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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Intraspecific variation of reproductive interference capability in Callosobruchus species	26
Non-visual crypsis: an updated review of current understanding	18
Does the diversity of anuran iris patterns have an ecological function or is it just beauty in the eye of the beholder?	17
Right or left-handed: are locomotion type, body size, and microhabitat related to forelimb laterality in anurans?	13
History matters: evolutionary and demographic reconstruction of the Southwest Atlantic loggerheads (Testudinata: Cheloniidae)	12
Evidence for an innate basis of prey preference in a desert ambush predator	11
Eco-evolutionary dynamics at the altitudinal limit of a transcontinental boreal conifer	11
Integrating ecological niche modeling and rates of evolution to model geographic regions of mimetic color pattern selection	11
Eating to the beat of the drum: vibrational parameters of toe tapping behavior in Dendrobates truncatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)	10
Body size in Batesian mimicry	10
Experimental evidence that spate-induced downstream dispersal drives spatial sorting of visual–cognitive traits in a stream fish	10
Modeling defensive functions of alkaloids within diverse chemical portfolios	10
Reproductive behaviors promote ecological and phenotypic sexual differentiation in the critically endangered Lehmann’s poison frog	10
Extrapair mating opportunity explains the evolutionary transition between the presence and absence of tail ornamentation in swallows	9
Spatial trends in morphology do not predict species’ responses to climatic warming in Australian birds	9
A paradox of parasite resistance: disease-driven trophic cascades increase the cost of resistance, selecting for lower resistance with parasites than without them	9
Catching the red eye: field evidence that artificial prey with red eye-like markings are preferentially avoided by avian predators	9
Geographic variation of body size in a plateau anuran: evidence supporting the water availability and heat balance trade-off hypothesis	8
Food availability in the nursery affects parental food allocation but not tadpole begging performance in a frog with facultative parental care	8
It’s all relative: the interpretation of Allen’s rule and its consequences for understanding morphological responses to climatic warming	8
A model species in focus: the silver-thread moss Bryum argenteum as a model for ecological and evolutionary studies	8
Rapid cross-generational changes in morphology and mate choice following an extreme climatic event	8
Inter-population variation in fin sexual dimorphism in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)	7
Variation in female-biased sexual size dimorphism of northern pike (Esox lucius) associated with environment and life history	7
Pollination inaccuracy: estimating male fitness in the movement-assisted dichogamous species Clerodendrum infortunatum	7

Relationships between vocalization characteristics and sperm traits in a neotropical treefrog	7
Partial ecological niche differentiation suggests incipient ecological divergence in Dianthus polylepis subspecies	7
Century-long shifts in body size and proportions of lowland rainforest birds	7
Sex-specific effects of antagonistic coevolution: insights from an insect host and a bacterial pathogen coevolution system	7
Large brain in undisturbed headwaters: validation of general evolutionary predictions from a local-scale perspective	7
Environmental variation shapes and links parasitism to sexual selection	6
Analysis of the leaf metabolome in Arabidopsis thaliana mutation accumulation lines reveals association of metabolic disruption and fitness consequence	6
An evolutionary approach by second derivatives of the population growth rate of Castilleja tenuiflora, a hemiparasitic plant with and without hosts	6
Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs	6
Plumage coloration and parental provisioning effort in varied tit (Sittiparus varius)	6
Habitat and local climate influence the activity and abundance of Baron’s Mantella frog (Mantella baroni)	6
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	6
Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	6
Random egg-laying in host nests by common cuckoo	6
The size of hoverfly mimics relative to their models and its implications for the evolution of mimicry	6
Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite	5
Effect of rearing density on the expression of fitness-related traits in male sand field crickets (Gryllus firmus)	5
Do common dispersal influences inform a large lizard’s landscape-scale gene flow?	5
Effects of predator associative learning and innate aversion on mimicry complexes	5
Habitat effects on local adaptation and plasticity of thermal tolerance across life stages in tropical Bicyclus butterflies	5
Four’s a crowd: social preferences for larger groups in golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) tadpoles	5
Intraspecies variation in cytoplasmic incompatibility intensity in the bean beetle Callosobruchus analis	5
Self-fertilization does not lead to inbreeding depression in Typha parent species or hybrids	5
A call for more ecologically and evolutionarily relevant studies of immune costs	4
Dispersal in small organisms: “varied, many, and often ingenious methods”	4
Hybrid lizards with introgressed MtDNA show increased resistance to DNA damage from reactive oxygen species	4
Mother strawberry poison frogs might supplement nutritive eggs with secretory provisioning	4
Brain anatomy of a clonal fish, the Amazon Molly (Poecilia formosa): effects of early-life environment	4
Why do some funneliform flowers have petal folds accompanied with hierarchical surface microstructure?	4
Phenological divergence in the rice stem borer correlates with rice domestication	4
Tests of reproductive skew theory: a review and prospectus	4
Beyond color and pattern: elucidating the factors associated with intraspecific aggression in the mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator)	4
A model of optimal digestive strategy in infrequently-feeding snakes	4
Scaling and developmental integration of a secondary sexual sensory trait	4
Pollinator-mediated selection on flowering start and corolla tube length differed between mating systems in a primrose species	4
Larval cannibalism in Phyllobates poison frogs	4
Variation in soldier investment is linked to the evolution of termite soldier defense strategies	4
Environmental gradients structure assemblages of Canidae across the planet	4
Tufted titmice, black-crested titmice, and their hybrids occupy different types of habitat within their hybrid zone	4
Which side are you on? Spider web positioning affects prey capture more than body colour	4