Basic and Applied Ecology

Papers
(The median citation count of Basic and Applied Ecology is 3. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Short-term response of ground-dwelling arthropods to storm-related disturbances is mediated by topography and dispersal78
Social predation by ants as a mortality source for an arboreal gregarious forest pest71
Reprint of: Tree-tree interactions and crown complementarity: the role of functional diversity and branch traits for canopy packing53
Environmental associations of abundance-weighted functional traits in Australian plant communities45
Semi-natural habitats are key to breeding bird diversity in intensified vineyard landscapes across Europe39
Non-crop habitats concurrently drive crop colonization by the millet head miner and regulation by natural enemies36
Short-term fate of nitrogen fixed by moss-cyanobacteria associations under different rainfall regimes35
Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: Lessons from an individual trait-based approach35
Nematode dynamics in an African dolomite cave: What is the role of environmental filtering in spatial and temporal distribution?34
Moving north under the eye of the public: The dispersal ecology of the Nosferatu spider, documented by citizen scientists34
Abundance and trait-matching both shape interaction frequencies between plants and birds in seed-dispersal networks33
Using spatially-explicit plant competition models to optimise crop productivity in intercropped systems33
Artificial light at night increases the nighttime feeding of monarch butterfly caterpillars without affecting host plant quality29
The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds29
Proximity to wildflower strips did not boost crop pollination on small, diversified farms harboring diverse wild bees29
Testing standard growth substrates for establishing native dry sandy grassland species on extensive green roofs in Northern Germany28
Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest27
Editorial Board26
Facilitation by a dwarf shrub enhances plant diversity of human-valued species at high elevations in the Himalayas of Nepal26
Temporal changes of biodiversity in urban running waters – Results of a twelve-year monitoring study24
Testimonials to reconstruct past abundances of wildlife populations24
Effects of perennial wildflower strips and landscape structure on birds in intensively farmed agricultural landscapes24
Non-additive effects of multiple predators alter the biological control of the coffee leaf miner (Leucoptera coffeella)23
An observational assessment of winter human-nature interaction in urban parks23
Biodiversity in urban blue space – increasing knowledge and species richness22
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]22
Are alien plant species superior to natives, and is this determined by performance measure and study design? A meta-analysis22
Does weed suppression by high crop density depend on crop spatial pattern and soil water availability?22
Improving wild bee monitoring, sampling methods, and conservation21
Book Review21
Where do hamsters go after cereal harvest? A case study.21
Editorial Board21
Floristic composition and plant functional type diversity of the basalt cliffs of Western Ghats, India21
Towards sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from an interdisciplinary research-based framework applied to the Saint Lawrence floodplain21
Invasive common milkweed strongly simplifies insect flower-visiting networks20
Changes in weed vegetation across transects in maize fields20
Exploring relationships between time of day and pollinator activity in the context of pesticide use20
Distance- and density-dependent recruitment of common ragwort is not driven by plant-soil feedbacks20
Comparing the performance of two camera trap-based methods to survey small mustelids19
Plant functional composition as an effective surrogate for biodiversity conservation19
Bottom-up and top-down drivers of herbivory on Arabica coffee along an environmental and management gradient19
Editorial Board19
How cushion plant communities structure nival soil biodiversity: A metabarcoding study in the French Alps19
Foraging risk in scavenging ecology: A study of scavenger behavior and patterns of bacterial growth19
Simply the green: Urban refuges19
Editorial Board19
Corrigendum to “Drought response and urban-pollinator attractiveness of ornamental plant species” [Basic and Applied Ecology Volume 78, August 2024, Pages 1–13]19
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 scales18
Extensive vegetation management and semi-natural habitats increase plant alpha and gamma diversity in European vineyards18
Soundscape for urban ecological security evaluation17
Decreasing nitrogen deposition rates: Good news for oligotrophic grassland species?17
Seedling recruitment of small-seeded and large-seeded species in forests and pastures in southern Ecuador17
The role of non-volatile chemicals of floral rewards in plant-pollinator interactions17
A review of global trends in the study types used to investigate bee nesting biology17
Contrasting effects of street light shapes and LED color temperatures on nocturnal insects and bats17
Impacts of coastal realignment on biodiversity. A systematic review and meta-analysis16
Geographic variation in the population trends of common breeding birds across central Europe16
Limited immediate effect of artificial light of realistic intensity on flight behaviour of commuting pond bat (Myotis dasycneme)16
Urbanisation reduced body size but potentially improved flight performance in bees and wasps15
Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients15
Research agenda on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in European cities15
Viticulture abandonment benefits the bird community of the French Mediterranean15
A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: Does integrated pest management make a difference?15
Does crop genetic diversity support positive biodiversity effects under experimental drought?14
Temporal resource partitioning mediates vertebrate coexistence at carcasses: The role of competitive and facilitative interactions14
Taxonomic and functional characteristics of field edge weed communities along a gradient of crop management intensity14
WITHDRAWN: Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes14
Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes14
Cliffs support lichen communities unique from nearby forests14
Plant species diversity affects plant nutrient pools by affecting plant biomass and nutrient concentrations in high-nitrogen ecosystems14
Larger cities host richer bee faunas, but are no refuge for species with concerning conservation status: Empirical evidence from Western Europe13
Towards an effective in-situ biodiversity assessment in European forests13
Can novel seed mixes provide a more diverse, abundant, earlier, and longer-lasting floral resource for bees than current mixes?13
Distribution, behavior and diet of the Asiatic black bear in human modified landscapes13
Challenges and opportunities when studying movement ecology in science and practical conservation13
Plant diversity on islands in the Anthropocene: Integrating the effects of the theory of island biogeography and human activities13
Bees and pollination in grassland habitats in Helsinki (Finland) are diverse but dominated by polylectic species13
Vascular plant and ground beetle diversity on wet arable land versus conventional crop fields13
A global assessment of the species composition and effectiveness of watermelon pollinators and the management strategies to inform effective pollination service delivery12
Editorial Board12
Bumblebee workers avoid foraging in road verges along busy roads12
BOOK REVIEW12
Crop gains induced by diversification exceed crop losses to diseases and weeds in a low-input rice cultivation system12
Reprint of: Drivers of within-tree leaf trait variation in a tropical planted forest varying in tree species richness12
Unpacking the fitness consequences of a warmer spring on an overwintering butterfly11
Soil nutrients and variation in biomass rather than native species richness influence introduced plant richness in a semi-arid grassland11
Positive association between foliar silicon and extrafloral nectar in Vicia faba with application of methyl jasmonate11
Pollinator supplementation mitigates pollination deficits in smallholder avocado (Persea americana Mill.) production systems in Kenya11
Warming enhances the effects of nitrogen addition on fungal but not on bacterial diversity in an alpine meadow11
Quantifying the mutualism-antagonism continuum for seed removal by a granivorous disperser11
Ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity respond differently to changes in forest cover and spatial distance11
BOOK REVIEW11
Proglacial slopes are protected against erosion by trait diverse and dense plant communities associated with specific microbial communities11
Intraspecific interactions in the annual legume Medicago minima are shaped by both genetic variation for competitive ability and reduced competition among kin11
Irrigation decreases flower cover and beneficial arthropod abundances in Mediterranean vineyards11
Asynchrony between solitary bee emergence and flower availability reduces flower visitation rate and may affect offspring size11
What plant–pollinator network structure tells us about the mechanisms underlying the bidirectional biodiversity productivity relationship?11
Carnivores cross irrigation canals more often through overpasses than through culverts11
Olive grove intensification negatively affects wintering bird communities in central Spain10
The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning10
Functional traits mediate ant community assembly in a West African savannah-forest mosaic (Côte d'Ivoire)10
Making the best of a hard job: A response to Nakashima (2022)10
Predator and pollinator? An invasive hornet alters the pollination dynamics of a native plant10
Hand pollination of global crops – A systematic review10
Time since establishment drives bee and hoverfly diversity, abundance of crop-pollinating bees and aphidophagous hoverflies in perennial wildflower strips10
Editorial Board10
Climate and soil factors drive the functional and phylogenetic assembly of Qinghai-Tibetan grassland communities via multiple paths10
Recovery of local dragonfly diversity following restoration of an artificial lake in an urban area near Buenos Aires10
Climate and human influence shape the interactive role of the honeybee in pollination networks beyond its native distributional range10
Long-term data shows increasing dominance of Bombus terrestris with climate warming10
Editorial Board10
Nectar microbes may indirectly change fruit consumption by seed-dispersing birds9
Scale-dependent effectiveness of on-field vs. off-field agri-environmental measures for wild bees9
The multiple-mechanisms hypothesis of biodiversity–stability relationships9
Pollen load, pollen species diversity and conspecific pollen carried by pollinators across 24-hour cycles9
Intercropping in high input agriculture supports arthropod diversity without risking significant yield losses9
