Basic and Applied Ecology

Article	Citations
Short-term fate of nitrogen fixed by moss-cyanobacteria associations under different rainfall regimes	96
Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest	50
Nematode dynamics in an African dolomite cave: What is the role of environmental filtering in spatial and temporal distribution?	50
Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: Lessons from an individual trait-based approach	47
Non-crop habitats concurrently drive crop colonization by the millet head miner and regulation by natural enemies	42
Moving north under the eye of the public: The dispersal ecology of the Nosferatu spider, documented by citizen scientists	35
Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities	34
Proximity to wildflower strips did not boost crop pollination on small, diversified farms harboring diverse wild bees	33
Using spatially-explicit plant competition models to optimise crop productivity in intercropped systems	33
Abundance and trait-matching both shape interaction frequencies between plants and birds in seed-dispersal networks	33
Artificial light at night increases the nighttime feeding of monarch butterfly caterpillars without affecting host plant quality	30
Semi-natural habitats are key to breeding bird diversity in intensified vineyard landscapes across Europe	29
Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to storm-related disturbances is mediated by topography and dispersal	29
An observational assessment of winter human-nature interaction in urban parks	28
Effects of perennial wildflower strips and landscape structure on birds in intensively farmed agricultural landscapes	26
Australian green roofs attract bees with similar functional traits, but species-specific responses to local attributes differ significantly	26
Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation	26
Yellowstone Wolves: Science and Discovery in the Worlds First National Park. Edited by Douglas W. Smith, Daniel R. Stahler and Daniel R. MacNulty. 339 pages, London: University of Chicago Press [2020]	25
Biodiversity in urban blue space – increasing knowledge and species richness	25
Editorial Board	25
Bird and bat diversity, herbivory and trade-offs with yield in coffee agroforests in Arabica coffee’s native range	24
Are alien plant species superior to natives, and is this determined by performance measure and study design? A meta-analysis	24
Testimonials to reconstruct past abundances of wildlife populations	24
Temporal changes of biodiversity in urban running waters – Results of a twelve-year monitoring study	23
The impact of climate, local habitat, surrounding landscape and management on coffee wilt disease and Armillaria root rot on Arabica coffee in its native range	23

Spatial Distribution and Climate Dependency of the Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in East Africa: Implications for Conservation Beyond Protected Areas	23
Does weed suppression by high crop density depend on crop spatial pattern and soil water availability?	22
Non-additive effects of multiple predators alter the biological control of the coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella)	22
Distance- and density-dependent recruitment of common ragwort is not driven by plant-soil feedbacks	21
Editorial Board	21
Towards sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from an interdisciplinary research-based framework applied to the Saint Lawrence floodplain	21
Floristic composition and plant functional type diversity of the basalt cliffs of Western Ghats, India	21
Changes in weed vegetation across transects in maize fields	20
Invasive common milkweed strongly simplifies insect flower-visiting networks	20
Simply the green: Urban refuges	18
Comparing the performance of two camera trap-based methods to survey small mustelids	18
Book Review	18
Exploring relationships between time of day and pollinator activity in the context of pesticide use	18
Plant functional composition as an effective surrogate for biodiversity conservation	17
Editorial Board	17
Residents’ perceptions of cultural ecosystem services from urban green spaces: A comparative study of Korea and Germany	17
Corrigendum to “Drought response and urban-pollinator attractiveness of ornamental plant species” [Basic and Applied Ecology Volume 78, August 2024, Pages 1–13]	17
Bottom-up and top-down drivers of herbivory on Arabica coffee along an environmental and management gradient	17
Traits of hymenopterans, dipterans and plants that indicate vulnerability to landscape homogenization	16
A review of global trends in the study types used to investigate bee nesting biology	16
Limited immediate effect of artificial light of realistic intensity on flight behaviour of commuting pond bat (Myotis dasycneme)	16
The role of non-volatile chemicals of floral rewards in plant-pollinator interactions	16
Seedling recruitment of small-seeded and large-seeded species in forests and pastures in southern Ecuador	15
Decreasing nitrogen deposition rates: Good news for oligotrophic grassland species?	15
How cushion plant communities structure nival soil biodiversity: A metabarcoding study in the French Alps	15
Extensive vegetation management and semi-natural habitats increase plant alpha and gamma diversity in European vineyards	15
Soundscape for urban ecological security evaluation	15
