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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Massive spider web aggregations in South American grasslands after flooding20
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Changes in pollinators' flower visits and activities potentially drive a diurnal turnover of plant‐pollinator interactions19
Mechanisms of succession between two Silphidae, Necrophila japonica and Nicrophorus concolor on small vertebrate carcasses18
Host plant selection by Cerambycidae in two different strata in association with seasonality and physical wood characteristics in a tropical dry forest18
High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate17
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Longer daylengths associated with poleward range shifts accelerate aphid extinction by parasitoid wasps15
Wildfires induce a reduction in body size and morphological variation of an insular endemic insect15
Distinct diurnal and nocturnal flower visitor communities provide pollination services in urban gardens13
Previous infestation by conspecifics leads to a transient increase of the performance of Sitobion avenae aphids on wheat leaves13
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
Testing the migration syndrome: Comparative fecundity of migratory and non‐migratory nymphaline butterflies12
The response to fire by two eusocial bee species12
No evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle (Coleoptera) families12
Psyllid honeydew as a Bombus food source in the boreal landscape12
Spatio‐temporal species aggregations do not rule out interspecific competition in tree hollow spider assemblages11
Warming promotes non‐native invasive ants while inhibiting native ant communities11
Diet C:N ratio and temperature influence the performance and colouration of tobacco hornworms10
Species‐specific responses to warming alter community composition10
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Foraging for the fungus: why do Acromyrmex subterraneus (Formicidae) queens need to forage during the nest foundation phase?10
Female mate choice is affected by male condition but not female condition in an assassin bug10
Diverging effects of geographic distance and local habitat quality on the genetic characteristics of three butterfly species10
How does ageing affect life history traits and cold tolerance in summer‐versus winter‐acclimated fruit flies?10
Resilience that goes beyond prophylaxis: Benefits of faecal accumulation within termite nests10
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Ant nest distribution and richness have opposite effects on a Neotropical plant with extrafloral nectaries10
The structure and importance of nest mounds in a tropical ant Diacamma indicum9
Myrmecochorous plants and their ant seed dispersers through successional stages in temperate cove forests9
Host plant phenology drives risky larval dispersal in an outbreaking insect defoliator9
Aphelinus nigritus‐induced transgenerational fecundity compensation in parasitized Melanaphis sorghi9
Spatial variation in ant–tree bipartite networks is driven by a bottom‐up process9
Linking disturbances in neotropical landscapes with ecosystem functional traits: A preliminary assessment using epigaeic and leaf‐litter ant communities9
Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp9
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Greenhouse gas emissions from ant nests: A systematic review8
Predation promotes diversification in the mean and variance of antipredator traits8
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Flying to greener pastures: Spider ballooning in the city8
Proboscis curling in a pollinator causes extensive pollen movement and loss8
Pollen associated with a Texas population of blow flies‐(Diptera: Calliphoridae) highlights underappreciated aspects of their biology8
The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies8
Insect‐plant‐fungus interactions in mycorrhizal associations, with a focus on spittlebugs and ectomycorrhizal host plants8
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Short‐term positive effects of wildfire on diurnal insects and pollen transport in a Mediterranean ecosystem8
Ants do not prey upon an extrafloral‐nectar‐feeding predatory mite8
OlfactionROOM: An optimised, low‐cost olfactometer and easy‐to‐apply setup to mitigate the escape behaviour of insects8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance8
Interspecific competition leads to more long‐winged morphs in two sympatric cricket species7
Adaptation to host's chemical defences as a driver of wing morphological evolution and developmental instability in cactophilic Drosophila7
Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains7
Inferring long‐distance movements of insects using combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses: A case study of the African edible bush‐cricket7
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What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility7
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
Cold tolerance and winter survival of seasonally‐acclimatised second‐instar larvae of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana7
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Lessons from long‐term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate‐driven changes7
A trait‐based understanding of the vulnerability of a Paleotropical moth community to predation by a sympatric bat with flexible foraging strategies7
Fire favours the native bee community in a semi‐arid ecosystem7
Multiple foundresses and multiple hosts: The influences of kinship and host quality on group reproduction in a quasi‐social parasitoid7
In plateaus, land cover replaced climate as the vital environmental factor on the spatial composition of bumblebees with the altitude rising6
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles6
Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae6
Suboptimal macronutrient ratios promote cannibalism in a generalist herbivore (Trichoplusia ni)6
