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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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You startle me, you don’t305
Millipedes diving into a small tributary?136
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Erratum128
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Artificial habitat structures for animal conservation: design and implementation, risks and opportunities105
Harnessing trait–environment interactions to predict ecosystem functions90
COVID resilience inside the research ecosystem88
Toward a roadmap for diadromous fish conservation: the Big Five considerations88
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Modern building structures are a landscape‐level driver of bat–human exposure risk in Kenya68
Attracted to death68
Marine species introduction via reproduction and its response to ship transit routes65
Higher incidence of high‐severity fire in and near industrially managed forests64
What is the fitness benefit of night lighting for toads?62
Drones address an observational blind spot for biological oceanography62
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How to pay for ecosystem services57
Managing animal movement conserves predator–prey dynamics55
Protecting threatened species and music traditions52
Relationship with the land as a foundation for ecosystem stewardship51
The paradox of forbs in grasslands and the legacy of the mammoth steppe50
Wildlife gardening: an urban nexus of social and ecological relationships49
RAD needs monitoring47
Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciences47
All‐true‐ism45
Hunting on dangerous ground44
Deoxygenation—coming to a water body near you43
Twitter data reveal six distinct environmental personas42
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Vagrancy in Antarctic and sub‐Antarctic pinnipeds38
Dispatches38
Centering 30 × 30 conservation initiatives on freshwater ecosystems34
Cities as sanctuaries32
Forest ecosystem properties emerge from interactions of structure and disturbance32
Four‐Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) for everyone: teaching ecology to non‐majors31
Managing the threat of infectious disease in fisheries and aquaculture using structured decision making30
From meta‐system theory to the sustainable management of rivers in the Anthropocene30
Course‐based undergraduate research to advance environmental education, science, and resource management29
Quantifying the “avoided” biodiversity impacts associated with economic development29
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Action on ecology and justice26
Moose and wood ducks – an unlikely partnership?25
Generating ecological insights from historical data25
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Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly24
Can 30 × 30 targets stop island extinctions?23
Aposematism as a trap? A case of heavy predation on a poisonous salamander23
Urban parks and low‐dispersal species23
“Lianification” or liana invasion – is there a difference?22
Unusual nectar‐thieving behavior in Brazil22
COVID‐19 lockdowns increase public interest in urban nature22
How climate‐change awareness can provoke physical symptoms22
The American Pond Belt: an untold story of conservation challenges and opportunities21
Co‐benefits of and trade‐offs between natural climate solutions and Sustainable Development Goals21
Toward a predictable cask theory of species extinction assessment in the Anthropocene21
Near‐term forecasts of NEON lakes reveal gradients of environmental predictability across the US20
Site fidelity as a maladaptive behavior in the Anthropocene20
Managing multi‐species plant invasions when interactions influence their impact19
A theoretical framework for the ecological role of three‐dimensional structural diversity18
Mitigating soil greenhouse‐gas emissions from land‐use change in tropical peatlands18
Iteratively forecasting biological invasions with PoPS and a little help from our friends18
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Small artificial impoundments have big implications for hydrology and freshwater biodiversity17
Size matters in nature17
Replace the ivory tower with the fire tower17
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Are all‐girls programs sexist?16
Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges15
The global rise of crustacean fisheries15
No branch left behind: tracking terrestrial biodiversity from a phylogenetic completeness perspective15
Standing on one foot15
An operational framework for defining and forecasting phytoplankton blooms14
Location matters: planting urban trees in the right places improves cooling14
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Dispatches13
Riparian buffers can help mitigate biodiversity declines in oil palm agriculture13
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Tree frogs serve as a hotel for moth flies13
When avifauna collide: the case for lethal control of barred owls in western North America12
Eurasian otters are becoming urbanized12
Science in a changing world12
Glass‐like flowers in the rain12
Will greater argonaut strandings in southeast Australia increase with climate change?12
Ants actively carry microplastics12
Ecotourism impacts on reef fishes in a marine reserve during the COVID‐19 era12
Webs of science: mentor networks influence women's integration into STEM fields12
The human–grass–fire cycle: how people and invasives co‐occur to drive fire regimes12
A scenario‐guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions12
Structural diversity as a reliable and novel predictor for ecosystem productivity11
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Green infrastructure for urban resilience: a trait‐based framework10
Dead rock python, the new fragrance from Crocuta10
Logistical and preference bias in participatory science butterfly data10
Dispatches9
Unlocking our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams with genomic tools9
Can AI interpretation increase inclusivity?9
Browning and blueing – what is the fate of polar coasts?9
Last refuge for Arctic fauna9
Swallow‐tailed gull predation on a marine eel: personality traits implied?9
Identity theft: anti‐predator mimicry by the giant anteater?9
Dispatches9
Virtual conferences improve inclusion in science9
US lakes are monitored disproportionately less in communities of color9
Landsat@508
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Re‐envisioning urban landscapes: lichens, liverworts, and mosses coexist spontaneously with us8
Plugging the leaks: antibiotic resistance at human–animal interfaces in low‐resource settings8
Can we coevolve with AI?8
Prevalence of discourse on public engagement with science in ecology literature8
Importance of private and communal lands to sustainable conservation of Africa's rhinoceroses7
Geophagy in African savanna elephants7
Setting your service agenda7
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Expected demographic and genetic declines not found in most zoo and aquarium populations6
