Ecological Entomology

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecological Entomology is 1. 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.)
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High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate27
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Host plant selection by Cerambycidae in two different strata in association with seasonality and physical wood characteristics in a tropical dry forest21
Changes in pollinators' flower visits and activities potentially drive a diurnal turnover of plant‐pollinator interactions19
Wildfires induce a reduction in body size and morphological variation of an insular endemic insect18
Bee abundance and diversity respond to extremes in temperature and precipitation in the Urban Chihuahuan Desert18
Longer daylengths associated with poleward range shifts accelerate aphid extinction by parasitoid wasps17
Warming promotes non‐native invasive ants while inhibiting native ant communities16
Testing the migration syndrome: Comparative fecundity of migratory and non‐migratory nymphaline butterflies16
Distinct diurnal and nocturnal flower visitor communities provide pollination services in urban gardens15
Psyllid honeydew as a Bombus food source in the boreal landscape14
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No evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle (Coleoptera) families14
Mistletoes benefit from initiating cascading effects in a cactus–stem borers–arthropods system: A positive feedback13
Determination of the functional response in the orb‐weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type13
Previous infestation by conspecifics leads to a transient increase of the performance of Sitobion avenae aphids on wheat leaves13
Resilience that goes beyond prophylaxis: Benefits of faecal accumulation within termite nests13
The response to fire by two eusocial bee species13
Diet C:N ratio and temperature influence the performance and colouration of tobacco hornworms12
Spatio‐temporal species aggregations do not rule out interspecific competition in tree hollow spider assemblages12
Diverging effects of geographic distance and local habitat quality on the genetic characteristics of three butterfly species12
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How does ageing affect life history traits and cold tolerance in summer‐versus winter‐acclimated fruit flies?11
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Female mate choice is affected by male condition but not female condition in an assassin bug11
Ant nest distribution and richness have opposite effects on a Neotropical plant with extrafloral nectaries11
Host plant phenology drives risky larval dispersal in an outbreaking insect defoliator10
Spatial variation in ant–tree bipartite networks is driven by a bottom‐up process10
Myrmecochorous plants and their ant seed dispersers through successional stages in temperate cove forests10
Ants do not prey upon an extrafloral‐nectar‐feeding predatory mite9
Pollen associated with a Texas population of blow flies‐ (Diptera: Calliphoridae ) highlights unde9
Aphelinus nigritus ‐induced transgenerational fecundity compensation in parasitized Melanaphis sorghi9
Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp9
Greenhouse gas emissions from ant nests: A systematic review9
Linking disturbances in neotropical landscapes with ecosystem functional traits: A preliminary assessment using epigaeic and leaf‐litter ant communities9
Heat is deadlier than hypoxia for an elevationally migrating moth9
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The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies9
Amino acid substitutions in the Na + /K +ATPase 9
OlfactionROOM: An optimised, low‐cost olfactometer and easy‐to‐apply setup to mitigate the escape behaviour of insects9
Predation promotes diversification in the mean and variance of antipredator traits9
Flying to greener pastures: Spider ballooning in the city8
Where water meets rock: Ecological niches and diversity hotspots of hygropetric beetles in the Neotropics8
Multiple foundresses and multiple hosts: The influences of kinship and host quality on group reproduction in a quasi‐social parasitoid8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance8
Inferring long‐distance movements of insects using combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses: A case study of the African edible bush‐cricket8
Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains8
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Diversity and partner selection of environmentally‐derived Burkholderia sensu lato in stinkbugs8
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Fire favours the native bee community in a semi‐arid ecosystem8
Adaptation to host's chemical defences as a driver of wing morphological evolution and developmental instability in cactophilic Drosophila7
Abiotic drivers of co‐occurrence and diversity patterns of Calopterygidae species in Amazonian protected freshwaters7
