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(The median citation count of Biotropica is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Short‐Term Effects of El Niño (2023–2024 ENSO) Drought on Predation Patterns of Lepidopteran Prey in an Urban‐Agricultural Ecosystems27
Citizen science and color pattern analysis indicate unreported Batesian mimicry between Neotropical snakes27
Soil Enzyme Stoichiometry Indicates the Alleviation of Microbial Carbon and Nutrient Limitations After Forest Restoration in Rubber Monocultures, Southwest China20
Spatiotemporal patterns of trophic niche variation within and among species of tropical coastal fishes19
Fallen trees as “natural bridges” for the movement of mammals crossing rivers18
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Landscape heterogeneity increases survival of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis juveniles in a frequently burned, humid savanna17
Seed dispersal of Madagascar's iconic baobab species, Adansonia grandidieri17
2023 Julie S Denslow & Peter Ashton Prizes for the outstanding articles published in Biotropica17
Taxonomic and functional avian diversity vary with cattle management practices in humid Chaco forests of Argentina17
Habitat Conditions and Neighborhood Interactions Drive the Phylogenetic Structure of Seedling Assemblages in a Tropical Forest Mosaic16
Vertebrate seed predation can limit recruitment of later‐successional species in tropical forest restoration16
Weak edge effects on trees in Bornean rainforest remnants bordering oil palm14
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Use of the Alternative Stable States Concept in Tropical Terrestrial Ecosystem Research—A Systematic Literature Review14
Forest‐Associated Understorey Birds Persist in Agroforestry Orchards Within Tropical Rubber and Oil Palm Landscapes14
Silviculture Simplifies Anuran–Prey Networks and Increases Niche Partitioning in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest14
Phenotypic, Floristic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of the Pollen Niche of Amazonian Stingless Bees13
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Impacts of large dams on Amazonian floodplain bird communities13
Impact of human foraging on tree diversity, composition, and abundance in a tropical rainforest13
Beans with bugs: Covert carnivory and infested seed selection by the red‐nosed cuxiú monkey13
Patterns of Leaf, Flower, and Fruit Phenology and Environmental Relationships in a Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya13
Bioacoustic Assessment of Mangrove Health: Influence of Habitat Characteristics on Bird Richness13
Migration Patterns of Epiphyllous Bryophyte Metapopulations in Amazonian Fragmented Landscape Inferred From Census and Genomic Data12
Abundance variations within feeding guilds reveal ecological mechanisms behind avian species richness pattern along the elevational gradient of Mount Cameroon12
Land‐use changes impact responses of termite functional and taxonomic diversity in the Colombian Amazon12
Geophagy by a large herbivore (capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) driven by a human sodium supply11
Do experimental drought stress and species' drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?11
Virtual special issue: Insights from a landscape ecological perspective for tropical biology and conservation11
Moderate anthropogenic impacts alter temporal niche without affecting spatial distribution of ocelots in the Amazon rainforest11
Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania11
Non‐floral scent sources of orchid bees: Observations and significance11
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Vegetation Structure and Soil Composition Influence Opiliones Diversity Across Spatial Scales in Amazonia10
Knowledge gaps and opportunities for conservation with orchid collectors in Vietnam10
Habitat differences in seed‐dispersing vertebrates indicate dispersal limitation in tropical bracken‐dominated deforested areas10
2025 Julie S. Denslow and Peter Ashton Prizes for the Outstanding Articles Published in Biotropica10
Forest resistance to drought in a humid tropical dipterocarp forest in the Western Ghats of India10
Escape behavior lateralization of pointed‐belly frog (Leptodactylus podicipinus) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in the southern Pantanal10
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) at risk in western Mexico9
Directed vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal of a fleshy‐fruited amaryllid in a heterogenous habitat9
Lepidoptera research in Puerto Rico: Reconnecting with historical legacies to guide future priorities9
Height–diameter allometry for a dominant palm to improve understanding of carbon and forest dynamics in forests of Puerto Rico9
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2025 ATBC Honorary Fellows9
