for studying winter warming effects in reptiles5
Life-history trait variation in native versus invasive asexual New Zealand mud snails5
Indirect plant-mediated interactions between heterospecific parasitoids that develop in different caterpillar species5
Behavioural hydroregulation protects against acute effects of drought in a dry-skinned ectotherm5
Species-specific traits predict whole-assemblage detritus processing by pond invertebrates5
Composition and structure of winter aphid–parasitoid food webs along a latitudinal gradient in Chile5
Energetic benefits of prey choice for a shark-eating shark5
Diet effects on longevity, heat tolerance, lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial membrane potential in Daphnia5
Inferring condition in wild mammals: body condition indices confer no benefit over measuring body mass across ecological contexts5
No evidence of carbon storage usage for seed production in 18 dipterocarp masting species in a tropical rain forest5
Viral transmission and infection prevalence in a cannibalistic host–pathogen system5
Historic trophic decline in New England’s coastal marine ecosystem5
Hydraulic vulnerability difference between branches and roots increases with environmental aridity5
Urban tree composition is associated with breeding success of a passerine bird, but effects vary within and between years5
Year-round activity levels reveal diurnal foraging constraints in the annual cycle of migratory and non-migratory barnacle geese5
Responses in honeybee and bumblebee activity to changes in weather conditions5
Energy-safety trade-offs differ between winter-adapted species of prey to drive distinct activity patterns4
The associational effects of host plant and mistletoe functional traits on leaf herbivory in mistletoe4
Soil microbiomes in lawns reveal land-use legacy impacts on urban landscapes4
Tree communities and functional traits determine herbivore compositional turnover4
The effects of diet-shifting from invertebrates towards fruit on the condition of autumn-migrant Catharus thrushes4
Effects of elevated nutrient supply on litter decomposition are robust to impacts of mammalian herbivores across diverse grasslands4
Top-down and bottom-up forces explain patch utilization by two deer species and forest recruitment4
Treatment effects of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on foliar traits in six northern hardwood tree species4
Defoliation, trampling and nutrient return differentially influence grassland productivity by modulating trait-dependent plant community composition: insights from a simulated grazing experiment4
Winter torpor and body mass patterns of a cave-roosting bat in cool and warm climates4
Scale dependent niche conservatism in fish communities of the largest freshwater lake in China4
Environmental filtering mediates desert ant community assembly at two spatial scales4
IGF-1 induces sex-specific oxidative damage and mortality in a songbird4
Niche partitioning and individual specialisation in resources and space use of sympatric fur seals at their range margin4
Effects of alder- and salmon-derived nutrients on aquatic bacterial community structure and microbial community metabolism in subarctic lakes4
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