Global Change Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Global Change Biology is 9. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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The Ecological Impacts of Dry and Hot Shocks in the Land of Midnight Sun284
Chasing the Niche: Escaping Climate Change Threats in Place, Time, and Space265
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Forest Age and Management Measures Regulate the Responses of Forest Ecosystem to Drought223
Conservation planning for retention, not just protection216
Climate driven disruption of transitional alpine bumble bee communities215
Disentangling the multiple effects of precipitation on arthropod biomass: A commentary on Newell et al. (2022)202
Transgenerational Heat Exposure Triggers Unexpected Compensatory Sex Ratio Responses in a Temperature‐Sensitive Fish Under Climate Warming197
Fire Limits Soil Microbial Dispersal and Differentially Impacts Bacterial and Fungal Communities195
The importance of oxygen for explaining rapid shifts in a marine fish195
Tropical estuarine ecosystem change under the interacting influences of future climate and ecosystem restoration190
Demographic resilience may sustain significant coral populations in a 2°C‐warmer world181
Clarifying the carbon balance recovery time after clear‐cutting176
Global Warming and Genomic Diversity Loss Alter the Biomass and the Size Distribution of Experimental Fish Populations173
Wet‐to‐Dry Cascades May Increasingly Drive Wildfire Activity in Non‐Forested Ecosystems, and Further Amplify the Risk of Urban Interface Fire Disasters, in a Warming Climate168
Cognition as a neglected mediator of responses to anthropogenic noise168
Correction to “Climate‐Driven Body Size Changes in Birds and Mammals Reveal Environmental Tolerance Limits”167
Leaving no Species Behind: Moving Beyond the “Winners and Losers” Dichotomy in Climate Warming Risk Assessments165
Vulnerability of Eastern Tropical Pacific chondrichthyan fish to climate change155
Global Drivers of Echolocating Mammal Species Richness152
Tree contributions to climate change adaptation through reduced cattle heat stress and benefits to milk and beef production151
Confounding effects of snow cover on remotely sensed vegetation indices of evergreen and deciduous trees: An experimental study144
Trait‐Based Tree Mortality Risk Assessment From the Perspective of Imaging Spectroscopy143
Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil142
Climate as the Main Driver of Large‐Scale Genetic Patterns and Connectivity in the Expanding Golden Jackal141
The Integration of Fire Ecology and Freshwater Ecosystems in North America: Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs139
Summer drought exposure, stand structure, and soil properties jointly control the growth of European beech along a steep precipitation gradient in northern Germany138
Marine heatwaves on the rise: One of the strongest ever observed mass mortality event in temperate gorgonians138
Coral Bleaching: The Equatorial‐Refugia Hypothesis134
Measuring Fluxes of Nitrous Oxide ( N 2 O ) From a131
Drought thresholds that impact vegetation reveal the divergent responses of vegetation growth to drought across China131
Population‐specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus: Implications for climate change131
Climate, Rotation, and Tillage Impacts on Soybean Yield Gains in a 50‐Year Experiment127
Nitrate Availability Modulates the Temperature Sensitivity of N 2 O 126
Environmental microbiome engineering for the mitigation of climate change125
Wildfire‐Induced Losses of Soil Particulate and Mineral‐Associated Organic Carbon Persist for Over 4 Years in a Chaparral Ecosystem124
Quantifying reliability and data deficiency in global vertebrate population trends using the Living Planet Index123
Graminoids Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Thawed Permafrost at the End of the Growing Season122
Vegetation Types Shift Physiological and Phenological Controls on Carbon Sink Strength in a Coastal Zone121
Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, and reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts and future opportunities119
Agroforestry enhances biological activity, diversity and soil‐based ecosystem functions in mountain agroecosystems of Latin America: A meta‐analysis118
Human Footprint and Forest Disturbance Reduce Space Use of Brown Bears ( Ursus arctos ) Across Europe115
Legacy effects of anthropogenic disturbances modulate dynamics in the world's coral reefs111
Ninety years of change, from commercial extinction to recovery, range expansion and decline for Antarctic fur seals at South Georgia109
The centennial legacy of land‐use change on organic carbon stocks of German agricultural soils108
Linking remotely sensed ecosystem resilience with forest mortality across the continental United States108
