Oikos

Papers
(The TQCC of Oikos is 7. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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How size and resource traits control species' biomass in monoculture and mixture and drive biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships39
Inter‐ and intraspecific spatial distributions, spatial segregation by dominants and emergent neutrality in understorey plants39
Phenotypic plasticity may mediate habitat filtering in a forest edge community37
Local environment and sampling bias drive parasite prevalence estimates in freshwater fish communities36
Landscape‐scale dynamics of a threatened species respond to local‐scale conservation management35
Space resource utilization of dominant species integrates abundance‐ and functional‐based processes for better predictions of plant diversity dynamics34
Reproducing in a changing world: combined effects of thermal conditions by day and night and of water constraints during pregnancy in a cold‐adapted ectotherm34
The impact of plant diversity and vegetation composition on bumblebee colony fitness32
Fish depth redistributions do not allow maintenance of abundance in a region of rapid change32
The distribution of distances to the edge of species coexistence31
The rate of environmental change as an important driver across scales in ecology30
Why sex matters in phenological research27
Ecological boundaries and constraints on viable eco‐evolutionary pathways26
Natural range expansion promotes stress resistance as a component of dispersal syndromes in non‐native insects25
Plasticity and co‐variation of root traits govern differential phosphorus acquisition among 20 wheat genotypes25
Taxonomic novelty emerges more frequently and independently of functional novelty in historical coral communities25
Spatially‐discrete disturbance overrides inherent environmental heterogeneity in grazed mixed‐grass prairie24
Direct effect of artificial warming on communities is stronger than its indirect effect through body mass reduction23
Intertidal mussels as ecosystem engineers: maintenance of invertebrate assemblages amid intertidal stress gradients23
Reindeer grazing reduces climate‐driven vegetation changes and shifts trophic interactions in the Fennoscandian tundra23
Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles23
Looking beyond Popper: how philosophy can be relevant to ecology22
Marine gastropods at higher trophic level show stronger tolerance to ocean acidification22
Effects of tree species diversity and conspecific seedling density on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on big‐leaf mahogany seedlings22
Recreation and hunting differentially affect deer behaviour and sapling performance21
Warming winters promote biodiversity through reduced mortality of a habitat‐forming species in soft‐sediment intertidal systems21
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Unraveling how keystone niche individuals contribute disproportionately to the population niche21
Structural complexity of hard substrates shapes shallow marine benthic communities21
Niche complementarity stabilizes grassland biomass during drought and eutrophication20
Above‐ and belowground plant pathogens along elevational gradients: patterns and potential mechanisms20
Species differences drive spatial scaling of foraging patterns in herbivorous reef fishes20
A phylogenetic perspective on ecological specialisation reveals hummingbird and insect pollinators have generalist diets20
Survival of the sickest: selective predation differentially modulates ecological and evolutionary disease dynamics20
How sharp is the knife? Herbivore and carnivore sensitivity to resource stoichiometric quality20
The role of fish feces for nutrient cycling on coral reefs19
Europe's Nature Restoration Law has now been adopted. What comes next?19
The role of functional and phylogenetic diversity in riparian tree vegetation on leaf litter breakdown in rivers19
Modelling Amazon fire regimes under climate change scenarios19
A global synthesis and meta‐analysis of the environmental heterogeneity effects on the freshwater biodiversity18
Variable interspecific competition under megadrought conditions: rodent population dynamics in semiarid Chile18
Maintenance of phenotypic plasticity is linked to oxidative stress in spadefoot toad larvae18
Climate change may alter the signal of plant facilitation in Mediterranean drylands17
The only lasting truth is change: multiple dimensions of biodiversity show historical legacy effects in community assembly processes of freshwater fish17
Defensive mutualists affect outcross pollen transfer and male fitness in their host plant17
Special issue: Ecology of information enters the Anthropocene17
The origin of excavator nesting behavior and its impact on the evolution of Neotropical parrots17
Patronus charm: a comparison of benefactor plants and climate mediation effects on diversity17
Environmental drivers of local abundance–mass scaling in soil animal communities17
Can a complex ecosystem survive the loss of a large fraction of its species? A random matrix theory of secondary extinction16
Kin recognition in Drosophila: rearing environment and relatedness can modulate gut microbiota and cuticular hydrocarbon odour profiles16
Evidence of Holarctic distribution: common frog Rana temporaria eggs in Fennoscandia host photosymbiotic green algae (Oophila sp.)16