A trait‐based understanding of the vulnerability of a Paleotropical moth community to predation by a sympatric bat with flexible foraging strategies7
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Identification of the missing links in parasite–host networks using the dark diversity concept: a case study with two taxonomic groups of ectoparasitic arthropods and small mammalian hosts7
What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility7
Cold tolerance and winter survival of seasonally‐acclimatised second‐instar larvae of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana7
Insect‐plant‐fungus interactions in mycorrhizal associations, with a focus on spittlebugs and ectomycorrhizal host plants7
Correction to “Unilateral exclusion of three leaf beetle species due to resource competition for oviposition sites”7
Suboptimal macronutrient ratios promote cannibalism in a generalist herbivore ( Trichoplusia ni )6
Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae6
Winter moth populations are isolated on co‐occurring tree species with contrasting budburst‐phenology6
Height and phytotelm size affect the invertebrate communities of epiphytic bromeliads in the Amazon rainforest6
In plateaus, land cover replaced climate as the vital environmental factor on the spatial composition of bumblebees with the altitude rising6
Interspecific competition leads to more long‐winged morphs in two sympatric cricket species6
Invasive intraguild predators: Evidence of their effects, not assumptions6
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles6
Vegetation biomass and landscape context influence web‐building spider dietary breadth in urban vacant lots6
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Lessons from long‐term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate‐driven changes5
Correction to ‘Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle’5
Impact of temperature and season on ant foraging activity of two invasive species in a Mediterranean urban area5
Fire ants mediate competition between scale insects and fruit flies5
Free ride without raising a thumb: A citizen science project reveals the pattern of active ant hitchhiking on vehicles and its ecological implications5
Correction to “Cascading effects of grazing intensity on predatory arthropod and parasitoid densities”5
Ecosystem functions and functional traits for the study of phytophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)5
Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest5
Aggregative oviposition varies with density in processionary moths—Implications for insect outbreak propensity5
Environmental stress influences reproductive success in male spider mites5
Solving the trophic puzzle: Host–parasite associations in Neotropical fig wasps associated with fig trees of section Americanae5
Stable‐ and radio‐isotopes and a bait‐choice experiment reveal changes in feeding habits of the ant community during primary succession5
Early social experience, rather than kinship affecting aggression in an egg parasitoid wasp, Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), that exhibits 5
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Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle5
Exploring the power of moth samples to reveal community patterns along shallow ecological gradients5
Population responses to temperature in 12‐year insect time series5
On the influence of environmental factors on the oviposition activity of necrophagous flies4
Contrasting effects of nitrogen fertiliser application on the performance of closely related grasshoppers through changes in plant nutrient concentrations4
Soil conditions and the emergence phenology and survival of a solitary, ground‐nesting bee in a coastal dune environment4
Differential egg cannibalism by hatchlings in a burrower bug: Trophic and viable eggs4
Warm or bright – Temperature and light microhabitat use in insect pollinators4
Female investment in terminal reproduction or somatic maintenance depends on infection dose4
Sun exposure as a main driver influencing the arriving communities of saproxylic beetles on deadwood4
The effect of habitat amount on flight‐related traits in the butterfly Hamadryas februa is sex‐dependent4
Discordant pattern between realised and fundamental saline niches in two supralittoral Ochthebius species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)4
Induced drought in an Amazonian forest affects diversity but not foraging distance of generalist ants4
Quantification of invertebrates on fungal fruit bodies by the use of time‐lapse cameras4
Size and location of host‐plant shape the spatial pattern of forest insect4
Can pollinators track plant expansions? A case study on the genetic structure of a host‐dependent pollinating wasp4
To stay or not to stay? Temporal shifts in dung beetle occupancy in a cloud forest landscape4
Bottom‐up effects shift top‐down community structure of the parasitoid guild that attacks Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on 4
