Journal of Applied Ecology

Article	Citations
Effects of microplastics and drought on soil ecosystem functions and multifunctionality	159
Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science‐policy agendas	96
Soil microbial legacy drives crop diversity advantage: Linking ecological plant–soil feedback with agricultural intercropping	64
Assessing the camera trap methodologies used to estimate density of unmarked populations	62
Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees	61
Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species—A meta‐analysis	59
Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation	54
Nitrogen fixation and crop productivity enhancements co‐driven by intercrop root exudates and key rhizosphere bacteria	49
Plant diversity enhanced yield and mitigated drought impacts in intensively managed grassland communities	47
Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration	44
Shifts from complementarity to selection effects maintain high productivity in maize/legume intercropping systems	43
Microbial diversity regulates ecosystem multifunctionality during natural secondary succession	43
Exploring a natural baseline for large‐herbivore biomass in ecological restoration	40
Selective effects of small barriers on river‐resident fish	40
How international journals can support ecology from the Global South	38
Diversity for Restoration (D4R): Guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate‐resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes	38
Flowers as dirty doorknobs: Deformed wing virus transmitted between Apis mellifera and Bombus impatiens through shared flowers	38
Pesticide effects on soil fauna communities—A meta‐analysis	37
Changes in ecosystem properties after post‐fire management strategies in wildfire‐affected Mediterranean forests	36
Degradation of Southeast Asian tropical peatlands and integrated strategies for their better management and restoration	36
Railways redistribute plant species in mountain landscapes	36
Long‐term surveys support declines in early season forest plants used by bumblebees	35
The potential contribution of terrestrial nature‐based solutions to a national ‘net zero’ climate target	35
A review of existing and potential blue carbon contributions to climate change mitigation in the Anthropocene	35
Quantifying crop pollinator dependence and its heterogeneity using multi‐level meta‐analysis	35

Strip intercropping of wheat and oilseed rape enhances biodiversity and biological pest control in a conventionally managed farm scenario	34
The impact of logging on vertical canopy structure across a gradient of tropical forest degradation intensity in Borneo	34
Agricultural intensification erodes taxonomic and functional diversity in Mediterranean olive groves by filtering out rare species	34
Spatiotemporal patterns of rhizosphere microbiome assembly: From ecological theory to agricultural application	32
Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity	32
Barrier Behaviour Analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide‐ranging ungulates	32
The sound of recovery: Coral reef restoration success is detectable in the soundscape	32
Flower plantings support wild bee reproduction and may also mitigate pesticide exposure effects	31
Facebook groups as citizen science tools for plant species monitoring	31
Riparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes	31
Crop pollination services: Complementary resource use by social vs solitary bees facing crops with contrasting flower supply	31
Eagle fatalities are reduced by automated curtailment of wind turbines	31
A meta‐analysis of the influence of anthropogenic noise on terrestrial wildlife communication strategies	30
Manipulating plant microbiomes in the field: Native mycorrhizae advance plant succession and improve native plant restoration	30
Forest regeneration can positively contribute to local hydrological ecosystem services: Implications for forest landscape restoration	30
The disproportionate value of ‘weeds’ to pollinators and biodiversity	30
Understorey removal effects on tree regeneration in temperate forests: A meta‐analysis	30
Behavioural state‐dependent habitat selection and implications for animal translocations	29
Least‐cost path analysis for urban greenways planning: A test with moths and birds across two habitats and two cities	29
The long‐term impacts of deer herbivory in determining temperate forest stand and canopy structural complexity	29
Enhancing ecosystem services in apple orchards: Nest boxes increase pest control by insectivorous birds	28
Bumblebee colony density on farmland is influenced by late‐summer nectar supply and garden cover	28
Synergism between local‐ and landscape‐level pesticides reduces wild bee floral visitation in pollinator‐dependent crops	28
Impacts of multiple pollutants on pollinator activity in road verges	28
Tree mortality response to drought‐density interactions suggests opportunities to enhance drought resistance	28
Emerging stability of forest productivity by mixing two species buffers temperature destabilizing effect	28
Primary forest loss and degradation reduces biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: A global meta‐analysis using dung beetles as an indicator taxon	27
Parasites and pesticides act antagonistically on honey bee health	27
Species distribution modelling is needed to support ecological impact assessments	26
