Global Change Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Global Change Biology is 22. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
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Clarifying the carbon balance recovery time after clear‐cutting250
Tropical estuarine ecosystem change under the interacting influences of future climate and ecosystem restoration248
Demographic resilience may sustain significant coral populations in a 2°C‐warmer world247
Reconciling the Discrepancy in Projected Global Dryland Expansion in a Warming World228
Legacy effects of anthropogenic disturbances modulate dynamics in the world's coral reefs224
Ninety years of change, from commercial extinction to recovery, range expansion and decline for Antarctic fur seals at South Georgia217
Vegetation Types Shift Physiological and Phenological Controls on Carbon Sink Strength in a Coastal Zone214
Human Footprint and Forest Disturbance Reduce Space Use of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) Across Europe212
Tree contributions to climate change adaptation through reduced cattle heat stress and benefits to milk and beef production189
Changes in sea ice and range expansion of sperm whales in the eclipse sound region of Baffin Bay, Canada166
The importance of oxygen for explaining rapid shifts in a marine fish164
Unraveling a century of global change impacts on winter bird distributions in the eastern United States164
Climate‐Influenced Ecological Memory Modulates Microbial Responses to Soil Moisture160
Cognition as a neglected mediator of responses to anthropogenic noise156
Climate driven disruption of transitional alpine bumble bee communities149
Desert dust deposition supplies essential bioelements to Red Sea corals148
Population‐specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus: Implications for climate change147
The centennial legacy of land‐use change on organic carbon stocks of German agricultural soils146
Agroforestry enhances biological activity, diversity and soil‐based ecosystem functions in mountain agroecosystems of Latin America: A meta‐analysis142
Summer drought exposure, stand structure, and soil properties jointly control the growth of European beech along a steep precipitation gradient in northern Germany142
Environmental microbiome engineering for the mitigation of climate change138
Complex range shifts among forest functional types under the contemporary warming137
Trait‐Based Tree Mortality Risk Assessment From the Perspective of Imaging Spectroscopy134
Long‐term forecast of thermal mortality with climate warming in riverine amphipods134
Vulnerability of Eastern Tropical Pacific chondrichthyan fish to climate change133
Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, and reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts and future opportunities130
Conservation planning for retention, not just protection129
Quantifying reliability and data deficiency in global vertebrate population trends using the Living Planet Index128
Balancing Organic and Inorganic Carbon Dynamics in Enhanced Rock Weathering: Implications for Carbon Sequestration124
Fire Limits Soil Microbial Dispersal and Differentially Impacts Bacterial and Fungal Communities123
Climate, Rotation, and Tillage Impacts on Soybean Yield Gains in a 50‐Year Experiment121
The Ecological Impacts of Dry and Hot Shocks in the Land of Midnight Sun121
Global Drivers of Echolocating Mammal Species Richness118
Net effects of conservation agriculture principles on sustainable land use: A synthesis117
Forest Age and Management Measures Regulate the Responses of Forest Ecosystem to Drought117
Soil phosphorus drives plant trait variations in a mature subtropical forest116
Confounding effects of snow cover on remotely sensed vegetation indices of evergreen and deciduous trees: An experimental study114
What is the role of disturbance in catalyzing spatial shifts in forest composition and tree species biomass under climate change?113
Linking remotely sensed ecosystem resilience with forest mortality across the continental United States113
Potential millennial‐scale avian declines by humans in southern China112
The influence of mussel restoration on coastal carbon cycling111
Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil111
Marine heatwaves on the rise: One of the strongest ever observed mass mortality event in temperate gorgonians111
Impacts of the 2012–2015 Californian drought on carbon, water and energy fluxes in the Californian Sierras: Results from an imaging spectrometry‐constrained terrestrial biosphere model110
Chasing the Niche: Escaping Climate Change Threats in Place, Time, and Space110
Phototrophic sponge productivity may not be enhanced in a high CO2 world109
Disentangling the multiple effects of precipitation on arthropod biomass: A commentary on Newell et al. (2022)109
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Drought thresholds that impact vegetation reveal the divergent responses of vegetation growth to drought across China107
