OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Food Webs is 2. 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
Exploring co-evolutionary processes in ant-plant mutualism networks: Evidence from a phylogenetic analysis	33
Anthropogenic activities facilitate temporal overlaps and spatial partitions among sympatric canids in a human-modified landscape of Bulgaria	26
Specialization in Ciidae-host fungi communities in two Atlantic forest remnants of Southeast Brazil	17
Changes in the diet of the native sea urchin Arbacia dufresnii at different scenarios of the Undaria pinnatifida invasion (Patagonia, Argentina)	16
Novel observations of cleaning interactions between eastern grey kangaroos and three Australian bird species	15
Updating the prey menu of the ophiophagous snake Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1758) with two heterospecific snakes from the Amazon and Atlantic Forest	14
Insights into prey handling and feeding strategies by ghost crabs on sea turtle eggs and hatchlings	11
Death from below: Sit-and-wait predatory behavior in a burrowing crayfish (Lacunicambarus thomai)	11
Consumption of terrestrial invertebrates by limnephilid caddisflies (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) indicate an overlooked link in stream-riparian food webs	10
A review of the ecological role of the Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygoninae)	10
Indirect functional effects of neighbors on food web compartments could not overcome density-dependent limited growth of a grazing minnow	10
The great escape: Interspecific interaction and behavioral response to a semi-arboreal predator, the Tayra (Eira barbara), by a group of black-faced spider monkeys (Ateles chamek)	10
Prey availability and diet composition of the Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) during migration on the South-Western Black Sea coast, Bulgaria	10
Following the bear: The interspecific foraging associations between vertebrate predators of cicada nymphs	9
Foraging association of Groove-billed Anis with a Giant Anteater in Cojedes, Central-western Venezuelan Llanos	9
First documentation of acorn consumption by eastern screech owl (Megascops asio)	8
Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) predation on passerine birds in Namibia	8
Seasonal variability of invertebrate prey diet and selectivity of the dominant forage fishes in Lake Huron	8
Biodiversity benefits of an ecosystem engineer are negated by an invasive predator	8
Diets of two non-native praying mantids (Tenodera sinensis and Mantis religiosa) show consumption of arthropods across all ecological roles	8
Who feeds on whom in semi-aquatic moss ecosystems?	8
Using camera traps to inform reintroduction success and recovery of the Northern Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)	8
Structural but not functional resistance of frugivore-plant interaction networks to the defaunation process	8
Predation of turtles by bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the Southeastern United States	7
Straight from the Güiñas mouth: Diet of a Neotropical carnivore documented through camera traps	7

Consistent foraging on marine resources by coyotes (Canis latrans) on the Southern California coast	7
Video observations of wolves hunting ungulates on linear features	7
Contribution of emergent aquatic insects to the trophic variation of tropical birds and bats	7
Coastal hypoxia reduces trophic resource coupling and alters niche characteristics of an ecologically dominant omnivore	7
Avoidance of invasive prey reduces subsequent consumption of similar native prey	7
A vertebrate, the fence skink, is a common but relatively low-quality prey for an invertebrate predator, the redback spider	7
Predation of oak acorns by Baird's tapir in one of the last remnants of mountain cloud forest in Southern Mexico	6
Avoiding the enemy while searching for dinner: Understanding the temporal niche of the threatened clouded tiger-cat in protected cloud forests of the Middle Cauca, Colombia	6
Carbon sources supporting macrobenthic crustaceans in tropical eastern pacific mangroves	5
Simple bulk pigment analysis suggests microphytobenthos contributions to food webs may be underestimated due to isotopic contamination by remineralized wetland carbon	5
Scale of effect matters: Forest cover influences on tropical ant-plant ecological networks	5
Trophic structure and biomagnification of cadmium, mercury and selenium in brown smooth hound shark (Mustelus henlei) within a trophic web	5
Top-predator removal does not cause trophic cascades in Australian rangeland ecosystems	5
Trophic cascades and climate change	5
Remote cameras capture dung burial by burrowing cricket	5
Joining to the web. Predation of Heterophrynus sp. (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) on a catfish Astroblepus sp. (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae), in a premontane river of the northern Andes of Colombia	5
Association between arthropod densities suggests dominance of top-down control of predator-prey food-webs on pear trees during winter	5
Food webs speak of human impact: Using stable isotope-based tools to measure ecological consequences of environmental change	5
Predation on anurans by a giant water bug Belostoma sp. (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in a forest management area in the eastern Amazon	5
Mineral licks as a potential nidus for parasite transmission	5
Cattle dung in aquatic habitats alters mosquito predatory biocontrol dynamics	5
Can spatial food web subsidies associated with river hydrology and lateral connectivity be detected using stable isotopes?	4
Trophic transfer of microplastics in a model freshwater microcosm; lack of a consumer avoidance response	4
Trophic chain of the pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus, in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean: An approach through stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen	4