Factors influencing the rate of formation of tree‐related microhabitats and implications for biodiversity conservation and forest management	25
Management‐dependent effects of pollinator functional diversity on apple pollination services: A response–effect trait approach	25
City climate and landscape structure shape pollinators, nectar and transported pollen along a gradient of urbanization	25
Identifying plant mixes for multiple ecosystem service provision in agricultural systems using ecological networks	24
Unburnt habitat patches are critical for survival and in situ population recovery in a small mammal after fire	24
Legacy effect of grazing intensity mediates the bottom‐up controls of resource addition on soil food webs	24
Global meta‐analysis reveals incomplete recovery of soil conditions and invertebrate assemblages after ecological restoration in agricultural landscapes	24
Effects of Spartina invasion on the soil organic carbon content in salt marsh and mangrove ecosystems in China	24
What is better for animal conservation translocation programmes: Soft‐ or hard‐release? A phylogenetic meta‐analytical approach	24
Conservation of woody species in China under future climate and land‐cover changes	24
Afforestation and abandonment of semi‐natural grasslands lead to biodiversity loss and a decline in ecosystem services and functions	24
Evolutionary trait‐based approaches for predicting future global impacts of plant pathogens in the genus Phytophthora	24
Phylodynamic analysis of an emergent Mycobacterium bovis outbreak in an area with no previously known wildlife infections	23
Roads and forest edges facilitate yellow fever virus dispersion	23
Connectivity and succession of open structures as a key to sustaining light‐demanding biodiversity in deciduous forests	23
Tracking data and the conservation of the high seas: Opportunities and challenges	23
Bigger juveniles and smaller adults: Changes in fish size correlate with warming seas	23
Synthesis on the effectiveness of soil translocation for plant community restoration	22
Tree species mixing can amplify microclimate offsets in young forest plantations	22
Leveraging functional traits of cover crops to coordinate crop productivity and soil health	22
Tree species richness promotes an early increase of stand structural complexity in young subtropical plantations	22

Contrasting responses of nitrogen: Phosphorus stoichiometry in plants and soils under grazing: A global meta‐analysis	22
Direct and indirect effects of nitrogen enrichment and grazing on grassland productivity through intraspecific trait variability	22
Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: Assessing the limiting factors along land‐use gradients	21
Life cycle informed restoration: Engineering settlement substrate material characteristics and structural complexity for reef formation	21
The costs and benefits of restoring a continent's terrestrial ecosystems	21
Wildlife roadkill and COVID‐19: A biologically significant, but heterogeneous, reduction	21
Plant provenance affects pollinator network: Implications for ecological restoration	21
Pollination deficits and contributions of pollinators in apple production: A global meta‐analysis	21
Invasive species influence macroinvertebrate biomonitoring tools and functional diversity in British rivers	21
Tropical riparian forests in danger from large savanna wildfires	21
Native bacteria and cyanobacteria can influence seedling emergence and growth of native plants used in dryland restoration	20
Sustainable landscape, soil and crop management practices enhance biodiversity and yield in conventional cereal systems	20
Bird communities in African cocoa agroforestry are diverse but lack specialized insectivores	20
Different types of semi‐natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes	20
Experimental comparison of fish mortality and injuries at innovative and conventional small hydropower plants	20
A call for refining the peatland restoration strategy in Europe	20
How wild bees find a way in European cities: Pollen metabarcoding unravels multiple feeding strategies and their effects on distribution patterns in four wild bee species	20
Organic management and landscape heterogeneity combine to sustain multifunctional bird communities in European vineyards	20
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management works—How switching from mobile to static fishing gear improves populations of fished and non‐fished species inside a marine‐protected area	19
Spatial variation in the biotic and abiotic filters of oyster recruitment: Implications for restoration	19
Functional diversity of macroinvertebrates as a tool to evaluate wetland restoration	19
Low‐intensity land‐use enhances soil microbial activity, biomass and fungal‐to‐bacterial ratio in current and future climates	19
Triennial migration and philopatry in the critically endangered soupfin shark Galeorhinus galeus	19
Mixing tree species at different spatial scales: The effect of alpha, beta and gamma diversity on disturbance impacts under climate change	19
A methodological guide to observe local‐scale geodiversity for biodiversity research and management	18
Bird strikes at commercial airports explained by citizen science and weather radar data	18
Functional diversity and redundancy of tropical forests shift with elevation and forest‐use intensity	18
