Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Papers
(The TQCC of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 20. 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
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?173
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest173
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
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world102
Conservation changed but not divided102
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning100
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity97
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome96
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture96
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
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics89
The sociality of sleep in animal groups89
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Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau82
Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective82
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
Disability in ecology and evolution74
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities74
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration73
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions73
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change72
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews72
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales70
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202269
3D animal camouflage67
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community67
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data66
Advisory Board and Contents66
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands66
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Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs65
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?64
Advisory Board and Contents63
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum63
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 Scope for Postmating Sexual Selection in Plants58
The cold range limit of trees58
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Living together55
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Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles53
Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?53
Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems53
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
Advisory Board and Contents47
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Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome47
Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology46
Advisory Board and Contents46
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics45
From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston45
Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction44
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?44
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
Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution43
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution43
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change43
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss43
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Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations42
Advisory Board and Contents41
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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Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge40
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?39
Towards a science of archaeoecology39
Ethical considerations surrounding deep-sea mining do matter39
What can we learn from the loss of sharks?39
Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’39
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
Advisory Board and Contents36
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The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome35
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory35
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
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes34
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent34
Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species34
Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity33
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn33
What are mycorrhizal traits?33
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’32
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution32
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks32
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer31
Societal extinction of species31
Apart, together31
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
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
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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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
Advisory Board and Contents28
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution28
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon27
Advisory Board and Contents27
LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology27
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution26
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics26
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA26
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance26
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
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens25
Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference25
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities24
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity24
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach24
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi24
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
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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
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues22
In the shadows: wildlife behaviour in tree plantations22
Inherited Gene Regulation Unifies Molecular Approaches to Nongenetic Inheritance: Response to Edelaar et al.22
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors21
Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems21
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution21
Feedbacks in ecology and evolution21
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
Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation20
Ant caste evo-devo: it’s not all about size20
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