Reconciling the Discrepancy in Projected Global Dryland Expansion in a Warming World107
Experimental heatwaves facilitate invasion and alter species interactions and composition in a tropical host‐parasitoid community107
Micro/nanoplastics pollution poses a potential threat to soil health107
Heatwaves Constrain the Future Persistence of Mosquito Vectors in Europe107
Topography Dependence of Terrestrial Litter‐Derived Soil Respiration106
Balancing Organic and Inorganic Carbon Dynamics in Enhanced Rock Weathering: Implications for Carbon Sequestration104
Extreme wildfires in Canada and their contribution to global loss in tree cover and carbon emissions in 2023104
Long‐term forecast of thermal mortality with climate warming in riverine amphipods103
Climate‐Influenced Ecological Memory Modulates Microbial Responses to Soil Moisture103
What is the role of disturbance in catalyzing spatial shifts in forest composition and tree species biomass under climate change?103
Global Phosphorus Enrichment Reshapes Terrestrial Phosphorus Cycling103
Synergetic Responses of Nonstructural Carbohydrates and Nutrients in Different Tree Organs to Drought102
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Legacy Effects of Plant Community Structure Are Manifested in Microbial Biofilm Development With Consequences for Ecosystem CO2 Emissions101
Light pollution enhances ground‐level exposure to airborne toxic chemicals for nocturnally migrating passerines100
Pollen Assisted Migration Faces Its Own Challenges100
Long‐Term Ecological Baselines and Critical Thresholds in Ombrotrophic Peatlands of Europe: Implications for Restoration Strategies99
Process‐oriented models of leaf senescence are biased towards the mean: Impacts on model performance and future projections99
Multi‐Omics Inform Invasion Risks Under Global Climate Change96
Impact of three decades of warming, increased nutrient availability, and increased cloudiness on the fluxes of greenhouse gases and biogenic volatile organic compounds in a subarctic tundra heath94
Upward‐moving mountain treelines: An indicator of changing climate94
Global Vegetation Greening Is Exacerbating Soil Dryness93
Climatic Legacies Drive Spatial Aggregation of Plants in Drylands93
Overcoming Shifting Baselines: Paleo‐Behaviour Reveals Industrial Revolution as Tipping Point92
Biodiversity transformations in the global ocean: A climate change and conservation management perspective92
Different model assumptions about plant hydraulics and photosynthetic temperature acclimation yield diverging implications for tropical forest gross primary production under warming92
Coupled Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Use Efficiencies in Forest Soils on a Continental Scale89
Correction to “Declining glacier cover drives changes in aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity in the Cordillera Blanca, Perú”88
Too hot to handle? An urgent need to understand climate change impacts on the biogeochemistry of tropical coastal waters88
Correction to “Emergent Constraints on Historical and Future Global Gross Primary Productivity”87
Effects of climate change on forest plantation productivity in Chile87
The influence of habitat alteration on density of invading white‐tailed deer should not be discounted87
Optimality principles explaining divergent responses of alpine vegetation to environmental change86
Cities at Sea: Coastal Urbanization Generates Local Biodiversity Hotspots but Homogenizes Marine Fish Communities Regionally86
Warming reduces trophic diversity in high‐latitude food webs86
Long Term Marine Biodiversity Monitoring in Coastal Antarctica: Are Fewer Rare Species Recruiting?85
Regional and global climate risks for reef corals: Incorporating species‐specific vulnerability and exposure to climate hazards84
Lake Water Depth and Nutrient Gradients Mediate Aquatic Plant Distribution via the Strength of Trait Network Associations84
Forest Carbon Dynamics as a Constraint on Future Land‐Use and Land‐Cover Change83
Adaptation to bioinvasions: When does it occur?83
Holobiont Traits Shape Climate Change Responses in Cryptic Coral Lineages83
Potential response of dark carbon fixation to global warming in estuarine and coastal waters83
Climate change affects the distribution of diversity across marine food webs82
Species, taxonomic, and functional group diversities of terrestrial mammals at risk under climate change and land‐use/cover change scenarios in Mexico82
Anoxia begets anoxia: A positive feedback to the deoxygenation of temperate lakes82
Nitrogen Availability and Changes in Precipitation Alter Microbially Mediated NO and N2O Emissions From a Pinyon–Juniper Dryland82
The essential role of biodiversity in the key axes of ecosystem function82
Anthropogenic activities dominated tropical forest carbon balance in two contrary ways over the Greater Mekong Subregion in the 21st century81
Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential81
