Journal of Applied Ecology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Applied Ecology 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines131
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Wildflower plantings and honeybee competition impact nutritional quality of wild bee diets73
Large African herbivore diversity is essential in transformed landscapes for conserving dung beetle diversity69
Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: Lessons from a long‐term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest67
Barriers to restoration: Pollution alters nurse effects for an ecosystem engineer66
Individual variation in home‐range across an ocean basin and links to habitat quality and management60
Hunting of sika deer over six decades does not restore forest regeneration57
Soil fertility as a mediator of interactions between an introduced specialist beetle and a native generalist nematode on an exotic invasive plant and its native congener56
Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential55
Restoration temporarily supports the resilience of sagebrush‐steppe ecosystems subjected to repeated fires54
Managed honeybee hives negatively affect the reproduction of native plants in a dryland nature reserve54
Accounting for bias in prevalence estimation: The case of a globally emerging pathogen52
Making plant–pollinator data collection cheaper for restoration and monitoring51
Assessing the exposure of UK habitats to 20th‐ and 21st‐century climate change, and its representation in ecological monitoring schemes50
Higher avian biodiversity, increased shrub cover and proximity to continuous forest may reduce pest insect crop loss in small‐scale oil palm farming48
Long‐term heavy grazing increases community‐level foliar fungal diseases by shifting plant composition47
Salmon louse infestation levels on sea trout can be predicted from a hydrodynamic lice dispersal model45
Shade tree trait diversity and functions in agroforestry systems: A review of which traits matter45
Linking landscape structure, floral resource distribution, pollen use and movement distances of a generalist predator44
The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure42
Multifunctional soil recovery during the restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest after bauxite mining42
Prioritizing areas for ecological restoration: A participatory approach based on cost‐effectiveness41
Primary forest loss and degradation reduces biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: A global meta‐analysis using dung beetles as an indicator taxon41
Warming decreases desert ecosystem functioning by altering biocrusts in drylands41
Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes40
Increased connections among soil microbes and microfauna enhances soil multifunctionality along a long‐term restoration chronosequence40
Microplastics promote the invasiveness of invasive alien species under fluctuating water regime39
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Tree functional strategies and soil microbial communities regulate forest ecosystem services34
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Cacao grafting increases crop yield without compromising biodiversity33
Unusual success, future uncertainty, and science needs for adaptive management of invasive plants in a US national park33
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After the ‘Black Summer’ fires: Faunal responses to megafire depend on fire severity, proportional area burnt and vegetation type32
Response of parasitoid communities to insecticide application during a Lymantria dispar outbreak in mixed oak forests32
Predicting the time of arrival of the Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) to new countries based on trade patterns of tyres and plants32
Repeated clearing as a mechanism for savanna recovery following bush encroachment31
Correspondence among multiple methods provides confidence when measuring marine protected area effects for species and assemblages31
Drivers of soil microbial community assembly during recovery from selective logging and clear‐cutting31
Transition to organic farming negatively affects bat activity31
Long‐term captivity is associated with changes to sensory organ morphology in a critically endangered insect30
Pathogen‐mediated selection and management implications for white‐tailed deer exposed to chronic wasting disease30
Field boundary features can stabilise bee populations and the pollination of mass‐flowering crops in rotational systems30
Crop heterogeneity is positively associated with beneficial insect diversity in subtropical farmlands30
Achieving international biodiversity targets: Learning from local norms, values and actions regarding migratory waterfowl management in Kazakhstan29
Negative association of sea lice from fish farms on recreational fishing catches of Atlantic salmon29
Paradoxes and synergies: Optimizing management of a deadly virus in an endangered carnivore29
Nutrient enrichment undermines invasion resistance to Spartina alterniflora in a saltmarsh: Insights from modern coexistence theory28
Revisiting the case for assisted colonisation under rapid climate change27
