Biological Reviews

Papers
(The TQCC of Biological Reviews 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication259
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows244
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene177
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures168
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review151
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics133
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours120
The intricate relationship between stress and animal welfare: from historical perspective to new avenues117
Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives111
A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology108
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation100
Prey specificity of predatory venoms97
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis96
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians96
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis95
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems92
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The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles89
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens89
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals86
On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea84
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene84
Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution81
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals81
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish80
Form and function of anguilliform swimming78
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline76
Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes75
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis74
Successional theories71
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community68
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions68
Grasping at water: a gap‐oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation67
Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross‐scale approach67
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?63
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Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd62
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses61
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity60
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory59
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements58
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals56
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research56
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services55
Sexual conflict as a constraint on asexual reproduction: an empirical review55
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus55
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour53
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review52
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms51
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade49
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?48
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates46
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind46
Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration46
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism46
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns45
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA44
Research progress on nitrogen‐removal characteristics and mechanisms in salt‐tolerant microorganisms44
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants44
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?43
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits42
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera42
Ecology needs a causal overhaul41
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops40
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions40
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review39
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)38
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base38
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards38
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The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis37
An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales37
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface37
Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth36
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish35
Uncovering the ‘sphinx’ of sphingosine 1‐phosphate signalling: from cellular events to organ morphogenesis35
A conceptual framework for conserving giant panda habitat: restoration and connectivity34
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance34
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare33
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective33
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies32
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects32
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses32
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses32
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems32
A pan‐metazoan concept for adult stem cells: the wobbling Penrose landscape31
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution30
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition30
Corrigendum to ‘A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator‐rich landscapes: a case study of the UK’, published in Biological Reviews 93, p30
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Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis29
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals29
Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems28
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination28
Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis27
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling27
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis27
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection26
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Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?26
Effective dispersal of fern spore and the ecological relevance of zoochory26
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition26
Ecosystem services provided by spiders26
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds26
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development25
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs25
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems25
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The ecology of electricity and electroreception25
The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton25
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds24
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group24
How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions24
The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong23
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis23
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes23
Animal linguistics: a primer22
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change22
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics22
Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology22
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