Warming drives sustained plant phosphorus demand in a humid tropical forest104
Substantial non‐growing season carbon dioxide loss across Tibetan alpine permafrost region103
Extreme wildfires in Canada and their contribution to global loss in tree cover and carbon emissions in 2023102
Variations and controlling factors of soil denitrification rate100
Micro/nanoplastics pollution poses a potential threat to soil health100
Experimental heatwaves facilitate invasion and alter species interactions and composition in a tropical host‐parasitoid community100
Wildfire‐Induced Losses of Soil Particulate and Mineral‐Associated Organic Carbon Persist for Over 4 Years in a Chaparral Ecosystem99
Biodiversity transformations in the global ocean: A climate change and conservation management perspective99
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Survival of climate warming through niche shifts: Evidence from frogs on tropical islands98
Process‐oriented models of leaf senescence are biased towards the mean: Impacts on model performance and future projections97
Correction to “Emergent Constraints on Historical and Future Global Gross Primary Productivity”95
Nitrogen Availability and Changes in Precipitation Alter Microbially Mediated NO and N2O Emissions From a Pinyon–Juniper Dryland94
Correction to “Declining glacier cover drives changes in aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity in the Cordillera Blanca, Perú”94
Species, taxonomic, and functional group diversities of terrestrial mammals at risk under climate change and land‐use/cover change scenarios in Mexico92
Urbanization Pressures on Climate Adaptation Capacity of Forest Habitats92
Overcoming Shifting Baselines: Paleo‐Behaviour Reveals Industrial Revolution as Tipping Point92
Non‐linear loss of suitable wine regions over Europe in response to increasing global warming90
Functional Diversity Explains Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Subtropical Forests90
Effects of climate change on forest plantation productivity in Chile89
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Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential89
Pollen Assisted Migration Faces Its Own Challenges88
Legacy Effects of Plant Community Structure Are Manifested in Microbial Biofilm Development With Consequences for Ecosystem CO2 Emissions87
Too hot to handle? An urgent need to understand climate change impacts on the biogeochemistry of tropical coastal waters87
Warming reduces trophic diversity in high‐latitude food webs84
Material Legacies on Coral Reefs: Rubble Length and Bed Thickness Are Key Drivers of Rubble Bed Recovery83
Biological invasions and climate change amplify each other’s effects on dryland degradation83
Indigenous Peoples' Lands are critical for safeguarding vertebrate diversity across the tropics82
Evidence for older carbon loss with lowered water tables and changing plant functional groups in peatlands82
Upward‐moving mountain treelines: An indicator of changing climate81
Anthropogenic activities dominated tropical forest carbon balance in two contrary ways over the Greater Mekong Subregion in the 21st century81
Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research81
Wet and dry extremes reduce arthropod biomass independently of leaf phenology in the wet tropics80
Compound droughts slow down the greening of the Earth80
Long Term Marine Biodiversity Monitoring in Coastal Antarctica: Are Fewer Rare Species Recruiting?79
Adaptation to bioinvasions: When does it occur?79
The influence of habitat alteration on density of invading white‐tailed deer should not be discounted79
Climate change affects the distribution of diversity across marine food webs79
Multi‐Omics Inform Invasion Risks Under Global Climate Change79
Anoxia begets anoxia: A positive feedback to the deoxygenation of temperate lakes79
Ecological and genomic vulnerability to climate change across native populations of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora)78
The essential role of biodiversity in the key axes of ecosystem function78
Different model assumptions about plant hydraulics and photosynthetic temperature acclimation yield diverging implications for tropical forest gross primary production under warming78
Impact of three decades of warming, increased nutrient availability, and increased cloudiness on the fluxes of greenhouse gases and biogenic volatile organic compounds in a subarctic tundra heath78
Light pollution enhances ground‐level exposure to airborne toxic chemicals for nocturnally migrating passerines77
Potential response of dark carbon fixation to global warming in estuarine and coastal waters76
Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems76
Otolith reliability is context‐dependent for estimating warming and CO2 acidification impacts on fish growth75
Optimality principles explaining divergent responses of alpine vegetation to environmental change74
