OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Evolutionary Ecology 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Integrative developmental ecology: a review of density-dependent effects on life-history traits and host-microbe interactions in non-social holometabolous insects	25
Interaction among morphological, trophic and genetic groups in the rapidly radiating Salvelinus fishes from Lake Kronotskoe	19
Salinity tolerance explains the contrasting phylogeographic patterns of two swimming crabs species along the tropical western Atlantic	16
Methodological inconsistencies define thermal bottlenecks in fish life cycle: a comment on Dahlke et al. 2020	14
Is variation in flower shape and length among native and non-native populations of Nicotiana glauca a product of pollinator-mediated selection?	14
Complex multi-trait responses to multivariate environmental cues in a seasonal butterfly	14
Correlated evolution of biparental incubation and sexual tail monomorphism in swallows and martins (Aves: Hirundinidae)	13
Riverine barriers to gene flow in a salamander with both aquatic and terrestrial reproduction	13
Eye‐body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians	12
Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance	12
Ontogenetic shift in diet of a large elapid snake is facilitated by allometric change in skull morphology	11
Photosynthetic and morphological traits control aquatic plant distribution according to light stress	11
Variation in allometry along the weapon-signal continuum	10
Phylogenetic and phenotypic filtering in hummingbirds from urban environments in Central Mexico	10
The evolution of (non)species-specific pheromones	10
Social interaction, and not group size, predicts parasite burden in mammals	9
Fluctuating asymmetry in Alpine chamois horns: an indicator of environmental stress	9
Tracing the early steps of competition-driven eco-morphological divergence in two sister species of passerines	8
The hidden effect of inadvertent social information use on fluctuating predator–prey dynamics	8
Intraspecific dietary variation in niche partitioning within a community of ecologically similar snakes	8
Evolution of koinobiont parasitoid host regulation and consequences for indirect plant defence	8
Sex- and trait-specific silver-spoon effects of developmental environments, on ageing	8
Environmental specificity in Drosophila-bacteria symbiosis affects host developmental plasticity	8
Supergroup F Wolbachia in terrestrial isopods: Horizontal transmission from termites?	8
Dangerous visions: a review of visual antipredator strategies in spiders	8

Multivariate selection and the making and breaking of mutational pleiotropy	8
Phenotypic plasticity but no adaptive divergence in cuticular hydrocarbons and desiccation resistance among translocated populations of dung beetles	7
Are mutations usually deleterious? A perspective on the fitness effects of mutation accumulation	7
Complex eco-evolutionary dynamics induced by the coevolution of predator–prey movement strategies	7
The effect of genetics, diet, and social environment on adult male size in a sexually dimorphic spider	7
Reproductive barriers and fertility of two neotropical orchid species and their natural hybrid	7
Eco-evolutionary dynamics further weakens mutualistic interaction and coexistence under population decline	7
Ontogenetic allometry underlies trophic diversity in sea turtles (Chelonioidea)	7
Extrapair mating opportunity explains the evolutionary transition between the presence and absence of tail ornamentation in swallows	7
Function predicts the allometry of contest-related traits, but not sexual or male dimorphism in the amazonian tusked harvestman	7
When animal coloration is a poor match	6
Size as a complex trait and the scaling relationships of its components across teleosts	6
Reply to: methodological inconsistencies define thermal bottlenecks in fish life cycle	6
Spatio-temporal colour variation of arthropods and their environment	6
Impact of developmental temperatures on thermal plasticity and repeatability of metabolic rate	6
Fitness effects of somatic mutations accumulating during vegetative growth	6
Vision in dim light and the evolution of color pattern in a crepuscular/nocturnal frog	6
Heritable variation in the timing of emergence from hibernation	5
The limits of the energetical perspective: life-history decisions in lizard growth	5
Genetic data reveal fine-scale ecological segregation between larval plethodontid salamanders in replicate contact zones	5
Bucking the trend of pollinator decline: the population genetics of a range expanding bumblebee	5
Individual-level pace-of-life syndromes in annual killifish are mediated by intersexual and interspecific differences	5
Phylogenetic dynamics of Tropical Atlantic Forests	5
Understanding the drivers of dispersal evolution in range expansions and their ecological consequences	5
A new non-invasive in situ underwater DNA sampling method for estimating genetic diversity	5
Intrasexual variability of a conspicuous social signal influences attack rate of lizard models in an experimental test	5
Variation in behavioral traits across a broad latitudinal gradient in a livebearing fish	5
Partially coupled reaction norms of pupal colour and spot size in a butterfly	4
Non-parallel morphological divergence following colonization of a new host plant	4
Spider lures exploit insect preferences for floral colour and symmetry	4
Virulence evolution during a naturally occurring parasite outbreak	4
Reproductive trade-offs in the colorado checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus): an examination of the relationship between clutch and follicle size	4
Survival of lizard eggs varies with microhabitat in the presence of an invertebrate nest predator	4
Beyond canonical models: why a broader understanding of Diptera-microbiota interactions is essential for vector-borne disease control	4
A common measure of prey immune function is not constrained by the cascading effects of predators	4
Assessment of the dunnocks’ introduction to New Zealand using innate immune-gene diversity	4
Competing reproductive and physiological investments in an all-female lizard, the Colorado checkered whiptail	4
Effect of habitat permanence on life-history: extending the Daphnia model into new climate spaces	4
Size and shape variation in the male dimorphic head weapons of an anthribid weevil (Hoherius meinertzhageni)	4
Sexual size dimorphism and its allometry in Chinese lizards	4
Phenotypic shifts following admixture in recombinant offspring of Arabidopsis thaliana	4
Rapid morphological changes as agents of adaptation in introduced populations of the common myna (Acridotheres tristis)	4
Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry	4
