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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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On the biological concept of stress387
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Advisory Board and Contents218
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research191
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest182
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?178
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology171
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions133
How do big brains evolve?118
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?112
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns111
Questioning the sixth mass extinction108
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process108
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands102
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects101
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture101
The sociality of sleep in animal groups101
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning100
Conservation changed but not divided100
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity97
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome97
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics96
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world95
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics93
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments91
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau85
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Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective84
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database81
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy80
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others78
Disability in ecology and evolution78
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities78
A call for flexpert ecologists77
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews77
3D animal camouflage76
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions73
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change73
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community73
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration72
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales70
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change70
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202567
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202266
Advisory Board and Contents65
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The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data64
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology64
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs63
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum63
Advisory Board and Contents60
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?58
The cold range limit of trees58
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory58
Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments56
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands56
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions54
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Proponents of the Sixth Mass Extinction admit it is unsupported52
Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems52
Living together52
Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes51
Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles51
Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics50
Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments49
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition49
Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking48
Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?48
Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome47
Advisory Board and Contents47
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Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security46
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations46
Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology45
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics45
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change45
The overlooked biodiversity loss45
From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston45
Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands45
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution44
Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction44
A process-based understanding of ecosystem buffering against stressors: response to Kong et al.44
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss44
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?43
Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution43
Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations42
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What can we learn from the loss of sharks?41
Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge41
Response to Zhong and Zhou: P-acquisition strategies and total soil C sequestration41
Advisory Board and Contents41
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Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach40
Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’39
Ethical considerations surrounding deep-sea mining do matter38
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?38
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?38
Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity37
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Advisory Board and Contents36
Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet36
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Towards a science of archaeoecology36
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory35
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes35
Animal behavior missing from data archives35
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn34
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities34
Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity34
Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species33
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution33
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome33
The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective33
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent33
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’32
Societal extinction of species32
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer32
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks32
What are mycorrhizal traits?32
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.31
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals31
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution31
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function31
Apart, together31
How is evolutionary theory evolving?31
Quantitative conservation geography30
Evidence-based urban greening: a missing piece in biodiversity conservation30
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions30
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships30
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity29
Inviting ecologists to delve deeper into traditional ecological knowledge29
Certainty and integration of options in animal movement29
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile29
Uniting niche differentiation and dispersal limitation predicts tropical forest succession29
Plant phosphorus-acquisition and -use strategies affect soil carbon cycling28
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology28
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services28
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LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology27
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten27
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution27
Advisory Board and Contents27
New directions in tropical phenology27
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Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science26
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202426
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi26
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics26
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance26
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA26
Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference26
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics25
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity25
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach25
The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change25
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon25
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation25
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens25
Predicting responses to marine heatwaves using functional traits25
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities24
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution24
Replaying the evolution of multicellularity23
Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones23
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Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity23
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The psychology of natural history23
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors22
The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation21
Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration21
Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations21
Feedbacks in ecology and evolution21
Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation20
On functional groups and forest dynamics20
Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms20
The Internet of Animals: what it is, what it could be20
The herbarium of the future20
Food intake: an overlooked driver of climate change casualties?20
Celebrating wildlife population recovery through education20
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