Global evaluation of inhibitor impacts on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils: A meta‐analysis74
Shrub and precipitation interactions shape functional diversity of nematode communities on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau74
Evaluation of variation in background nitrous oxide emissions: A new global synthesis integrating the impacts of climate, soil, and management conditions74
Holobiont Traits Shape Climate Change Responses in Cryptic Coral Lineages74
Regional and global climate risks for reef corals: Incorporating species‐specific vulnerability and exposure to climate hazards73
Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration73
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Shortening fire return interval predisposes west‐central Canadian boreal peatlands to more rapid vegetation growth and transition to forest cover71
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Improved Modeling of Vegetation Phenology Using Soil Enthalpy71
Stomata secretive ways: A commentary on Lamour et al. (2022)70
Unlocking the power of machine learning for Earth system modeling: A game‐changing breakthrough70
Timing Matters: Viticultural Land Use Determines Responses in Structure and Function of Fungal Stream Communities Across One Growing Season70
Correction to “Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands”70
Acceleration of vegetation phenological changes70
Climate change reduces long‐term population benefits from no‐take marine protected areas through selective pressures on species movement70
pH variability at volcanic CO2 seeps regulates coral calcifying fluid chemistry69
Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature‐driven community shifts69
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Marine and freshwater regime changes impact a community of migratory Pacific salmonids in decline68
China's wetland soil organic carbon pool: New estimation on pool size, change, and trajectory68
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Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis)68
Mammals on the Margins: Identifying the Drivers and Limitations of Range Expansion67
Dynamic Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Urbanization: A Global Perspective67
Exposure and Sensitivity of Terrestrial Vertebrates to Biological Invasions Worldwide67
Increasing the spatial and temporal impact of ecological research: A roadmap for integrating a novel terrestrial process into an Earth system model67
High trophic level feedbacks on global ocean carbon uptake and marine ecosystem dynamics under climate change66
Rapid Evolution in Action: Environmental Filtering Supports Coral Adaptation to a Hot, Acidic, and Deoxygenated Extreme Habitat66
Gibbs energy or enthalpy—What is relevant for microbial C‐turnover in soils?66
A sedimentary DNA record of the Atacama Trench reveals biodiversity changes in the most productive marine ecosystem66
Identifying main uncertainties in estimating past and present radiative forcing of peatlands66
Ecosystem Service Trajectories in Restored Coastal Habitats66
Alleviating the Concerns About Pollen‐Based Assisted Migration65
Impacts of Canopy Disturbances by Tree Logging on Soil Biota Increase With Organism Size65
Ocean iron fertilization may amplify climate change pressures on marine animal biomass for limited climate benefit64
Nitrification, denitrification, and related functional genes under elevated CO2: A meta‐analysis in terrestrial ecosystems64
Impact of Crop Type on Biodiversity Globally64
Leaf Photosynthetic and Respiratory Thermal Acclimation in Terrestrial Plants in Response to Warming: A Global Synthesis63
Challenging Paradigms Around the Role of Colony Size, Taxa, and Environment on Bleaching Susceptibility63
Global Change Modulates Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency: Mechanisms and Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics63
Understanding coralline algal responses to ocean acidification: Meta‐analysis and synthesis63
An integrated belowground trait‐based understanding of nitrogen‐driven plant diversity loss63
Meta‐analysis reveals impacts of disturbance on reptile and amphibian body condition62
How Does Climate Change Influence the Regional Ecological–Social Risks of Harmful Dinoflagellates? A Predictive Study of China's Coastal Waters62
Local thermal adaptation and local temperature regimes drive the performance of a parasitic helminth under climate change: The case of Marshallagia marshalli from wild ungulates62
Climate change alone cannot explain boreal caribou range recession in Quebec since 185062
Re‐assessment of the climatic controls on the carbon and water fluxes of a boreal aspen forest over 1996–2016: Changing sensitivity to long‐term climatic conditions62
Environmental controls on the light use efficiency of terrestrial gross primary production62