Natural tree colonisation of organo‐mineral soils does not provide a net carbon capture benefit at decadal timescales27
A call for refining the peatland restoration strategy in Europe27
Dung beetles maintain phylogenetic divergence but functional convergence across a highly fragmented tropical landscape27
Recreational vessel networks reveal potential hot spots for marine pest introduction and spread27
Prioritizing terrestrial invasive alien plant species for management in urban ecosystems26
Effects of grazing on soil nematodes in grasslands: A global meta‐analysis26
Thinning the thickets: Foraging of hardy cattle, sheep and goats in green alder shrubs26
Perspectives in modelling ecological interaction networks for sustainable ecosystem management26
Accelerated avian invasion into the Mediterranean region endangers biodiversity and mandates international collaboration26
Multifunctional benefits of organic farming and hedgerow density26
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Within‐corridor heterogeneity is more important than corridor design for maintaining butterfly functional and taxonomic diversity25
Light quality and spatial variability influences on seedling regeneration in Hawaiian lowland wet forests25
Below‐ground ecosystem engineers enhance biodiversity and function in a polluted ecosystem25
Field‐realistic exposure to the novel insecticide flupyradifurone reduces reproductive output in a bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)25
Linking agricultural diversification practices, soil arthropod communities and soil health24
Towards effectively restoring agricultural landscapes in East African drylands: Linking plant functional traits with soil hydrology24
Invasive rodent dynamics in a highly connected African harbour24
Forest disturbances increase the body mass of two contrasting ungulates24
Smart orchard design improves crop pollination24
Environmental variation across multiple spatial scales and temporal lags influences Hendra virus spillover23
Spatial variation in the biotic and abiotic filters of oyster recruitment: Implications for restoration23
Native trees are responsible for the high carbon density in urban natural area forests across eight United States cities23
Artificial light at night affects plant–herbivore interactions23
Effects of Spartina invasion on the soil organic carbon content in salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems in China23
Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands23
Interactions between land use, taxonomic group and aspects and levels of diversity in a Brazilian savanna: Implications for the use of bioindicators23
Functional responses of fisheries to hydropower dams in the Amazonian Floodplain of the Madeira River23
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Complex landscapes stabilize farm bird communities and their expected ecosystem services22
Using net anthropogenic nutrient inputs at fine spatial scales benefits decision‐making in watersheds to protect water quality22
Alternative food sources interfere with removal of a fungal amphibian pathogen by zooplankton22
Mechanical management decreases arthropod biomass by changing vegetation structure in fallow fields of high conservation value22
From taxonomic to functional dark diversity: Exploring the causes of potential biodiversity and its implications for conservation22
Canals as invasion pathways in tropical dry forest and the need for monitoring and management22
Habitat availability alters the relative risk of a bovine tuberculosis breakdown in the aftermath of a commercial forest clearfell disturbance21
An epidemiological framework for chronic wasting disease in multihost communities21
Effects of long‐term fixed fire regimes on African savanna vegetation biomass, vertical structure and tree stem density21
Barriers to seedling establishment in grasslands: Implications forNothofagusforest restoration and migration21
Human impacts mediate freshwater invertebrate community responses to and recovery from drought21
The effects of crop type, landscape composition and agroecological practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical smallholder farms21
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities shaped by host‐plant affect the outcome of plant–soil feedback in dryland restoration21
Linking root traits to phytoremediation in trees and shrubs: Implications of root economics spectrum20
Large‐scale restoration of species‐rich dry grasslands on arable land: Environmental filtering drives successful species establishment over a period of 10 years20
The value of conditional prediction: Can retained species help predict unknown discards in commercial fisheries?20
Fisheries bycatch mitigation measures as an efficient tool for the conservation of seabird populations20
Warming alters juvenile carp effects on macrophytes resulting in a shift to turbid conditions in freshwater mesocosms20
Identifying plant mixes for multiple ecosystem service provision in agricultural systems using ecological networks20
Direct and indirect effects of landscape and field management intensity on carabids through trophic resources and weeds20