Turnover in floral composition explains species diversity and temporal stability in the nectar supply of urban residential gardens	18
Seasonal progression and differences in major floral resource use by bees and hoverflies in a diverse horticultural and agricultural landscape revealed by DNA metabarcoding	18
Conservation planning across realms: Enhancing connectivity for multi‐realm species	18
Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of semi‐natural habitat, but not crop diversity, is correlated with landscape pollinator richness	18
Forest thinning in the seaward fringe speeds up surface elevation increment and carbon accumulation in managed mangrove forests	18
Decrease in soil pH has greater effects than increase in above‐ground carbon inputs on soil organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems of China under nitrogen enrichment	18
Waterfowl use of wetland habitats informs wetland restoration designs for multi‐species benefits	18
Organic fertilisation enhances generalist predators and suppresses aphid growth in the absence of specialist predators	18
Evaluating spatially explicit sharing‐sparing scenarios for multiple environmental outcomes	18
Across borders: External factors and prior behaviour influence North Pacific albatross associations with fishing vessels	18
Restoration promotes recovery of woodland birds in agricultural environments: A comparison of ‘revegetation’ and ‘remnant’ landscapes	17
Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa	17
Long‐term effects of antibiotic treatments on honeybee colony fitness: A modelling approach	17
Predator control may not increase ungulate populations in the future: A formal meta‐analysis	17
Crop functional diversity drives multiple ecosystem functions during early agroforestry succession	17
Woodland, cropland and hedgerows promote pollinator abundance in intensive grassland landscapes, with saturating benefits of flower cover	17
Negative effects of neonicotinoids on male honeybee survival, behaviour and physiology in the field	17
Populations restored using regional seed are genetically diverse and similar to natural populations in the region	17
A pathway for citizen science data to inform policy: A case study using eBird data for defining low‐risk collision areas for wind energy development	17
Manipulating plant community composition to steer efficient N‐cycling in intensively managed grasslands	17
Activity of forest specialist bats decreases towards wind turbines at forest sites	17
Can we manage marine mammal bycatch effectively in low‐data environments?	16
Predicting the global invasion of Drosophila suzukii to improve Australian biosecurity preparedness	16
Shifts in plant composition mediate grazing effects on carbon cycling in grasslands	16
The value of time‐series data for conservation planning	16
Grazing and climate change have site‐dependent interactive effects on vegetation in Asian montane rangelands	16
A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor	16
Renewable energies and biodiversity: Impact of ground‐mounted solar photovoltaic sites on bat activity	16
Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity and infection in a Neotropical bat community	16
Pollination services in a macadamia cultivar depend on across‐orchard transport of cross pollen	16
Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands	16
The impacts of tropical agriculture on biodiversity: A meta‐analysis	15
A global review demonstrating the importance of nocturnal pollinators for crop plants	15
Portfolio simplification arising from a century of change in salmon population diversity and artificial production	15
Field boundary features can stabilise bee populations and the pollination of mass‐flowering crops in rotational systems	15
Uncovered pathways: Modelling dispersal dynamics of ship‐mediated marine introduced species	15
Disentangling responses to natural stressor and human impact gradients in river ecosystems across Europe	15
Plant biodiversity declines with increasing coffee yield in Ethiopia's coffee agroforests	15
Distance to hedgerows drives local repulsion and attraction of wind turbines on bats: Implications for spatial siting	15
Dancing bees evaluate central urban forage resources as superior to agricultural land	15
Sundaic elephants prefer habitats on the periphery of protected areas	15
American eel personality and body length influence passage success in an experimental fishway	15
Restoration priorities for Caatinga dry forests: Landscape resilience, connectivity and biodiversity value	15
How hydrological connectivity regulates the plant recovery process in salt marshes	15
Does restoration of plant diversity trigger concomitant soil microbiome changes in dryland ecosystems?	15
Active restoration fosters better recovery of tropical rainforest birds than natural regeneration in degraded forest fragments	15
Indigenous brigades change the spatial patterns of wildfires, and the influence of climate on fire regimes	14
Use of avian GPS tracking to mitigate human fatalities from bird strikes caused by large soaring birds	14
Environmentally friendly landscape management improves oilseed rape yields by increasing pollinators and reducing pests	14
Context‐specific positive effects of woody riparian vegetation on aquatic invertebrates in rural and urban landscapes	14
Rare soil microbial taxa regulate the negative effects of land degradation drivers on soil organic matter decomposition	14