Proximate cues of flowering in a subtropical rain forest9
Where Art Thou? Urbanization Decreases Attacks on Sentinel Prey by Arthropods, but Not Birds, in a Tropical City9
Isolated Trees in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape: A View Through the Soil Seed Bank9
Niche expansion of capuchin monkeys to forest floor on guild‐reduced islands increases interspecific spatio‐temporal overlap9
Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels9
Challenges in the Early Ontogeny of a Mutualistic Plant: Resource Availability and Plant Defense in Juvenile Cecropia Ant‐Plants8
Seeding success: Integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration8
Changing the main course: strong bat visitation to the ornithophilous mistletoe Psittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae) in a Neotropical savanna8
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Cattle Disperse Seeds and Aquatic Plants in Neotropical Wetlands8
ATBC Code of Conduct8
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Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama8
ATBC 2022 Student and Early Career Awards8
Effects of Vegetation Density on the Diversity of Lizards in an Area of the Brazilian Cerrado8
Cactus height increases the modularity of a plant–frugivore network in the Caatinga dry forest8
Strangler Figs and Their Spirits: How Indigenous Beliefs and Practices Influence an Iban Landscape, West Kalimantan, Indonesia8
An unprecedented and unprovoked attack by a free‐ranging ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Peruvian Amazon7
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Role of Rivers as Geographical Barriers in Shaping Molecular Divergence of Neotropical Primates7
Rapoport's rule explains the range size distribution of butterflies along the Eastern Himalayan elevation gradient7
Effects of pasture‐burning management on anuran communities in subtropical Brazilian grasslands7
Impact of human disturbance on the abundance of non‐breeding shorebirds in a subtropical wetland7
How can academics contribute to biodiversity science?7
Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest7
Radiocarbon estimates of age and growth for a dominant Amazon palm species7
Thomas E. Lovejoy III (1941–2021)—An individual for all times and places, especially in the tropics7
Large Yearly Fluctuations in Congregation Sizes of Migratory Danainae Butterflies in the Western Ghats, India7
Variations in the reproductive cycle of Bornean montane tree species along elevational gradients on ultrabasic and non‐ultrabasic soils7
Clades That Frequently Accumulate Metals Do Not Have Low Abundance in the Tropical Forests of Sulawesi, Indonesia7
Native forest and proximity to humans are stronger drivers of Brazilian cottontail habitat use than invasive European hare7
Coastal dry tropical forests in Florida and the Caribbean in peril: A review7
Distribution, social organization, and management of Semnopithecus johnii: An umbrella species of fragmented landscape of the Western Ghats7
Lost in Amazon: Evidencing the southern extension of the geographic distribution of Linné's two‐toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)7
Degradation and Fragmentation Effects on Structural Complexity in West‐African Forest Patches6
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Seedling Trait Variation and Functional Space Occupation Responses to Topographic Water Shifts in A Tropical Dry Forest6
More the merrier? influence of mango orchards on the composition of the reptile communities of the lateritic plateaus, Maharashtra, India6
Drivers of jaguar (Panthera onca) and puma (Puma concolor) predation on endangered primates within a transformed landscape in southern Mexico6
The Rapid Recovery of a Caatinga Dry Forest is Mediated by Disturbance‐Adapted Species6
Distance sampling from curving transects in dense tropical forests6
Biotropica Announces a New Editor‐In‐Chief6
Exploratory Movements and Natal Dispersal of Gray Hawks (Buteo plagiatus) in South Texas, USA6
Inga and Lianas Are Key Players in the Tropical Nitrogen Cycle of Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Insights From Linking Rates of Nitrogen Fixation With DNA Barcoding Root Identification6
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ATBC 2025 Student and Early Career Awards6
A predominantly diurnal tropical mammal increases nocturnality in response to high temperatures6
Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil5
Variation of seasonal litterfall in subtropical montane cloud forests to typhoon severity and environmental factors5
Seasonal plasticity in sympatric Bicyclus butterflies in a tropical forest where temperature does not predict rainfall5
Chytrid prevalence and infection intensity in treefrogs from three environments with different degrees of conservation in Mexico5
