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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest245
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?223
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions185
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns172
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world162
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On the biological concept of stress144
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Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research122
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology114
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture110
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects107
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics103
Questioning the sixth mass extinction103
How do big brains evolve?102
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands96
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics96
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?94
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions94
Conservation changed but not divided93
Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory89
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity85
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments83
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others81
The sociality of sleep in animal groups81
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome81
Disability in ecology and evolution80
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions79
A call for flexpert ecologists75
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy75
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau73
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration72
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Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change71
Mechanical impacts of coral-associated invertebrates on tropical reefs69
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities68
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202568
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database67
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales67
3D animal camouflage65
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change65
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews64
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs64
The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting64
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The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum63
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Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?62
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands62
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology62
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition60
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions60
Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation60
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Living together59
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Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking58
Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes58
Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics57
Local ecological knowledge with stewardship sustains medicinal plants used by ethnic minorities in China56
Proponents of the Sixth Mass Extinction admit it is unsupported55
Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?55
Expansion of conservation areas should be informed by sectoral interlinkages55
Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome55
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Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?51
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics51
From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston49
Determining the age of clonal plants: challenges and prospects47
Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands46
Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security46
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution46
Co-circulation and co-infection: parasite interactions across scales46
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss46
A process-based understanding of ecosystem buffering against stressors: response to Kong et al.45
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations45
The overlooked biodiversity loss45
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change45
What can we learn from the loss of sharks?44
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Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’43
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Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge42
Towards a science of archaeoecology42
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Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet42
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?41
Animal cumulative culture through changing environments41
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?41
Optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes40
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Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach40
Toward refining and contextualizing the root economics space39
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Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity39
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What shapes pollinator-mediated facilitation?38
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Multiple exposure: integrative repeat photography for environmental change37
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn37
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Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity36
The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective36
Marine conservation: linking taxonomy, Red Listing, and public engagement36
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes35
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’34
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities34
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory34
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks34
What are mycorrhizal traits?33
Societal extinction of species33
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent33
‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time32
How is evolutionary theory evolving?32
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome32
New directions in tropical phenology31
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution31
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten31
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships30
Species roles and key interactions in vertebrate scavenger communities30
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile30
Phenotypic signatures of incomplete lineage sorting in hominids30
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals29
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity29
Evidence-based urban greening: a missing piece in biodiversity conservation29
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.29
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology28
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Playing dice with behavior: drivers of stochastic individuality28
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions28
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The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services28
Conservation needs curiosity, innovation and complementarity: reply to Sugai and Costa-Pereira28
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function28
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon27
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution26
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi26
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance26
Disability in ecology and evolution26
Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference25
Promise and precautions in mainstreaming China’s OECMs25
Deep heat threatens life on the seafloor25
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution25
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens25
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity25
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202425
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA25
The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change25
LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology24
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities24
Soil biodiversity first: reframing desertification and restoration governance in Brazil’s semiarid region24
Revisiting evolution at the rear edge24
Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science24
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics24
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation23
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach23
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Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems23
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Replaying the evolution of multicellularity23
Improving beach natural debris management for biodiversity conservation23
Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration22
The Internet of Animals: what it is, what it could be22
The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation22
Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity22
Strategies and significance of self-assessing dynamic visual appearance22
Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects22
The psychology of natural history22
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution22
On functional groups and forest dynamics22
Co-producing knowledge with Indigenous Peoples: challenges and solutions for academic institutions22
Celebrating wildlife population recovery through education22
Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation22
In the shadows: wildlife behaviour in tree plantations22
Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms22
Matching climate to biological scales21
Disability in ecology and evolution21
Feedbacks in ecology and evolution21
Geo-evolutionary feedbacks: integrating rapid evolution and landscape change21
Refocusing the microbial rare biosphere concept through a functional lens21
Six key trade-offs in ecological security pattern: reply to Harmange et al.21
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors21
The herbarium of the future21
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues21
Animal vagrancy and the spread of pathogens20
Life history theory coming of age20
Cultivated lands: blind spots in global biodiversity data20
Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations20
To burn, or not to burn: that is the question20
Advancing conservation geography20
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How human biases shape the study of animal behavior – and the criticisms thereof20
Nitrogen deposition and climate: an integrated synthesis19
Extending the dynamic landscape of fear in a human-dominated world19
Resilience and robustness: from sub-organismal responses to communities19
Daily activity timing in the Anthropocene19
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation19
Seasonality of forest insects: why diapause matters19
Parasitism as a potential driver of aposematism18
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Toward harnessing biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in fungi18
Beyond reporting: proactive strategies for safer scientific fieldwork18
A systems modelling approach to predict biological responses to extreme heat18
Plant–soil feedback under drought: does history shape the future?18
Ecosystems have multiple interacting processes that buffer against co-occurring stressors18
Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?18
More diverse but less intensive farming enhances biodiversity17
Building plant diversity into mechanisms of nutrient dilution17
The macroecology of landscape ecology17
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The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal17
Name and shame: can taxonomists agree on systematic reforms?17
Novel community data in ecology-properties and prospects17
Understanding human-commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework16
Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy16
Social consequences of rapid environmental change16
Valuing the functionality of tropical ecosystems beyond carbon16
An audacious approach to conservation16
Mapping microbial symbiont impacts using ecological networks16
Ethanol and pollinators: expanding Bowland et al.’s framework16
Trade-offs in soil microbial functions and soil health in agroecosystems15
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The evolution of decision-making mechanisms under competing demands15
Trait-explicit approaches cast new light on fragmentation’s effects on biodiversity15
Linking microbial function and remote sensing for understanding drylands15
Defining biodiversity data15
Unveiling East Asian ancestry through Middle Neolithic genomes15
Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs15
Delineating conservation units should be independent of effective population size15
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation15
Future climate and land use threaten terrestrial diversity15
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The evolution and diversification of sleep15
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Emerging technologies for behavioral research in changing environments15
Investigating the impacts of artificial light via blackouts15
Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring14
Navigating transformations from degraded to functional ecosystems14
Typology of the ecological impacts of biological invasions14
Predicting the impacts of chemical pollutants on animal groups14
Situational social influence leading to non-compliance with conservation rules14
Environmental forcing alters fisheries selection14
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