Tree species richness suppresses red imported fire ant invasion in a subtropical plantation forest20
Retention forestry can maintain epiphytic lichens on living pine trees, but provides impoverished habitat for deadwood‐associated lichens20
Heavy migration traffic and bad weather are a dangerous combination: Bird collisions in New York City20
Salvage logging and subsequent post‐windthrow management diminish forest bird communities for two decades20
Using salt marshes for coastal protection: Effective but hard to get where needed most20
Heathland management affects soil response to drought20
Effects of multiple targeted repelling measures on the behaviour of individually tracked birds in an area of increasing human–wildlife conflict20
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Modelling amphibian road crossing points in a dynamic environment19
Disease management during bloom affects the floral microbiome but not pollination in a mass‐flowering crop19
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Modelling spatial variation in an exploited species across marine reserve boundaries19
Livestock grazing promotes ecosystem multifunctionality of a coastal salt marsh19
The response of plants, carabid beetles and birds to 30 years of native reforestation in the Scottish Highlands19
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Spatiotemporal isolation of oilseed rape fields reduces insect pest pressure and crop damage19
Aphid biological control in arable crops via flower strips: The predominant role of food resources over diversity effects18
Bridging the gap: Optimising connectivity solutions for an arboreal gliding mammal18
Accounting for non‐random samples with distance sampling to estimate population density18
Slow drawdown, fast recovery: Stream macroinvertebrate communities improve quickly after large dam decommissioning18
Contrasting impacts of nitrogen enrichment on soil nematode diversity in natural and managed ecosystems18
Optimizing ecological surveys for conservation18
Identity and density of parasite exposures alter the outcome of coinfections: Implications for management18
The natural ‘exclosure effect’ and tree regeneration following post‐windstorm salvage logging18
Coupling state‐of‐the‐art modelling tools for better informed Red List assessments of marine fishes18
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Preventing a series of unfortunate events: Using qualitative models to improve conservation18
More grazing, more damage? Assessed yield loss on agricultural grassland relates nonlinearly to goose grazing pressure17
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A re‐evaluation of the effects of mechanical cockle dredging in the Dutch Wadden Sea17
Predicting the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biological invasions: Have rapid responses in Europe limited the spread of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)?17
Plant–soil feedback drives the ‘nursing effect’ on Sitka spruce17
Influence of agricultural intensification on pollinator pesticide exposure, food acquisition and diversity17
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Density dependence only affects increase rates in baleen whale populations at high abundance levels17
The potential contribution of terrestrial nature‐based solutions to a national ‘net zero’ climate target17
Tree species mixing can amplify microclimate offsets in young forest plantations17
Intercropping generates trait plasticity, which corresponds with year‐to‐year stability in productivity17
Combining local ecological knowledge with camera traps to assess the link between African mammal life‐history traits and their occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes17
Landscape diversity, habitat connectivity, age and size determine the conservation value of limestone quarries for diverse wild bee communities17
Enhanced competitive advantage of invasive plants by growth‐defence trade‐off: Evidence from phytohormone metabolism and transcriptomic analysis17
Salvage logging management affects species' roles in connecting plant–pollinator interaction networks across post‐wildfire landscapes16
Plant species composition and key‐species abundance drive ecosystem multifunctionality16
Influence of habitat quality and resource density on breeding‐season female monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus movement and space use in north‐central USA agroecosystem landscapes16
Large‐scale changes in macrobenthic biodiversity driven by mangrove afforestation16
Phenological overlap between crop and pollinators: Contrasting influence of native and non‐native bees on raspberry fruits over the flowering season16
Integrating ecological niche and hydrological connectivity models to assess the impacts of hydropower plants on an endemic and imperilled freshwater turtle16
The effects of gas extraction under intertidal mudflats on sediment and macrozoobenthic communities16
What is unmanaged forest and how does it sustain biodiversity in landscapes with a long history of intensive forestry?16
Different ways to success: Plant community trajectories over time and a soil moisture gradient in restored wetlands16