Magnitude and timing of resource pulses interact to affect plant invasion16
Linking proximate drivers and fitness returns of vigilance in a large ungulate16
The roles of isolation and interspecific interaction in generating the functional diversity of an insular mammal radiation16
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Interspecific differences in maternal support in herbaceous plants: CNP contents in seeds varies to match expected nutrient limitation of seedlings16
Environmental change alters nitrogen fixation rates and microbial parameters in a subarctic biological soil crust16
Prey naiveté alters the balance of consumptive and non‐consumptive predator effects and shapes trophic cascades in freshwater plankton16
Temporal changes in taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversity across tree communities in subtropical Atlantic forests15
Environment‐dependent population dynamics emerging from dynamic energy budgets and individual‐scale movement behaviour15
Patterns of belowground overyielding and fine‐root biomass in native and exotic angiosperms and gymnosperms15
Host identity, nest quality, and parasitism strategy: influences on body size variation in parasitoid bees and wasps15
Heat stress can change the competitive outcome between fungi: insights from a modelling approach15
Investigating the effects of whole genome duplication on phenotypic plasticity: implications for the invasion success of giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea15
Impact of mowing frequency and temperature on the production of temperate grasslands: explanations received by an individual‐based model15
What is the price of using the Price equation in ecology?15
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The underground network: facilitation in soil bacteria14
Nutritional thermal ecology: investigating the combined influence of temperature and nutrient availability on plant‐ectotherm trophic interactions14
Refuge trifecta: intertidal gastropods use pits to escape heat, wave action and predation14
Linking intrinsic scales of ecological processes to characteristic scales of biodiversity and functioning patterns14
Implications of plant N/P stoichiometry influenced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for stability of plant species and community in response to nutrient limitation14
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Carnivore community reassembly provides a test of Eltonian niche conservatism14
Root functional traits determine the magnitude of the rhizosphere priming effect among eight tree species14
Frugivore diversity increases evenness in the seed rain on deforested tropical landscapes13
Contrasting responses of fine root biomass and traits to large‐scale nitrogen and phosphorus addition in tropical forests in the Guiana shield13
Climate change and biocrust disturbance synergistically decreased taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity in annual communities on gypsiferous soils13
Why don't all species overexploit: erratum13
Integrating different facets of diversity into food web models: how adaptation among and within functional groups shape ecosystem functioning13
Generalization of a density‐dependent ecosystem function in dominant aquatic macroinvertebrates13
Effects of dominant ant species on ant community structure and ant–hemipteran interactions13
Recent increasing homogenisation in Austrian butterfly communities over the past decades13
The soil bacterium Lysobacter capsici attaches to the nematode surface, and triggers induced systemic resistance in barley, impairing the invasion of root‐lesion nematodes13
Secondary production increases with species richness but decreases with species evenness of benthic invertebrates12
Spatio‐temporal variation in plant–pollinator interactions: a multilayer network approach12
Using long‐term tree diversity experiments to explore the mechanisms of temporal shifts in forest ecosystem functioning12
Effects of temporal environmental stochasticity on species richness: a mechanistic unification spanning weak to strong temporal correlations12
Ontogenetic changes in root traits and root‐associated fungal community composition in a heteroblastic epiphytic bromeliad12
Interspecific variation in plant abundance can contribute to the diversity and evolutionary assembly of floral communities12
Understandable multifunctionality measures using Hill numbers12
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Long‐lasting effects of harsh early‐life conditions on adult survival of a long‐lived vertebrate12
Environmental organic carbon availability determines metabolic and consumption rates in freshwater isopods12
Effects of intraspecific variation in a native species' phenology on its coexistence with non‐native plants11
The magnitude of Allee effects varies across Allee mechanisms, but not taxonomic groups11
Determining the optimal movement strategies in environments with heterogeneously distributed resources and toxicants11
Beyond resource selection: emergent spatio–temporal distributions from animal movements and stigmergent interactions11
Effects of experimental warming at the microhabitat scale on oak leaf traits and insect herbivory across a contrasting environmental gradient11