A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: Does integrated pest management make a difference?	14
Recent technological developments allow for passive acoustic monitoring of Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) in research and conservation across a broad range of temporal and spatial scales	14
Contrasting effects of street light shapes and LED color temperatures on nocturnal insects and bats	14
Foraging risk in scavenging ecology: A study of scavenger behavior and patterns of bacterial growth	14
Impacts of coastal realignment on biodiversity. A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Urbanisation reduced body size but potentially improved flight performance in bees and wasps	13
Towards precision grazing: Spatio-temporal dynamics of the relation between cattle, vegetation, and arthropods	13
Viticulture abandonment benefits the bird community of the French Mediterranean	13
Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients	13
Cliffs support lichen communities unique from nearby forests	13
Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes	12
WITHDRAWN: Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes	12
Larger cities host richer bee faunas, but are no refuge for species with concerning conservation status: Empirical evidence from Western Europe	12
Space-for-Time Substitution to study changes in flowering phenology in herbaceous species is most reliable for early-flowering species	12
Distribution, behavior and diet of the Asiatic black bear in human modified landscapes	12
Temporal resource partitioning mediates vertebrate coexistence at carcasses: The role of competitive and facilitative interactions	11
Bees and pollination in grassland habitats in Helsinki (Finland) are diverse but dominated by polylectic species	11
Editorial Board	11
Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser	11
Towards an effective in-situ biodiversity assessment in European forests	11
Plant diversity on islands in the Anthropocene: Integrating the effects of the theory of island biogeography and human activities	11
Crop gains induced by diversification exceed crop losses to diseases and weeds in a low-input rice cultivation system	11
Challenges and opportunities when studying movement ecology in science and practical conservation	11

Can novel seed mixes provide a more diverse, abundant, earlier, and longer-lasting floral resource for bees than current mixes?	11
BOOK REVIEW	11
Bumblebee workers avoid foraging in road verges along busy roads	11
Recovery of local dragonfly diversity following restoration of an artificial lake in an urban area near Buenos Aires	10
Proglacial slopes are protected against erosion by trait diverse and dense plant communities associated with specific microbial communities	10
Habitat heterogeneity promotes bird diversity in agricultural landscapes: Insights from remote sensing data	10
Positive association between foliar silicon and extrafloral nectar in Vicia faba with application of methyl jasmonate	10
Climate and human influence shape the interactive role of the honeybee in pollination networks beyond its native distributional range	10
Unpacking the fitness consequences of a warmer spring on an overwintering butterfly	10
Carnivores cross irrigation canals more often through overpasses than through culverts	10
Irrigation decreases flower cover and beneficial arthropod abundances in Mediterranean vineyards	10
The multiple-mechanisms hypothesis of biodiversity–stability relationships	10
Olive grove intensification negatively affects wintering bird communities in central Spain	10
What plant–pollinator network structure tells us about the mechanisms underlying the bidirectional biodiversity productivity relationship?	10
Predator and pollinator? An invasive hornet alters the pollination dynamics of a native plant	10
Ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity respond differently to changes in forest cover and spatial distance	10
A global assessment of the species composition and effectiveness of watermelon pollinators and the management strategies to inform effective pollination service delivery	10
Warming enhances the effects of nitrogen addition on fungal but not on bacterial diversity in an alpine meadow	10
Contrasting effects of land-use and local disturbance on plant and pollinator communities in wetlands	10
Drought response and urban-pollinator attractiveness of ornamental plant species	9
Smelling danger: Lady beetle odors affect aphid population abundance and feeding, but not movement between plants	9
Floral availability outweighs aphid presence in supporting coccinellid abundance across life stages and promotes aphid predation	9
Native and alien plant species respond differently to landscape and local factors shaping spontaneous herbaceous vegetation in villages	9
Climate and soil factors drive the functional and phylogenetic assembly of Qinghai-Tibetan grassland communities via multiple paths	9
Scale-dependent effectiveness of on-field vs. off-field agri-environmental measures for wild bees	8
The extended role of carrion: Insect consumption and hair taking at fox carcasses	8
Within-bloom shift in abundance of a wild pollinator mediates pollen deposition rates to blueberry	8
Making the best of a hard job: A response to Nakashima (2022)	8
Bumblebee pollination ensures the stability of both yield and quality of the woody oil crop Paeonia ostii ‘Fengdan’	8
