Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest472
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?261
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On the biological concept of stress244
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity200
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How do big brains evolve?129
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics129
The sociality of sleep in animal groups126
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments124
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome121
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects120
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions118
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning118
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns117
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research112
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands110
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions107
Conservation changed but not divided105
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology103
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics103
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture100
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world98
Questioning the sixth mass extinction97
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?91
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process87
Disability in ecology and evolution87
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database86
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales85
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy84
3D animal camouflage83
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change83
A call for flexpert ecologists82
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau79
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202579
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Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective77
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews76
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change75
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community74
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions73
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities72
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others69
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration66
Advisory Board and Contents65
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A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202265
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data64
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?63
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Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory61
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The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting58
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs58
Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments57
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands56
The cold range limit of trees56
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology55
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum55
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions55
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Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition53
Proponents of the Sixth Mass Extinction admit it is unsupported53
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Living together52
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Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems52
Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics52
Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation51
Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking51
Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome51
Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes50
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Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?50
Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments50
Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands49
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Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction48
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution48
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss47
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change47
From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston47
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations46
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?46
Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations43
The overlooked biodiversity loss42
Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology41
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics41
A process-based understanding of ecosystem buffering against stressors: response to Kong et al.41
Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security41
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What can we learn from the loss of sharks?39
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Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’39
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?38
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Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach38
Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity38
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Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge37
Optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes37
Response to Zhong and Zhou: P-acquisition strategies and total soil C sequestration37
Towards a science of archaeoecology37
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?37
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities36
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory36
Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity36
Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet36
What shapes pollinator-mediated facilitation?35
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’35
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn35
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent35
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution35
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer35
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Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species34
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An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes33
What are mycorrhizal traits?32
Animal behavior missing from data archives32
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome32
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Societal extinction of species31
The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective31
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks31
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function30
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology30
Species roles and key interactions in vertebrate scavenger communities30
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.30
How is evolutionary theory evolving?30
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals30
‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time29
Certainty and integration of options in animal movement29
Apart, together29
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions29
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten29
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services29
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution29
Quantitative conservation geography28
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile28
Evidence-based urban greening: a missing piece in biodiversity conservation28
New directions in tropical phenology28
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance27
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships27
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA27
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity27
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution26
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon26
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity25
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Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference25
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution25
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202424
Conservation needs curiosity, innovation and complementarity: reply to Sugai and Costa-Pereira23
The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change23
Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science22
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics22
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi22
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach22
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation22
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens22
Predicting responses to marine heatwaves using functional traits21
Replaying the evolution of multicellularity21
Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems21
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Strategies and significance of self-assessing dynamic visual appearance21
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities21
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics21
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The psychology of natural history21
LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology21
Improving beach natural debris management for biodiversity conservation21
Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones21
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution21
Geo-evolutionary feedbacks: integrating rapid evolution and landscape change20
The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation20
On functional groups and forest dynamics20
Disability in ecology and evolution20
Celebrating wildlife population recovery through education20
Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration20
Feedbacks in ecology and evolution20
The Internet of Animals: what it is, what it could be20
Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects20
Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity20
Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations19
Epigenetic inheritance and reproductive mode in plants and animals19
Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms19
Animal vagrancy and the spread of pathogens19
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors19
Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation19
In the shadows: wildlife behaviour in tree plantations19
Refocusing the microbial rare biosphere concept through a functional lens19
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues19
The herbarium of the future19
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Resilience and robustness: from sub-organismal responses to communities18
Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications18
How human biases shape the study of animal behavior – and the criticisms thereof18
Quantitative conservation geography18
Ecosystems have multiple interacting processes that buffer against co-occurring stressors18
Shape-shifting: changing animal morphologies as a response to climatic warming18
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Genome-edited tree crops: mind the socioeconomic implementation gap18
Extending the dynamic landscape of fear in a human-dominated world18
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Advancing conservation geography17
Daily activity timing in the Anthropocene17
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation17
Understanding human-commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework17
To burn, or not to burn: that is the question17
Cultivated lands: blind spots in global biodiversity data17
Seasonality of forest insects: why diapause matters17
Valuing the functionality of tropical ecosystems beyond carbon17
Life history theory coming of age17
Nitrogen deposition and climate: an integrated synthesis17
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More diverse but less intensive farming enhances biodiversity17
Novel community data in ecology-properties and prospects16
Beyond reporting: proactive strategies for safer scientific fieldwork16
Managing invasive plants through a nature-based approach in complex landscapes16
The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal16
Name and shame: can taxonomists agree on systematic reforms?16
Toward harnessing biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in fungi16
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Building plant diversity into mechanisms of nutrient dilution16
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Ethanol and pollinators: expanding Bowland et al.’s framework16
Parasitism as a potential driver of aposematism15
Plant–soil feedback under drought: does history shape the future?15
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Investigating the impacts of artificial light via blackouts15
An audacious approach to conservation15
Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy15
Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?15
Social consequences of rapid environmental change15
Evolutionary changes in cognition due to fisheries mortality?15
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation15
The macroecology of landscape ecology15
Trade-offs in soil microbial functions and soil health in agroecosystems15
Rewriting results sections in the language of evidence15
Defining biodiversity data15
Delineating conservation units should be independent of effective population size15
The evolution and diversification of sleep14
Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs14
Emerging technologies for behavioral research in changing environments14
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