Urbanization Pressures on Climate Adaptation Capacity of Forest Habitats79
Evidence for older carbon loss with lowered water tables and changing plant functional groups in peatlands79
Wet and dry extremes reduce arthropod biomass independently of leaf phenology in the wet tropics79
Non‐linear loss of suitable wine regions over Europe in response to increasing global warming79
Mineral Association and Microbial Processing Jointly Prolong Carbon Turnover in Coastal Wetlands78
Shrub and precipitation interactions shape functional diversity of nematode communities on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau78
Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems77
Widespread Underestimation of Drought Impacts on River Ecosystems Due to Weak Experimental Designs77
From Points to Landscapes: Measuring and Scaling Up Methane Emissions From Mound‐Building Termites77
Indigenous Peoples' Lands are critical for safeguarding vertebrate diversity across the tropics76
Compound droughts slow down the greening of the Earth76
Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research75
Otolith reliability is context‐dependent for estimating warming and CO2 acidification impacts on fish growth75
Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration75
Material Legacies on Coral Reefs: Rubble Length and Bed Thickness Are Key Drivers of Rubble Bed Recovery75
Functional Diversity Explains Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Subtropical Forests74
Demystifying the Romanticized Narratives About Carbon Credits From Voluntary Forest Conservation73
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Recovery Following Recurrent Fires Across Mediterranean Ecosystems72
Adult spawners: A critical period for subarctic Chinook salmon in a changing climate71
Rapid Evolution in Action: Environmental Filtering Supports Coral Adaptation to a Hot, Acidic, and Deoxygenated Extreme Habitat71
5300‐Year‐old soil carbon is less primed than young soil organic matter71
Improved Modeling of Vegetation Phenology Using Soil Enthalpy71
Meta‐analysis reveals impacts of disturbance on reptile and amphibian body condition70
Local thermal adaptation and local temperature regimes drive the performance of a parasitic helminth under climate change: The case of Marshallagia marshalli from wild ungulates70
A New Frontier for Plant‐Microbe Interaction Under Changing Climate Conditions69
Synergistic Effects of a Microbial Amendment and Crushed Basalt: Soil Geochemical and Microbial Responses69
The Breeding Distribution of a Migratory Bird Fluctuates With Nonbreeding Season Rainfall Over the Last Century69
Mammals on the Margins: Identifying the Drivers and Limitations of Range Expansion68
Extreme, Cold‐Season Climatic Events Can Decimate Wildlife and Imperil Population Persistence67
Unlocking the power of machine learning for Earth system modeling: A game‐changing breakthrough67
Gibbs energy or enthalpy—What is relevant for microbial C‐turnover in soils?67
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Alleviating the Concerns About Pollen‐Based Assisted Migration67
Correction to “Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands”66
Global analysis of the perturbation effects of metal‐based nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling66
Carbon footprint of synthetic nitrogen under staple crops: A first cradle‐to‐grave analysis66
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Impacts of Canopy Disturbances by Tree Logging on Soil Biota Increase With Organism Size66
Do not ignore the effects of phosphorus and potassium addition on microbial carbon use efficiency66
A sedimentary DNA record of the Atacama Trench reveals biodiversity changes in the most productive marine ecosystem65
Climate change alone cannot explain boreal caribou range recession in Quebec since 185065
Natural ocean iron fertilization and climate variability over geological periods65
Hyposensitive canopy conductance renders ecosystems vulnerable to meteorological droughts65
Nitrification, denitrification, and related functional genes under elevated CO2: A meta‐analysis in terrestrial ecosystems64
Imbalance Trajectories of GPPTER Coupling Under Global Warming64
Soil and Microbial Controls Jointly Regulate Elevational Patterns of Free‐Living Nitrogen Fixation Rate and Its Temperature Sensitivity64
Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature‐driven community shifts64
Climate Change Projected to Double the Richness and Abundance of Soilborne Phytopathogenic Fungi in Southern Maritime Antarctica64
Stochastic resonance in climate reddening increases the risk of cyclic ecosystem extinction via phase‐tipping64
Designing National Forest Inventories for Accurate Estimation of Soil Carbon Change64
Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis)63
A global synthesis of climate vulnerability assessments on marine fisheries: Methods, scales, and knowledge co‐production63
