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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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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 forest	19
Species distribution modelling reveals the influence of climatic and geographic factors on scarab beetle beta diversity along altitudinal gradients	19
Bee abundance and diversity respond to extremes in temperature and precipitation in the Urban Chihuahuan Desert	19
High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate	18
Changes in pollinators' flower visits and activities potentially drive a diurnal turnover of plant‐pollinator interactions	18
Testing the migration syndrome: Comparative fecundity of migratory and non‐migratory nymphaline butterflies	16
No evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle (Coleoptera) families	16
The response to fire by two eusocial bee species	16
Mistletoes benefit from initiating cascading effects in a cactus–stem borers–arthropods system: A positive feedback	15
Determination of the functional response in the orb‐weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type	14
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Warming promotes non‐native invasive ants while inhibiting native ant communities	13
Previous infestation by conspecifics leads to a transient increase of the performance of Sitobion avenae aphids on wheat leaves	13
Distinct diurnal and nocturnal flower visitor communities provide pollination services in urban gardens	12
Wildfires induce a reduction in body size and morphological variation of an insular endemic insect	12
Spatio‐temporal species aggregations do not rule out interspecific competition in tree hollow spider assemblages	12
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Diet C:N ratio and temperature influence the performance and colouration of tobacco hornworms	11
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Resilience that goes beyond prophylaxis: Benefits of faecal accumulation within termite nests	11
How does ageing affect life history traits and cold tolerance in summer‐versus winter‐acclimated fruit flies?	11
Warming accelerates development but alters synchrony in a season‐dependent manner in a damselfly	10
Myrmecochorous plants and their ant seed dispersers through successional stages in temperate cove forests	10

Heat is deadlier than hypoxia for an elevationally migrating moth	10
Diverging effects of geographic distance and local habitat quality on the genetic characteristics of three butterfly species	10
Host plant phenology drives risky larval dispersal in an outbreaking insect defoliator	10
Spatial variation in ant–tree bipartite networks is driven by a bottom‐up process	10
Female mate choice is affected by male condition but not female condition in an assassin bug	10
Aphelinus nigritus ‐induced transgenerational fecundity compensation in parasitized Melanaphis sorghi	10
Amino acid substitutions in the Na ⁺ /K ⁺ ‐ ATPase	9
Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp	9
Linking disturbances in neotropical landscapes with ecosystem functional traits: A preliminary assessment using epigaeic and leaf‐litter ant communities	9
Where water meets rock: Ecological niches and diversity hotspots of hygropetric beetles in the Neotropics	8
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Host plant use is driven by microclimate not nutritional quality in a grassland butterfly	8
The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies	8
OlfactionROOM: An optimised, low‐cost olfactometer and easy‐to‐apply setup to mitigate the escape behaviour of insects	8
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance	8
Greenhouse gas emissions from ant nests: A systematic review	8
Ants do not prey upon an extrafloral‐nectar‐feeding predatory mite	8
Flying to greener pastures: Spider ballooning in the city	8
Diversity and partner selection of environmentally‐derived Burkholderia sensu lato in stinkbugs	8
Pollen associated with a Texas population of blow flies‐ (Diptera: Calliphoridae ) highlights unde	8
Inferring long‐distance movements of insects using combined hydrogen isotope and genetic analyses: A case study of the African edible bush‐cricket	7
Multiple foundresses and multiple hosts: The influences of kinship and host quality on group reproduction in a quasi‐social parasitoid	7
Abiotic drivers of co‐occurrence and diversity patterns of Calopterygidae species in Amazonian protected freshwaters	7
A trait‐based understanding of the vulnerability of a Paleotropical moth community to predation by a sympatric bat with flexible foraging strategies	7
Fire favours the native bee community in a semi‐arid ecosystem	7
Adaptation to host's chemical defences as a driver of wing morphological evolution and developmental instability in cactophilic Drosophila	7
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Spiders in the mosaic: How habitat heterogeneity and structure drive local spider diversity in a Mediterranean forest	6
Insect‐plant‐fungus interactions in mycorrhizal associations, with a focus on spittlebugs and ectomycorrhizal host plants	6
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Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae	6
What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility	6
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles	6