Environmental complexity and predator density mediate a stable earwig-woolly apple aphid interaction9
Drought response and urban-pollinator attractiveness of ornamental plant species9
Habitat heterogeneity promotes bird diversity in agricultural landscapes: Insights from remote sensing data9
Effects of phylogenetic associations on environmental and temporal niche partitioning among sympatric mammals9
Survival patterns and population stability of cliff plants suggest high resistance to climatic variability9
Environmentally-friendly and organic management practices enable complementary diversification of plant–bumblebee food webs9
Smelling danger: Lady beetle odors affect aphid population abundance and feeding, but not movement between plants9
BOOK REVIEW9
Bumblebee pollination ensures the stability of both yield and quality of the woody oil crop Paeonia ostii ‘Fengdan’9
Effects of land-use and climate change on grasshopper assemblages differ between protected and unprotected grasslands8
Within-bloom shift in abundance of a wild pollinator mediates pollen deposition rates to blueberry8
The effects of climate change on boreal plant-pollinator interactions are largely neglected by science8
Evaluating the potential of agri-environmental measures (AEM) in mitigating biodiversity loss due to land consolidation in China: Understanding the function of linear habitats8
Prescribed fire has slight influence on Roosevelt elk population dynamics8
Species ecological strategy and soil phosphorus supply interactively affect plant biomass and phosphorus concentration8
Threats and benefits of invasive alien plant species on pollinators8
Unravelling the multi-scale structure of vertebrate scavenger communities: The role of beta-diversity in livestock carcass consumption8
Global patterns and mechanisms shaping dimensionality diversity in sharks8
Seasonal variability of scavenger visitations is independent of carrion predictability8
Abiotic and biotic drivers of strawberry productivity across a rural-urban gradient8
Hoverfly assemblages in urban farms compared to urban parks in the city of Geneva8
The extended role of carrion: Insect consumption and hair taking at fox carcasses8
Radar remote sensing as a novel tool to assess the performance of an agri-environment scheme in coastal grasslands8
Response of honeybee colony size to flower strips in agricultural landscapes depends on areal proportion, spatial distribution and plant composition8
Shrub anti-herbivore defenses exhibit non-linear and varied responses to increased herbivore density8
Evolutionary Agroecology: Individual fitness, population yield and resource availability in wheat7
Editorial Board7
Prevalence of major pests and diseases in wild and cultivated coffee in Ethiopia7
Native flower strips increase visitation by non-bee insects to avocado flowers and promote yield7
Providing evidence for the conservation of a rare forest butterfly: Results from a three-year capture-mark-recapture study7
Effects of plant functional group removal on caterpillars (Gynaephora alpherakii) performance and plant production in an alpine meadow7
Enhanced invertebrate activity-densities and weed seed predation in an integrated cropping system7
Spatial configuration and landscape context of wildflower areas determine their benefits to pollinator α- and β-diversity7
Hedgerow structural diversity is key to promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services: A systematic review of Central European studies7
Distance decay effects predominantly shape spider but not carabid community composition in crop fields in north-western Europe7
Resource availability and competition shape pollinator trophic specialization in longleaf pine savannas7
Exogenous application of plant defense hormones alters the effects of live soils on plant performance7
Hydrological dynamics, wetland morphology and vegetation structure determine riparian arthropod communities in constructed wetlands7
The activity of a subterranean small mammal alters Afroalpine vegetation patterns and is positively affected by livestock grazing7
Ungulate herbivory reduces abundance and fluctuations of herbivorous insects in a boreal old-growth forest7
An unfortunate alliance: Native shrubs increase the abundance, performance, and apparent impacts of Bromus tectorum across a regional aridity gradient6
Nature-based solutions to increase sustainability and resilience of vineyard-dominated landscapes6
Editorial Board6
Comparison of the pollination efficiency of Apis cerana with wild bees in oil-seed camellia fields6
From pattern to process: Towards mechanistic design principles for pest suppressive landscapes6
Nutrient status not secondary metabolites drives herbivory and pathogen infestation across differently mycorrhized tree monocultures and mixtures6
Pollinators & Pollination: Nature and Society, J. Ollerton. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, UK (2021). 286 pp., €31 (Softcover), ISBN: 978-1-78427-228-96
Temporal stability of agricultural land-use effects on morphological traits and abundance in bumblebees and syrphid flies6
Genomic patterns and the evolutionary origin of an invasive fungal pathogen (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) in Europe6
The risk of invasion by angiosperms peaks at intermediate levels of human influence6
Drivers of cultivated and wild plant pollination in urban agroecosystems6
BOOK REVIEW6
WITHDRAWN: Sown wildflower areas for biodiversity conservation and multifunctional agricultural landscapes5
Positive effects of ants on host trees are critical in years of low reproduction and not influenced by liana presence5