Assessing how changes in temporal resource quality influence the reproductive performance of the dung beetleOnthophagus binodis6
Digging out intersexual and meteorological effects on cicada emergence using 10‐year citizen monitoring6
Early social experience, rather than kinship affecting aggression in an egg parasitoid wasp, Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), that exhibits extreme male–male combat behaviour6
Invasive intraguild predators: Evidence of their effects, not assumptions6
Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle5
Winter moth populations are isolated on co‐occurring tree species with contrasting budburst‐phenology5
Correction to ‘Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle’5
Aggregative oviposition varies with density in processionary moths—Implications for insect outbreak propensity5
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Exploring the power of moth samples to reveal community patterns along shallow ecological gradients5
Impact of temperature and season on ant foraging activity of two invasive species in a Mediterranean urban area5
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Ecosystem functions and functional traits for the study of phytophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)5
Stable‐ and radio‐isotopes and a bait‐choice experiment reveal changes in feeding habits of the ant community during primary succession5
Free ride without raising a thumb: A citizen science project reveals the pattern of active ant hitchhiking on vehicles and its ecological implications5
Fire ants mediate competition between scale insects and fruit flies5
Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest5
Contrasting effects of nitrogen fertiliser application on the performance of closely related grasshoppers through changes in plant nutrient concentrations4
On the influence of environmental factors on the oviposition activity of necrophagous flies4
Can pollinators track plant expansions? A case study on the genetic structure of a host‐dependent pollinating wasp4
Soil conditions and the emergence phenology and survival of a solitary, ground‐nesting bee in a coastal dune environment4
Discordant pattern between realised and fundamental saline niches in two supralittoral Ochthebius species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)4
Bottom‐up effects shift top‐down community structure of the parasitoid guild that attacks Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Borrichia frutescens (Asteraceae)4
Female investment in terminal reproduction or somatic maintenance depends on infection dose4
Can long‐term diapause/dormancy improve persistence in a positively autocorrelated environment?4
Induced drought in an Amazonian forest affects diversity but not foraging distance of generalist ants4
Increasing stability of northern Austrian Lepidoptera populations over three decades4
Size and location of host‐plant shape the spatial pattern of forest insect4
Quantification of invertebrates on fungal fruit bodies by the use of time‐lapse cameras4
Phenological imbalance in the supply and demand of floral resources: Half the pollen and nectar produced by the main autumn food source, Hedera helix, is uncollected by insects4
Invasion of the coccinellid community associated with a tropical annual agroecosystem4
Testing competing hypotheses about the behaviour of floral visitors in mixed‐flower stands4
Research networks should improve connectivity for halting freshwater insect extinctions4
Population responses to temperature in 12‐year insect time series4
Warm or bright – Temperature and light microhabitat use in insect pollinators4
Micro‐climate correlations and conserved sexual dimorphism of cuticular hydrocarbons in European populations of the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis4
Physiological condition drives ecological functions of two highly abundant and widespread dung beetles of South American pasturelands4
Sun exposure as a main driver influencing the arriving communities of saproxylic beetles on deadwood4
Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance4
Adaptations to water gradient in three Rorippa plant species correspond with plant resistance against insect herbivory under drought and waterlogged conditions4
Community structure and antifungal activity of actinobacteria in a fungus‐growing termite3
Endosymbionts mediate the effects of antibiotic exposure in the tramp ant Cardiocondyla obscurior3
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Forest structure and heterogeneity increase diversity and alter composition of host–parasitoid networks3
Is elevation a strong environmental filter? Combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny of butterflies in a tropical mountain3
Living in an urban pod: Seed predation and parasitism of bruchid beetles in a native tree species3
Do nest sites limit wild honey bee colonies? Decoding swarm waggle dances to assess nest site availability3
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Influence of generalist stingless bees on the structure of mutualistic flower–pollinator networks in the tropics: Temporal variation3
House cricket males reared at different perceived acoustic population densities differ in adult behaviour but not physiology3
What shapes galling insect–parasitoid interaction networks on closely related host plants?3
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Panmixia in spiders (Mecaphesa celer, Thomisidae) despite fragmented habitat at Craters of the Moon in Idaho3
Gut content metabarcoding of three widespread Iberian ant‐eating spiders reveals specialisation on the same abundant harvester ants3
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The effect of habitat amount on flight‐related traits in the butterflyHamadryas februais sex‐dependent3
Ecology of fear: ontogeny‐mediated non‐consumptive effects in a parasite–host system3
Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa3
Winter fleshy‐fruited plants are the catalysts for spring populations of an invasive fruit fly3