Estimated missing interactions change the structure and alter species roles in one of the world's largest seed‐dispersal networks11
Effects of sexual dimorphism on pollinator behaviour in a dioecious species11
Fine root presence and increased phosphorus availability stimulate wood decay in a central Amazonian rainforest11
Experimental river noise alters arthropod abundance11
Fungal phylogeny and plant functional traits structure plant–rhizosphere fungi networks in a subtropical forest11
Understanding behavioural responses to human‐induced rapid environmental change: a meta‐analysis11
Biotic homogenisation in bird communities leads to large‐scale changes in species associations11
A single range‐expanding species reshapes alpine ecosystems and their belowground diversity11
Environmental stochasticity increases extinction risk to a greater degree in pollination specialists than in generalists11
Long‐term spatially‐replicated data show no physical cost to a benefactor species in a facilitative plant–plant interaction10
Disentangling the effects of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Kalahari meerkats10
Divergence in cold tolerance promotes niche differentiation between diploid and polyploid kiwifruits along an altitudinal gradient in Southwest China10
Species gain and loss per degree Celsius10
Limited impacts of simulated soil disturbance by rewilded vertebrates on above‐ and below‐ground biodiversity10
Dissecting fine root diameter distribution at the community level captures root morphological diversity10
The thermal sensitivity of growth and survival in a wild reptile with temperature‐dependent sex determination10
Habitat complexity promotes species richness and community stability: a case study in a marine biogenic habitat10
Nectar dynamics and the coexistence of two plants that share a pollinator10
Plant–mycorrhizal associations may explain the latitudinal gradient of plant community assembly10
Defining the danger zone: critical snow properties for predator–prey interactions10
Soil microbiomes drive aboveground plant–pathogen–insect interactions10
Strength of seasonality and type of migratory cue determine the fitness consequences of changing phenology for migratory animals10
Changes in land cover drove the recent range expansion of a tropical farmland bird10
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Resource availability and plant age drive defense against herbivory in salt marshes9
Methods for calculating coexistence mechanisms: beyond scaling factors9
Does natural root grafting make trees better competitors?9
A timid choice: risk‐taking behavior predicts individualized niche in a varying landscape of safety9
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Many roads to success: different combinations of life‐history traits provide accurate germination timing in seasonally dry environments9
Generational variation in nutrient regulation for an outbreaking herbivore9
Early spring snowmelt and summer droughts strongly impair the resilience of bacterial community and N cycling functions in a subalpine grassland ecosystem9
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Parallels and divergences in landscape genetic and metacommunity patterns in zooplankton inhabiting soda pans9
Stable motifs delay species loss in simulated food webs9
Aquatic insects balance growth with future supply of algal food resources9
The paradox of searching efficiency or why are violent population cycles so uncommon in terrestrial ecosystem8
Measuring individual‐level trait diversity: a critical assessment of methods8
Meta‐ecosystem dynamics drive the spatial distribution of functional groups in river networks8
Cross‐scale scaling‐law analyses for the heterogeneity and diversity of animal gut microbiomes from community to landscape8
Evolution of dispersal and the maintenance of fragmented metapopulations8
The ecological memory of landscape complexity shapes diversity of freshwater communities8
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Biotic and abiotic effects on tree regeneration vary by life stage in European primary forests8
Prickly postglacial pioneers: freshwater plankton community composition influences fatty acid desaturase (FADS2) copy number in southern Greenland threespine sticklebacks8
To disperse or compete? Coevolution of traits leads to a limited number of reproductive strategies8
Does fine scale spatiotemporal variation in seed rain translate into plant population structure?8
Effects of population density on static allometry between horn length and body mass in mountain ungulates8
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Intraspecific variation in the landscape of fear: personality‐driven tradeoffs in habitat use8
Polyploidy confers better cold tolerance in Daphnia8
Native tree promotes invasion when native grasses are absent8
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Importance of accounting for imperfect detection of plants in the estimation of population growth rates8
Intraspecific trait variability mediates the effect of nitrogen addition and warming on aboveground productivity8
Water the odds? Spring rainfall and emergence‐related seed traits drive plant recruitment8
Temporal changes in plant–soil feedbacks between the invasive Phytolacca americana and congeneric native and non‐invasive alien plants8
