Global Change Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Global Change Biology is 23. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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The Ecological Impacts of Dry and Hot Shocks in the Land of Midnight Sun282
Chasing the Niche: Escaping Climate Change Threats in Place, Time, and Space279
Climate, Rotation, and Tillage Impacts on Soybean Yield Gains in a 50‐Year Experiment253
Clarifying the carbon balance recovery time after clear‐cutting237
Conservation planning for retention, not just protection198
Tree contributions to climate change adaptation through reduced cattle heat stress and benefits to milk and beef production198
The importance of oxygen for explaining rapid shifts in a marine fish193
Agroforestry enhances biological activity, diversity and soil‐based ecosystem functions in mountain agroecosystems of Latin America: A meta‐analysis190
Climate driven disruption of transitional alpine bumble bee communities189
Trait‐Based Tree Mortality Risk Assessment From the Perspective of Imaging Spectroscopy187
Confounding effects of snow cover on remotely sensed vegetation indices of evergreen and deciduous trees: An experimental study182
Legacy effects of anthropogenic disturbances modulate dynamics in the world's coral reefs179
Summer drought exposure, stand structure, and soil properties jointly control the growth of European beech along a steep precipitation gradient in northern Germany178
Reconciling the Discrepancy in Projected Global Dryland Expansion in a Warming World170
Global Warming and Genomic Diversity Loss Alter the Biomass and the Size Distribution of Experimental Fish Populations168
Wildfire‐Induced Losses of Soil Particulate and Mineral‐Associated Organic Carbon Persist for Over 4 Years in a Chaparral Ecosystem163
Human Footprint and Forest Disturbance Reduce Space Use of Brown Bears ( Ursus arctos ) Across Europe162
Balancing Organic and Inorganic Carbon Dynamics in Enhanced Rock Weathering: Implications for Carbon Sequestration158
Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, and reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts and future opportunities158
The influence of mussel restoration on coastal carbon cycling157
Drought thresholds that impact vegetation reveal the divergent responses of vegetation growth to drought across China149
Micro/nanoplastics pollution poses a potential threat to soil health149
Global Phosphorus Enrichment Reshapes Terrestrial Phosphorus Cycling148
Climate as the Main Driver of Large‐Scale Genetic Patterns and Connectivity in the Expanding Golden Jackal146
Heatwaves Constrain the Future Persistence of Mosquito Vectors in Europe144
Population‐specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus: Implications for climate change142
The centennial legacy of land‐use change on organic carbon stocks of German agricultural soils140
Quantifying reliability and data deficiency in global vertebrate population trends using the Living Planet Index140
Ninety years of change, from commercial extinction to recovery, range expansion and decline for Antarctic fur seals at South Georgia139
Environmental microbiome engineering for the mitigation of climate change139
Vulnerability of Eastern Tropical Pacific chondrichthyan fish to climate change139
Extreme wildfires in Canada and their contribution to global loss in tree cover and carbon emissions in 2023135
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Forest Age and Management Measures Regulate the Responses of Forest Ecosystem to Drought126
Phototrophic sponge productivity may not be enhanced in a high CO2 world125
Potential millennial‐scale avian declines by humans in southern China125
Climate‐Influenced Ecological Memory Modulates Microbial Responses to Soil Moisture125
What is the role of disturbance in catalyzing spatial shifts in forest composition and tree species biomass under climate change?121
Disentangling the multiple effects of precipitation on arthropod biomass: A commentary on Newell et al. (2022)121
Long‐term forecast of thermal mortality with climate warming in riverine amphipods120
Transgenerational Heat Exposure Triggers Unexpected Compensatory Sex Ratio Responses in a Temperature‐Sensitive Fish Under Climate Warming118
Graminoids Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Thawed Permafrost at the End of the Growing Season118
Nitrate Availability Modulates the Temperature Sensitivity of N 2 O 117
Fire Limits Soil Microbial Dispersal and Differentially Impacts Bacterial and Fungal Communities117
Coral Bleaching: The Equatorial‐Refugia Hypothesis115
Vegetation Types Shift Physiological and Phenological Controls on Carbon Sink Strength in a Coastal Zone115
Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil114
Tropical estuarine ecosystem change under the interacting influences of future climate and ecosystem restoration112