Contrasting responses of drosophila pupal parasitoids to heat waves in the larval and adult stages3
The influence of genetic variation on pre‐oviposition processes for host‐parasitoid co‐evolution3
Ecosystem functions of ants and dung beetles in agriculture‐dominated Amazonian riparian forests3
Intraspecific interactions at high predator densities affect the predation efficiency ofNeoseiulus californicus(Acari: Phytoseiidae) when prey density is low3
Understanding the life history characteristics of bird lice: Amblycera versus Ischnocera3
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To stay or not to stay? Temporal shifts in dung beetle occupancy in a cloud forest landscape3
Origin of the Red‐veined Darter dragonflies migrating into the European part of Russia revealed by stable isotopes of hydrogen3
Thermal tolerance regulates foraging behaviour of ants3
More than meets the eye: decrypting diversity reveals hidden interaction specificity between frogs and frog‐biting midges2
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Dynamic distribution modelling of the swamp tigertail dragonflySynthemis eustalacta(Odonata: Anisoptera: Synthemistidae) over a 20‐year bushfire regime2
Aridity could have driven the local extinction of a common and multivoltine butterfly2
Exploring the factors influencing the first singing date of a cicada, Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata: How will it be affected by climate change?2
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Phoretic mites do not affect burying beetle reproductive success, despite eliminating fly competitors2
Specialisation in frog‐biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae): A landscape perspective2
The effect of fly exclusion on scavenger community and carrion decomposition varies with carrion type in a Tibetan alpine meadow2
Effects of benign and heat stress conditions on parent clones and their selfed offspring of the pea aphid2
Using stable isotopes (δ2H, δ13C) to identify natal origins and larval host plant use by western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta (Le2
Phenotypic plasticity in Acanthoscelides quadridentatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its effect on the seed fate of Mimosa setosa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)2
Mound architecture and season affect concentrations of CO2, CH4 and N2O in nests of African fungus‐growing termites2
Suspended resting of caterpillars as an anti‐predator strategy2
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Dung beetles as hydrological engineers: effects of tunnelling on soil infiltration2
Pollen specialisation is associated with later phenology in Osmia bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)2
Microclimate in hollow trees and how it affects an inhabiting beetle species,Osmoderma eremita2
Predator densities alter the influence of non‐consumptive effects on the population dynamics of an agricultural pest2
Fire affects galling insect communities through vegetation changes in a subtropical seasonally semiarid forest2
Hatching asynchrony affects intraspecific competition among larval mosquitoes2
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Assessing the existence of pantropical butterflies: A review of accurate taxonomy, biogeography and life history traits2
Not dear neighbours: Antennation and jerking, but not aggression, correlate with genetic relatedness and spatial distance in the ant Lasius niger2
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Complementary effects of two plant defence traits on behaviour and performance of monarch butterfly caterpillars2
Quantifying the post‐fire recovery of taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles in the Brazilian Pantanal2
Plant‐mediated facilitation to conspecifics and heterospecifics by two phloem‐feeding maize pests: The influence of insect identity and order of arrival2
Differential ecophysiological syndromes explain the partition of the thermal niche resource in coexisting Eucraniini dung beetles2
Plant silicon defences reduce the performance of a chewing insect herbivore which benefits a contemporaneous sap‐feeding insect2
Correlates of Odonata species composition in Amazonian streams depend on dissimilarity coefficient and oviposition strategy2
Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly,Photinus pyralis2
Local and landscape effects on the reproduction of wild bees and wasps in Mediterranean communities along a gradient of land‐use2
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Attenuation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation does not impede host location in egg parasitoids with positive UV phototaxis2
Chronic sublethal pesticide exposure affects brood production, morphology and endosymbionts, but not immunity in the ant, Cardiocondyla obscurior2
Causes and consequences of microbiome formation in mosquito larvae1
Body size mediates the role of insect seed predators as ecosystem engineers for arthropod communities1
Assessment of pupal mortality in Hypena opulenta: An obstacle for establishment of a classical biological control agent against invasive swallow‐worts1
Changes in a bumblebee alpine pollinator network over 40 years1
Diet‐mediated immune response to parasitoid attacks on a caterpillar with a broad diet breadth1
Are fat bankers losing their liquid assets? Changes in lipid accumulation for a nectar‐feeding migratory moth1
Soil arthropod communities associated with Berberis thunbergii invasion in a temperate deciduous forest harbour more detritivores1
Identifying environmental factors affecting the production of pea aphid dispersal morphs in field populations1
Compensatory mechanisms during development contribute to overcome intraspecific competition in a dipteran solitary ectoparasitoid with larval active host seeking behaviour1
The impact of wildfire and mammal carcasses on beetle emergence from heathland soils1
Pollinator visitation decline due to pesticide application beyond threshold frequency brings down crop yield1