Predator-prey reversal between a venomous snake, Bitis caudalis, and an insectivorous skink, Trachylepis margaritifera	4
First record of nectar feeding by the exotic lizard Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) in urban environments in Brazil with notes on unusual feeding behaviors	4
How many predator guts are required to predict trophic interactions?	4
Butterflies with a taste for elephant dung: Puddling of adult butterflies on elephant dung in India's Western Ghats	4
The influence of parasitism on producers and nutrients in mesocosm ecosystems	4
The trophic ecology of an invasive predator in a novel ecosystem: Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus in a restored urban stream	4
Diets that do not let benthivorous salmonid fish, Thymallus baicalensis, realize their potential for accumulating large content of omega-3 PUFAs in muscle tissue	3
Feeding behaviour of a large lizard drives the outcome of palm seeds dispersal, with comments on its ecosystem services	3
Year-round use of anthropogenic food sources in human modified landscapes by adult and young Kelp Gulls	3
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Presence of mucilage and low omega-3 fatty acid contents in phytoplankton impair the quality of phytoplankton diet for zooplankton	3
Changes in food-web structure and energy flow in kelp forest ecosystems on the south-west coast of South Africa following the invasion of Jasus lalandii	3
Cascading carrion: Opportunistic predation at deer gut piles	3
Applying network analysis to measure functional diversity in food webs	3
Defying the superorganism: Harvestmen escape ant predation	3
Littoral resources, food chain length and top predator size - Are these connected with lake size?	3
Are seed-dispersing ants elaiosome-limited? An experimental test in a Connecticut forest dominated by myrmecochorous plants	3
Sloths strike back: Predation attempt by an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) on a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) at a mineral lick in Western Amazonia, Ecuador	3
A simple trail camera modification reveals red-bellied woodpeckers as important egg predators of box-nesting wood ducks	3
Trophic niche of four sympatric direct-developing frogs (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Eastern Brazilian Amazonia	3
A global citizen science effort via iNaturalist reveals food webs of large predatory rove beetles	3
Olingos do eat insects: Records of nocturnal mammals preying on arthropods in arboreal live-capture traps	3
Zonation of protistan plankton in a productive area of the Patagonian shelf: Potential implications for the anchovy distribution	3
Spatial stream modeling of Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) foraging substrate and aquatic prey in a watershed undergoing shale gas development	2
Do invasive terrestrial invertebrates subsidize north-temperate fish populations? The case of the spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar)	2

Seasonal and taxonomic variation in arthropod macronutrient content	2
Prey selection by the Indian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) outside protected areas in Indias Western Ghats: implications for conservation	2
Intraguild predation by a biocontrol predator is reduced at lower temperatures	2
A pilot study on the isotopic characterization of feeding habits of Diptera in a tropical rain forest	2
Unconventional bird predators are relevant to vertebrate trophic relationships? A community science platform helps to answer this question.	2
Predation of Gripopteryx sp. (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae) by Argia claussenii Selys, 1865 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Campo Rupestre, Minas Gerais	2
Isotopic niche partitioning between an invasive fish and two native mesopredators in the Colombian Caribbean	2
Gammarus aequicauda (Amphipoda) and two different prey species: Is the ability of a predator to learn important?	2
Disentangling the complexity of plant-bird relationships: From monolayer to multilayer network perspectives	2
Fatty acid analyses reveal differences in feeding ecology of North Sea squids that overlap in time and space	2
Microplastics are transferred in a trophic web between zooplankton and the amphibian Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum): Effects on their feeding behavior	2
The carrion connection: Marine mammal carcasses provide an indirect subsidy to insectivorous birds	2
The effects of intraguild interactions (or lack of) on prey diversity in experimental ponds food webs	2
Individual trophic niche specialization in American beaver (Castor canadensis)	2
Integrating trophic data from the literature: The Danube River food web	2
Raccoons and opossums respond similarly to high and low development in the East Texas Pineywoods	2
Baboons (Papio spp.) as a potentially underreported source of food loss and kleptoparasitism of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) kills	2
Does the Southern Green Anaconda, Eunectes murinus, seek areas of high prey concentration in southeastern Peru?	2
Diet and trophic niche overlap among a native waterbird and two non-native herbivores in Pampas grasslands	2
Coyotes eat flies at carrion	2
Grey wolf feeding habits and their geographical variation in Northwest Spain	2
Nature's fast food: frogs as invertebrate prey in a northern Atlantic Forest fragment	2
Eating an elephant, one bite at a time: Predator interactions at carrion bonanzas	2
Dietary analysis using prey-DNA metabarcoding from fecal samples of the generalist arthropod predator, Eremias argus	2
Functional diversity in herbivorous fishes on Caribbean reefs: The role of macroalgal traits in driving interspecific differences in feeding behavior	2