Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 6. 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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On the biological concept of stress361
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Advisory Board and Contents202
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research183
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest173
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?173
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology165
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?162
Questioning the sixth mass extinction127
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions121
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics113
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands112
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns105
Conservation changed but not divided102
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world102
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning100
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity97
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture96
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome96
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process94
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments93
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects91
How do big brains evolve?90
The sociality of sleep in animal groups89
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics89
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Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective82
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau82
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database80
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202576
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others75
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy75
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities74
Disability in ecology and evolution74
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration73
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions73
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews72
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change72
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales70
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202269
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community67
3D animal camouflage67
Advisory Board and Contents66
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands66
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The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data66
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs65
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?64
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum63
Advisory Board and Contents63
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology61
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory61
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions60
Environmental RNA: A Revolution in Ecological Resolution?59
Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments59
The cold range limit of trees58
The Scope for Postmating Sexual Selection in Plants58
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Living together55
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Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?53
Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems53
Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles53
Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking51
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition50
Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics50
Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes49
Pathways for Novel Epidemiology: Plant–Pollinator–Pathogen Networks and Global Change49
Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments48
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Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome47
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Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology46
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From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston45
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics45
The overlooked biodiversity loss44
Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security44
Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands44
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations44
Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction44
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?44
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution43
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss43
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change43
Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution43
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Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations42
Advisory Board and Contents41
Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge40
Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach40
Response to Zhong and Zhou: P-acquisition strategies and total soil C sequestration40
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What can we learn from the loss of sharks?39
Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’39
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?39
Towards a science of archaeoecology39
Ethical considerations surrounding deep-sea mining do matter39
Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet38
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?38
Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity37
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Advisory Board and Contents36
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Animal behavior missing from data archives35
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities35
The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective35
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome35
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory35
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent34
Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species34
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes34
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn33
What are mycorrhizal traits?33
Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity33
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution32
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks32
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’32
Apart, together31
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer31
Societal extinction of species31
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.30
Inviting ecologists to delve deeper into traditional ecological knowledge30
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services30
How is evolutionary theory evolving?30
Uniting niche differentiation and dispersal limitation predicts tropical forest succession30
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals30
Plant phosphorus-acquisition and -use strategies affect soil carbon cycling30
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity30
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten30
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution29
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile29
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships29
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology29
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function29
Certainty and integration of options in animal movement29
Evidence-based urban greening: a missing piece in biodiversity conservation29
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions29
Quantitative conservation geography29
New directions in tropical phenology29
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The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution28
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LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology27
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon27
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics26
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA26
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance26
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution26
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens25
Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference25
Predicting responses to marine heatwaves using functional traits25
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202425
Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science25
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics25
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation25
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi24
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities24
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity24
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach24
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The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation23
Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones23
The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change23
Replaying the evolution of multicellularity23
Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity23
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Improving beach natural debris management for biodiversity conservation23
The psychology of natural history23
In the shadows: wildlife behaviour in tree plantations22
Inherited Gene Regulation Unifies Molecular Approaches to Nongenetic Inheritance: Response to Edelaar et al.22
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues22
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution21
Feedbacks in ecology and evolution21
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors21
Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems21
Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation20
Ant caste evo-devo: it’s not all about size20
Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration20
The herbarium of the future20
Refocusing the microbial rare biosphere concept through a functional lens20
On functional groups and forest dynamics20
The Internet of Animals: what it is, what it could be19
Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects19
The latitudinal taxonomy gradient19
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Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms19
Food intake: an overlooked driver of climate change casualties?19
Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations19
Geo-evolutionary feedbacks: integrating rapid evolution and landscape change19
Celebrating wildlife population recovery through education19
Epigenetic inheritance and reproductive mode in plants and animals19
Animal vagrancy and the spread of pathogens18
Advisory Board and Contents18
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To burn, or not to burn: that is the question17
Resilience and robustness: from sub-organismal responses to communities17
Extending the dynamic landscape of fear in a human-dominated world17
Quantitative conservation geography17
Genome-edited tree crops: mind the socioeconomic implementation gap17
Nitrogen deposition and climate: an integrated synthesis17
Ecosystems have multiple interacting processes that buffer against co-occurring stressors17
Advancing conservation geography17
Life history theory coming of age17
Seasonality of forest insects: why diapause matters17
Daily activity timing in the Anthropocene16
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation16
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Trade-offs in soil microbial functions and soil health in agroecosystems16
Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications16
Shape-shifting: changing animal morphologies as a response to climatic warming16
Understanding human-commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework16
New Approaches to Anticipate the Risk of Reverse Zoonosis16
Evolutionary Responses to Warming16
Ethanol and pollinators: expanding Bowland et al.’s framework16
Building plant diversity into mechanisms of nutrient dilution16
Parasitism as a potential driver of aposematism16
Social consequences of rapid environmental change15
Thanks to Song et al.15
Valuing the functionality of tropical ecosystems beyond carbon15
Beyond reporting: proactive strategies for safer scientific fieldwork15
Name and shame: can taxonomists agree on systematic reforms?15
More diverse but less intensive farming enhances biodiversity15
Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy15
Managing invasive plants through a nature-based approach in complex landscapes15
The macroecology of landscape ecology15
Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?15
The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal14
An audacious approach to conservation14
Advisory Board and Contents14
One Species at a Time: Cataloguing the Natural History of the Global Lizard Fauna14
Environmental forcing alters fisheries selection14
Toward harnessing biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in fungi14
Plant–soil feedback under drought: does history shape the future?14
Situational social influence leading to non-compliance with conservation rules14
Investigating the impacts of artificial light via blackouts14
Novel community data in ecology-properties and prospects14
Rewriting results sections in the language of evidence14
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The evolution of decision-making mechanisms under competing demands14
Evolutionary changes in cognition due to fisheries mortality?14
The evolution and diversification of sleep13
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Delineating conservation units should be independent of effective population size13
Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring13
Conceptualizing ecosystem services using social–ecological networks13
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