Local-scale environmental filtering shape plant taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in an isolated Amazonian tepui (Tepequém table mountain)	4
Urban-rural gradients: how landscape changes drive adaptive evolution of plant competitive traits	4
Ecological predictors of lateral line asymmetry in stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	4
A call for more ecologically and evolutionarily relevant studies of immune costs	4
Plasticity in thermal hardening of the invasive Asian house gecko	4
Frequent mating reduces male mating rate but not offspring quality or quantity in a neriid fly	4
Thermal stress and mutation accumulation increase heat shock protein expression in Daphnia	4

The resilience of reproductive interference	4
Correlational selection on size and development time is inconsistent across early life stages	3
Disentangling abiotic and biotic mechanisms behind the formation of heterospecific Nearctic-Neotropical shorebird flocks	3
Large scale phenotypic characterisation of Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata: Serpentes): climatic and environmental drivers suggest the role of evolutionary processes in a polymorphic species	3
Egg mass polymorphism in Ambystoma maculatum is not associated with larval performance or survival, or with cell density of the algal symbiont Oophila amblystomatis	3
Recent spread of blue tits into the Barcelona urban environment: morphological differences and the role of balanced dispersal	3
Lichen moths do not benefit from ‘element imitation’ masquerade in the absence of a matching background	3
Using full-length metabarcoding and DNA barcoding to infer community assembly for speciose taxonomic groups: a case study	3
Associating physiological functions with genomic variability in hibernating bats	3
Optimal differentiation to the edge of trait space (EoTS)	3
Does courtship behavior predict parentage in Collared Lizards? Influence of male social status and habitat structure	3
Evolutionary allometry of sexual dimorphism of jumping performance in anurans	3
Androgens, antlers, and sexual selection: testosterone’s relationship to reproductive success and associated morphological characteristics in white-tailed deer	3
Fish scale shape follows predictable patterns of variation based on water column position, body size, and phylogeny	3
Consequences of space sharing on individual phenotypes in the New Zealand hihi	3
The role of climatic niche divergence in the speciation of the genus Neurergus: An inter-and intraspecific survey	3
Ontogenetic habitat shifts reduce costly male–male interactions	3
Host-associated morphological convergence in symbiotic pea crabs	3
Do frugivores exert selection on fruiting phenology? Potential scenarios across three plant populations of a Neotropical vine, Passiflora caerulea	3
Behavioural response to simulated avian predation varies with latitude and predation intensity of natural populations	3
A well-studied parasitoid fly of field crickets uses multiple alternative hosts in its introduced range	3
Effect of parental phenotype on dispersal, growth and maturation of offspring in wild masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)	3
Altered within- and between-host transmission under coinfection underpin parasite co-occurrence patterns in the wild	3
Sexual dichromatism in a cryptic poison frog is correlated with female tadpole transport	3
Catching the red eye: field evidence that artificial prey with red eye-like markings are preferentially avoided by avian predators	2
It is about time: effects of thermal fluctuations resulting from climate change on trophic interactions with a focus on host–parasitoid interactions	2
Relationship between model noxiousness and mimetic accuracy in myrmecomorphic spiders	2
Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	2
The role of pictorial cues and contrast for camouflage	2
Climate and habitat niche diversification in a southwest European squamate assemblage	2
A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives	2
The reproductive strategy of the clonal helophyte Leersia oryzoides (L.) Swartz. in response to variable submergence conditions and different harvest times	2
Evolved tolerance to NaCl does not alter Daphnia response to acute heat stress	2
Predation impacts brain allometry in female guppies (Poecilia reticulata)	2
A paradox of parasite resistance: disease-driven trophic cascades increase the cost of resistance, selecting for lower resistance with parasites than without them	2
Experimental evidence for stronger impacts of larval but not adult rearing temperature on female fertility and lifespan in a seed beetle	2
Motorway age is linked to larger body size, but not song carrier frequency, in male grasshoppers from roadside populations	2
Habitat partitioning of two closely related pond frogs, Pelophylax nigromaculatus and Pelophylax porosus brevipodus, during their breeding season	2
Putting the energetic-savings hypothesis underground: fossoriality does not affect metabolic rates in amphibians	2
Chemical defense and tonic immobility in early life stages of the Harlequin cabbage bug, Murgantia histrionica (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)	2
Deceived, but not betrayed: static allometry suggests female ornaments in the long-tailed dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda) exaggerate condition to males	2
Across the Gobi Desert: impact of landscape features on the biogeography and phylogeographically-structured release calls of the Mongolian Toad, Strauchbufo raddei in East Asia	2
Body-color plasticity of the English grain aphid in response to light in both laboratory and field conditions	2
Size variation, allometry and mating success in Aotearoa\|New Zealand kelp flies (Coelopidae)	2
Ontogenetic changes in behavioral and kinematic components of prey capture strikes in a praying mantis	2
Different stress from parasites and mate choice in two female morphs of the blue-tailed damselfly	2
Sex-dependent elevational effects on bird feather moult	2
Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite	2
Transitions and its indicators in mutualistic meta-networks: effects of network topology, size of metacommunities and species dispersal	2
Should I stay, should I go, or something in between? The potential for parasite-mediated and age-related differential migration strategies	2
Commentary: The ecological and evolutionary implications of allometry	2
Modeling defensive functions of alkaloids within diverse chemical portfolios	2
Genomic heterozygosity is associated with parasite abundance, but the effects are not mediated by host condition	2
Effects of long-term ethanol storage of blood samples on the estimation of telomere length	2
The orchid mantis exhibits high ontogenetic colouration variety and intersexual life history differences	2
The scale of competition impacts parasite virulence evolution	2