Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 5. 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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A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest504
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?278
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On the biological concept of stress207
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Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions144
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns137
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world134
Conservation changed but not divided132
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology131
Cradles, museums, and disequilibria: reconciling biodiversity dynamics using equilibrium theory125
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research121
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process116
Questioning the sixth mass extinction111
The sociality of sleep in animal groups109
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects109
How do big brains evolve?109
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions107
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics102
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics96
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?93
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands91
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome90
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning90
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity89
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture89
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments88
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202584
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202284
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities83
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others83
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration82
3D animal camouflage81
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change80
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change78
Disability in ecology and evolution74
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales72
A call for flexpert ecologists72
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy71
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau70
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Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews68
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database67
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions66
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The Janzen–Connell hypothesis and seed masting62
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Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?60
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands59
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory58
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology58
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions57
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data57
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs57
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The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum57
Proponents of the Sixth Mass Extinction admit it is unsupported56
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Expansion of conservation areas should be informed by sectoral interlinkages55
Living together55
Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics55
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Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems54
Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?53
Democratizing deep-sea research for biodiversity conservation52
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition51
Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes51
Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking51
Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments51
Advisory Board and Contents50
Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome50
Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction48
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Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands48
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics48
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Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations47
From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston47
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?47
A process-based understanding of ecosystem buffering against stressors: response to Kong et al.46
Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology46
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss45
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations45
The overlooked biodiversity loss44
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution43
Determining the age of clonal plants: challenges and prospects43
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Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security42
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change42
Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’41
What can we learn from the loss of sharks?41
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Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet40
Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge40
Response to Zhong and Zhou: P-acquisition strategies and total soil C sequestration40
Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach39
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?39
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?39
Optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes38
Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity38
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory37
Towards a science of archaeoecology37
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What are mycorrhizal traits?35
Multiple exposure: integrative repeat photography for environmental change35
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes34
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks34
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The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective34
What shapes pollinator-mediated facilitation?34
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn34
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution33
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome33
Societal extinction of species33
Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity33
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer33
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent32
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals32
How is evolutionary theory evolving?32
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function32
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’32
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities32
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten31
Evidence-based urban greening: a missing piece in biodiversity conservation31
‘Earth system engineers’ and the cumulative impact of organisms in deep time30
Playing dice with behavior: drivers of stochastic individuality30
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity30
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.29
Phenotypic signatures of incomplete lineage sorting in hominids29
New directions in tropical phenology28
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions28
Species roles and key interactions in vertebrate scavenger communities27
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services27
Quantitative conservation geography27
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile26
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships26
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution26
A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance26
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology26
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon25
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LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology24
Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference24
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution24
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens24
Conservation needs curiosity, innovation and complementarity: reply to Sugai and Costa-Pereira24
Disability in ecology and evolution23
Predicting responses to marine heatwaves using functional traits23
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities23
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi23
Promise and precautions in mainstreaming China’s OECMs23
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202423
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach23
The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change23
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics23
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics22
The psychology of natural history22
Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones22
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA22
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity22
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Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems22
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution22
Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science22
Replaying the evolution of multicellularity22
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Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation22
On functional groups and forest dynamics21
Strategies and significance of self-assessing dynamic visual appearance21
Disability in ecology and evolution21
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors21
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution21
Co-producing knowledge with Indigenous Peoples: challenges and solutions for academic institutions21
The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation20
Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations20
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues20
Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity20
Geo-evolutionary feedbacks: integrating rapid evolution and landscape change20
Matching climate to biological scales20
Feedbacks in ecology and evolution20
Improving beach natural debris management for biodiversity conservation19
The Internet of Animals: what it is, what it could be19
Celebrating wildlife population recovery through education19
In the shadows: wildlife behaviour in tree plantations19
Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects19
Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration19
Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms19
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Refocusing the microbial rare biosphere concept through a functional lens19
The herbarium of the future19
Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation19
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Advancing conservation geography18
Cultivated lands: blind spots in global biodiversity data18
Extending the dynamic landscape of fear in a human-dominated world18
Ecosystems have multiple interacting processes that buffer against co-occurring stressors18
Animal vagrancy and the spread of pathogens18
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Life history theory coming of age18
Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications18
Daily activity timing in the Anthropocene18
To burn, or not to burn: that is the question18
Quantitative conservation geography18
How human biases shape the study of animal behavior – and the criticisms thereof18
Seasonality of forest insects: why diapause matters18
Resilience and robustness: from sub-organismal responses to communities18
Name and shame: can taxonomists agree on systematic reforms?17
Parasitism as a potential driver of aposematism17
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Building plant diversity into mechanisms of nutrient dilution17
Understanding human-commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework17
Ethanol and pollinators: expanding Bowland et al.’s framework17
Valuing the functionality of tropical ecosystems beyond carbon17
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation17
Nitrogen deposition and climate: an integrated synthesis17
Managing invasive plants through a nature-based approach in complex landscapes17
An audacious approach to conservation17
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Trade-offs in soil microbial functions and soil health in agroecosystems16
The establishment of plants following long-distance dispersal16
Toward harnessing biodiversity–ecosystem function relationships in fungi16
Rewriting results sections in the language of evidence16
Beyond reporting: proactive strategies for safer scientific fieldwork16
Novel community data in ecology-properties and prospects16
Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?16
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The macroecology of landscape ecology16
Plant–soil feedback under drought: does history shape the future?16
Social consequences of rapid environmental change16
Ancient and historical DNA in conservation policy16
More diverse but less intensive farming enhances biodiversity16
Evolutionary changes in cognition due to fisheries mortality?15
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation15
Trait-explicit approaches cast new light on fragmentation’s effects on biodiversity15
Investigating the impacts of artificial light via blackouts15
Defining biodiversity data15
Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs15
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Environmental forcing alters fisheries selection15
Unveiling East Asian ancestry through Middle Neolithic genomes14
Dissecting impacts of phenological shifts for performance across biological scales14
Situational social influence leading to non-compliance with conservation rules14
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