Prolonged flow intermittency undermines the habitat potential of forested landscapes for a stream‐dwelling dragonfly4
Can long‐term diapause/dormancy improve persistence in a positively autocorrelated environment?4
Seasonality as a structuring factor of the dung beetle community in burned neotropical savannas4
Soil‐ and ground‐dwelling arthropod diversity on green roofs: Functional groups are strongly influenced by substrate depth and plant community4
Increasing stability of northern Austrian Lepidoptera populations over three decades4
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Effects of temperature and humidity on the presence and prevalence of a common fungal parasite on an invasive ladybird4
Mixed effects of urbanization on pollination services among four native plant species4
Invasion of the coccinellid community associated with a tropical annual agroecosystem4
Physiological condition drives ecological functions of two highly abundant and widespread dung beetles of South American pasturelands4
Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance4
House cricket males reared at different perceived acoustic population densities differ in adult behaviour but not physiology3
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Do nest sites limit wild honey bee colonies? Decoding swarm waggle dances to assess nest site availability3
Is elevation a strong environmental filter? Combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny of butterflies in a tropical mountain3
Potential climate warming effects on the distribution of an invasive alien pest species3
Phenological imbalance in the supply and demand of floral resources: Half the pollen and nectar produced by the main autumn food source, Hedera helix , i3
Panmixia in spiders ( Mecaphesa celer , Thomisidae) despite fragmented habitat at Craters of the Moon in Idaho3
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Exploring the factors influencing the first singing date of a cicada, Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata : How will it be affected by climate change?3
Hatching asynchrony affects intraspecific competition among larval mosquitoes3
Community structure and antifungal activity of actinobacteria in a fungus‐growing termite3
Contrasting responses of drosophila pupal parasitoids to heat waves in the larval and adult stages3
Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa3
Effects of benign and heat stress conditions on parent clones and their selfed offspring of the pea aphid3
Thermal tolerance regulates foraging behaviour of ants3
Intraspecific interactions at high predator densities affect the predation efficiency of Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) when prey density 3
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Living in an urban pod: Seed predation and parasitism of bruchid beetles in a native tree species3
Ecosystem functions of ants and dung beetles in agriculture‐dominated Amazonian riparian forests3
The influence of genetic variation on pre‐oviposition processes for host‐parasitoid co‐evolution3
Influence of generalist stingless bees on the structure of mutualistic flower–pollinator networks in the tropics: Temporal variation3
What shapes galling insect–parasitoid interaction networks on closely related host plants?3
Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land‐use3
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Origin of the Red‐veined Darter dragonflies migrating into the European part of Russia revealed by stable isotopes of hydrogen3
Ecology of fear: ontogeny‐mediated non‐consumptive effects in a parasite–host system3
Understanding the life history characteristics of bird lice: Amblycera versus Ischnocera3
Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks3
Multivariate flower phenotype and proboscis length shape specialised pollination niches3
Adaptations to water gradient in three Rorippa plant species correspond with plant resistance against insect herbivory under drought and waterlogged cond3
The effect of fly exclusion on scavenger community and carrion decomposition varies with carrion type in a Tibetan alpine meadow3
Winter fleshy‐fruited plants are the catalysts for spring populations of an invasive fruit fly3
Using stable isotopes ( δ 2 H , 3
Running in the rain: Impact of water droplets on tandem running recruitment in a tropical ant2
Decisions better left unchanged: Selection of ambush orientation before prey arrival in a sit‐and‐wait predator2
Dynamic distribution modelling of the swamp tigertail dragonfly Synthemis eustalacta (Odonata: Anisoptera: Synthemistidae) over a 20‐year bushfire regime2
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The quality matters: Assessing the roles of patch quality and configuration on the abundance of an invading cerambycid species through a multi‐model inference approach2
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Soil arthropod communities associated with Berberis thunbergii invasion in a temperate deciduous f2