Substantial non‐growing season carbon dioxide loss across Tibetan alpine permafrost region111
Experimental heatwaves facilitate invasion and alter species interactions and composition in a tropical host‐parasitoid community111
Leaving no Species Behind: Moving Beyond the “Winners and Losers” Dichotomy in Climate Warming Risk Assessments110
Global Drivers of Echolocating Mammal Species Richness109
Linking remotely sensed ecosystem resilience with forest mortality across the continental United States107
Cognition as a neglected mediator of responses to anthropogenic noise106
Correction to “Climate‐Driven Body Size Changes in Birds and Mammals Reveal Environmental Tolerance Limits”105
Measuring Fluxes of Nitrous Oxide ( N 2 O ) From a104
Demographic resilience may sustain significant coral populations in a 2°C‐warmer world104
Wet‐to‐Dry Cascades May Increasingly Drive Wildfire Activity in Non‐Forested Ecosystems, and Further Amplify the Risk of Urban Interface Fire Disasters, in a Warming Climate104
Marine heatwaves on the rise: One of the strongest ever observed mass mortality event in temperate gorgonians103
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Optimality principles explaining divergent responses of alpine vegetation to environmental change100
The influence of habitat alteration on density of invading white‐tailed deer should not be discounted98
Effects of climate change on forest plantation productivity in Chile98
Synergetic Responses of Nonstructural Carbohydrates and Nutrients in Different Tree Organs to Drought97
Too hot to handle? An urgent need to understand climate change impacts on the biogeochemistry of tropical coastal waters96
Anoxia begets anoxia: A positive feedback to the deoxygenation of temperate lakes95
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Long Term Marine Biodiversity Monitoring in Coastal Antarctica: Are Fewer Rare Species Recruiting?94
Shrub and precipitation interactions shape functional diversity of nematode communities on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau94
Urbanization Pressures on Climate Adaptation Capacity of Forest Habitats94
Upward‐moving mountain treelines: An indicator of changing climate93
Wet and dry extremes reduce arthropod biomass independently of leaf phenology in the wet tropics93
Pollen Assisted Migration Faces Its Own Challenges93
Otolith reliability is context‐dependent for estimating warming and CO2 acidification impacts on fish growth92
Warming reduces trophic diversity in high‐latitude food webs91
Correction to “Declining glacier cover drives changes in aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity in the Cordillera Blanca, Perú”91
Material Legacies on Coral Reefs: Rubble Length and Bed Thickness Are Key Drivers of Rubble Bed Recovery91
Correction to “Emergent Constraints on Historical and Future Global Gross Primary Productivity”91
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 heath90
Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential89
Non‐linear loss of suitable wine regions over Europe in response to increasing global warming89
Holobiont Traits Shape Climate Change Responses in Cryptic Coral Lineages88
The essential role of biodiversity in the key axes of ecosystem function88
Light pollution enhances ground‐level exposure to airborne toxic chemicals for nocturnally migrating passerines87
Multi‐Omics Inform Invasion Risks Under Global Climate Change87
Indigenous Peoples' Lands are critical for safeguarding vertebrate diversity across the tropics87
Species, taxonomic, and functional group diversities of terrestrial mammals at risk under climate change and land‐use/cover change scenarios in Mexico86
Nitrogen Availability and Changes in Precipitation Alter Microbially Mediated NO and N2O Emissions From a Pinyon–Juniper Dryland85
Demystifying the Romanticized Narratives About Carbon Credits From Voluntary Forest Conservation84
Anthropogenic activities dominated tropical forest carbon balance in two contrary ways over the Greater Mekong Subregion in the 21st century84
Legacy Effects of Plant Community Structure Are Manifested in Microbial Biofilm Development With Consequences for Ecosystem CO2 Emissions82
Regional and global climate risks for reef corals: Incorporating species‐specific vulnerability and exposure to climate hazards82
Ecological and genomic vulnerability to climate change across native populations of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora)82
Climate change affects the distribution of diversity across marine food webs82
Mineral Association and Microbial Processing Jointly Prolong Carbon Turnover in Coastal Wetlands82
Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration81
Potential response of dark carbon fixation to global warming in estuarine and coastal waters80