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Different components of biodiversity mediate two ecosystem functions derived from naturally assembled filter‐feeder communities8
Long‐term nutrient addition and grazing exclusion determine flower abundance, diversity and community composition in high‐latitude grasslands8
Climate drives body mass changes in a mountain ungulate: shorter winters lead to heavier Alpine ibex8
Shifts and rebound in microbial community function following repeated introduction of a novel species8
Resource‐to‐consumer ratio determines the functional response of an herbivorous fish in a field experiment8
Temporal variation of soil microarthropods in different forest types and regions of central Europe8
Climatic disequilibrium of recruit communities across a drought‐induced die‐off gradient in Mediterranean shrubland8
Size matching between fruits and bill gapes differentially affects gulper and masher frugivorous birds8
The role of evolutionary processes in determining trophic structure8
Root foraging strategies and niche segregation of three mediterranean shrub species8
Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe7
An invasive seagrass drives its own success in two invaded seas by both negatively affecting native seagrasses and benefiting from those costs7
Sex, competition and mimicry: an eco‐evolutionary model reveals unexpected impacts of ecological interactions on the evolution of phenotypes in sympatry7
A simple theory for the mesopredator release effect: when does an apex predator protect their shared prey from a mesopredator?7
Urbanisation modulates the attractiveness of plant communities to pollinators by filtering for floral traits7
Ecosystem functioning during biodiversity loss and recovery7
Exploitative competition for floral resources reduces sugar intake but differently impacts the foraging behaviour of two non‐bee flower visitors7
Probing variation in reaction norms in wild populations: the importance of reliable environmental proxies7
Thermoregulation of understory birds in lowland Amazonia7
Interactive effects of tree species composition and water availability on growth and direct and indirect defences in Quercus ilex7
Emergence of structure in plant–pollinator networks: low floral resource constrains network specialisation7
Prey diversity constrains the adaptive potential of predator foraging traits7
Predicting ecosystem pattern across landscapes7
Non‐native species affect the long‐term dynamics of native stream fish assemblages7
Plant landscape abundance and soil fungi modulate drought effects on plant–soil feedbacks7
Local population collapse of Ross's and lesser snow geese driven by failing recruitment and diminished philopatry7
Temporal changes of local and regional processes in the assembly of herbivorous insect communities7
The internal structure of metacommunities7
Ecological determinants of variation in phenotypic selection on quantitative immune defence traits7
Dead or alive: carbon as a currency to integrate disease and ecosystem ecology theory7
Interaction rewiring can buffer the reduction of long‐distance dispersal of seeds when large birds go extinct: an allometric perspective7
Bryophytes dominate plant regulation of soil microclimate in alpine grasslands7
Species contributions to ecosystem stability change with disturbance type7
Direct and legacy‐mediated drought effects on plant performance are species‐specific and depend on soil community composition7
Assessing the links between pollinators and the genetic and epigenetic features of plant species with contrasting distribution ranges7
Larvae of coastal marine invertebrates enhance their settling success or benefits of planktonic development – but not both – through vertical swimming7
Bamboo climatic tolerances are decoupled from leaf functional traits across an Andean elevation gradient7
Patchy indirect effects of predation: predators contribute to landscape heterogeneity and ecosystem function via localized pathways7
Taylor's power law meets ecological networks: introducing TPLoN as a novel framework for heterogeneity scaling analysis7
Are we underestimating the ecological and evolutionary effects of warming? Interactions with other environmental drivers may increase species vulnerability to high temperatures7
Reproductive skews of territorial species in heterogeneous landscapes7
Top–down effects override climate forcing on reproductive success in a declining sea duck7
Deterioration of nature's information webs in the Anthropocene7
Biochemical traits enhance the trait concept in Sphagnum ecology7
Ornamentation and body condition, but not glucocorticoids, predict wild songbird cloacal microbiome community and diversity7
Studying the genetic basis of ecological interactions with intergenomic epistasis7
Winners and losers of reef flattening: an assessment of coral reef fish species and traits7
Changes in prey body size differentially reduces predation risk across predator and prey abundances7
Individual variation in marine larval‐fish swimming speed and the emergence of dispersal kernels7
Demography and climate influence sex‐specific survival costs of reproduction over 60 years in a free ranging primate population7
A review and meta‐analysis of host‐plant selection by lepidopteran larvae: no evidence of diet breadth constraints on larval decision‐making7
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