Correlates of Odonata species composition in Amazonian streams depend on dissimilarity coefficient and oviposition strategy2
Influence of host species and seasonal interactions on bacterial community structure in fungus‐growing termites: Insights into symbiotic adaptation and ecological function2
Bacterial‐driven odorant receptor expression shifts alter olfactory behaviour in the oriental fruit fly2
A test of the competitive ability–cold tolerance trade‐off hypothesis in seasonally breeding beetles2
Attenuation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation does not impede host location in egg parasitoids with positive UV phototaxis2
Reduced Fecundity Associated with Wolbachia Infection in a Neotropical Drosophilid2
Debunking wasp pollination: Wasps are comparable to bees in terms of plant interactions, body pollen and single‐visit pollen deposition2
Effects of a temperate heatwave on diel rhythms of insect activity: A comparison across habitats2
Substantial fitness costs in terms of parasitization rates, offspring production and sex ratio of Wolbachia infection in Nasonia v2
Differential ecophysiological syndromes explain the partition of the thermal niche resource in coexisting Eucraniini dung beetles2
Plant‐mediated facilitation to conspecifics and heterospecifics by two phloem‐feeding maize pests: The influence of insect identity and order of arrival2
Pollen specialisation is associated with later phenology in Osmia bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)2
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Quantifying the post‐fire recovery of taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles in the Brazilian Pantanal2
Salty suitors: High larval sodium intake reduces adult lifespan and influences reproductive behaviour in a lepidopteran herbivore2
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Plant silicon defences reduce the performance of a chewing insect herbivore which benefits a contemporaneous sap‐feeding insect2
Cytoplasmic incompatibility and female fecundity associated with Wolbachia infection in a cricket species2
Predator densities alter the influence of non‐consumptive effects on the population dynamics of an agricultural pest2
Temporal changes in the composition of parasitoid assemblages associated with the invasive chestnut gall wasp2
Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly, Photinus pyralis2
Significant colony differences in thermal tolerances and decoupling of high and low critical temperatures in the army ant Eciton burchellii parvispinum2
Suspended resting of caterpillars as an anti‐predator strategy2
Solar parks provide heterogeneous habitats for winter‐active ground‐dwelling predatory arthropods2
A simple technique to assess resource use in dung beetle breeding studies2
Assessing the existence of pantropical butterflies: A review of accurate taxonomy, biogeography and life history traits2
Mound architecture and season affect concentrations of CO 2 , 2
Aridity could have driven the local extinction of a common and multivoltine butterfly2
Complex cues in habitat selection: Exploring the influence of vegetation and polarised light on backswimmers in predator‐free environments2
Phenotypic plasticity in Acanthoscelides quadridentatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its effect on the seed fate of Mimosa seto2
Complex interactions in ant–plant mutualisms: The role of multiple ant food resources in mediating plant defence, pollination and fitness in a tropical shrub2
Not dear neighbours: Antennation and jerking, but not aggression, correlate with genetic relatedness and spatial distance in the ant Lasius niger2
Microclimate in hollow trees and how it affects an inhabiting beetle species, Osmoderma eremita 2
Causes and consequences of microbiome formation in mosquito larvae2
Specialisation in frog‐biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae): A landscape perspective2
From leaves to defenders: How the amount and dispersion of leaf damage affect extrafloral nectar production and ant‐mediated protection in wild cotton2
Phoretic mites do not affect burying beetle reproductive success, despite eliminating fly competitors2
Spread of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss influences litter‐dwelling arthropod communities in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka2
Complementary effects of two plant defence traits on behaviour and performance of monarch butterfly caterpillars2
Seeds go up and down: The role of dung beetles in soil seed movement in the Southern Atlantic Forest of Argentina1
Does fat identity matter? The effect of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids on bumble bee consumption and fitness1
One dung to attract them all: Faeces attractiveness to dung beetles in herbivore multispecies pasture1
Contrasting responses to microhabitat and temperature determine breeding habitat differentiation between two Viola ‐feeding butterflies1
Testing optimal defence theory in a social insect: Increased risk is correlated with increased venom investment1