Soil Phosphorus Dynamics are an Overlooked but Dominant Control on Mineral‐Associated Organic Matter61
A melting cryosphere constrains fish growth by synchronizing the seasonal phenology of river food webs61
A New Frontier for Plant‐Microbe Interaction Under Changing Climate Conditions61
Carbon footprint of synthetic nitrogen under staple crops: A first cradle‐to‐grave analysis61
Natural ocean iron fertilization and climate variability over geological periods61
Do not ignore the effects of phosphorus and potassium addition on microbial carbon use efficiency61
Arctic plasmidome analysis reveals distinct relationships among associated antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes along anthropogenic gradients60
The impacts of mangrove range expansion on wetland ecosystem services in the southeastern United States: Current understanding, knowledge gaps, and emerging research needs60
Adult spawners: A critical period for subarctic Chinook salmon in a changing climate59
Juvenile waiting stage crown‐of‐thorns sea stars are resilient in heatwave conditions that bleach and kill corals59
Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate59
Climate and mineral accretion as drivers of mineral‐associated and particulate organic matter accumulation in tidal wetland soils59
Stochastic resonance in climate reddening increases the risk of cyclic ecosystem extinction via phase‐tipping59
High carbon emissions from thermokarst lakes and their determinants in the Tibet Plateau59
Oxygen availability regulates the quality of soil dissolved organic matter by mediating microbial metabolism and iron oxidation59
5300‐Year‐old soil carbon is less primed than young soil organic matter58
Significant accrual of soil organic carbon through long‐term rice cultivation in paddy fields in China57
Global temperature homogenization can obliterate temporal isolation in migratory animals with potential loss of population structure57
More sensitive microbial responses to the interactive effects of warming and altered precipitation in subsoil than topsoil of an alpine grassland ecosystem57
Long‐Term Drought Persistently Shifts Plant and Soil Microbial Communities but Has Limited Impact on CO2 Fluxes Under Subsequent Drought57
Fungal necromass is reduced by intensive drought in subsoil but not in topsoil57
Enhanced growth resistance but no decline in growth resilience under long‐term extreme droughts56
Hyposensitive canopy conductance renders ecosystems vulnerable to meteorological droughts56
No evidence for a negative effect of growing season photosynthesis on leaf senescence timing56
Human‐Impacted Natural Ecosystems Drive Climate Warming56
A Global Meta‐Analysis of Land Use Change on Soil Mineral‐Associated and Particulate Organic Carbon56
Climate change and extreme events are changing the biology of Polar Regions56
A global synthesis of climate vulnerability assessments on marine fisheries: Methods, scales, and knowledge co‐production56
Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems—A review55
Global analysis of the perturbation effects of metal‐based nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling55
Increasing aridity causes larger and more severe forest fires across Europe55
Modest Experimental Warming Reduces Species Diversity and Biomass of Arthropods in a Tibetan Alpine Meadow55
Dark matters: Contrasting responses of stream biofilm to browning and loss of riparian shading55
Response of Root Respiration to Warming and Nitrogen Addition Depends on Tree Species55
Recovery Following Recurrent Fires Across Mediterranean Ecosystems55
Microplastic pollution promotes soil respiration: A global‐scale meta‐analysis54
Phytoplankton thermal trait parameterization alters community structure and biogeochemical processes in a modeled ocean54
Microbial necromass under global change and implications for soil organic matter54
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Location‐Scale Meta‐Analysis and Meta‐Regression as a Tool to Capture Large‐Scale Changes in Biological and Methodological Heterogeneity: A Spotlight on Heteroscedasticity54
Climate change disrupts the seasonal coupling of plant and soil microbial nutrient cycling in an alpine ecosystem54
Habitat‐based biodiversity responses to macroclimate and edaphic factors in European fen ecosystems53
Climate‐driven tree growth and mortality in the Black Forest, Germany—Long‐term observations53
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Long‐term monitoring indicates shifting fall migration timing in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)52
Increased atmospheric CO2 and the transit time of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems52
Potential for Regional Resilience to Ocean Warming and Acidification Extremes: Projected Vulnerability Under Contrasting Pathways and Thresholds52
When the Going Gets Tough, the Females Get Going: Sex‐Specific Physiological Responses to Simultaneous Exposure to Hypoxia and Marine Heatwave Events in a Ubiquitous Copepod52