Adaptation to bioinvasions: When does it occur?79
Long‐Term Ecological Baselines and Critical Thresholds in Ombrotrophic Peatlands of Europe: Implications for Restoration Strategies79
Process‐oriented models of leaf senescence are biased towards the mean: Impacts on model performance and future projections78
Evidence for older carbon loss with lowered water tables and changing plant functional groups in peatlands78
Overcoming Shifting Baselines: Paleo‐Behaviour Reveals Industrial Revolution as Tipping Point77
Different model assumptions about plant hydraulics and photosynthetic temperature acclimation yield diverging implications for tropical forest gross primary production under warming77
Forest Carbon Dynamics as a Constraint on Future Land‐Use and Land‐Cover Change76
Functional Diversity Explains Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Subtropical Forests76
Global evaluation of inhibitor impacts on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils: A meta‐analysis76
Coupled Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Use Efficiencies in Forest Soils on a Continental Scale76
Compound droughts slow down the greening of the Earth76
Biodiversity transformations in the global ocean: A climate change and conservation management perspective76
Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems75
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Lake Water Depth and Nutrient Gradients Mediate Aquatic Plant Distribution via the Strength of Trait Network Associations75
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Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research75
Exposure and Sensitivity of Terrestrial Vertebrates to Biological Invasions Worldwide73
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Phytoplankton thermal trait parameterization alters community structure and biogeochemical processes in a modeled ocean73
Acceleration of vegetation phenological changes73
Rapid Evolution in Action: Environmental Filtering Supports Coral Adaptation to a Hot, Acidic, and Deoxygenated Extreme Habitat72
Ecosystem Service Trajectories in Restored Coastal Habitats72
Challenging Paradigms Around the Role of Colony Size, Taxa, and Environment on Bleaching Susceptibility71
A sedimentary DNA record of the Atacama Trench reveals biodiversity changes in the most productive marine ecosystem71
A global synthesis of climate vulnerability assessments on marine fisheries: Methods, scales, and knowledge co‐production70
Adult spawners: A critical period for subarctic Chinook salmon in a changing climate70
Climate change alone cannot explain boreal caribou range recession in Quebec since 185070
Natural ocean iron fertilization and climate variability over geological periods69
Hyposensitive canopy conductance renders ecosystems vulnerable to meteorological droughts69
Ocean iron fertilization may amplify climate change pressures on marine animal biomass for limited climate benefit68
Timing Matters: Viticultural Land Use Determines Responses in Structure and Function of Fungal Stream Communities Across One Growing Season68
Dark matters: Contrasting responses of stream biofilm to browning and loss of riparian shading68
Alleviating the Concerns About Pollen‐Based Assisted Migration67
Long‐Term Drought Persistently Shifts Plant and Soil Microbial Communities but Has Limited Impact on CO2 Fluxes Under Subsequent Drought67
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Stochastic resonance in climate reddening increases the risk of cyclic ecosystem extinction via phase‐tipping67
Correction to “Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands”67
A New Frontier for Plant‐Microbe Interaction Under Changing Climate Conditions67
Human‐Impacted Natural Ecosystems Drive Climate Warming66
Response of Root Respiration to Warming and Nitrogen Addition Depends on Tree Species66
Location‐Scale Meta‐Analysis and Meta‐Regression as a Tool to Capture Large‐Scale Changes in Biological and Methodological Heterogeneity: A Spotlight on Heteroscedasticity66
Impact of Crop Type on Biodiversity Globally66
Gibbs energy or enthalpy—What is relevant for microbial C‐turnover in soils?66
Modest Experimental Warming Reduces Species Diversity and Biomass of Arthropods in a Tibetan Alpine Meadow66
A melting cryosphere constrains fish growth by synchronizing the seasonal phenology of river food webs66
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Extreme, Cold‐Season Climatic Events Can Decimate Wildlife and Imperil Population Persistence65
Global temperature homogenization can obliterate temporal isolation in migratory animals with potential loss of population structure65
CO 2 Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality64
Synergistic Effects of a Microbial Amendment and Crushed Basalt: Soil Geochemical and Microbial Responses64
