OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ecological Entomology is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Attenuation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation does not impede host location in egg parasitoids with positive UV phototaxis	118
The role of host plant usage and the accumulation of toxic secondary chemical compounds across the life cycle of a passion vine specialist butterfly	21
Comments on Lawson et al., 2021 “The puzzle of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and their association with plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids”	20
Issue Information	18
Carry‐over effects of larval food stress on adult energetics and life history in a nectar‐feeding butterfly	16
Referees	15
Strong differences in egg heat tolerance between closely related lowland and alpine butterfly species	13
Host plant selection by Cerambycidae in two different strata in association with seasonality and physical wood characteristics in a tropical dry forest	13
Specialisation in frog‐biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae): A landscape perspective	12
Dung or carrion? Sex and age determine resource attraction in dung beetles	11
Background substrate and nest semiochemicals mediate ant aggression towards a parasitic beetle	11
Plant silicon defences reduce the performance of a chewing insect herbivore which benefits a contemporaneous sap‐feeding insect	11
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Plant‐mediated facilitation to conspecifics and heterospecifics by two phloem‐feeding maize pests: The influence of insect identity and order of arrival	11
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Suboptimal macronutrient ratios promote cannibalism in a generalist herbivore (Trichoplusia ni)	10
Butterfly species vary in sex‐specific sodium accumulation from larval diets	10
Early social experience, rather than kinship affecting aggression in an egg parasitoid wasp, Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), that exhibits extreme male–male combat behaviour	10
Contrasting patterns of host selection and performance of insect seed predators on three sympatric host plant species	10
Pollen analysis of cavity‐nesting bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) and their food webs in a city	10
Wariness to colour patterns: birds versus European red‐and‐black insects	10
Reproductive phenology and female mating frequency of the praying mantidTenodera angustipennisin western Japan	10
Predator densities alter the influence of non‐consumptive effects on the population dynamics of an agricultural pest	10
Sown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies and hoverflies?	9
Invasive intraguild predators: Evidence of their effects, not assumptions	9

High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate	8
Changes in pollinators' flower visits and activities potentially drive a diurnal turnover of plant‐pollinator interactions	8
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What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility	8
Asymmetric oviposition behaviour between Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila subpulchrella suggests competition for the shared niche in their native range	8
Interspecific competition leads to more long‐winged morphs in two sympatric cricket species	8
Hurricane‐induced changes in mayfly assemblage structure, production and emergence in a tropical island stream	8
Assessing how changes in temporal resource quality influence the reproductive performance of the dung beetleOnthophagus binodis	8
Exploring the factors influencing the first singing date of a cicada, Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata: How will it be affected by climate change?	7
The quantity of deposited environmental DNA in plant–arthropod interactions depends on taxon, abundance and interaction time	7
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles	7
In plateaus, land cover replaced climate as the vital environmental factor on the spatial composition of bumblebees with the altitude rising	7
Microclimate in hollow trees and how it affects an inhabiting beetle species,Osmoderma eremita	7
Host condition and pathogen identity influence bacterial infection survival in the common eastern firefly,Photinus pyralis	7
Using stable isotopes (δ²H, δ¹³C) to identify natal origins and larval host plant use by western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta (Le	7
Ecosystem functions and functional traits for the study of phytophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)	7
Issue Information	7
The effect of fly exclusion on scavenger community and carrion decomposition varies with carrion type in a Tibetan alpine meadow	7
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Mechanisms of succession between two Silphidae, Necrophila japonica and Nicrophorus concolor on small vertebrate carcasses	7
Landscape effects on dispersal‐related traits in a sedentary butterfly in agricultural landscapes	7
Massive spider web aggregations in South American grasslands after flooding	7
Correction to A complex landscape favours the abundance and species richness of syrphids (Diptera: Syrphidae) in olive groves	7
Lessons from long‐term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate‐driven changes	7
Movement of nest‐searching bumblebee queens reflects nesting habitat quality	6
Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle	6
Correction to: Spatial distribution, sampling efficiency and Taylor's power law	6
Winter moth populations are isolated on co‐occurring tree species with contrasting budburst‐phenology	6
Digging out intersexual and meteorological effects on cicada emergence using 10‐year citizen monitoring	6
Changes in a bumblebee alpine pollinator network over 40 years	6
Phoretic mites do not affect burying beetle reproductive success, despite eliminating fly competitors	6
Heatwaves increase larval mortality and delay development of a solitary bee	6
Correlates of Odonata species composition in Amazonian streams depend on dissimilarity coefficient and oviposition strategy	6
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Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae	6
A tale of long tails: Evolution of host specialization in non‐pollinating fig wasps	6
Variability in activity differs between castes in the ant Linepithema humile	6
Microclimate and season affect flight initiation in the alfalfa leafcutting bee	5
Interspecific competition drives gall‐inducing insect species distribution on leaves of Matayba guianensis Aubl. (Sapindaceae)	5