Arresting the spread of invasive species in continental systems6
The ecological cost of reproduction in the proboscis bat6
Emergent hotspots of biotic disturbances and their consequences for forest resilience6
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Citizen science to address the global issue of bird–window collisions6
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Camouflaged life in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest5
Exoneration of the shrike5
Treefrogs near the top of a tropical rainforest5
Disease‐smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation5
Reckless parenting with a purpose5
Going my way?5
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Squirrel consuming “poisonous” mushrooms5
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Forecasting range shifts using abundance distributions along environmental gradients5
Time to retire “alien” from the invasion ecology lexicon5
A native parrot as an invasive plant controller5
Historically excluded groups in ecology are undervalued and poorly treated4
The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands4
Male and female crab spiders “cooperate” to mimic a flower4
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The American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) spawns regularly in salt marshes4
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Clever commensalism in a harsh environment4
Impact assessment of coastal marine range shifts to support proactive management4
Tropical cyclone risk to global mangrove ecosystems: potential future regional shifts4
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Mermaids by another name4
Erratum3
Structural diversity: a digital revolution3
Advancing freshwater science with sensor data collected by community scientists3
What is Traditional Ecological Knowledge and why does it matter?3
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Habitat‐mediated soundscape conservation in marine ecosystems3
Promoting equity in the Conservation Reserve Program across the southeastern US3
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The art of hiding in plain sight3
What's in a name? The paradox of citizen science and community science3
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“Best available science” and the reproducibility crisis3
Maladapted in the Anthropocene: communal hyperfidelity in snakes3
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Evaluating conservation units using network analysis: a sea duck case study3
Wild American mink (Neovison vison) may pose a COVID‐19 threat3
The frog and the princess3
Allyship requires action3
A native raptor contributing to the biological control of an invasive species2
Yorke Bay, Falkland Islands: a question for coastal management2
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New arrivals: natural colonization of an island by a large vertebrate2
Discovery of solar sea slugs in the Falkland Islands2
“Authors declare no competing interests”—really?2
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Twenty years of Frontiers2
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Connecting ecosystem services science and policy in the field2
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Elevating the human dimension in ecology—a call for action2
Reshaping the Tree of Life: ecological implications of evolution in the Anthropocene2
Disruption of cultural burning promotes shrub encroachment and unprecedented wildfires2
Green pockets with seeds2
How do urban trees vary across the US? It depends on where and how you look2
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Extreme event ecology needs proactive funding2
Pathway to mainstream youth engagement and intergenerational partnership in nature conservation2
Shifting along the urbanization gradient: A countryside hawk now thrives in the city2
Participatory action research generates knowledge for Sustainable Development Goals2
Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events2
The Fieldwork Wellness Framework: a new approach to field research in ecology2
Predator personalities alter ecosystem services2
The Translocation Continuum Framework for context‐specific decision making2
Stuff of nightmares1
Pyrodiversity promotes pollinator diversity in a fire‐adapted landscape1
A global synthesis of trends in human experience of nature1
The cost of war for biodiversity: a potential ecocide in Ukraine1
On pikas and ticks1
Hidden in the jelly: the uncommon lifestyle of a dipteran larva1
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TheNEONEcological Forecasting Challenge1
Hidden in plain sight1
A flower’s middle lobe mimics an anther1
Rangeland afforestation is not a natural climate solution1
Reply to Gilbert, Eyster, and Zipkin1
Megafire‐induced interval squeeze threatens vegetation at landscape scales1
Where no elephant has gone before1
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Open Access perpetuates differences between higher‐ and lower‐income countries1
Climate‐driven diatom aggregations pose a risk to long‐lived Antarctic filter feeders1
Pacific herring spawns transfer energy to coastal ecosystems1
Sea‐ice anomalies affect the acoustic presence of Antarctic pinnipeds in breeding areas1
A king among queens1
Dynamic connectivity assessment for a terrestrial predator in a metropolitan region1
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Subseasonal forecasts provide a powerful tool for dynamic marine mammal management1
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Precise knowledge of commodity trade is needed to understand invasion flows1
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Fostering ecological understanding in and engagement with local communities1
Host manipulation by a parasitic plant?1
Duration record for a GPS‐transmitter fitted to a vulture1
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Taking a chance1
Dispatches1
Disgusting, delicious durians1
Air pollution: a threat to insect pollination1
Sex on the beach1
Removing federal subsidies from high‐hazard coastal areas slows development1
Dispatches1
Floral parasites: mutualism or exploitation in pollination?1
What's the point of peer review?1
Three species of birds in one nest1
Enhancing water protection on Tribal lands1
Advancing management of urban forested natural areas: toward an urban silviculture?1
The seal people1
Lidar and deep learning reveal forest structural controls on snowpack1
A silent spring, or a new cacophony? Invasive plants as maestros of modern soundscapes1
National parks in Spain are failing to protect wetlands1
Throughfall and stemflow are major hydrologic highways for particulate traffic through tree canopies1
Stealthier than we thought1
Treasure troves of tabasheer1
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Conservation of the Atlantic Forest trees through Indigenous sustainability1
From plant litter to soil organic matter: a game to understand carbon dynamics1
Minding the boundary: social–ecological contexts for fence ecology and management1
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