Direct and indirect plant defenses reduce damage by a generalist but not by a specialist pod borer5
Recruitment limitation in three large‐seeded plant species in a tropical moist forest5
Chronic browsing by an introduced mammalian herbivore in a tropical island alters species composition and functional traits of forest understory plant communities5
The eco‐evolutionary history of Madagascar presents unique challenges to tropical forest restoration5
Increasing fire severity alters the species composition and decreases richness of seeds potentially dispersed by small mammals5
Correction to “Hydraulic architecture explains species moisture dependency but not mortality rates across a tropical rainfall gradient”5
Regional variation in responses of a vulnerable bird species to land‐use and climate change5
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A New Method of Fruit Marking for Studies on Chiropterochory5
Contribution of small nocturnal lemurs to seed dispersal in Madagascar: A review5
Seabird presence and seasonality influence nutrient dynamics of atoll habitats5
Correction to “Racing Amidst Change: Urbanization and Climate Alter Functional Traits and Distribution of an Amazonian Parthenogenetic Lizard”5
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Factors limiting plant recruitment in a tropical Afromontane Forest5
Genetic inference of orchid population dynamics on different‐aged lava flows in Costa Rica5
2023 ATBC Honorary Fellows5
Partial recovery of primary rainforest bird communities in Amazonian secondary forests5
Supporting inclusive scientific communities: Insights from the ATBC society survey5
Mangrove Pollinator Functional Diversity Decreases With Patch Size and Landscape Anthropization5
A universal pharmacy: Possible self‐medication using tree balsam by multiple Atlantic Forest mammals5
Population Variability and Apparent Recent Decline of River Birds in the Indian Himalaya5
Changes in tropical terrestrial vertebrate communities along two anthropogenic gradients: Forest degradation and accessibility4
Ants mediate community composition of root‐associated fungi in an ant‐plant mutualism4
One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages4
Foliar Pathogen Incidence on Woody Seedlings Across a Tropical Forest Chronosequence4
Canopy Openings Reduce Functional Volume in Amphibian Populations of a Neotropical Forest4
Neo‐tropical felid activity patterns in relation to potential prey and intraguild competitors in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Mexico4
Seed fate in ant‐mediated dispersal: Seed dispersal effectiveness in the Ectatomma ruidum (Formicidae)—Zanthoxylum ekmanii (Rutaceae) system4
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Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human‐modified landscape4
Biotropica's first open call for editorial service4
A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar4
Short flowers for long tongues: Functional specialization in a nocturnal pollination network of an asclepiad in long‐tongued hawkmoths4
Spatial density patterns of herbivore response to seasonal dynamics in the tropical deciduous forest of central India4
Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses4
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Predation on artificial caterpillars following understorey fires in human‐modified Amazonian forests4
Predatory Spiders Limit Bromeliad‐Dwelling Frog Assemblages in the Absence of Habitat Effects4
Population structure and dynamics, breeding activity and phenology of the blue‐sided treefrog (Agalychnis annae)4
Population Estimate and Spatial Distribution of Capybaras in Lake Paranoá, Brasília, Brazil4
Experimental Determination of Labidus coecus Army Ant Diet: Novel Evidence for a Feeding Strategy4
Anthropogenic extinctions explain most size and trophic mismatches between large mammalian primary consumers from Amazonian and African rainforests4
The Influence of Litter Diversity on Leaf Breakdown and the Colonization of Decomposer Communities in Subtropical Highland Grassland Streams4
When are buttresses and stilt roots necessary for a tree in terra‐firme Amazonian forests?4
Radial and vertical variation of wood nutrients in Bornean tropical forest trees4
The legacy of forest logging on organic matter inputs and storage in tropical streams4
Hurricane‐associated population decrease in a critically endangered long‐lived reptile3
Precipitation and Temperature‐Dependent Locomotor Performance Drive the Abundance of a Neotropical Lizard3
Season's Greetings—Diet and Its Links to Reproductive Timing of the Small‐Island Endemic Christmas Island Flying‐Fox ( Pteropus natalis 3
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Seed removal, seed dispersers, and the allocation of tissues in Myrtaceae seeds3
Thin corridors limit wildlife: Variance of tropical carnivore distribution and habitat use in a critical rainforest corridor3