To pool or not to pool: Pooled metabarcoding does not affect estimates of prey diversity in spider gut content analysis1
Coincidental intraguild predation among natural enemies of a key pest of tomato crop1
Larval fitness of a generalist butterfly under experimental warming and spring drought depends on host species and timing1
Butterfly community dynamics in a monoculture‐dominated agricultural landscape1
Cucumber beetles negatively impact pollinator visitation to cucurbit flowers1
Ivermectin impacts on dung beetle diversity and their ecological functions in two distinct Brazilian ecosystems1
Entomologists' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, insect welfare in research and education1
Transient effects of corridors on polygyne fire ants over a decade1
Phylogenetic signal in elevational distribution and range size of a Satyrinae butterfly genus in the Himalaya1
Task‐specific and seasonal differences in individual nutritional status of red wood ant workers1
Predation of the white‐lined sphinx moth ( Hyles lineata ) is dependent upon time of day but not human disturbance1
No‐choice oviposition preferences predict neighborhood effects among host plants in a model system1
The missing links: Bee and non‐bee alpine visitor observation networks differ to pollen transport networks1
Effects of herbivory amount and within‐plant variability by a specialist caterpillar on volatile emissions mediating inter‐plant signalling in wild cotton1
Temperature and host plant species affect the performance and immunocompetence of an outbreak defoliator in northwestern Patagonia1
Macronutrient regulation in adult spotted‐wing Drosophila and nutritional impacts on susceptibility to three commonly‐used insecticides1
The temporal distribution of endophytic and exophytic insect guilds responds to host plant phenology in the Brazilian Savannah1
Multilevel climatic responses in migratory insects1
Are competitive interactions between aphid clones mediated by facultative endosymbionts?1
All night long: Activity times of moths as observed at artificial light sources1
Re‐evaluation of a method used to study nutritional effects on bumble bees1
Numbers matter: Predatory ability increases with forager group size in omnivorous ant species with similar predatory traits1
Phenotypic plasticity of a Baetid mayfly larvae ( Baetis rhodani ) at sites with high levels of deposi1
Novel grid‐based population estimates correlate with actual population sizes of the marsh fritillary ( Euphydryas aurinia ), while transect and larvae co1
DNA metabarcoding of light trap samples vs. morphological species identification1
Simulating effects of agricultural intensification and climate change: Nitrogen fertilisation and drought stress decrease insect herbivore performance1
Host plants and experimental warming impact fitness and infection outcomes in a migratory butterfly1
Assessment of pupal mortality in Hypena opulenta : An obstacle for establishment of a classical biological control agent against invasive swallow‐worts1
Body size mediates the role of insect seed predators as ecosystem engineers for arthropod communities1
Pollinator visitation decline due to pesticide application beyond threshold frequency brings down crop yield1
Soil disturbance impacts on ant‐diaspore multilayer networks in a tropical savanna1
The impact of wildfire and mammal carcasses on beetle emergence from heathland soils1
Atta mexicana waste dumps are hot spots of soil nutrients in an urban Neotropical cloud forest environment1
Rainfall shapes the physiological condition, but not the body size, of an introduced dung beetle in Brazilian pastures1
Estimating biocontrol agent spread: A case study using introduced dung beetles1
Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks1
New crop, new pest, old ants: Crop colonisation by native ants disrupt biological control of an invasive mealybug in Mediterranean persimmon1
Influence of forest cover and sex on wing size and shape of a spider‐hunting wasp in the Brazilian Atlantic forest1
Larval diet impacts flight performance in monarch butterflies1
Diet‐mediated immune response to parasitoid attacks on a caterpillar with a broad diet breadth1
Evolution of developmental plasticity and the potential of host shift in the seed beetle: Insights from laboratory evolution experiments1
Multi‐site interaction turnover in flea–mammal networks from four continents: Application of zeta diversity concept and multi‐site generalised dissimilarity modelling1
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Are fat bankers losing their liquid assets? Changes in lipid accumulation for a nectar‐feeding migratory moth1
Oviposition and larval mycelia preference of the saproxylic European stag beetle1
The relationship between body size and diet breadth in non‐web building spiders1
Rainforest transformation reduces parasitoid wasp diversity—Can the enrichment of flowering vegetation alleviate this?1
Nutrients and drought alter tri‐trophic interactions in cool‐temperate forests1
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