Functional Ecology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Functional Ecology is 34. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
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Drivers of phenological transitions in the seedling life stage151
En route to resources: Foraging strategies of plant‐associated insects to identify resources in complex dynamic environments141
Physiological responses of narwhals to anthropogenic noise: A case study with seismic airguns and vessel traffic in the Arctic126
The structure and ecological function of the interactions between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through multilayer networks111
Cover Picture and Issue Information98
Temporal dynamics in functional fruit traits of native and invasive fleshy fruited plants in subtropical Andean forests95
Trophic regulation of soil microbial biomass under nitrogen enrichment: A global meta‐analysis80
Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem69
Responses to cold temperature determine clinal patterns of photosynthetic acclimation of a cosmopolitan grass genus and challenge the concept of quantifying phenotypic plasticity68
Power law scaling relationships link canopy structural complexity and height across forest types64
Active regulation of ultraviolet light exposure overrides thermal preference behaviour in eastern fence lizards64
Variation in leaf phosphorus fractions reflects plant adaptations and distribution in low‐phosphorus tropical forests61
The temporal and spatial response of soil fungal community composition and potential function to wildfire in a permafrost region in Canada54
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The eco‐evolutionary role of fire in shaping terrestrial ecosystems47
Observational and experimental evidence that rapid mass loss is consistent with the flight efficiency hypothesis and not caused by reproductive effort in three passerine species47
Convergent remodelling of the gut microbiome is associated with host energetic condition over long‐distance migration46
Editors are biased too: An extension of Fox et al. (2023)'s analysis makes the case for triple‐blind review42
Spatial and temporal variation in phenotypes and fitness in response to developmental thermal environments42
More than just meat: Carcass decomposition shapes trophic identities in a terrestrial vertebrate42
Species diversity and biological trait function: Effectiveness of ant–plant mutualism decreases as ant species diversity increases41
Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator38
Spatial assembly of grassland communities and interrelationships with productivity38
Sympatric finches increase trophic and spatiotemporal partitioning to enable coexistence through periods of low resource availability38
Can body mass and skull morphology predict seed and fruit ingestion potential for mammal species? A test using extant species and its application to extinct species38
Shifting trait coordination along a soil‐moisture‐nutrient gradient in tropical forests37
The fingerprint of functional strategies in Mediterranean seagrass fish assemblages37
Abiotic stress rather than biotic interactions drives contrasting trends in chemical richness and variation in alpine willows36
Links between boreal forest management, soil fungal communities and below‐ground carbon sequestration36
Beyond single host, single parasite interactions: Quantifying competence for complete multi‐host, multi‐parasite communities36
Unravelling biodiversity–productivity relationships across a large temperate forest region35
Spore production monitoring reveals contrasting seasonal strategies and a trade‐off between spore size and number in wood‐inhabiting fungi35
Odour information enables patch choice by mammalian herbivores from afar, leading to predictable plant associational effects34
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