Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Papers
(The TQCC of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 20. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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On the biological concept of stress350
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Advisory Board and Contents197
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research177
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions176
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?166
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest166
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world161
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology157
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns121
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects117
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture117
The sociality of sleep in animal groups109
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?108
Questioning the sixth mass extinction102
How do big brains evolve?100
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands98
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome96
Conservation changed but not divided95
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics93
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity93
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process92
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning91
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics88
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments88
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Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau84
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration80
Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective79
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database77
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202576
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy75
Disability in ecology and evolution72
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community72
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews71
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202270
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities70
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change69
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others69
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales68
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions68
3D animal camouflage67
Advisory Board and Contents66
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum66
Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?65
The Scope for Postmating Sexual Selection in Plants65
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory65
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data64
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs61
Environmental RNA: A Revolution in Ecological Resolution?61
Advisory Board and Contents61
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Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands60
Bioaccumulation of Pathogen Exposure in Top Predators59
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology59
Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments58
The cold range limit of trees57
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions57
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Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes54
Living together54
Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems53
Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles53
Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics52
Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome50
Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking50
Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?50
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition49
Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments49
Pathways for Novel Epidemiology: Plant–Pollinator–Pathogen Networks and Global Change48
Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands48
Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction46
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On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution45
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations45
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change43
Advisory Board and Contents43
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss43
The overlooked biodiversity loss43
Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution43
Advisory Board and Contents43
Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations42
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics42
Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology42
Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’42
Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security42
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From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston42
Ethical considerations surrounding deep-sea mining do matter41
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Advisory Board and Contents40
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?39
Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge39
Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet39
Response to Zhong and Zhou: P-acquisition strategies and total soil C sequestration39
Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach39
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A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?38
Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity38
Advisory Board and Contents38
Towards a science of archaeoecology38
Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory37
Advisory Board and Contents37
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes37
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities36
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent35
The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective35
What are mycorrhizal traits?34
Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity34
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks33
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution33
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’33
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome33
Societal extinction of species33
Animal behavior missing from data archives32
Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species31
Apart, together31
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer31
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.31
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn31
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Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile30
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity30
How is evolutionary theory evolving?30
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions30
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution29
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services29
Uniting niche differentiation and dispersal limitation predicts tropical forest succession29
Quantitative conservation geography29
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships29
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals29
Inviting ecologists to delve deeper into traditional ecological knowledge28
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten28
Certainty and integration of options in animal movement28
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function28
New directions in tropical phenology28
Plant phosphorus-acquisition and -use strategies affect soil carbon cycling28
LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology27
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution27
A Glass Half Full: Solutions-Oriented Management under Climate Change27
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Advisory Board and Contents27
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology27
Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference26
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A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance26
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation26
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon26
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach25
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi25
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens25
Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science25
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution25
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202425
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities24
Predicting responses to marine heatwaves using functional traits24
Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA24
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics24
Inherited Gene Regulation Unifies Molecular Approaches to Nongenetic Inheritance: Response to Edelaar et al.23
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics23
Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems23
Advisory Board and Contents23
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity23
Geo-evolutionary feedbacks: integrating rapid evolution and landscape change23
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The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change23
Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones22
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution22
Replaying the evolution of multicellularity22
Refocusing the microbial rare biosphere concept through a functional lens22
Improving beach natural debris management for biodiversity conservation22
On functional groups and forest dynamics21
Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity21
Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects21
Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration21
Ant caste evo-devo: it’s not all about size21
The latitudinal taxonomy gradient20
The psychology of natural history20
Celebrating wildlife population recovery through education20
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues20
Food intake: an overlooked driver of climate change casualties?20
The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation20
In the shadows: wildlife behaviour in tree plantations20
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