The impact of species phylogenetic relatedness on invasion varies distinctly along resource versus non‐resource environmental gradients16
Wolves recolonize novel ecosystems leading to novel interactions16
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Increasing crop richness and reducing field sizes provide higher yields to pollinator‐dependent crops16
Small giants: Tributaries rescue spatially structured populations from extirpation in a highly fragmented stream16
Land‐use intensity and relatedness to native plants promote exotic plant invasion in a tropical biodiversity hotspot16
Efficacy of labile carbon addition to reduce fast‐growing, invasive non‐native plants: A review and meta‐analysis16
Direct and indirect effects of nitrogen enrichment and grazing on grassland productivity through intraspecific trait variability15
Fertilizer‐induced soil carbon rapidly disappears after clearcutting in boreal production forests15
The relative influences of long‐term fire management and woody cover on termite abundance and activity in an Australian tropical savanna15
Climate change threatens amphibians and species representation within protected areas in tropical wetlands15
Can faster growth compensate for increased mortality in subtropical dry forest fragments?15
Bat phylogenetic responses to regenerating Amazonian forests15
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Amphibian resistance to chytridiomycosis increases following low‐virulence chytrid fungal infection or drug‐mediated clearance15
Railways redistribute plant species in mountain landscapes15
Mini‐acoustic sensors reveal occupancy and threats to koalas Phascolarctos cinereus in private native forests15
A Before‐After Control‐Impact experiment reveals that culling reduces the impacts of invasive deer on endangered peatlands15
Forest thinning in the seaward fringe speeds up surface elevation increment and carbon accumulation in managed mangrove forests15
Selecting among land sparing, sharing and Triad in a temperate rainforest depends on biodiversity and timber production targets15
Sweep netting samples, but not sticky trap samples, indicate beneficial arthropod abundance is negatively associated with landscape wide insecticide use15
An ensemble approach to species distribution modelling reconciles systematic differences in estimates of habitat utilization and range area15
Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area15
Act for the best, prepare for the worst—Defining strategic mesopredator triggers that safeguard apex predator eradication benefits15
Geese migrating over the Pacific Ocean select altitudes coinciding with offshore wind turbine blades15
Active restoration fosters better recovery of tropical rainforest birds than natural regeneration in degraded forest fragments15
Evidence for seasonal compensation of hunting mortalities in a long‐lived migratory bird15
Simulating the spread and establishment of alien species along aquatic and terrestrial transport networks: A multi‐pathway and high‐resolution approach14
Random forest modelling of multi‐scale, multi‐species habitat associations within KAZA transfrontier conservation area using spoor data14
Implementing ecosystem service assessments within agribusiness: Challenges and proposed solutions14
Impacts of umbrella species management on non‐target species14
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Decreased precipitation in the late growing season weakens an ecosystem carbon sink in a semi‐arid grassland14
Dancing with the devil: Could native predators inside ‘predator‐free’ havens be good for the conservation of threatened native prey species?14
Ecological performance underlying ecosystem multifunctionality is promoted by organic farming and hedgerows at the local scale but not at the landscape scale14
Riparian reserves protect butterfly communities in selectively logged tropical forest14
Ambient nitrogen deposition drives plant‐diversity decline by nitrogen accumulation in a closed grassland ecosystem14
Remote sensing and GPS tracking reveal temporal shifts in habitat use in nonbreeding Black‐tailed Godwits14
Fish responses to manipulated microhabitat complexity in urbanised shorelines14
Integrating human trail use in montane landscapes reveals larger zones of human influence for wary carnivores14
Silvicultural regime shapes understory functional structure in European forests14
Nesting of ground‐nesting bees in arable fields is not associated with tillage system per se, but with distance to field edge, crop cover, soil and landscape context14
The widespread trade in stingless beehives may introduce them into novel places and could threaten species14
Climate, habitat and demography predict dispersal by an endangered bird in a fragmented landscape14
An introduction to bee and pesticide research14
Animal‐pollinated crops and cultivars—A quantitative assessment of pollinator dependence values and evaluation of methodological approaches14
Acoustic monitoring shows invasive beavers Castor canadensis increase patch‐level avian diversity in Tierra del Fuego13
Early detection strategies for invading tree pests: Targeted surveillance and stakeholder perspectives13
Setting aside areas for conservation does not increase disturbances in temperate forests13
