Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Papers
(The TQCC of Trends in Ecology & Evolution is 19. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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On the biological concept of stress397
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Advisory Board and Contents226
Quantifying the internationalization and representativeness in research199
A sweet tooth makes a fly a pest187
Problem-solving ability: a link between cognition and conservation?181
Disability in ecology & evolutionary biology178
Dispersal evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics in antagonistic species interactions139
How do big brains evolve?123
‘Domesticability’: were some species predisposed for domestication?118
A conserved genomic code underpins animal DNA methylation patterns116
Emerging evidence of plant domestication as a landscape-level process113
Pesticide reduction: clustering organic croplands112
Mitochondrial genetic variation as a potential mediator of intraspecific behavioural diversity109
Conservation changed but not divided109
Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics108
Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome108
Questioning the sixth mass extinction107
Reproductive interference: a hidden threat of biological invasions105
The sociality of sleep in animal groups104
Invasive species behaviour in a toxic world100
Biophilia revisited: nature versus nurture100
Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects99
Dispersal syndromes can link intraspecific trait variability and meta-ecosystem functioning99
Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments96
Dead foundation species drive ecosystem dynamics89
Asking the right questions in explaining tropical diversity: response to Cannon and Lerdau88
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Metamorphosis in warming oceans: a microbe–larva perspective86
Suggestions for optimizing a global behavioral trait database83
Giving fair credits to efforts in science and policy82
Disability in ecology and evolution81
3D animal camouflage79
A call for flexpert ecologists79
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202279
Integrating geographic ranges across temporal scales79
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 202576
Harnessing traits to predict economic impacts from biological invasions74
Linking individual animal behavior to species range shifts under climate change74
Context-dependent bird body mass responses to climate change74
Belonging in STEM: an interactive, iterative approach to create and maintain a diverse learning community72
The underappreciated roles of aboveground vertebrates on belowground communities71
Keystone niche individuals: some are more unequal than others68
Mountain social-ecological resilience requires transdisciplinarity with Indigenous and local worldviews68
Recognising Indigenous plant-use histories for inclusive biocultural restoration68
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Advisory Board and Contents66
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Rewilding herbivores: too much or little of a good thing?64
Seabird and reef conservation must include coral islands61
Enhancing the ecological realism of evolutionary mismatch theory60
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology60
The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum59
Using optimal foraging theory to infer how groups make collective decisions59
The earliest history of eukaryotic life: uncovering an evolutionary story through the integration of biological and geological data58
Quantifying energy and nutrient fluxes in coral reef food webs56
The cold range limit of trees56
Advisory Board and Contents55
Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments55
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Response to Ding et al.: Carboxylate exudation promotes C sequestration in dryland ecosystems51
Living together51
Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles51
Increasing divergence between human and biological elementomes50
Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition50
Understanding hunter–gatherer cultural evolution needs network thinking50
Does warming erode network stability and ecosystem multifunctionality?49
Proponents of the Sixth Mass Extinction admit it is unsupported49
Statistical methods to identify mechanisms in studies of eco-evolutionary dynamics49
Advisory Board and Contents48
Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome48
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Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments48
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From field to framework: response to Soga and Gaston47
The overlooked biodiversity loss47
Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology47
Denisovans and Homo sapiens on the Tibetan Plateau: dispersals and adaptations46
Backyard conservation in traditionally owned lands46
Can plants keep up with fire regime changes through evolution?46
Tracking individual animals can reveal the mechanisms of species loss45
Evolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change45
Response to Schradin (2021): Egoism alone does not explain climate inaction45
A process-based understanding of ecosystem buffering against stressors: response to Kong et al.45
Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics44
On the multiscale dynamics of punctuated evolution44
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Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security44
Social feasibility assessments in conservation translocations44
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Advisory Board and Contents43
Introducing the Science & Society Series on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge42
Response to Zhong and Zhou: P-acquisition strategies and total soil C sequestration40
A trillion trees: carbon capture or fuelling fires?39
Optimal movement decisions in complex landscapes39
Towards mechanistic integration of the causes and consequences of biodiversity39
What can we learn from the loss of sharks?38
Science writing: avoid the peril of ‘revealing too much’38
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Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet37
Fragmentation in patchy ecosystems: a call for a functional approach37
Social regulation of reproduction: control or signal?37
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Towards a science of archaeoecology36
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Animal behavior missing from data archives35
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Animals and ethanol: beyond the laboratory35
Struggle for phosphorus and the Devonian overturn34
Sex-specific variation in species interactions matters in ecological communities34
What shapes pollinator-mediated facilitation?34
Plant invasion resistance due to 2D native diversity34
An integrative paleolimnological approach for studying evolutionary processes34
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution34
The evidence contained in the P-value is context dependent34
The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks33
Evolution via somatic genetic variation in modular species33
Societal extinction of species33
The ABC of academic writing: non-native speakers’ perspective33
To harness traits for ecology, let’s abandon ‘functionality’32
Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer32
Apart, together31
What are mycorrhizal traits?31
A need for the wholistic application of genetics to biodiversity conservation; a response to Taylor et al.31
The costs and benefits of a dynamic host microbiome31
How is evolutionary theory evolving?30
Evidence-based urban greening: a missing piece in biodiversity conservation30
Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function30
Quantitative conservation geography30
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals30
The multiscale feedback theory of biodiversity30
A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten29
The importance of animal behavior for ecosystem services29
Expanding the scope of fire-driven animal evolution29
Certainty and integration of options in animal movement29
Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile29
New directions in tropical phenology28
Revitalising Indigenous cultural fire practice: benefits and partnerships28
Quantum computing: a new paradigm for ecology28
Plant phosphorus-acquisition and -use strategies affect soil carbon cycling28
Species roles and key interactions in vertebrate scavenger communities28
Advisory Board and Contents27
Language barriers in conservation: consequences and solutions27
The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution27
LIES of omission: complex observation processes in ecology27
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A call to innovate Antarctic avian influenza surveillance26
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Describing functional diversity of communities from environmental DNA26
Beyond reaction norms: the temporal dynamics of phenotypic plasticity25
Predicting responses to marine heatwaves using functional traits25
Toward a general theory of plant carbon economics25
The emerging invasive species and climate-change lexicon25
A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 202425
Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach25
The largely neglected ecological role of oceanic pelagic fungi25
Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation25
Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens25
Assessing model adequacy leads to more robust phylogeographic inference25
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics24
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities23
Heterogeneous dispersal networks to improve biodiversity science23
Forecasting species’ responses to climate change using space-for-time substitution23
The coevolutionary consequences of biodiversity change23
Advisory Board and Contents22
Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones21
The psychology of natural history21
Replaying the evolution of multicellularity21
Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity21
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The power of caring touch: from survival to prosocial cooperation20
Wild animals enhance climate solutions across social-ecological systems20
Geo-evolutionary feedbacks: integrating rapid evolution and landscape change20
Refocusing the microbial rare biosphere concept through a functional lens20
The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution20
Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms20
Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration20
Evolutionary genomics of oceanic island radiations19
Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues19
The Internet of Animals: what it is, what it could be19
Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation19
Feedbacks in ecology and evolution19
Rethinking experiments that explore multiple global change factors19
Strategies and significance of self-assessing dynamic visual appearance19
Trait-based approaches to predicting biological control success: challenges and prospects19
The latitudinal taxonomy gradient19
Disability in ecology and evolution19
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