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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Does the diversity of anuran iris patterns have an ecological function or is it just beauty in the eye of the beholder?	28
Intraspecific variation of reproductive interference capability in Callosobruchus species	20
Integrating ecological niche modeling and rates of evolution to model geographic regions of mimetic color pattern selection	20
A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives	16
Correction to: Methods for studying allometry in geometric morphometrics: a comparison of performance	16
Genomic heterozygosity is associated with parasite abundance, but the effects are not mediated by host condition	15
History matters: evolutionary and demographic reconstruction of the Southwest Atlantic loggerheads (Testudinata: Cheloniidae)	14
Non-visual crypsis: an updated review of current understanding	13
Function predicts the allometry of contest-related traits, but not sexual or male dimorphism in the amazonian tusked harvestman	13
Right or left-handed: are locomotion type, body size, and microhabitat related to forelimb laterality in anurans?	13
Biocontrol exerts natural selection against fecundity traits in Cytisus scoparius (L.)	12
Eco-evolutionary dynamics at the altitudinal limit of a transcontinental boreal conifer	12
Chemical defense and tonic immobility in early life stages of the Harlequin cabbage bug, Murgantia histrionica (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)	11
Evidence for an innate basis of prey preference in a desert ambush predator	11
Modeling defensive functions of alkaloids within diverse chemical portfolios	10
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
Reproductive behaviors promote ecological and phenotypic sexual differentiation in the critically endangered Lehmann’s poison frog	9
Size and shape variation in the male dimorphic head weapons of an anthribid weevil (Hoherius meinertzhageni)	9
Host-associated morphological convergence in symbiotic pea crabs	9
Variation in allometry along the weapon-signal continuum	9
Extrapair mating opportunity explains the evolutionary transition between the presence and absence of tail ornamentation in swallows	8
Catching the red eye: field evidence that artificial prey with red eye-like markings are preferentially avoided by avian predators	8
Different stress from parasites and mate choice in two female morphs of the blue-tailed damselfly	8
A paradox of parasite resistance: disease-driven trophic cascades increase the cost of resistance, selecting for lower resistance with parasites than without them	8

Evolutionary allometry of sexual dimorphism of jumping performance in anurans	8
Rapid cross-generational changes in morphology and mate choice following an extreme climatic event	8
Food availability in the nursery affects parental food allocation but not tadpole begging performance in a frog with facultative parental care	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
Correction to: Evolutionary allometry of sexual dimorphism of jumping performance in anurans	6
Variation in female-biased sexual size dimorphism of northern pike (Esox lucius) associated with environment and life history	6
Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs	6
Large brain in undisturbed headwaters: validation of general evolutionary predictions from a local-scale perspective	6
Local-scale environmental filtering shape plant taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in an isolated Amazonian tepui (Tepequém table mountain)	6
Aggressive behaviour in the skyhoppers of the Australian Alps	6
Sex-specific effects of antagonistic coevolution: insights from an insect host and a bacterial pathogen coevolution system	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
Deceived, but not betrayed: static allometry suggests female ornaments in the long-tailed dance fly (Rhamphomyia longicauda) exaggerate condition to males	5
Reproductive trade-offs in the colorado checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neotesselatus): an examination of the relationship between clutch and follicle size	5
Analysis of the leaf metabolome in Arabidopsis thaliana mutation accumulation lines reveals association of metabolic disruption and fitness consequence	5
An evolutionary approach by second derivatives of the population growth rate of Castilleja tenuiflora, a hemiparasitic plant with and without hosts	5
Selective alarm call mimicry in the sexual display of the male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)	5
Habitat and local climate influence the activity and abundance of Baron’s Mantella frog (Mantella baroni)	5
Relaxed selection and the evolution of the chasmogamous flower of Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae)	5
Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry	5
Environmental variation shapes and links parasitism to sexual selection	5
Intraspecies variation in cytoplasmic incompatibility intensity in the bean beetle Callosobruchus analis	5
Effects of predator associative learning and innate aversion on mimicry complexes	4
Four’s a crowd: social preferences for larger groups in golden mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) tadpoles	4
Tests of reproductive skew theory: a review and prospectus	4
Colours as aggregation signals in Lepidoptera: Are Heliconius Müllerian mimics?	4
Nest Integration: a novel form of food acquisition by altricial fledglings	4
Why do some funneliform flowers have petal folds accompanied with hierarchical surface microstructure?	4
Hybrid lizards with introgressed MtDNA show increased resistance to DNA damage from reactive oxygen species	4
Self-fertilization does not lead to inbreeding depression in Typha parent species or hybrids	4
Do common dispersal influences inform a large lizard’s landscape-scale gene flow?	4
Beyond color and pattern: elucidating the factors associated with intraspecific aggression in the mimic poison frog (Ranitomeya imitator)	4
Pollinator-mediated selection on flowering start and corolla tube length differed between mating systems in a primrose species	4
Tufted titmice, black-crested titmice, and their hybrids occupy different types of habitat within their hybrid zone	4
Larval cannibalism in Phyllobates poison frogs	4
Effect of rearing density on the expression of fitness-related traits in male sand field crickets (Gryllus firmus)	4
A call for more ecologically and evolutionarily relevant studies of immune costs	4
Resource availability for the mosquito Aedes aegypti affects the transmission mode evolution of a microsporidian parasite	4
Variation in behavioral traits across a broad latitudinal gradient in a livebearing fish	4
Which side are you on? Spider web positioning affects prey capture more than body colour	4
A model of optimal digestive strategy in infrequently-feeding snakes	4
Mother strawberry poison frogs might supplement nutritive eggs with secretory provisioning	4