Semi‐natural habitat surrounding farms promotes multifunctionality in avian ecosystem services	14
Oyster larvae swim along gradients of sound	14

Accounting for environmental stress in restoration of intertidal foundation species	14
Functional traits driving pollinator and predator responses to newly established grassland strips in agricultural landscapes	14
Biodegradable artificial reefs enhance food web complexity and biodiversity in an intertidal soft‐sediment ecosystem	14
Evaluating CAP wildflower strips: High‐quality seed mixtures significantly improve plant diversity and related pollen and nectar resources	14
Drivers of the Australian native pet trade: The role of species traits, socioeconomic attributes and regulatory systems	14
Roads pose a significant barrier to bee movement, mediated by road size, traffic and bee identity	14
Leaf traits and phylogeny explain plant survival and community dynamics in response to extreme drought in a restored coastal grassland	14
Positive forest cover effects on coffee yields are consistent across regions	14
Nesting of ground‐nesting bees in arable fields is not associated with tillage system per se, but with distance to field edge, crop cover, soil and landscape context	14
Ecological memory and regional context influence performance of adaptation plantings in northeastern US temperate forests	14
Seascape connectivity of temperate fishes between estuarine nursery areas and open coastal reefs	14
The changes in species composition mediate direct effects of climate change on future fire regimes of boreal forests in northeastern China	14
DNA metabarcoding of prey reveals spatial, temporal and diet partitioning of an island ecosystem by four invasive wasps	14
Nonlinear response of the soil seed bank and its role in plant community regeneration with increased grazing disturbance	14
Application of telemetry and stable isotope analyses to inform the resource ecology and management of a marine fish	14
A marine natural capital asset and risk register—Towards securing the benefits from marine systems and linked ecosystem services	14
Foraging distances, habitat preferences and seasonal colony performance of honeybees in Central European forest landscapes	14
Improving assessments of data‐limited populations using life‐history theory	13
Low toxicity crop fungicide (fenbuconazole) impacts reproductive male quality signals leading to a reduction of mating success in a wild solitary bee	13
Leaf functional traits predict shade tolerant tree performance in cloud forest restoration plantings	13
Dim light pollution prevents diapause induction in urban and rural moths	13
Bound within boundaries: Do protected areas cover movement corridors of their most mobile, protected species?	13
Decreased precipitation in the late growing season weakens an ecosystem carbon sink in a semi‐arid grassland	13
Preserving wintering frugivorous birds in agro‐ecosystems under land use change: Lessons from intensive and super‐intensive olive orchards	13
Constrained optimization of landscape indices in conservation planning to support ecological restoration in New Caledonia	13
Differences in bee community composition between restored and remnant prairies are more strongly linked to forb community differences than landscape differences	13
Dynamics of standing deadwood in Austrian forests under varying forest management and climatic conditions	13
Implications of overfishing of frugivorous fishes for cryptic function loss in a Neotropical floodplain	13
Impact of the Asian gall waspDryocosmus kuriphiluson the radial growth of the European chestnutCastanea sativa	13
An objective‐based prioritization approach to support trophic complexity through ecological restoration species mixes	13
Soundscape enrichment enhances recruitment and habitat building on new oyster reef restorations	13
Combining seascape connectivity with cumulative impact assessment in support of ecosystem‐based marine spatial planning	13
Large predators can mitigate nutrient losses associated with off‐site removal of animals from a wildlife reserve	13
Early spring orchard pollinators spill over from resource‐rich adjacent forest patches	13
Wild bee communities benefit from temporal complementarity of hedges and flower strips in apple orchards	13
Agriculture causes homogenization of plant‐feeding nematode communities at the regional scale	13
No more silent (and uncoloured) springs in vineyards? Experimental evidence for positive impact of alternate inter‐row management on birds and butterflies	13
Ambient nitrogen deposition drives plant‐diversity decline by nitrogen accumulation in a closed grassland ecosystem	13
Even short‐term revegetation complicates soil food webs and strengthens their links with ecosystem functions	13
Fertilizer quantity and type alter mycorrhizae‐conferred growth and resistance to herbivores	13
Public health and economic benefits of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta in a peri‐urban system	13
Community‐level responses of African carnivores to prescribed burning	13
Flowering fields, organic farming and edge habitats promote diversity of plants and arthropods on arable land	13
Proximity to natural habitat and flower plantings increases insect populations and pollination services in South African apple orchards	12