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Correction to “Unilateral exclusion of three leaf beetle species due to resource competition for oviposition sites”	6
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Vegetation biomass and landscape context influence web‐building spider dietary breadth in urban vacant lots	6
Height and phytotelm size affect the invertebrate communities of epiphytic bromeliads in the Amazon rainforest	6
Interspecific competition leads to more long‐winged morphs in two sympatric cricket species	6
Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains	6
Fluctuating asymmetry in spider‐hunting wasps as a possible indicator of stress in Brazilian Atlantic Forest landscapes	6
In plateaus, land cover replaced climate as the vital environmental factor on the spatial composition of bumblebees with the altitude rising	6
Winter moth populations are isolated on co‐occurring tree species with contrasting budburst‐phenology	6
Suboptimal macronutrient ratios promote cannibalism in a generalist herbivore ( Trichoplusia ni )	6
Fire ants mediate competition between scale insects and fruit flies	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
Soil conditions and the emergence phenology and survival of a solitary, ground‐nesting bee in a coastal dune environment	5
Aggregative oviposition varies with density in processionary moths—Implications for insect outbreak propensity	5

Lessons from long‐term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate‐driven changes	5
Correction to “Cascading effects of grazing intensity on predatory arthropod and parasitoid densities”	5
Viral prevalence is higher, while relative infection loads are lower, in later developmental stages of a univoltine insect herbivore	5
Environmental stress influences reproductive success in male spider mites	5
Impact of temperature and season on ant foraging activity of two invasive species in a Mediterranean urban area	5
Quantification of invertebrates on fungal fruit bodies by the use of time‐lapse cameras	5
Ecosystem functions and functional traits for the study of phytophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)	5
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Early social experience, rather than kinship affecting aggression in an egg parasitoid wasp, Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), that exhibits	5
Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest	5
Size and location of host‐plant shape the spatial pattern of forest insect	5
Increasing stability of northern Austrian Lepidoptera populations over three decades	5
Intraspecific competition in antlion larvae: Effects on substrate choice, movement and trap size	5
Correction to ‘Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle’	5
Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle	5
Can long‐term diapause/dormancy improve persistence in a positively autocorrelated environment?	4
Female investment in terminal reproduction or somatic maintenance depends on infection dose	4
To stay or not to stay? Temporal shifts in dung beetle occupancy in a cloud forest landscape	4
Bottom‐up effects shift top‐down community structure of the parasitoid guild that attacks Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on	4
Solving the trophic puzzle: Host–parasite associations in Neotropical fig wasps associated with fig trees of section Americanae	4
Population responses to temperature in 12‐year insect time series	4
Can pollinators track plant expansions? A case study on the genetic structure of a host‐dependent pollinating wasp	4
Mixed effects of urbanization on pollination services among four native plant species	4
Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance	4
Physiological condition drives ecological functions of two highly abundant and widespread dung beetles of South American pasturelands	4
Living in an urban pod: Seed predation and parasitism of bruchid beetles in a native tree species	4
Discordant pattern between realised and fundamental saline niches in two supralittoral Ochthebius species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)	4
Balancing risk and opportunity: Nasute termite responses to predator and competitor chemical cues	4
Warm or bright – Temperature and light microhabitat use in insect pollinators	4
Contrasting effects of nitrogen fertiliser application on the performance of closely related grasshoppers through changes in plant nutrient concentrations	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 , i	4
Ecological and functional effects of habitat conversion and seasons on fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in tropical dry forests	4
Seasonality as a structuring factor of the dung beetle community in burned neotropical savannas	4
Invasion of the coccinellid community associated with a tropical annual agroecosystem	4
Prolonged flow intermittency undermines the habitat potential of forested landscapes for a stream‐dwelling dragonfly	4
Soil‐ and ground‐dwelling arthropod diversity on green roofs: Functional groups are strongly influenced by substrate depth and plant community	4
Seasonal time constraints reduce the impact of warming on life history but not on physiology	4
Flooding affects fluctuating asymmetry but not growth of a riparian orbweaving spider	4
Induced drought in an Amazonian forest affects diversity but not foraging distance of generalist ants	4