Climate change disrupts the seasonal coupling of plant and soil microbial nutrient cycling in an alpine ecosystem63
Climate change reduces long‐term population benefits from no‐take marine protected areas through selective pressures on species movement62
Human‐Impacted Natural Ecosystems Drive Climate Warming61
Timing Matters: Viticultural Land Use Determines Responses in Structure and Function of Fungal Stream Communities Across One Growing Season61
Microplastic pollution promotes soil respiration: A global‐scale meta‐analysis61
Acceleration of vegetation phenological changes61
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Impact of Crop Type on Biodiversity Globally60
Arctic plasmidome analysis reveals distinct relationships among associated antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes along anthropogenic gradients60
Long‐Term Drought Persistently Shifts Plant and Soil Microbial Communities but Has Limited Impact on CO2 Fluxes Under Subsequent Drought60
High trophic level feedbacks on global ocean carbon uptake and marine ecosystem dynamics under climate change60
Challenging Paradigms Around the Role of Colony Size, Taxa, and Environment on Bleaching Susceptibility60
How Does Climate Change Influence the Regional Ecological–Social Risks of Harmful Dinoflagellates? A Predictive Study of China's Coastal Waters60
More sensitive microbial responses to the interactive effects of warming and altered precipitation in subsoil than topsoil of an alpine grassland ecosystem60
Global temperature homogenization can obliterate temporal isolation in migratory animals with potential loss of population structure60
Math‐Corrected Enzyme Ratios: Descriptors of Allocation and Tools for Comparability—Not Proof of Limitation59
Significant accrual of soil organic carbon through long‐term rice cultivation in paddy fields in China59
Response of Root Respiration to Warming and Nitrogen Addition Depends on Tree Species59
Microbial necromass under global change and implications for soil organic matter59
High carbon emissions from thermokarst lakes and their determinants in the Tibet Plateau59
Shortening fire return interval predisposes west‐central Canadian boreal peatlands to more rapid vegetation growth and transition to forest cover59
CO 2 Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality58
Global Change Modulates Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency: Mechanisms and Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics58
Soil Phosphorus Dynamics are an Overlooked but Dominant Control on Mineral‐Associated Organic Matter58
Environmental controls on the light use efficiency of terrestrial gross primary production57
Juvenile waiting stage crown‐of‐thorns sea stars are resilient in heatwave conditions that bleach and kill corals57
Ecosystem Service Trajectories in Restored Coastal Habitats57
Phytoplankton thermal trait parameterization alters community structure and biogeochemical processes in a modeled ocean57
Modest Experimental Warming Reduces Species Diversity and Biomass of Arthropods in a Tibetan Alpine Meadow57
China's wetland soil organic carbon pool: New estimation on pool size, change, and trajectory56
Climate and mineral accretion as drivers of mineral‐associated and particulate organic matter accumulation in tidal wetland soils56
Increasing aridity causes larger and more severe forest fires across Europe56
Fungal necromass is reduced by intensive drought in subsoil but not in topsoil56
Enhanced growth resistance but no decline in growth resilience under long‐term extreme droughts56
Resource‐Dependent Metabolic and Biogeochemical Consequences of Viruses in Agricultural Soils56
Exposure and Sensitivity of Terrestrial Vertebrates to Biological Invasions Worldwide56
A Global Meta‐Analysis of Land Use Change on Soil Mineral‐Associated and Particulate Organic Carbon55
Oxygen availability regulates the quality of soil dissolved organic matter by mediating microbial metabolism and iron oxidation55
Ocean iron fertilization may amplify climate change pressures on marine animal biomass for limited climate benefit55
Leaf Photosynthetic and Respiratory Thermal Acclimation in Terrestrial Plants in Response to Warming: A Global Synthesis54
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Warming, Snow Exclusion, and Soil Type Alter the Timing of Plant and Soil Activity and Associated Nutrient Losses54
Location‐Scale Meta‐Analysis and Meta‐Regression as a Tool to Capture Large‐Scale Changes in Biological and Methodological Heterogeneity: A Spotlight on Heteroscedasticity54
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Dynamic Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Urbanization: A Global Perspective54
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Understanding Unanticipated Range Shifts: Biotic Interactions as Key Mediators in a Changing Climate54
Boreal Rivers as Sources of Terpenoid Emissions53