When Raptors Are Away, Opossums Will Play: Woolly Opossums as Carrion Feeders in Harpy Eagle Nests3
My cave, my rules: Specialization, modularity, and topology of bat‐fly interactions in hot and cold caves from eastern South America3
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Rainforest Fragmentation Decreases the Robustness of Plant‐Frugivore Interaction Networks3
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Young voices and visions for tropical restoration science in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration3
High Field Pivotal Temperature of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea)3
Endemic island plant–herbivore interactions: Kamehameha butterfly (Nymphalidae) and Hawaiian Urticaceae3
Greater Landscape‐Scale Forest Cover and Animal‐Mediated Seed Dispersal Syndromes Associate With Faster Recovery Rates in Restoring Tropical Andean Forests3
Root vascular anatomy predicts maximum growth rates in savanna trees and grasses3
Coarse woody debris density and carbon concentration by decay classes in mixed montane wet tropical forests3
Fruit tree phenology in traditionally managed versus protected forests in Malaysian Borneo3
Snow damage in a Himalayan forest maintains the dominance of evergreen oaks3
Does the stork bring home the owl? Dusky Eagle‐Owls Bubo coromandus breeding on Woolly‐necked Stork Ciconia episcopus nests3
Logging leaves a fingerprint on the number, size, spatial configuration and geometry of tropical forest canopy gaps3
Leaf Conditions Affect the Landing Success of Fallen Tropical Ants3
Two observations of rescue behavior in wild Asian elephants3
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Agriculturally developed areas reduce genetic connectivity for a keystone Neotropical ungulate3
Value of human‐modified forests for the conservation of canopy epiphytes3
Succession and seasonality drive tropical butterfly assembly after an extreme hurricane3
Limited seed dispersal shapes fine‐scale spatial genetic structure in a Neotropical dioecious large‐seeded palm3
Regionally unique ant assemblages associated with community‐based conservation in northwestern Ghana3
Frugivory by Three Species of Lizards in Madagascar: Implication for Their Ecological Roles as Seed Dispersers3
Effect of Local and Landscape Variables on Bird Communities in Forest‐Agricultural Mosaics in Northeast Luzon, Philippines3
Recolonizing native wildlife facilitates exotic plant invasion into Singapore's rain forests3
Chimpanzees as ecosystem service providers: Seed dispersal of an economically important plant resource3
Epiphytic ant‐plant obtains nitrogen from both native and invasive ant inhabitants3
Size and crown shape predict reproductive maturity of Carapa guianensis in upland and floodplain forests in the northeastern Amazon3
Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Abundance of Giant Anteaters in Intensively Farmed Areas3
Quantifying the role of termite decomposition in a mesic savanna3
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Heads nods and boat bobs: Behavior of Iguana iguana is affected by environment and boat traffic in riparian tropical forest3
Effects of forest fragmentation on the weight of understory birds at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia3
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Leaf Size and Shape Interact to Control Flammability: An Experiment With Artificial Leaves Cut From the Large‐Leaved Species Sapranthus palanga3
Integrating effects of neighbor interactions for pollination and abiotic resources on coffee yield in a multi‐strata agroforest3
Ecologic Traits Analysis for Identifying Rodent Hosts for Arenavirus and Hepacivirus in the Americas3
Physiological and Growth Responses of Tropical Dry Forest Tree Seedlings to Water and Nutrient Additions: Comparisons Between Nitrogen Fixers and Non‐Fixers3
Evolutionary history and precipitation seasonality shape niche overlap in Neotropical bat–plant pollination networks3
Quantifying Patterns of Lightning‐Caused Canopy Disturbances via Integration of Drone Imagery and Field Surveys3
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Fine‐scale temporal dynamics of flower visitors sheds light on insect‐assemblage overlap between sexes in a dioecious Ecuadorian palm2
Determinants of resource use in lizard assemblages from the semiarid Caatinga, Brazil2
Drivers affecting habitat use in Afrotropical hipposiderid and pteropodid bats2
Mycorrhizal Barriers to the Upslope Migration of Tropical Trees2
Does the Cave Environment Limit Functional Diversity? Rethinking Patterns in Oniscidea Assemblages From a Neotropical Karst2
Biogeographic and evolutionary history of Crotonoideae based on pollen evidence from Indian Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sediments2
