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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
High plasticity in diapause responses benefits bark beetles in a changing climate	38
Host plant selection by Cerambycidae in two different strata in association with seasonality and physical wood characteristics in a tropical dry forest	24
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Distinct diurnal and nocturnal flower visitor communities provide pollination services in urban gardens	19
Changes in pollinators' flower visits and activities potentially drive a diurnal turnover of plant‐pollinator interactions	19
No evidence of a common pattern of taxon or phylogenetic diversity across elevation for beetle (Coleoptera) families	18
The response to fire by two eusocial bee species	18
Testing the migration syndrome: Comparative fecundity of migratory and non‐migratory nymphaline butterflies	16
Determination of the functional response in the orb‐weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type	15
Psyllid honeydew as a Bombus food source in the boreal landscape	14
Previous infestation by conspecifics leads to a transient increase of the performance of Sitobion avenae aphids on wheat leaves	14
Mistletoes benefit from initiating cascading effects in a cactus–stem borers–arthropods system: A positive feedback	13
Warming promotes non‐native invasive ants while inhibiting native ant communities	13
Longer daylengths associated with poleward range shifts accelerate aphid extinction by parasitoid wasps	13
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Wildfires induce a reduction in body size and morphological variation of an insular endemic insect	13
Spatio‐temporal species aggregations do not rule out interspecific competition in tree hollow spider assemblages	12
Species‐specific responses to warming alter community composition	11
Ant nest distribution and richness have opposite effects on a Neotropical plant with extrafloral nectaries	11
Diverging effects of geographic distance and local habitat quality on the genetic characteristics of three butterfly species	11
How does ageing affect life history traits and cold tolerance in summer‐versus winter‐acclimated fruit flies?	11
Female mate choice is affected by male condition but not female condition in an assassin bug	11
Diet C:N ratio and temperature influence the performance and colouration of tobacco hornworms	11
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Aphelinus nigritus ‐induced transgenerational fecundity compensation in parasitized Melanaphis sorghi	10
Amino acid substitutions in the Na ⁺ /K ⁺ ‐ ATPase	10
Linking disturbances in neotropical landscapes with ecosystem functional traits: A preliminary assessment using epigaeic and leaf‐litter ant communities	10
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Resilience that goes beyond prophylaxis: Benefits of faecal accumulation within termite nests	10
Spatial variation in ant–tree bipartite networks is driven by a bottom‐up process	10
Proboscis curling in a pollinator causes extensive pollen movement and loss	9
Ants do not prey upon an extrafloral‐nectar‐feeding predatory mite	9
Host plant phenology drives risky larval dispersal in an outbreaking insect defoliator	9
Myrmecochorous plants and their ant seed dispersers through successional stages in temperate cove forests	9
Pollen associated with a Texas population of blow flies‐ (Diptera: Calliphoridae ) highlights unde	9
Making a healthy choice: Tactical host selection behaviour of a parasitoid wasp	9
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance	9
OlfactionROOM: An optimised, low‐cost olfactometer and easy‐to‐apply setup to mitigate the escape behaviour of insects	9
Predation promotes diversification in the mean and variance of antipredator traits	8
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Multiple foundresses and multiple hosts: The influences of kinship and host quality on group reproduction in a quasi‐social parasitoid	8
Greenhouse gas emissions from ant nests: A systematic review	8
Insect‐plant‐fungus interactions in mycorrhizal associations, with a focus on spittlebugs and ectomycorrhizal host plants	8
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Flying to greener pastures: Spider ballooning in the city	8
The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies	8
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	8
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
Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae	7
A trait‐based understanding of the vulnerability of a Paleotropical moth community to predation by a sympatric bat with flexible foraging strategies	7
Adaptation to host's chemical defences as a driver of wing morphological evolution and developmental instability in cactophilic Drosophila	7
Cold tolerance and winter survival of seasonally‐acclimatised second‐instar larvae of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana	7
Fire favours the native bee community in a semi‐arid ecosystem	7