Environmental complexity and predator density mediate a stable earwig-woolly apple aphid interaction	8
Effects of land-use and climate change on grasshopper assemblages differ between protected and unprotected grasslands	8
Unravelling the multi-scale structure of vertebrate scavenger communities: The role of beta-diversity in livestock carcass consumption	8
Most habitat's and species' assessments in German Natura 2000 sites reflect unfavourable conservation states	8
Functional traits mediate ant community assembly in a West African savannah-forest mosaic (Côte d'Ivoire)	8
Effects of phylogenetic associations on environmental and temporal niche partitioning among sympatric mammals	8
Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles	8
Threats and benefits of invasive alien plant species on pollinators	8
Hoverfly assemblages in urban farms compared to urban parks in the city of Geneva	8
The effects of climate change on boreal plant-pollinator interactions are largely neglected by science	8
Editorial Board	8
Nectar microbes may indirectly change fruit consumption by seed-dispersing birds	8
Survival patterns and population stability of cliff plants suggest high resistance to climatic variability	8
Global patterns and mechanisms shaping dimensionality diversity in sharks	7
Evaluating the potential of agri-environmental measures (AEM) in mitigating biodiversity loss due to land consolidation in China: Understanding the function of linear habitats	7
Providing evidence for the conservation of a rare forest butterfly: Results from a three-year capture-mark-recapture study	7
Prevalence of major pests and diseases in wild and cultivated coffee in Ethiopia	7
Response of honeybee colony size to flower strips in agricultural landscapes depends on areal proportion, spatial distribution and plant composition	7
Species ecological strategy and soil phosphorus supply interactively affect plant biomass and phosphorus concentration	7
Shrub anti-herbivore defenses exhibit non-linear and varied responses to increased herbivore density	7
Seasonal variability of scavenger visitations is independent of carrion predictability	7
Cucurbit plant defenses against aboveground or belowground insect herbivores are distinct and shaped by eco-evolutionary factors	7
The activity of a subterranean small mammal alters Afroalpine vegetation patterns and is positively affected by livestock grazing	7
Hydrological dynamics, wetland morphology and vegetation structure determine riparian arthropod communities in constructed wetlands	7
Hedgerow structural diversity is key to promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services: A systematic review of Central European studies	6
Wildflower sowings as alternative for conventional inter-row greening in German vineyards	6
Farmland bird decline is associated with a strong population limitation of open-habitat species	6
Ecological assessment of forest management approaches to develop resilient forests in the face of global change in Central Europe	6
Enhanced invertebrate activity-densities and weed seed predation in an integrated cropping system	6
Editorial Board	6
Microhabitat structure modulates seed fate outcomes through differential effects on native and exotic rodent interactions in an endangered palm species	6
Effects of plant functional group removal on caterpillars (Gynaephora alpherakii) performance and plant production in an alpine meadow	6
The risk of invasion by angiosperms peaks at intermediate levels of human influence	6
Glyphosate reduces the biodiversity of soil macrofauna and benefits exotic over native species in a tropical agroecosystem	5
Mycorrhizal fungi improve growth of Juniperus communis but only at sufficiently high soil element concentrations	5
BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS PEAKS AT INTERMEDIATE LEVELS OF FARMLAND IN WOODED SAVANNAS AND DRY FORESTS, BUT NOT IN RAINFORESTS	5
Evolutionary Agroecology: Individual fitness, population yield and resource availability in wheat	5
The influence of habitat properties on sex determination in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera	5
BOOK REVIEW	5
Positive effects of ants on host trees are critical in years of low reproduction and not influenced by liana presence	5
Species and functional responses of ants to inter-row tillage and vegetation in organic Mediterranean vineyards	5
The impact of maize-bean intercropping on insect biodiversity	5
Human disturbances explain the small-island effect of large and medium-sized mammals in the largest archipelago of China	5
Nature-based solutions to increase sustainability and resilience of vineyard-dominated landscapes	5
Genomic patterns and the evolutionary origin of an invasive fungal pathogen (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) in Europe	5
Drivers of cultivated and wild plant pollination in urban agroecosystems	5
Distance decay effects predominantly shape spider but not carabid community composition in crop fields in north-western Europe	5
Impact of an extreme drought event on clonal reproduction and the acclimation capacity of the succulent plant Sempervivum tectorum L.	5
Grassland plant and invertebrate species richness increases from mowing are mediated by impacts on soil chemistry	5
WITHDRAWN: Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes	5
High soil moisture promotes the emergence of ground beetles and spiders from soils in wheat fields	5

