OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Evolutionary Ecology is 5. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Intraspecific variation of reproductive interference capability in Callosobruchus species	34
Integrating ecological niche modeling and rates of evolution to model geographic regions of mimetic color pattern selection	24
Does the diversity of anuran iris patterns have an ecological function or is it just beauty in the eye of the beholder?	24
Right or left-handed: are locomotion type, body size, and microhabitat related to forelimb laterality in anurans?	22
Non-visual crypsis: an updated review of current understanding	22
Correction to: Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance	19
A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives	18
Genomic heterozygosity is associated with parasite abundance, but the effects are not mediated by host condition	17
History matters: evolutionary and demographic reconstruction of the Southwest Atlantic loggerheads (Testudinata: Cheloniidae)	17
Modeling defensive functions of alkaloids within diverse chemical portfolios	15
Biocontrol exerts natural selection against fecundity traits in Cytisus scoparius (L.)	15
Evidence for an innate basis of prey preference in a desert ambush predator	14
Variation in allometry along the weapon-signal continuum	13
Eco-evolutionary dynamics at the altitudinal limit of a transcontinental boreal conifer	13
Function predicts the allometry of contest-related traits, but not sexual or male dimorphism in the amazonian tusked harvestman	12
Eating to the beat of the drum: vibrational parameters of toe tapping behavior in Dendrobates truncatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)	11
A paradox of parasite resistance: disease-driven trophic cascades increase the cost of resistance, selecting for lower resistance with parasites than without them	10
Reproductive behaviors promote ecological and phenotypic sexual differentiation in the critically endangered Lehmann’s poison frog	10
Host-associated morphological convergence in symbiotic pea crabs	10
Body size in Batesian mimicry	10
Extrapair mating opportunity explains the evolutionary transition between the presence and absence of tail ornamentation in swallows	10
It’s all relative: the interpretation of Allen’s rule and its consequences for understanding morphological responses to climatic warming	9
Rapid cross-generational changes in morphology and mate choice following an extreme climatic event	9
Geographic variation of body size in a plateau anuran: evidence supporting the water availability and heat balance trade-off hypothesis	9
Catching the red eye: field evidence that artificial prey with red eye-like markings are preferentially avoided by avian predators	9

Relationships between vocalization characteristics and sperm traits in a neotropical treefrog	8
Inter-population variation in fin sexual dimorphism in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)	8
An evolutionary approach by second derivatives of the population growth rate of Castilleja tenuiflora, a hemiparasitic plant with and without hosts	8
Sex-specific effects of antagonistic coevolution: insights from an insect host and a bacterial pathogen coevolution system	8
Century-long shifts in body size and proportions of lowland rainforest birds	8
Partial ecological niche differentiation suggests incipient ecological divergence in Dianthus polylepis subspecies	8
Variation in female-biased sexual size dimorphism of northern pike (Esox lucius) associated with environment and life history	8
Food availability in the nursery affects parental food allocation but not tadpole begging performance in a frog with facultative parental care	8
Pollination inaccuracy: estimating male fitness in the movement-assisted dichogamous species Clerodendrum infortunatum	8
Large brain in undisturbed headwaters: validation of general evolutionary predictions from a local-scale perspective	8
Aggressive behaviour in the skyhoppers of the Australian Alps	7
Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs	7
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	7
The size of hoverfly mimics relative to their models and its implications for the evolution of mimicry	7
Environmental variation shapes and links parasitism to sexual selection	7
Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry	7
Relaxed selection and the evolution of the chasmogamous flower of Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae)	7
Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	6
Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite	6
Do common dispersal influences inform a large lizard’s landscape-scale gene flow?	6
Habitat and local climate influence the activity and abundance of Baron’s Mantella frog (Mantella baroni)	6
Intraspecies variation in cytoplasmic incompatibility intensity in the bean beetle Callosobruchus analis	6
Analysis of the leaf metabolome in Arabidopsis thaliana mutation accumulation lines reveals association of metabolic disruption and fitness consequence	6
Deceived, but not betrayed: static allometry suggests female ornaments in the long-tailed dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda) exaggerate condition to males	6
Four’s a crowd: social preferences for larger groups in golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) tadpoles	6
Effect of rearing density on the expression of fitness-related traits in male sand field crickets (Gryllus firmus)	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
Tests of reproductive skew theory: a review and prospectus	5
Self-fertilization does not lead to inbreeding depression in Typha parent species or hybrids	5
Dispersal in small organisms: “varied, many, and often ingenious methods”	5
Colours as aggregation signals in Lepidoptera: Are Heliconius Müllerian mimics?	5
Beyond color and pattern: elucidating the factors associated with intraspecific aggression in the mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator)	5
A call for more ecologically and evolutionarily relevant studies of immune costs	5