Plant diversity ameliorates the evolutionary development of fungicide resistance in an agricultural ecosystem13
A conceptual framework for measuring and improving the resilience of biosecurity systems13
Habitat heterogeneity reduces abundance of invasive mealybugs in subtropical fruit crops13
Plant water‐use strategies predict restoration success across degraded drylands13
Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration13
Disentangling the interrelated abiotic and biotic pathways linking landscape composition and crop production13
Grassland extensification enhances nest densities of ground‐nesting wild bees13
Evaluating the ability of wetland mitigation banks to replace plant species lost from destroyed wetlands13
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Fallow deer foraging alone does not preserve the vegetation of traditionally sheep‐grazed calcareous grasslands13
Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of semi‐natural habitat, but not crop diversity, is correlated with landscape pollinator richness13
Impacts of ecological restoration on the genetic diversity of plant species: A global meta‐analysis13
The effects of a decade of agri‐environment intervention in a lowland farm landscape on population trends of birds and butterflies13
Spring precipitation amount and timing predict restoration success in a semi‐arid ecosystem13
Diversity for Restoration (D4R): Guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate‐resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes13
Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region‐specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees13
Assessing the mechanisms and impacts of shrub invasion in forests: A meta‐analysis13
Impacting habitat connectivity of the endangered Florida panther for the transition to utility‐scale solar energy13
Factors influencing the rate of formation of tree‐related microhabitats and implications for biodiversity conservation and forest management13
Matrix quality determines the strength of habitat loss filtering on bird communities at the landscape scale13
Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect12
Coexistence between Przewalski's horse and Asiatic wild ass in the desert: The importance of people12
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Increasing spatial dispersion in ecosystem restoration mitigates risk in disturbance‐driven environments12
From buzzes to bytes: A systematic review of automated bioacoustics models used to detect, classify and monitor insects12
Hotspots of pest‐induced US urban tree death, 2020–205012
Using leading and lagging indicators for forest restoration12
Management intensity affects insect pests and natural pest control on Arabica coffee in its native range12
Marine protected areas can benefit biodiversity even when bycatch species only partially overlap fisheries12
Impacts of management at a local and landscape scale on pollinators in semi‐natural grasslands12
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The crucial role of ecohydraulic factors in triggering sturgeon reproduction: Implications for active habitat restoration strategies in the Yangtze River12
A decadal study reveals that restoration guided by an umbrella species does not reach target levels12
Severe environmental conditions create severe conflicts: A novel ecological pathway to extreme coyote attacks on humans12
Synergism between production and soil health through crop diversification, organic amendments and crop protection in wheat‐based systems12
Undersowing oats with clovers supports pollinators and suppresses arable weeds without reducing yields12
Dancing bees evaluate central urban forage resources as superior to agricultural land12
A Bayesian analysis of adaptation of mountain grassland production to global change12
Phenological constancy and management interventions predict population trends in at‐risk butterflies in the United States12
Does restoration of plant diversity trigger concomitant soil microbiome changes in dryland ecosystems?12
Management strategies can buffer the effect of mass mortality in early life stages of fish12
Tree mixtures mediate negative effects of introduced tree species on bird taxonomic and functional diversity12
Putting seed traits into pellets: Using seed mass data to improve seed encapsulation technology for native plant revegetation12
Semi‐natural habitat surrounding farms promotes multifunctionality in avian ecosystem services12
Multispecies modelling reveals potential for habitat restoration to re‐establish boreal vertebrate community dynamics12
Simulation‐based study design accuracy weights are not generalisable and can still lead to biased meta‐analytic inference: Comments on Christie et al. (2019)12
Effects of large mammal exclusion on seedling communities depend on plant species traits and landscape protection in human‐modified Costa Rican forests12
Evaluating diversionary feeding as a method to resolve conservation conflicts in a recovering ecosystem12
Traffic intensity and vegetation management affect flower‐visiting insects and their response to resources in road verges11
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