The Role of Protected Areas in Combating Tropical Dry Forest Loss: Insights From Kirindy Mitea National Park, Madagascar2
30 years brings changes to the arthropod community of Kibale National Park, Uganda2
Drivers of sunbird‐plant interactions on Mount Cameroon: Between neutrality and niche‐based processes2
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Simulated Impacts of Harvesting Chamaedorea linearis and C. pinnatifrons (Arecaceae): Implications for Their Conservation2
120 Years of “Lemurology”: A Qualitative Review of What We Have Learned2
Observations and description of a rare escape mechanism in a snake: Cartwheeling in Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Squamata, Colubridea)2
Long‐term comparison of the orchid bee community in the tropical dry forest of Costa Rica2
Using Acoustic Monitoring to Assess Insectivorous Bat Richness and Activity in a Sub‐Tropical Savanna2
Periodic Mangrove Growth Induced by Water Salinity Fluctuations Under Tropical Monsoon Climate, Thailand2
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The effect of flight efficiency on gap‐crossing ability in Amazonian forest birds2
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Functional Diversity of Neotropical Aquatic Hyphomycetes: Insights Into Environmental Drivers2
Low Requirement on the Nest Site Selection Influencing the Invasion Success of House Geckos2
Long‐term fire and vegetation change in northwestern Amazonia2
Flammability in tropical savannas: Variation among growth forms and seasons in Cerrado2
Using the area of habitat to assess the extent of protection of India's birds2
Genetic inference of orchid colonization of a Costa Rican lava flow2
Invasive Big‐Headed Ants and Black Rats Are Dominant Arthropod Predators Across Opposing Habitats of a Degraded Oceanic Island2
Evolutionary diversity gradients in neotropical tree assemblages: New insights from Non‐Flooded Evergreen forests2
Reduction in mutualistic ant aggressive behavior upon sugar supplementation2
Competition, Precipitation, and Temperature Shape Deviations From Scaling Laws in the Crown Allometries of Miombo Woodlands2
Long‐Term Fire and Vegetation Change at Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Peru2
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Passive acoustic data yields insights into bird vocalization behavior associated with invasive shrub removal2
Evidence for acoustic niche partitioning depends on the temporal scale in two sympatric Bornean hornbill species2
Seed Dispersal Effectiveness of Chelonoidis carbonarius and C. denticulatus Tortoises Is Mediated by Body Size and Sex‐Differences in Tortoise Movement2
Latitudinal cline of flowering and fruiting phenology in Fagaceae in Asia2
Sacred groves of Central India: Diversity status, carbon storage, and conservation strategies2
Community science enhances modelled bee distributions in a tropical Asian city2
Patterns of liana diversity and host interaction networks in selectively logged and unlogged forests of Uppangala, Western Ghats, India2
Limited genetic differentiation of Mycetomoellerius mikromelanos in Parque National Soberanía, Panama: Implications for queen dispersal2
Pollination of Chamaepentas nobilis (Rubiaceae) by long‐proboscid hawkmoths in south‐central Africa: Trait mismatching and floral scent chemistry2
Structure of Epiphyte–Phorophyte Networks and Their Robustness to Species Loss in White‐Sand Ecosystems in the Amazon2
Announcement: Biotropica's New Subject Editors 20252
Weathering the storm: Long‐term implications on the feeding ecology and habitat use of a frugivorous lemur following a tropical cyclone2
The Search for Champion Lianas: The Largest Lianas on Six Continents2
Climate Heterogeneity Shapes the Diversity of Specialist Beetle Species Across Mountains in Malaysia2
Complex patch geometries maximize species richness at the expense of forest specialists2
Frog call transmission in forestry monocultures: Are there drawbacks?2
Patterns in the genetic structure of 49 lowland rain forest tree species co‐distributed on opposite sides of the northern Andes2
Variation in biodiversity and abundance of functional groups of arthropods along a tropical elevational gradient in Puerto Rico2
Unraveling the Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Diversity of Lizard Assemblages in Riparian Forest Areas in the Amazon–Pantanal Ecotone2
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Guests in nests: A parallel between social plants and animals?2
Microclimate and seed bank under Pithecellobium keyense (Fabaceae) in a coastal scrubland2
A waterfowl seed‐dispersal network from the Neotropical region is nested and modular2
Leaf litter weevil richness increases with elevation in a tropical–temperate transitional forest in El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, northeastern Mexico2
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