Impacts of Canopy Disturbances by Tree Logging on Soil Biota Increase With Organism Size64
Global analysis of the perturbation effects of metal‐based nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling64
Unlocking the power of machine learning for Earth system modeling: A game‐changing breakthrough64
Juvenile waiting stage crown‐of‐thorns sea stars are resilient in heatwave conditions that bleach and kill corals63
Leaf Photosynthetic and Respiratory Thermal Acclimation in Terrestrial Plants in Response to Warming: A Global Synthesis62
Math‐Corrected Enzyme Ratios: Descriptors of Allocation and Tools for Comparability—Not Proof of Limitation62
Do not ignore the effects of phosphorus and potassium addition on microbial carbon use efficiency62
The Breeding Distribution of a Migratory Bird Fluctuates With Nonbreeding Season Rainfall Over the Last Century62
High trophic level feedbacks on global ocean carbon uptake and marine ecosystem dynamics under climate change61
Environmental controls on the light use efficiency of terrestrial gross primary production61
Improved Modeling of Vegetation Phenology Using Soil Enthalpy61
Mammals on the Margins: Identifying the Drivers and Limitations of Range Expansion61
High carbon emissions from thermokarst lakes and their determinants in the Tibet Plateau61
5300‐Year‐old soil carbon is less primed than young soil organic matter61
Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature‐driven community shifts60
Microbial necromass under global change and implications for soil organic matter59
Carbon footprint of synthetic nitrogen under staple crops: A first cradle‐to‐grave analysis59
Recovery Following Recurrent Fires Across Mediterranean Ecosystems59
Nitrification, denitrification, and related functional genes under elevated CO2: A meta‐analysis in terrestrial ecosystems59
Significant accrual of soil organic carbon through long‐term rice cultivation in paddy fields in China58
Meta‐analysis reveals impacts of disturbance on reptile and amphibian body condition58
How Does Climate Change Influence the Regional Ecological–Social Risks of Harmful Dinoflagellates? A Predictive Study of China's Coastal Waters58
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 conditions58
Local thermal adaptation and local temperature regimes drive the performance of a parasitic helminth under climate change: The case of Marshallagia marshalli from wild ungulates57
China's wetland soil organic carbon pool: New estimation on pool size, change, and trajectory57
More sensitive microbial responses to the interactive effects of warming and altered precipitation in subsoil than topsoil of an alpine grassland ecosystem57
Shortening fire return interval predisposes west‐central Canadian boreal peatlands to more rapid vegetation growth and transition to forest cover57
Climate change disrupts the seasonal coupling of plant and soil microbial nutrient cycling in an alpine ecosystem57
Climate and mineral accretion as drivers of mineral‐associated and particulate organic matter accumulation in tidal wetland soils57
Dynamic Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Urbanization: A Global Perspective57
Enhanced growth resistance but no decline in growth resilience under long‐term extreme droughts57
Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis)56
Arctic plasmidome analysis reveals distinct relationships among associated antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes along anthropogenic gradients56
Increasing aridity causes larger and more severe forest fires across Europe56
Global Change Modulates Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency: Mechanisms and Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics56
A Global Meta‐Analysis of Land Use Change on Soil Mineral‐Associated and Particulate Organic Carbon56
Microplastic pollution promotes soil respiration: A global‐scale meta‐analysis56
Climate change reduces long‐term population benefits from no‐take marine protected areas through selective pressures on species movement56
Climate change and extreme events are changing the biology of Polar Regions55
Designing National Forest Inventories for Accurate Estimation of Soil Carbon Change55
Fungal necromass is reduced by intensive drought in subsoil but not in topsoil55
Imbalance Trajectories of GPPTER Coupling Under Global Warming55
Soil Phosphorus Dynamics are an Overlooked but Dominant Control on Mineral‐Associated Organic Matter54
Oxygen availability regulates the quality of soil dissolved organic matter by mediating microbial metabolism and iron oxidation54
Understanding Unanticipated Range Shifts: Biotic Interactions as Key Mediators in a Changing Climate53
Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems—A review53
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Potential for Regional Resilience to Ocean Warming and Acidification Extremes: Projected Vulnerability Under Contrasting Pathways and Thresholds53
