OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Evolutionary Ecology is 4. 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.)

Article	Citations
Can energy density influence treefrog distribution and species functional traits?	26
Large brain in undisturbed headwaters: validation of general evolutionary predictions from a local-scale perspective	19
Perception of con- and heterospecific injury cues in tadpoles of dendrobatid, ranid and bufonid frogs (Anura)	19
Complex landscape, instream and anthropogenic environmental features drive genetic and morphological structuring amongst brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in a dendritic river system	19
Ecological and genetic distinctiveness of socially hybridogenetic lineages of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants at regional and local scales	16
Integrating ecological niche modeling and rates of evolution to model geographic regions of mimetic color pattern selection	15
Definition, deviation and distraction: the burning questions in physical dormancy and fire ecology	14
Do past and present abiotic conditions explain variation in the nutritional quality of wildflower pollens for bees?	13
Aggressive behaviour in the skyhoppers of the Australian Alps	13
Does the diversity of anuran iris patterns have an ecological function or is it just beauty in the eye of the beholder?	13
Multivariate selection and the making and breaking of mutational pleiotropy	12
Sexual dichromatism in a cryptic poison frog is correlated with female tadpole transport	12
Correction to: Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance	12
The ability to sequester the alkaloid epibatidine is widespread among dendrobatid poison frogs	10
Eco-evolutionary dynamics in two-species mutualistic systems: one-sided population decline triggers joint interaction disinvestment	10
Right or left-handed: are locomotion type, body size, and microhabitat related to forelimb laterality in anurans?	10
The molecular basis and evolution of toxin resistance in poison frogs	9
Novel and classical methods similarly describe variation in territory size among males in Neotropical poison frogs with contrasting reproductive and behavioral strategies	9
An evolutionary approach by second derivatives of the population growth rate of Castilleja tenuiflora, a hemiparasitic plant with and without hosts	9
Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry	8
The resilience of reproductive interference	8
Eco-evolutionary dynamics further weakens mutualistic interaction and coexistence under population decline	8
A common measure of prey immune function is not constrained by the cascading effects of predators	8
Genomic heterozygosity is associated with parasite abundance, but the effects are not mediated by host condition	8
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	8

Body size traits in the flightless bush-cricket are plastic rather than locally adapted along an elevational gradient	7
Correction to: Evolutionary allometry of sexual dimorphism of jumping performance in anurans	7
Beyond canonical models: why a broader understanding of Diptera-microbiota interactions is essential for vector-borne disease control	7
Intraspecific variation of reproductive interference capability in Callosobruchus species	6
Phenotypic shifts following admixture in recombinant offspring of Arabidopsis thaliana	6
Thermal stress and mutation accumulation increase heat shock protein expression in Daphnia	6
Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs	6
Size as a complex trait and the scaling relationships of its components across teleosts	6
Clutch size and the rejection of parasitic eggs: a comparative test of the maternal investment hypothesis	6
Temporal stability in color patterns and body size variation in a six-year monitored population of the aposematic toad (Melanophryniscus rubriventris)	6
Vision in dim light and the evolution of color pattern in a crepuscular/nocturnal frog	5
Recent past connections between Amazonian and Atlantic forests by comparative phylogeography and paleodistribution models for didelphid mammals	5
Complex eco-evolutionary dynamics induced by the coevolution of predator–prey movement strategies	5
A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives	5
Effects of long-term ethanol storage of blood samples on the estimation of telomere length	5
Riverine barriers to gene flow in a salamander with both aquatic and terrestrial reproduction	5
History matters: evolutionary and demographic reconstruction of the Southwest Atlantic loggerheads (Testudinata: Cheloniidae)	5
Impact of developmental temperatures on thermal plasticity and repeatability of metabolic rate	5
Could adult or juvenile dispersal shape geographical parthenogenesis? Evidence from the facultatively parthenogenetic phasmid Megacrania batesii	5
Capture tolerance: A neglected third component of aposematism?	5
Putting the energetic-savings hypothesis underground: fossoriality does not affect metabolic rates in amphibians	4
The interplay of multiple spatial scales influences plant–herbivore interactions	4
Plasticity in thermal hardening of the invasive Asian house gecko	4
Environmental variation shapes and links parasitism to sexual selection	4
Modeling defensive functions of alkaloids within diverse chemical portfolios	4
Deceived, but not betrayed: static allometry suggests female ornaments in the long-tailed dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda) exaggerate condition to males	4
Biocontrol exerts natural selection against fecundity traits in Cytisus scoparius (L.)	4
Does reproductive output differ between related and unrelated male-female pairs of guppies, Poecilia reticulata?	4
Non-visual crypsis: an updated review of current understanding	4
Commentary: Infectious disease — the ecological theater and the evolutionary play	4
From self-interest to cooperation: extra-pair mating as a driver of relaxed territorial aggression in social neighbourhoods	4
Habitat and local climate influence the activity and abundance of Baron’s Mantella frog (Mantella baroni)	4
Revisiting and interpreting the role of female dominance in male mate choice: the importance of replication in ecology and evolution	4
Body size in Batesian mimicry	4
Ontogenetic scaling of disc width with total length in west African batoids	4
The contribution of maternal and paternal body size to offspring early adulthood life histories in a parasitoid wasp, Lysiphlebus fabarum	4
Adult poison frogs can capture and consume aquatic tadpoles	4
Eating to the beat of the drum: vibrational parameters of toe tapping behavior in Dendrobates truncatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)	4
Assessing the speed of individual bacteria dispersing on mycelial networks	4
Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	4
A well-studied parasitoid fly of field crickets uses multiple alternative hosts in its introduced range	4