Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 4. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns310
Recommendations for making editorial boards diverse and inclusive200
Can herbivores sharing the same host plant be mutualists?175
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Facilitating Policy Responses for Renewable Energy and Biodiversity158
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics156
Acoustic developmental programming: a mechanistic and evolutionary framework143
Response to ‘Allometry to evaluate Allen’s rule in climate warming’ by Santoro and Calzada127
Fishers' multidimensional knowledge advances fisheries and aquatic science126
AI-based discovery of habitats from museum collections123
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn123
Evolutionary changes in cognition due to fisheries mortality?112
Testes size seen through the glass of amphibian care103
Advisory Board and Contents98
The hierarchy of factors predicting the latitudinal diversity gradient96
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Ghosts of extinct apes: genomic insights into African hominid evolution93
How Constraining are Photic Barriers to Poleward Range-Shifts?86
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Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions84
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Waxing and Waning of Wings80
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Animal behaviour in a changing world78
Savanna fire regimes depend on grass trait diversity77
Current Knowledge Already Justifies Underwater Noise Reduction75
Adaptive Plasticity as a Fitness Benefit of Mate Choice75
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Animal behavior missing from data archives73
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What is needed to overcome egoism?71
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Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity63
Conceptualizing ecosystem services using social–ecological networks61
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning60
Evaluating ecological benefits of oceanic protected areas59
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One Species at a Time: Cataloguing the Natural History of the Global Lizard Fauna57
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Control as a unique attribute of domestication (a reply to Clement)54
With Darwin towards complexity: a review of Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution53
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Situational social influence leading to non-compliance with conservation rules53
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Investigating the impacts of artificial light via blackouts52
Integrating Earth–life systems: a geogenomic approach51
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Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species51
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?51
Ensuring legitimate project-level claims about net biodiversity outcomes51
Delineating conservation units should be independent of effective population size50
Harnessing traits for ecology: a counter perspective50
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The role of timing in intraspecific trait ecology49
Sound Impact Studies: A Reply to Risch et al.48
On the biological concept of stress47
The evolution of decision-making mechanisms under competing demands47
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The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective47
Beyond specialization: re-examining routes of host influence on symbiont evolution47
Biased Hybridization and Its Impact on Adaptive Introgression44
Environmental forcing alters fisheries selection44
Journals must expand access to peer review data44
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest44
Rhizosphere ‘Trade’ Is an Unnecessary Analogy: Response to Noë44
The evolution and diversification of sleep43
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome43
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes43
Shark conservation requires mortality-limiting regulations amid global change43
Animal migration to northern latitudes: environmental changes and increasing threats43
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Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome41
Edge computing in wildlife behavior and ecology39
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process39
The contribution of mutualistic interactions to functional and phylogenetic diversity39
Modelling the tempo and mode of lineage dispersal39
Hourglass Model for Developmental Evolution of Ant Castes38
A bright future for wave reserves?38
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world38
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent37
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture36
The outlook for Brazil’s new presidential administration36
Ecological impacts of climate change on Arctic marine megafauna36
Using Climatic Credits to Pay the Climatic Debt36
A bioenergetic framework for aboveground terrestrial food webs36
Predicting the impacts of chemical pollutants on animal groups35
Societal extinction of species35
Function and stability of mesophotic coral reefs34
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Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands34
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research34
The ecology and evolution of key innovations33
Intervention-forward adaptive management in the face of extinction33
Peer review bullying threatens diversity, equity, and inclusion33
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks33
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities33
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’32
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology32
Local buffer mechanisms for population persistence31
Biodiversity-friendly agricultural landscapes – integrating farming practices and spatiotemporal dynamics31
Integrating social learning, social networks, and non-parental transgenerational plasticity31
Viewing animal migration through a social lens31
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments31
Games researchers play: conceptual advancement versus validation strategies31
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects31
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics30
Emerging technologies for behavioral research in changing environments30
Predictability of Biotic Stress Structures Plant Defence Evolution30
Digital twins: dynamic model-data fusion for ecology30
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer29
Dissecting impacts of phenological shifts for performance across biological scales29
Fungi are key players in extreme ecosystems29
What are mycorrhizal traits?29
Polyploidy in urban environments29
Dynamic landscapes of fear: understanding spatiotemporal risk28
Demystifying eDNA validation28
Emerging contaminants and biological effects in Arctic wildlife27
The importance of Indigenous and local people for cataloging biodiversity27
Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle27
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution27
Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring27