Reduced crop density increases floral resources to pollinators without affecting crop yield in organic and conventional fields	12
Population reinforcement and demographic changes needed to stabilise the population of a migratory vulture	12
Direct and indirect effects of landscape and field management intensity on carabids through trophic resources and weeds	12
Reservoir dynamics of rabies in south‐east Tanzania and the roles of cross‐species transmission and domestic dog vaccination	12
Field‐based ecological studies to assess prospective biological control agents for invasive alien plants: An example from giant rat's tail grass	12
Biometric conversion factors as a unifying platform for comparative assessment of invasive freshwater bivalves	12
Opportunities for the conservation of migratory birds to benefit threatened resident vertebrates in the Neotropics	12
Using habitat suitability and landscape connectivity in the spatial prioritization of public outreach and management during carnivore recolonization	12
Impacts of herbivory by ecological replacements on an island ecosystem	12
How grazing management can maximize erosion resistance of salt marshes	12
Impacts of pastures and forestry plantations on herpetofauna: A global meta‐analysis	12
Optimising monitoring for trend detection after 16 years of woodland‐bird surveys	12
Managing forest regeneration and expansion at a time of unprecedented global change	12
Salmon louse infestation levels on sea trout can be predicted from a hydrodynamic lice dispersal model	12
Dog in the matrix: Envisioning countrywide connectivity conservation for an endangered carnivore	12
Amphibian resistance to chytridiomycosis increases following low‐virulence chytrid fungal infection or drug‐mediated clearance	12
Land use and elevation interact to shape bird functional and phylogenetic diversity and structure: Implications for designing optimal agriculture landscapes	12
Stand structure of Central European forests matters more than climate for transpiration sensitivity to VPD	12
Rotational grazing can mitigate ecosystem service trade‐offs between livestock production and water quality in semi‐arid rangelands	12
Planning ahead: Dynamic models forecast blue whale distribution with applications for spatial management	12
The widespread trade in stingless beehives may introduce them into novel places and could threaten species	12
Dispersal potential rather than risk assessment scores predict the spread rate of non‐native pines across New Zealand	11
Epidemiological differences between sexes affect management efficacy in simulated chronic wasting disease systems	11
The spatial–temporal relationship of blue‐winged teal to domestic poultry: Movement state modelling of a highly mobile avian influenza host	11
Acoustic risk balancing by marine mammals: anthropogenic noise can influence the foraging decisions by seals	11
Organic farming supports lower pest infestation, but fewer natural enemies than flower strips	11
Plant regulatory lists in the United States are reactive and inconsistent	11
Thinning the thickets: Foraging of hardy cattle, sheep and goats in green alder shrubs	11
Temporal dynamics in biotic and functional recovery following mining	11
Quantifying the relationship between prey density, livestock and illegal killing of leopards	11
Ruminating on the science of carbon ranching	11
Global change shifts trade‐offs among ecosystem functions in woodlands restored for multifunctionality	11
Effects of climate‐driven hydrological changes in the reproduction of Amazonian floodplain fishes	11
Warming alters juvenile carp effects on macrophytes resulting in a shift to turbid conditions in freshwater mesocosms	11
Climate change will render size‐selective harvest of cold‐water fish species unsustainable in Mediterranean freshwaters	11
Impacts of management at a local and landscape scale on pollinators in semi‐natural grasslands	11
Multispecies modelling reveals potential for habitat restoration to re‐establish boreal vertebrate community dynamics	11
Selecting coral species for reef restoration	11
Evidence‐based restoration of freshwater biodiversity after mining: Experience from Central European spoil heaps	11
Mini‐acoustic sensors reveal occupancy and threats to koalas Phascolarctos cinereus in private native forests	11
Multi‐lingual literature searches are needed to unveil global knowledge	11
Pollinators, pests and yield—Multiple trade‐offs from insecticide use in a mass‐flowering crop	11
Rebuilding green infrastructure in boreal production forest given future global wood demand	11
Using leading and lagging indicators for forest restoration	11
Functional responses of fisheries to hydropower dams in the Amazonian Floodplain of the Madeira River	11
Relative energy production determines effect of repowering on wildlife mortality at wind energy facilities	11
Multiple‐model stock assessment frameworks for precautionary management and conservation on fishery‐targeted coastal dolphin populations off Japan	10
Modelling short‐term energetic costs of sonar disturbance to cetaceans using high‐resolution foraging data	10
A comparison of approaches for including connectivity in systematic conservation planning	10
Cryptic population decrease due to invasive species predation in a long‐lived seabird supports need for eradication	10
Pollination service delivery is complex: Urban garden crop yields are best explained by local canopy cover and garden scale plant species richness	10