Editorial Board5
The influence of habitat properties on sex determination in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera5
Mycorrhizal fungi improve growth of Juniperus communis but only at sufficiently high soil element concentrations5
Glyphosate reduces the biodiversity of soil macrofauna and benefits exotic over native species in a tropical agroecosystem5
Reconciling conservation and development in protected areas of the Global South5
Species and functional responses of ants to inter-row tillage and vegetation in organic Mediterranean vineyards5
More intraguild prey than pest species in arachnid diets may compromise biological control in apple orchards5
A green design of city squares increases abundance and diversity of birds5
Agricultural intensification affects birds' trait diversity across Europe5
Impact of an extreme drought event on clonal reproduction and the acclimation capacity of the succulent plant Sempervivum tectorum L.5
Floral resource distribution and fitness consequences for two solitary bee species in agricultural landscapes5
Experimental manipulation of biotic and abiotic parameters changes the outcome of insect-plant interactions5
Grassland plant and invertebrate species richness increases from mowing are mediated by impacts on soil chemistry5
High soil moisture promotes the emergence of ground beetles and spiders from soils in wheat fields5
Soil microbial biomass and enzyme kinetics for the assessment of temporal diversification in agroecosystems5
The impact of maize-bean intercropping on insect biodiversity5
Disentangling food-web environment relationships: A review with guidelines4
Game Theory in Biology: Concepts and Frontiers, J. M. McNamara, O. Leimar, Oxford University Press (2020). 352pp., £70.00 (Hardback), £34.99 (Paperback), ISBN: 9780198815778 (Hardback), 9780198815785 4
Humid grassland fallows promote spider diversity in a traditionally managed landscape4
A call to action for inventorying and monitoring of cliff ecosystems to support conservation4
Cross-disciplinary approaches for better research: The case of birds and bats4
River dike grasslands can reconcile biodiversity and different ecosystem services to provide multifunctionality4
Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves. Edited by Samuel Myers and Howard Frumkin. Island Press, Washington DC (2020). 536 pages. ISBN: 978-1610919661; 37,35 €4
No changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen following long-term prescribed burning and livestock exclusion in the Sudan-savanna woodlands of Burkina Faso4
Attractiveness of sown wildflower strips to flower-visiting insects depends on seed mixture and establishment success4
Agricultural drivers of field margin plant communities are scale-dependent4
Reprint of: Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest4
Limited honeybee hive placement balances the trade-off between biodiversity conservation and crop yield of buckwheat cultivation4
Niche differentiation of arthropods and plants along small-scale gradients in temporary wetlands (kettle holes)4
Spatio-temporal modelling of the effect of environmental and land-use factors on species-rich calcareous grasslands4
A spotlight on the phytobiome: Plant-mediated interactions in an illuminated world4
Book Review4
The global conservation status of plants growing on cliffs and rocky outcrops4
Vegetation-based ecosystem service delivery in urban landscapes: A systematic review4
Special issue: Urban ecosystems: potentials, challenges, and solutions3
Ecological traits and landscape characteristics predicting bird sensitivity to urbanization in city parks3
Radial growth response of trees to seasonal soil humidity in a subtropical forest3
Comparing scavenging in marine and terrestrial ecosystems: a case study with fish and gull carcasses in a small Mediterranean island3
On the edge: Conservation genomics of the critically endangered dwarf mountain pine Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii3
The positive plant diversity/consumer relationship is independent of grassland age3
Better red than dead: Plasticine moths are attacked less under HPS streetlights than LEDs3
Not only hedgerows, but also flower fields can enhance bat activity in intensively used agricultural landscapes3
Beyond pollination – The neglected contribution of ground-nesting bees to soil functions3
Cliff nesting birds provide nutrient inputs to cliff ecosystems3
Recent biodiversity changes in grasslands across elevational bands in Switzerland3
Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates3
Island biogeography theory predicts plant species richness of remnant grassland patches in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northern China3
Trait-mediated insect colonization of newly established grassland strips in agricultural landscapes3
Partitioning of arthropod species diversity in temperate meadows, wildflower areas and pastures3
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
Editorial Board3
Artificial light at night reduces larval survival and constrains female body mass in a capital breeding moth3
New fungal core microbiome members of the ground nesting bee Andrena vaga: The key to oligolecty?3
Editorial Board3
Mammal Mia: A review on how ecological and human dimension research on urban wild mammals can benefit future biophilic cities3
The importance of shrubland and local agroecological practices for pumpkin production in sub-Saharan smallholdings3
Refugia for non-timber forest product populations: Prevalence and efficacy3
BOOK REVIEW3
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