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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
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A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest488
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?269
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On the biological concept of stress206
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Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research137
Conservation changed but not divided132
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions130
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions130
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns124
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world123
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology119
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture116
Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory111
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning107
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome105
How do big brains evolve?105
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics103
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity102
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?96
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics90
The sociality of sleep in animal groups90
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process89
Questioning the sixth mass extinction88
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands88
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments87
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects85
Disability in ecology and evolution85
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database82
A call for flexpert ecologists80
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy80
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales80
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau78
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Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews76
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others75
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202573
3D animal camouflage73
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions71
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration71
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202268
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change68
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change66
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The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities65
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Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory63
The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting62
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?61
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data61
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions58
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands57
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology57
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs56
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum55
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition55
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Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments55
Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments54
Proponents of the Sixth Mass Extinction admit it is unsupported54
Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking53
Living together53
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Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics53
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Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?52
Expansion of conservation areas should be informed by sectoral interlinkages52
Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems52
Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation51
Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome51
Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes51
Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands50
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Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction50
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Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics49
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution49
Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology48
From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston46
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?45
Determining the age of clonal plants: challenges and prospects44
Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security43
A process-based understanding of ecosystem buffering against stressors: response to Kong et al.43
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations43
The overlooked biodiversity loss42
Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations42
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss42
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change42
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What can we learn from the loss of sharks?39
Optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes39
Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’39
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Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity39
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Towards a science of archaeoecology38
Response to Zhong and Zhou: P-acquisition strategies and total soil C sequestration38
Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge38
Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet37
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory37
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?37
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Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?37
Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach37
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Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity36
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent36
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes36
What shapes pollinator-mediated facilitation?36
Societal extinction of species35
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’34
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities34
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome33
Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species33
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer33
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn33
The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective33
What are mycorrhizal traits?32
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution32
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten31
Playing dice with behavior: drivers of stochastic individuality31
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology31
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks31
Species roles and key interactions in vertebrate scavenger communities31
How is evolutionary theory evolving?31
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution31
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.30
‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time30
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function30
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals30
Apart, together30
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions29
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services29
Phenotypic signatures of incomplete lineage sorting in hominids29
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity29
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile29
Evidence-based urban greening: a missing piece in biodiversity conservation28
Quantitative conservation geography26
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships26
New directions in tropical phenology26
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon25
The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change25
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance25
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Conservation needs curiosity, innovation and complementarity: reply to Sugai and Costa-Pereira24
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Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference24
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi23
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution23
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202423
Predicting responses to marine heatwaves using functional traits23
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens23
LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology23
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation22
Promise and precautions in mainstreaming China’s OECMs22
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics22
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics22
Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science22
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA22
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity22
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution22
Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems22
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach22
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities22
Disability in ecology and evolution22
Replaying the evolution of multicellularity22
Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones21
The psychology of natural history21
Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations21
Improving beach natural debris management for biodiversity conservation21
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Disability in ecology and evolution21
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Strategies and significance of self-assessing dynamic visual appearance21
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors20
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution20
The herbarium of the future20
Co-producing knowledge with Indigenous Peoples: challenges and solutions for academic institutions20
Celebrating wildlife population recovery through education20
Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms20
In the shadows: wildlife behaviour in tree plantations20
Geo-evolutionary feedbacks: integrating rapid evolution and landscape change20
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues20
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