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What determines the antipredator strategy in antlion larvae? Burrowing ability decreases the duration of post‐contact immobility	6
Height and phytotelm size affect the invertebrate communities of epiphytic bromeliads in the Amazon rainforest	6
In plateaus, land cover replaced climate as the vital environmental factor on the spatial composition of bumblebees with the altitude rising	6
Suboptimal macronutrient ratios promote cannibalism in a generalist herbivore ( Trichoplusia ni )	6
Invasive intraguild predators: Evidence of their effects, not assumptions	6
Interspecific competition leads to more long‐winged morphs in two sympatric cricket species	6
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles	6
Early social experience, rather than kinship affecting aggression in an egg parasitoid wasp, Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), that exhibits	6
Lessons from long‐term research: Diptera species turnover and dominance shifts with respect to climate‐driven changes	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
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Ecosystem functions and functional traits for the study of phytophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)	6
Divergent effects of leaf‐cutting ant herbivory and soil engineering on the reproductive success of plants in a Caatinga dry forest	5
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 area	5
Population responses to temperature in 12‐year insect time series	5

Increasing stability of northern Austrian Lepidoptera populations over three decades	5
Stable‐ and radio‐isotopes and a bait‐choice experiment reveal changes in feeding habits of the ant community during primary succession	5
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Exploring the power of moth samples to reveal community patterns along shallow ecological gradients	5
Correction to ‘Effect of the host plant on the life history, behaviour and fungal community of a fungus‐farming ambrosia beetle’	5
Can pollinators track plant expansions? A case study on the genetic structure of a host‐dependent pollinating wasp	5
Aggregative oviposition varies with density in processionary moths—Implications for insect outbreak propensity	5
Vegetation biomass and landscape context influence web‐building spider dietary breadth in urban vacant lots	5
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
Warm or bright – Temperature and light microhabitat use in insect pollinators	5
Seasonality as a structuring factor of the dung beetle community in burned neotropical savannas	4
Prolonged flow intermittency undermines the habitat potential of forested landscapes for a stream‐dwelling dragonfly	4
Size and location of host‐plant shape the spatial pattern of forest insect	4
Spatial and temporal patterns in Arctic mosquito abundance	4
Induced drought in an Amazonian forest affects diversity but not foraging distance of generalist ants	4
Can long‐term diapause/dormancy improve persistence in a positively autocorrelated environment?	4
Bottom‐up effects shift top‐down community structure of the parasitoid guild that attacks Asphondylia borrichiae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on	4
Invasion of the coccinellid community associated with a tropical annual agroecosystem	4
Living in an urban pod: Seed predation and parasitism of bruchid beetles in a native tree species	4
Effects of temperature and humidity on the presence and prevalence of a common fungal parasite on an invasive ladybird	4
Solving the trophic puzzle: Host–parasite associations in Neotropical fig wasps associated with fig trees of section Americanae	4
Contrasting effects of nitrogen fertiliser application on the performance of closely related grasshoppers through changes in plant nutrient concentrations	4
Mixed effects of urbanization on pollination services among four native plant species	4
Discordant pattern between realised and fundamental saline niches in two supralittoral Ochthebius species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)	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
The effect of habitat amount on flight‐related traits in the butterfly Hamadryas februa is sex‐dependent	4
Sun exposure as a main driver influencing the arriving communities of saproxylic beetles on deadwood	4
Differential egg cannibalism by hatchlings in a burrower bug: Trophic and viable eggs	4
Quantification of invertebrates on fungal fruit bodies by the use of time‐lapse cameras	4
On the influence of environmental factors on the oviposition activity of necrophagous flies	4
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Adaptations to water gradient in three Rorippa plant species correspond with plant resistance against insect herbivory under drought and waterlogged cond	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
Physiological condition drives ecological functions of two highly abundant and widespread dung beetles of South American pasturelands	4