Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Papers
(The median citation count of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment is 0. 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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Millipedes diving into a small tributary?159
Issue Information156
Erratum152
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Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions101
Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities100
COVID resilience inside the research ecosystem99
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Attracted to death78
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The paradox of forbs in grasslands and the legacy of the mammoth steppe73
Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciences70
Higher incidence of high‐severity fire in and near industrially managed forests67
Wildlife gardening: an urban nexus of social and ecological relationships65
Drones address an observational blind spot for biological oceanography61
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship60
Protecting threatened species and music traditions60
Marine species introduction via reproduction and its response to ship transit routes55
How to pay for ecosystem services52
Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya51
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?51
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All‐true‐ism48
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Hunting on dangerous ground47
Vagrancy in Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic pinnipeds45
Dispatches39
Course‐based undergraduate research to advance environmental education, science, and resource management37
Twitter data reveal six distinct environmental personas35
Centering 30 × 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems35
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making33
Deoxygenation—coming to a water body near you32
Four‐Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for everyone: teaching ecology to non‐majors32
Sparse genetic data limit biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally31
RAD needs monitoring29
Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development29
Cities as sanctuaries26
Forest ecosystem properties emerge from interactions of structure and disturbance26
From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene26
Generating ecological insights from historical data25
Moose and wood ducks – an unlikely partnership?24
Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly24
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“Lianification” or liana invasion – is there a difference?24
Aposematism as a trap? A case of heavy predation on a poisonous salamander23
Urban parks and low‐dispersal species22
A theoretical framework for the ecological role of three‐dimensional structural diversity21
Mitigating soil greenhouse‐gas emissions from land‐use change in tropical peatlands21
Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene20
Unusual nectar‐thieving behavior in Brazil20
How climate‐change awareness can provoke physical symptoms20
Issue Information19
Co‐benefits of and trade‐offs between natural climate solutions and Sustainable Development Goals19
Can 30 × 30 targets stop island extinctions?19
Site fidelity as a maladaptive behavior in the Anthropocene18
Near‐term forecasts of NEON lakes reveal gradients of environmental predictability across the US18
Small artificial impoundments have big implications for hydrology and freshwater biodiversity18
Size matters in nature17
Are all‐girls programs sexist?17
Managing multi‐species plant invasions when interactions influence their impact17
Replace the ivory tower with the fire tower17
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Standing on one foot16
No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective16
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Location matters: planting urban trees in the right places improves cooling15
Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges15
The global rise of crustacean fisheries14
Tree frogs serve as a hotel for moth flies14
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Glass‐like flowers in the rain13
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Will greater argonaut strandings in southeast Australia increase with climate change?13
Dispatches13
Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields12
Managing ecosystem damage from extreme events12
Eurasian otters are becoming urbanized12
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Ecotourism impacts on reef fishes in a marine reserve during the COVID‐19 era12
Ants actively carry microplastics12
The human–grass–fire cycle: how people and invasives co‐occur to drive fire regimes12
Science in a changing world11
Logistical and preference bias in participatory science butterfly data11
Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture11
When avifauna collide: the case for lethal control of barred owls in western North America11
Dead rock python, the new fragrance from Crocuta10
Identity theft: anti‐predator mimicry by the giant anteater?10
Green infrastructure for urban resilience: a trait‐based framework10
A scenario‐guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions10
Last refuge for Arctic fauna10
Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity10
Browning and blueing – what is the fate of polar coasts?10
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Dispatches10
US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color9
Swallow‐tailed gull predation on a marine eel: personality traits implied?9
Unlocking our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams with genomic tools9
Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us9
Dispatches9
Landsat@509
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Virtual conferences improve inclusion in science8
Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low‐resource settings8
Can AI interpretation increase inclusivity?8
Can we coevolve with AI?8
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The ecological cost of reproduction in the proboscis bat7
Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses7
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Geophagy in African savanna elephants7
Setting your service agenda7
Prevalence of discourse on public engagement with science in ecology literature7
Emergent hotspots of biotic disturbances and their consequences for forest resilience6
Arresting the spread of invasive species in continental systems6
Forecasting range shifts using abundance distributions along environmental gradients6
Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions6
Reckless parenting with a purpose5
Going my way?5
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A native parrot as an invasive plant controller5