Organic Matter Degradation across Ecosystem Boundaries: The Need for a Unified Conceptualization27
Protected areas and the future of insect conservation27
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?26
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory26
The sociality of sleep in animal groups26
Disability in ecology and evolution26
Apart, together25
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change25
On the Interpretations of Joint Modeling in Community Ecology25
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration25
Access and benefit-sharing: what indicators to measure ‘success’?25
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Carrying Capacity of Spatially Distributed Metapopulations24
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships24
Professor Barry Sinervo (1960–2021)24
Restoring biodiversity needs more than reducing pesticides24
Predicting plant–pollinator interactions: concepts, methods, and challenges24
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A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.23
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau23
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Plant phosphorus-acquisition and -use strategies affect soil carbon cycling22
Uniting niche differentiation and dispersal limitation predicts tropical forest succession22
Time to Integrate Pollinator Science into Soybean Production22
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Response to ‘Why P values are not measures of evidence’ by D. Lakens21
Work and life in dynamic equilibrium21
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How is evolutionary theory evolving?21
Joint reply to 'Rewriting results in the language of compatibility' by V. Amrhein and S. Greenland, and to 'The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent' by F. Hartig and F. Barraquand21
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202220
A taste for the familiar: explaining the inbreeding paradox20
Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective20
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals20
On the hunt for facilitation in symbiont communities20
Conformity and differentiation are two sides of the same coin20
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Defining ecological buffer mechanisms should consider diverse approaches19
Animal-mediated plant niche tracking in a changing climate19
Size matters for linking traits to ecosystem multifunctionality18
Harshness is not stress18
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community18
Reproductive value and the evolution of altruism18
The metamicrobiome: key determinant of the homeostasis of nutrient recycling18
Including a diverse set of voices to address biological invasions18
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities17
The Evolution of ‘Ecological Release’ into the 21st Century17
Is Variation in Conspecific Negative Density Dependence Driving Tree Diversity Patterns at Large Scales?17
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function17
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others17
Farmer-led agroecology for biodiversity with climate change17
Photogrammetry as a tool to improve ecosystem restoration17
Certainty and integration of options in animal movement17
We need to talk about nonprobability samples17
Urban Biodiversity and the Importance of Scale17
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202517
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales16
One tree to rule them all16
Care needed when evaluating the contributions of non-native species16
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy16
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution16
The Time Machine framework: monitoring and prediction of biodiversity loss16
The rejection of synthetic pesticides in organic farming has multiple benefits15
Examining Natural History through the Lens of Palaeogenomics15
Asking the Wrong Question in Explaining Tropical Diversity15
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology15
Suppression of the physiological stress response is not stress15
A solution for breaking the language barrier15
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile15
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database15
Combined light pollution and night warming as a novel threat to ecosystems15
Moving scholarship on invasion science forward15
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten15
Listening to animal behavior to understand changing ecosystems14
Fear generalization and behavioral responses to multiple dangers14
Food webs in food webs: the micro–macro interplay of multilayered networks14
Facultative lifestyle drives diversity of coral algal symbionts14
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services14
Inviting ecologists to delve deeper into traditional ecological knowledge13
On the Origin of Coexisting Species13
Animal Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Quietus13
New directions in tropical phenology13
Where to now with the evolutionarily significant unit?13
Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning13
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews13
Co-cultures: exploring interspecies culture among humans and other animals13
Macrobehaviour: behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa13
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions13
The role of humans in dynamic landscapes of fear12
Animals in restoration to achieve climate biodiversity targets12
Environmental policy at a critical junction in the Brazilian Amazon12
Socially transferred materials: why and how to study them12
Reassessing science communication for effective farmland biodiversity conservation12
Common pesticides disrupt critical ecological interactions12
3D animal camouflage12
Dollo’s law of irreversibility in the post-genomic age12
Ecology needs to overcome siloed modelling12
Identifying key points of disagreement in non-native impacts and valuations12
Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence11
Fair division for avoidance of biodiversity impacts11
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A Glass Half Full: Solutions-Oriented Management under Climate Change11
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The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity11
Biological Earth observation with animal sensors11
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Flagship events and biodiversity conservation11
Quantitative conservation geography11
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Blindingly transparent – anonymity in an era of openness: a reply to Cardini11
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum10
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The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi10
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation10
Environmental lead exposure from halide perovskites in solar cells10
Backgrounds and the evolution of visual signals10
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Vegetation Succession: A New Synthesis10
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Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?10
Stressor-response functions as a generalizable model for context dependence10
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