Adult thermoregulatory behaviour does not provide, by itself, an adaptive explanation for the reflectance–climate relationship (Bogert's pattern) inIberianbutterflies1
Temporal changes in the composition of parasitoid assemblages associated with the invasive chestnut gall wasp1
Hiding among holes: mechanisms underlying the evolution of masquerade in flea beetles (Chrysomelidae)1
Spread of Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss influences litter‐dwelling arthropod communities in native forests: a case study from Sri Lanka1
Systematic review of cuckoo bumblebee research reveals data gaps and understudied species1
Functional responses to anthropogenic disturbance and the importance of selected traits: A study case using dung beetles1
Comments on Lawson et al., 2021 “The puzzle of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and their association with plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids”1
Rainforest transformation reduces parasitoid wasp diversity—Can the enrichment of flowering vegetation alleviate this?1
Novel grid‐based population estimates correlate with actual population sizes of the marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia), while transect and larvae counts are less reliable1
Butterfly community dynamics in a monoculture‐dominated agricultural landscape1
DNA metabarcoding of light trap samples vs. morphological species identification1
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Predation of the white‐lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) is dependent upon time of day but not human disturbance1
Dung beetles can sow: the potential of secondary seed dispersers to assist ecological restoration1
The relationship between body size and diet breadth in non‐web building spiders1
Understanding spatially complex cryptic coloration in the green lynx spider Peucetia viridans1
Benefit of actively mixing prey in a plant‐inhabiting predatory mite1
Pollen analysis of cavity‐nesting bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) and their food webs in a city1
The quality matters: Assessing the roles of patch quality and configuration on the abundance of an invading cerambycid species through a multi‐model inference approach1
Successful gall induction on wild roses by gall wasps under lab conditions1
Influence of host species and seasonal interactions on bacterial community structure in fungus‐growing termites: Insights into symbiotic adaptation and ecological function1
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Species traits help explain butterfly habitat use in a tropical forest1
A simple technique to assess resource use in dung beetle breeding studies1
Oviposition and larval mycelia preference of the saproxylic European stag beetle1
Effects of a temperate heatwave on diel rhythms of insect activity: A comparison across habitats1
A tale of long tails: Evolution of host specialization in non‐pollinating fig wasps1
Evolution of developmental plasticity and the potential of host shift in the seed beetle: Insights from laboratory evolution experiments1
Contrasting patterns of host selection and performance of insect seed predators on three sympatric host plant species1
Cytoplasmic incompatibility and female fecundity associated with Wolbachia infection in a cricket species1
Bat droppings collection by ants in epigean environments1
Complex cues in habitat selection: Exploring the influence of vegetation and polarised light on backswimmers in predator‐free environments1
Does fat identity matter? The effect of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids on bumble bee consumption and fitness1
Ivermectin impacts on dung beetle diversity and their ecological functions in two distinct Brazilian ecosystems1
The temporal distribution of endophytic and exophytic insect guilds responds to host plant phenology in the Brazilian Savannah1
Task‐specific and seasonal differences in individual nutritional status of red wood ant workers1
The missing links: Bee and non‐bee alpine visitor observation networks differ to pollen transport networks1
A test of the competitive ability–cold tolerance trade‐off hypothesis in seasonally breeding beetles1
Atta mexicanawaste dumps are hot spots of soil nutrients in an urbanNeotropicalcloud forest environment1
Transient effects of corridors on polygyne fire ants over a decade1
Seeds go up and down: The role of dung beetles in soil seed movement in the Southern Atlantic Forest of Argentina1
Increasing temperature reduces cuticular melanism and immunity to fungal infection in a migratory insect1
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Debunking wasp pollination: Wasps are comparable to bees in terms of plant interactions, body pollen and single‐visit pollen deposition1
No‐choice oviposition preferences predict neighborhood effects among host plants in a model system1
Substantial fitness costs in terms of parasitization rates, offspring production and sex ratio of Wolbachia infection in Nasonia vitripennis without modified host preference1
Effects of herbivory amount and within‐plant variability by a specialist caterpillar on volatile emissions mediating inter‐plant signalling in wild cotton1
Running in the rain: Impact of water droplets on tandem running recruitment in a tropical ant1
Hurricane‐induced changes in mayfly assemblage structure, production and emergence in a tropical island stream1
Simulating effects of agricultural intensification and climate change: Nitrogen fertilisation and drought stress decrease insect herbivore performance1
Landscape effects on dispersal‐related traits in a sedentary butterfly in agricultural landscapes1
Numbers matter: Predatory ability increases with forager group size in omnivorous ant species with similar predatory traits1
Significant colony differences in thermal tolerances and decoupling of high and low critical temperatures in the army ant Eciton burchellii parvispinum1
Soil disturbance impacts on ant‐diaspore multilayer networks in a tropical savanna1
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