OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ecological Entomology 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Massive spider web aggregations in South American grasslands after flooding	20
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Changes in pollinators' flower visits and activities potentially drive a diurnal turnover of plant‐pollinator interactions	19
Mechanisms of succession between two Silphidae, Necrophila japonica and Nicrophorus concolor on small vertebrate carcasses	18
Host plant selection by Cerambycidae in two different strata in association with seasonality and physical wood characteristics in a tropical dry forest	18
High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate	17
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Longer daylengths associated with poleward range shifts accelerate aphid extinction by parasitoid wasps	15
Wildfires induce a reduction in body size and morphological variation of an insular endemic insect	15
Distinct diurnal and nocturnal flower visitor communities provide pollination services in urban gardens	13
Previous infestation by conspecifics leads to a transient increase of the performance of Sitobion avenae aphids on wheat leaves	13
Mistletoes benefit from initiating cascading effects in a cactus–stem borers–arthropods system: A positive feedback	13
Determination of the functional response in the orb‐weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type	13
Testing the migration syndrome: Comparative fecundity of migratory and non‐migratory nymphaline butterflies	12
The response to fire by two eusocial bee species	12
No evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle (Coleoptera) families	12
Psyllid honeydew as a Bombus food source in the boreal landscape	12
Spatio‐temporal species aggregations do not rule out interspecific competition in tree hollow spider assemblages	11
Warming promotes non‐native invasive ants while inhibiting native ant communities	11
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Ant nest distribution and richness have opposite effects on a Neotropical plant with extrafloral nectaries	10
Diet C:N ratio and temperature influence the performance and colouration of tobacco hornworms	10
Species‐specific responses to warming alter community composition	10
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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 bug	10
Diverging effects of geographic distance and local habitat quality on the genetic characteristics of three butterfly species	10
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 nests	10
The structure and importance of nest mounds in a tropical ant Diacamma indicum	9
Myrmecochorous plants and their ant seed dispersers through successional stages in temperate cove forests	9
Host plant phenology drives risky larval dispersal in an outbreaking insect defoliator	9
Aphelinus nigritus‐induced transgenerational fecundity compensation in parasitized Melanaphis sorghi	9
Spatial variation in ant–tree bipartite networks is driven by a bottom‐up process	9
Linking disturbances in neotropical landscapes with ecosystem functional traits: A preliminary assessment using epigaeic and leaf‐litter ant communities	9
Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp	9
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Greenhouse gas emissions from ant nests: A systematic review	8
Predation promotes diversification in the mean and variance of antipredator traits	8
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Flying to greener pastures: Spider ballooning in the city	8
Proboscis curling in a pollinator causes extensive pollen movement and loss	8
Pollen associated with a Texas population of blow flies‐(Diptera: Calliphoridae) highlights underappreciated aspects of their biology	8
The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies	8
Insect‐plant‐fungus interactions in mycorrhizal associations, with a focus on spittlebugs and ectomycorrhizal host plants	8
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Short‐term positive effects of wildfire on diurnal insects and pollen transport in a Mediterranean ecosystem	8
Ants do not prey upon an extrafloral‐nectar‐feeding predatory mite	8
OlfactionROOM: An optimised, low‐cost olfactometer and easy‐to‐apply setup to mitigate the escape behaviour of insects	8
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance	8
Fire favours the native bee community in a semi‐arid ecosystem	7
Multiple foundresses and multiple hosts: The influences of kinship and host quality on group reproduction in a quasi‐social parasitoid	7
Interspecific competition leads to more long‐winged morphs in two sympatric cricket species	7
Adaptation to host's chemical defences as a driver of wing morphological evolution and developmental instability in cactophilic Drosophila	7
Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains	7
Inferring long‐distance movements of insects using combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses: A case study of the African edible bush‐cricket	7
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What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility	7
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 hosts	7
Cold tolerance and winter survival of seasonally‐acclimatised second‐instar larvae of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana	7
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Lessons from long‐term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate‐driven changes	7
A trait‐based understanding of the vulnerability of a Paleotropical moth community to predation by a sympatric bat with flexible foraging strategies	7
In plateaus, land cover replaced climate as the vital environmental factor on the spatial composition of bumblebees with the altitude rising	6
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles	6
Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae	6
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 binodis	6
Digging out intersexual and meteorological effects on cicada emergence using 10‐year citizen monitoring	6
Early social experience, rather than kinship affecting aggression in an egg parasitoid wasp, Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), that exhibits extreme male–male combat behaviour	6
Invasive intraguild predators: Evidence of their effects, not assumptions	6
Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle	5
Winter moth populations are isolated on co‐occurring tree species with contrasting budburst‐phenology	5
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 propensity	5
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Exploring the power of moth samples to reveal community patterns along shallow ecological gradients	5
Impact of temperature and season on ant foraging activity of two invasive species in a Mediterranean urban area	5
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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 succession	5
Free ride without raising a thumb: A citizen science project reveals the pattern of active ant hitchhiking on vehicles and its ecological implications	5
Fire ants mediate competition between scale insects and fruit flies	5
Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest	5
Population responses to temperature in 12‐year insect time series	4
Warm or bright – Temperature and light microhabitat use in insect pollinators	4
Micro‐climate correlations and conserved sexual dimorphism of cuticular hydrocarbons in European populations of the jewel wasp Nasonia vitripennis	4
Physiological condition drives ecological functions of two highly abundant and widespread dung beetles of South American pasturelands	4
Sun exposure as a main driver influencing the arriving communities of saproxylic beetles on deadwood	4
Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance	4
Adaptations to water gradient in three Rorippa plant species correspond with plant resistance against insect herbivory under drought and waterlogged conditions	4
Contrasting effects of nitrogen fertiliser application on the performance of closely related grasshoppers through changes in plant nutrient concentrations	4
On the influence of environmental factors on the oviposition activity of necrophagous flies	4
Can pollinators track plant expansions? A case study on the genetic structure of a host‐dependent pollinating wasp	4
Soil conditions and the emergence phenology and survival of a solitary, ground‐nesting bee in a coastal dune environment	4
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 dose	4
Can long‐term diapause/dormancy improve persistence in a positively autocorrelated environment?	4
Research networks should improve connectivity for halting freshwater insect extinctions	4
Induced drought in an Amazonian forest affects diversity but not foraging distance of generalist ants	4
Increasing stability of northern Austrian Lepidoptera populations over three decades	4
Size and location of host‐plant shape the spatial pattern of forest insect	4
Quantification of invertebrates on fungal fruit bodies by the use of time‐lapse cameras	4
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 insects	4
Invasion of the coccinellid community associated with a tropical annual agroecosystem	4
Testing competing hypotheses about the behaviour of floral visitors in mixed‐flower stands	4