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Exoneration of the shrike5
Treefrogs near the top of a tropical rainforest5
Camouflaged life in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest5
Time to retire “alien” from the invasion ecology lexicon5
Squirrel consuming “poisonous” mushrooms5
Improving our understanding of blue carbon with a net ecosystem carbon budget framework4
Tropical cyclone risk to global mangrove ecosystems: potential future regional shifts4
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The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands4
Disease‐smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation4
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Clever commensalism in a harsh environment4
Historically excluded groups in ecology are undervalued and poorly treated4
Impact assessment of coastal marine range shifts to support proactive management4
Issue Information4
The American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) spawns regularly in salt marshes4
Cultivating curiosity3
Male and female crab spiders “cooperate” to mimic a flower3
What is Traditional Ecological Knowledge and why does it matter?3
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Allyship requires action3
What's in a name? The paradox of citizen science and community science3
The art of hiding in plain sight3
Evaluating conservation units using network analysis: a sea duck case study3
Mermaids by another name3
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The frog and the princess3
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Reshaping the Tree of Life: ecological implications of evolution in the Anthropocene3
“Best available science” and the reproducibility crisis3
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Advancing freshwater science with sensor data collected by community scientists3
Maladapted in the Anthropocene: communal hyperfidelity in snakes3
Stuff of nightmares2
Pathway to mainstream youth engagement and intergenerational partnership in nature conservation2
From plant litter to soil organic matter: a game to understand carbon dynamics2
Extreme event ecology needs proactive funding2
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Yorke Bay, Falkland Islands: a question for coastal management2
Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires2
Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events2
Habitat‐mediated soundscape conservation in marine ecosystems2
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Structural diversity: a digital revolution2
A king among queens2
“Authors declare no competing interests”—really?2
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New arrivals: natural colonization of an island by a large vertebrate2
A global synthesis of trends in human experience of nature2
Twenty years of Frontiers2
A native raptor contributing to the biological control of an invasive species2
Discovery of solar sea slugs in the Falkland Islands2
Erratum2
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Predator personalities alter ecosystem services2
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Promoting equity in the Conservation Reserve Program across the southeastern US2
Sex on the beach2
Participatory action research generates knowledge for Sustainable Development Goals2
The Fieldwork Wellness Framework: a new approach to field research in ecology2
Elevating the human dimension in ecology—a call for action2
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The Translocation Continuum Framework for context‐specific decision making2
Shifting along the urbanization gradient: A countryside hawk now thrives in the city2
Inducing biological resistance to invasive plants with adapted native species2
From science to policy: evolving marine biodiversity targets2
Drought and deluge—opportunities for climate‐change adaptation in US national parks2
Erratum2
How do urban trees vary across the US? It depends on where and how you look2
Green pockets with seeds2
Stealthier than we thought1
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Pacific herring spawns transfer energy to coastal ecosystems1
Sea‐ice anomalies affect the acoustic presence of Antarctic pinnipeds in breeding areas1
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The cost of war for biodiversity: a potential ecocide in Ukraine1
Precise knowledge of commodity trade is needed to understand invasion flows1
On pikas and ticks1
Losing flow in free‐flowing Mediterranean‐climate streams1
Hidden in plain sight1
National parks in Spain are failing to protect wetlands1
Rangeland afforestation is not a natural climate solution1
Lidar and deep learning reveal forest structural controls on snowpack1
Conservation of the Atlantic Forest trees through Indigenous sustainability1
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Floral parasites: mutualism or exploitation in pollination?1
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Reply to Gilbert, Eyster, and Zipkin1
Disgusting, delicious durians1
Minding the boundary: social–ecological contexts for fence ecology and management1
High stakes and sacrifice in the Arctic1
Modulation of ecosystem services by animal personalities1
Crow predation on intertidal invertebrates1
Issue Information1
Subseasonal forecasts provide a powerful tool for dynamic marine mammal management1
Hidden in the jelly: the uncommon lifestyle of a dipteran larva1
TheNEONEcological Forecasting Challenge1
Enhancing water protection on Tribal lands1
The Dasgupta Review: resetting the stage for a new paradigm1
Dynamic connectivity assessment for a terrestrial predator in a metropolitan region1
What's the point of peer review?1
Pyrodiversity promotes pollinator diversity in a fire‐adapted landscape1
A silent spring, or a new cacophony? Invasive plants as maestros of modern soundscapes1
Where no elephant has gone before1
Taking a chance1
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Treasure troves of tabasheer1
Open Access perpetuates differences between higher‐ and lower‐income countries1
Air pollution: a threat to insect pollination1
Charting a path for the National Nature Assessment1
Building US food‐energy‐water security requires avoiding unintended consequences for ecosystems1
The western North American forestland carbon sink: will our climate commitments go up in smoke?1
Fostering ecological understanding in and engagement with local communities1
Three species of birds in one nest1
Duration record for a GPS‐transmitter fitted to a vulture1
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A flower’s middle lobe mimics an anther1
Climate‐driven diatom aggregations pose a risk to long‐lived Antarctic filter feeders1
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Dispatches1
Host manipulation by a parasitic plant?1
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