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Growth form and leaf habit drive contrasting effects of Arctic amplification in long‐lived woody species52
Across‐model spread and shrinking in predicting peatland carbon dynamics under global change52
Cumulative Heat Stress in Fluctuating Temperatures and Implications for the Distribution of Freshwater Fish51
Long‐term changes in the daytime growing season carbon dioxide exchange following increased temperature and snow cover in arctic tundra51
CO2 fertilization contributed more than half of the observed forest biomass increase in northern extra‐tropical land51
Reply letter to Munoz et al. ‘on the importance of time in carbon sequestration in soils and climate change mitigation’—Keep carbon sequestration terminologies consistent and functional51
Soil Organic Carbon Increases With Decreasing Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency During Vegetation Restoration51
Regressions underestimate the direct effect of soil moisture on land carbon sink variability51
Climate change and commercial fishing practices codetermine survival of a long‐lived seabird51
Shortcutting Photorespiration Protects Potato Photosynthesis and Tuber Yield Against Heatwave Stress50
Fire disturbance promotes biodiversity of plants, lichens and birds in the Siberian subarctic tundra50
Size matters: Aerobic methane oxidation in sediments of shallow thermokarst lakes49
The neglected roles of adjacent natural ecosystems in maintaining bacterial diversity in agroecosystems49
Out of the frying pan into the fire: Predicted warming in alpine streams suggests hidden consequences for aquatic ectotherms48
Historic Land Use Modifies Impacts of Climate and Isolation in Rear Edge European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Populations48
Geographic and Biological Drivers Shape Anthropogenic Extinctions in the Macaronesian Vascular Flora48
Urban living can rescue Darwin's finches from the lethal effects of invasive vampire flies48
Aerodynamic effects cause higher forest evapotranspiration and water yield reductions after wildfires in tall forests48
Tall Bornean forests experience higher canopy disturbance rates than those in the eastern Amazon or Guiana shield48
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Interplays between changing biophysical and social dynamics under climate change: Implications for limits to sustainable adaptation in food systems48
Islands in the ice: Potential impacts of habitat transformation on Antarctic biodiversity47
Warming, Snow Exclusion, and Soil Type Alter the Timing of Plant and Soil Activity and Associated Nutrient Losses47
Role of hydrodynamics in shaping chemical habitats and modulating the responses of coastal benthic systems to ocean global change47
Increased Growth Temperatures Alter Arctic Plant Responses to Heat Wave and Drought47
Warming Weakens Soil Nitrogen Stabilization Pathways Driving Proportional Carbon Losses in Subarctic Ecosystems47
Tracing Blue Carbon Flows Across Diverse Seascapes47
The Effects of Climate Change on Mesocarnivores: A Global Review and Meta‐Analysis47
Ruminating on soil carbon: Applying current understanding to inform grazing management47
Multi‐model projections of tree species performance in Quebec, Canada under future climate change47
Exploring Sulfate as an Alternative Electron Acceptor: A Potential Strategy to Mitigate N2O Emissions in Upland Arable Soils47
Are Mediterranean marine threatened species at high risk by climate change?47
Counterintuitive Range Shifts May Be Explained by Climate Induced Changes in Biotic Interactions47
Understanding Unanticipated Range Shifts: Biotic Interactions as Key Mediators in a Changing Climate46
Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse46
Bees exposed to climate change are more sensitive to pesticides46
Soil Carbon‐to‐Nitrogen Ratio Can Predict the Grassland Biodiversity‐Productivity Relationship: Evidence From Local, Regional, and Global Scales46
Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia46
Meta‐Omics Analysis Reveals Global Distribution of Toxic Pseudo‐nitzschia and Enhanced Neurotoxin Production Under Climate Warming45
Contrasting responses of peak vegetation growth to asymmetric warming: Evidences from FLUXNET and satellite observations45
Managing for the unexpected: Building resilient forest landscapes to cope with global change45
Reef‐building corals act as long‐term sink for microplastic45
Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange of a Subalpine Spruce Forest in Switzerland Over 26 Years: Effects of Phenology and Contributions of Abiotic Drivers at Daily Time Scales45
Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States45
Immediate and carry‐over effects of late‐spring frost and growing season drought on forest gross primary productivity capacity in the Northern Hemisphere45
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