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Increased atmospheric CO2 and the transit time of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems52
Warming, Snow Exclusion, and Soil Type Alter the Timing of Plant and Soil Activity and Associated Nutrient Losses52
The neglected roles of adjacent natural ecosystems in maintaining bacterial diversity in agroecosystems52
Regressions underestimate the direct effect of soil moisture on land carbon sink variability52
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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 Scales52
Historic Land Use Modifies Impacts of Climate and Isolation in Rear Edge European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Populations51
Long‐term changes in the daytime growing season carbon dioxide exchange following increased temperature and snow cover in arctic tundra51
Long‐Term Incubation Duration Decline Indicates Climate‐Change Driven Feminization of Three Sea Turtle Species in Florida, USA51
Growth form and leaf habit drive contrasting effects of Arctic amplification in long‐lived woody species51
Climate change and commercial fishing practices codetermine survival of a long‐lived seabird51
Out of the frying pan into the fire: Predicted warming in alpine streams suggests hidden consequences for aquatic ectotherms51
Cumulative Heat Stress in Fluctuating Temperatures and Implications for the Distribution of Freshwater Fish50
Boreal Rivers as Sources of Terpenoid Emissions50
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 Copepod50
Meta‐Omics Analysis Reveals Global Distribution of Toxic Pseudo‐nitzschia and Enhanced Neurotoxin Production Under Climate Warming50
Across‐model spread and shrinking in predicting peatland carbon dynamics under global change50
Are Mediterranean marine threatened species at high risk by climate change?50
Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse50
Tall Bornean forests experience higher canopy disturbance rates than those in the eastern Amazon or Guiana shield50
Policy Inaction Risks Breaching the 2°C Climate Target49
CO2 fertilization contributed more than half of the observed forest biomass increase in northern extra‐tropical land49
Climate‐driven tree growth and mortality in the Black Forest, Germany—Long‐term observations49
Rapid climate change increases diversity and homogenizes composition of coastal fish at high latitudes49
Mapping the Global Conflict Between Mining and Freshwater Biodiversity Protection49
Dark CO 2 fixation in soils: A meta‐analysis of mechanisms and controlling factors49
Ozone‐Tolerant Rice for Air‐Polluted Environments49
Geographic and Biological Drivers Shape Anthropogenic Extinctions in the Macaronesian Vascular Flora48
Bees exposed to climate change are more sensitive to pesticides48
Increased Growth Temperatures Alter Arctic Plant Responses to Heat Wave and Drought48
Urban living can rescue Darwin's finches from the lethal effects of invasive vampire flies48
Size matters: Aerobic methane oxidation in sediments of shallow thermokarst lakes48
Immediate and carry‐over effects of late‐spring frost and growing season drought on forest gross primary productivity capacity in the Northern Hemisphere48
Global Potential to Increase Soil Carbon Storage by Reducing Rotational Fallow in Semiarid Regions48
Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States48
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 functional47
Shortcutting Photorespiration Protects Potato Photosynthesis and Tuber Yield Against Heatwave Stress47
Aerodynamic effects cause higher forest evapotranspiration and water yield reductions after wildfires in tall forests47
Biological systems under climate change: What do we learn from the IPCC AR647
Counterintuitive Range Shifts May Be Explained by Climate Induced Changes in Biotic Interactions47
Low N Deposition Coupled With Climate Warming Promote Soil Asymbiotic N Fixation via Increasing Microbial Specialists in Alpine Grassland47
The Effects of Climate Change on Mesocarnivores: A Global Review and Meta‐Analysis47
Tracing Blue Carbon Flows Across Diverse Seascapes47
Warming Weakens Soil Nitrogen Stabilization Pathways Driving Proportional Carbon Losses in Subarctic Ecosystems46
Habitat‐based biodiversity responses to macroclimate and edaphic factors in European fen ecosystems46
Soil Carbon‐to‐Nitrogen Ratio Can Predict the Grassland Biodiversity‐Productivity Relationship: Evidence From Local, Regional, and Global Scales46
Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed46
Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia46
Contrasting responses of peak vegetation growth to asymmetric warming: Evidences from FLUXNET and satellite observations46
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