From pattern to process: Towards mechanistic design principles for pest suppressive landscapes	5
Resource availability and competition shape pollinator trophic specialization in longleaf pine savannas	5
Temporal stability of agricultural land-use effects on morphological traits and abundance in bumblebees and syrphid flies	5
Agricultural intensification affects birds' trait diversity across Europe	5
Rich assemblages of native pollinators profit from flowering strips with lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) and from monocultures of this plant	5
Experimental manipulation of biotic and abiotic parameters changes the outcome of insect-plant interactions	5
Floral resource distribution and fitness consequences for two solitary bee species in agricultural landscapes	5
River dike grasslands can reconcile biodiversity and different ecosystem services to provide multifunctionality	4
Editorial Board	4
Cliff nesting birds provide nutrient inputs to cliff ecosystems	4
Niche differentiation of arthropods and plants along small-scale gradients in temporary wetlands (kettle holes)	4
A call to action for inventorying and monitoring of cliff ecosystems to support conservation	4
The global conservation status of plants growing on cliffs and rocky outcrops	4
Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates	4
Recent biodiversity changes in grasslands across elevational bands in Switzerland	4
Experimental reduction of land use increases invertebrate abundance in grasslands	4
Ecological traits and landscape characteristics predicting bird sensitivity to urbanization in city parks	4
Book Review	4
Humid grassland fallows promote spider diversity in a traditionally managed landscape	4
Disentangling food-web environment relationships: A review with guidelines	4
Limited honeybee hive placement balances the trade-off between biodiversity conservation and crop yield of buckwheat cultivation	4
Agricultural drivers of field margin plant communities are scale-dependent	4
Not all pollinisers are equal: donor identity shapes fruit set, weight, and seed quality in apples	4
New fungal core microbiome members of the ground nesting bee Andrena vaga: The key to oligolecty?	4
On the edge: Conservation genomics of the critically endangered dwarf mountain pine Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii	4
Editorial Board	4
Spatio-temporal modelling of the effect of environmental and land-use factors on species-rich calcareous grasslands	4
Vegetation-based ecosystem service delivery in urban landscapes: A systematic review	4
Comparing scavenging in marine and terrestrial ecosystems: a case study with fish and gull carcasses in a small Mediterranean island	4
Artificial light at night reduces larval survival and constrains female body mass in a capital breeding moth	3
Editorial Board	3
Climate and land use primarily drive the diversity of multi-taxonomic communities in agroecosystems	3
“Mixed” occupancy designs: When do additional single-visit data improve the inferences from standard multi-visit models?	3
BOOK REVIEW	3
Novel physiological data needed for progress in global change ecology	3
Allometric constraints on carabid diets: interspecific differences in carabid-to-seed mass ratios impact seed choice	3
The positive plant diversity/consumer relationship is independent of grassland age	3
Trait-mediated insect colonization of newly established grassland strips in agricultural landscapes	3
Historical comparisons show evolutionary changes in drought responses in European plant species after two decades of climate change	3
The impact of submontane meadows management on the structure of millipede (Diplopoda) communities	3
Beyond pollination – The neglected contribution of ground-nesting bees to soil functions	3
Population assessment without individual identification using camera-traps: A comparison of four methods	3
Selective observation causes differences in citizen science butterfly data	3
Conservation translocations in urban environments: State of the knowledge and future directions	3
Moving away from objectivity—A response to Wirth & Schulemann-Maier	3
Nematode diversity loss and community change in urban green spaces explained by alterations in soil pore structure and chemical properties	3
BOOK REVIEW	3
The importance of shrubland and local agroecological practices for pumpkin production in sub-Saharan smallholdings	3
Mammal Mia: A review on how ecological and human dimension research on urban wild mammals can benefit future biophilic cities	3
Partitioning of arthropod species diversity in temperate meadows, wildflower areas and pastures	3
Anthropogenic noise can decrease tomato reproductive success by hindering bumblebee-mediated pollination	3
Not only hedgerows, but also flower fields can enhance bat activity in intensively used agricultural landscapes	3
Rhizobial diversity impacts soybean resistance, but not tolerance, to herbivory during drought	3
Ecology for future cities	3
Human-Wildlife Conflicts Management: Prevention and Problem Solving, 2nd ed., Russell F. Reidinger, Jr. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland (2022). 272 pp., ISBN 978-1421445250, US$89.	3
Refugia for non-timber forest product populations: Prevalence and efficacy	3
Better red than dead: Plasticine moths are attacked less under HPS streetlights than LEDs	3