Detection of extra‐pair maternity in a carrion beetle under natural conditions	5
Identifying environmental factors affecting the production of pea aphid dispersal morphs in field populations	5
Dynamic distribution modelling of the swamp tigertail dragonflySynthemis eustalacta(Odonata: Anisoptera: Synthemistidae) over a 20‐year bushfire regime	5
Description of the herbivore and natural enemy community associated with the seeds of an invasive plant in Brazil	5
Correction to ‘Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle’	5
Longer daylengths associated with poleward range shifts accelerate aphid extinction by parasitoid wasps	5
Stable‐ and radio‐isotopes and a bait‐choice experiment reveal changes in feeding habits of the ant community during primary succession	5
Aggregative oviposition varies with density in processionary moths—Implications for insect outbreak propensity	5
Pollen specialisation is associated with later phenology in Osmia bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)	5
Impact of temperature and season on ant foraging activity of two invasive species in a Mediterranean urban area	5
The relationship between body size and diet breadth in non‐web building spiders	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
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Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest	5
Benefit of actively mixing prey in a plant‐inhabiting predatory mite	5
The response to fire by two eusocial bee species	4
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Phenotypic plasticity in Acanthoscelides quadridentatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its effect on the seed fate of Mimosa setosa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)	4
Wildfires induce a reduction in body size and morphological variation of an insular endemic insect	4
Issue Information	4
Patch exploitation behaviour by a parasitoid of a forest pest: The influence of host cues and intra‐ and interspecific interactions	4
Quantifying the post‐fire recovery of taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles in the Brazilian Pantanal	4
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Issue Information	4
Multifactorial structuring in a local guild of coprophilic scarab beetles from theMexicantransition zone: Analyses of ecological hypotheses	4
Social but not solitary bee abundance tracks pollen protein accumulation in forest canopy gaps	4
The introduced oak Quercus rubra and acorn‐associated arthropods in Europe: An opportunity for both carpophagous insects and their ant predators	4
Issue Information	4
Warming promotes non‐native invasive ants while inhibiting native ant communities	4
Psyllid honeydew as a Bombus food source in the boreal landscape	4
Why do we find dead bumblebees under linden trees?	4
Florivory is an alternative but suboptimal diet for an invasive leaf‐feeding beetle	4
Forest and grassland habitats support pollinator diversity more than wildflowers and sunflower monoculture	4
Dung beetles as hydrological engineers: effects of tunnelling on soil infiltration	4
Variation in contact chemical cues may mediate differential predator response in the colour polymorphic tortoise beetle,Chelymorpha alternans	4
Assessing the existence of pantropical butterflies: A review of accurate taxonomy, biogeography and life history traits	4
Insect extinction: introduction to special issue	4
Distinct diurnal and nocturnal flower visitor communities provide pollination services in urban gardens	4
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Body size, metabolic rate and diapause in the oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis), in two extreme climatic regions	3
Local factors and bionomic characteristics determining the occurrence of semiaquatic bugs in streams of Central Amazonia	3
Territorial ants delay carrion decomposition by depressing Diptera larvae in a Tibetan alpine meadow	3
Mistletoes benefit from initiating cascading effects in a cactus–stem borers–arthropods system: A positive feedback	3
Exploring spatial and temporal patterns of viral infection across populations of the Melissa blue butterfly	3
Previous infestation by conspecifics leads to a transient increase of the performance of Sitobion avenae aphids on wheat leaves	3
Determination of the functional response in the orb‐weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type	3
Atta mexicanawaste dumps are hot spots of soil nutrients in an urbanNeotropicalcloud forest environment	3
Why are antlion larvae rare under the leaf litter? Testing the hypothesis of improper trap maintenance	3
Light alters activity but does not disturb tandem coordination of termite mating pairs	3
Testing the migration syndrome: Comparative fecundity of migratory and non‐migratory nymphaline butterflies	3
Differential survival and dispersal of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities	3
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Seeds go up and down: The role of dung beetles in soil seed movement in the Southern Atlantic Forest of Argentina	3
Nitrogen overfertilization: Impact on ecological interactions and floral morphology in a peri‐urban environment	3
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Symbiont infection and psyllid haplotype influence phenotypic plasticity during host switching events	3
Stridulation is unimportant for effective parental care in two species of burying beetle	3
Aridity could have driven the local extinction of a common and multivoltine butterfly	3
Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities	3
Successful gall induction on wild roses by gall wasps under lab conditions	3
Gregarious caterpillars shorten their larval development time in response to simulated predation threat	3
Environmental and evolutionary factors favouring the coexistence of sarcosaprophagous Calliphoridae species competing for animal necromass	3
Fire ants mediate competition between scale insects and fruit flies	3
Dominance of a highly invasive ant is limited to the nesting territory of its supercolony	3
Plant‐caterpillar food web: Integrating leaf stoichiometry and phylogeny	3
Bee‐associated fungi mediate effects of fungicides on bumble bees	3
Effects of oviposition in a non‐host species on foraging behaviour of the parasitoid Cotesia glomerata	3
Ant attendance does not necessarily imply protection of aphids from their arthropod natural enemies	3
Exploring the power of moth samples to reveal community patterns along shallow ecological gradients	3
The impact of wildfire and mammal carcasses on beetle emergence from heathland soils	3