Functional Ecology

Papers
(The H4-Index of Functional Ecology is 33. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
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Cover Picture and Issue Information163
Sympatric finches increase trophic and spatiotemporal partitioning to enable coexistence through periods of low resource availability87
Spatial assembly of grassland communities and interrelationships with productivity80
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Editors are biased too: An extension of Fox et al. (2023)'s analysis makes the case for triple‐blind review73
Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity67
Observational and experimental evidence that rapid mass loss is consistent with the flight efficiency hypothesis and not caused by reproductive effort in three passerine species64
Odour information enables patch choice by mammalian herbivores from afar, leading to predictable plant associational effects61
Trophic regulation of soil microbial biomass under nitrogen enrichment: A global meta‐analysis58
Herbivore species and patch heterogeneity modulate grazing‐induced shifts in soil nematode trophic structure and energy flux57
Variation in leaf phosphorus fractions reflects plant adaptations and distribution in low‐phosphorus tropical forests56
Abiotic stress rather than biotic interactions drives contrasting trends in chemical richness and variation in alpine willows55
The eco‐evolutionary role of fire in shaping terrestrial ecosystems51
The temporal and spatial response of soil fungal community composition and potential function to wildfire in a permafrost region in Canada49
The fingerprint of functional strategies in Mediterranean seagrass fish assemblages45
Responses to cold temperature determine clinal patterns of photosynthetic acclimation of a cosmopolitan grass genus and challenge the concept of quantifying phenotypic plasticity44
Active regulation of ultraviolet light exposure overrides thermal preference behaviour in eastern fence lizards43
Indirect control of decomposition by an invertebrate predator43
En route to resources: Foraging strategies of plant‐associated insects to identify resources in complex dynamic environments42
Shifting trait coordination along a soil‐moisture‐nutrient gradient in tropical forests41
Can body mass and skull morphology predict seed and fruit ingestion potential for mammal species? A test using extant species and its application to extinct species41
Warming modulates soil multifunctionality through assembly processes and co‐occurrence patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in drylands39
Grazing disrupts the trade‐off between silica‐ and phenol‐based plant defences along an aridity gradient in grasslands37
Temporal dynamics in functional fruit traits of native and invasive fleshy fruited plants in subtropical Andean forests37
The structure and ecological function of the interactions between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through multilayer networks37
Functional divergence drives the prevalence of low‐abundance species in bat assemblages36
Gradual pollen release in a buzz‐pollinated plant: Investigating pollen presentation theory under bee visitation36
Phylogeny of respiratory adaptations and local temperature extremes shape the thermal vulnerability of intertidal crabs36
Spore production monitoring reveals contrasting seasonal strategies and a trade‐off between spore size and number in wood‐inhabiting fungi34
Convergent remodelling of the gut microbiome is associated with host energetic condition over long‐distance migration34
Contrasting effects of deadwood and gaps on the trophic structure of forest soil microarthropods33
Developmental plasticity drives converge nt shifts in phosphorus acquisition strategies towards root phosphatase activity in Moso bamboo under nitrogen addition33
Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem33
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