Growth form and leaf habit drive contrasting effects of Arctic amplification in long‐lived woody species53
Warming Weakens Soil Nitrogen Stabilization Pathways Driving Proportional Carbon Losses in Subarctic Ecosystems53
Dark CO 2 fixation in soils: A meta‐analysis of mechanisms and controlling factors52
Aerodynamic effects cause higher forest evapotranspiration and water yield reductions after wildfires in tall forests52
Spatial Clustering of Termites but Not Fungi at Site‐Scale Drive Global Wood Decay Patterns52
Out of the frying pan into the fire: Predicted warming in alpine streams suggests hidden consequences for aquatic ectotherms52
Across‐model spread and shrinking in predicting peatland carbon dynamics under global change52
CO2 fertilization contributed more than half of the observed forest biomass increase in northern extra‐tropical land51
Policy Inaction Risks Breaching the 2°C Climate Target51
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Historic Land Use Modifies Impacts of Climate and Isolation in Rear Edge European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Populations51
Ozone‐Tolerant Rice for Air‐Polluted Environments51
Low N Deposition Coupled With Climate Warming Promote Soil Asymbiotic N Fixation via Increasing Microbial Specialists in Alpine Grassland51
Climate change and commercial fishing practices codetermine survival of a long‐lived seabird51
Habitat‐based biodiversity responses to macroclimate and edaphic factors in European fen ecosystems51
Global Potential to Increase Soil Carbon Storage by Reducing Rotational Fallow in Semiarid Regions51
Increased Growth Temperatures Alter Arctic Plant Responses to Heat Wave and Drought51
Biological systems under climate change: What do we learn from the IPCC AR651
Meta‐Omics Analysis Reveals Global Distribution of Toxic Pseudo‐nitzschia and Enhanced Neurotoxin Production Under Climate Warming50
Net Ecosystem CO 2 Exchange of a Subalpine Spruce Forest in Switzerland 50
Potential for Regional Resilience to Ocean Warming and Acidification Extremes: Projected Vulnerability Under Contrasting Pathways and Thresholds50
Cumulative Heat Stress in Fluctuating Temperatures and Implications for the Distribution of Freshwater Fish50
When the Going Gets Tough, the Females Get Going: Sex‐Specific Physiological Responses to Simultaneous Exposure to Hypoxia and Marine Heatwave Events in a Ubiquitous Copepod49
Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed49
Soil Carbon‐to‐Nitrogen Ratio Can Predict the Grassland Biodiversity‐Productivity Relationship: Evidence From Local, Regional, and Global Scales49
The neglected roles of adjacent natural ecosystems in maintaining bacterial diversity in agroecosystems49
Contrasting responses of peak vegetation growth to asymmetric warming: Evidences from FLUXNET and satellite observations49
Rethinking Termite Methane Emissions: Does the Mound Environment Matter?49
Tracing Blue Carbon Flows Across Diverse Seascapes48
Global Warming Amplifies Nitrogen Over Phosphorus Limitation in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Multi‐Trophic Meta‐Analysis48
Increased atmospheric CO2 and the transit time of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems48
Are Mediterranean marine threatened species at high risk by climate change?48
Immediate and carry‐over effects of late‐spring frost and growing season drought on forest gross primary productivity capacity in the Northern Hemisphere48
Ruminating on soil carbon: Applying current understanding to inform grazing management48
The Effects of Climate Change on Mesocarnivores: A Global Review and Meta‐Analysis48
HomoTherm : An Open‐Source Approach to Modelling Heat Exchange in Humans and Other Hominins in Diverse Environments47
Urban living can rescue Darwin's finches from the lethal effects of invasive vampire flies47
Counterintuitive Range Shifts May Be Explained by Climate Induced Changes in Biotic Interactions47
Size matters: Aerobic methane oxidation in sediments of shallow thermokarst lakes47
Provenance‐Specific Chilling and Forcing Requirements Shape Spring Phenology in Three European Temperate Tree Species47
Declining Ecosystem Respiration Linked to Nitrogen Deposition: Insights From a 26‐Year FLUXNET Record47
Rapid climate change increases diversity and homogenizes composition of coastal fish at high latitudes47
Regressions underestimate the direct effect of soil moisture on land carbon sink variability47
Global Peatland Carbon Pool Sizes: Current Estimates, Uncertainties, and Future Research Directions47
Mapping the Global Conflict Between Mining and Freshwater Biodiversity Protection47
Long‐term changes in the daytime growing season carbon dioxide exchange following increased temperature and snow cover in arctic tundra47
Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse47
Climate‐driven tree growth and mortality in the Black Forest, Germany—Long‐term observations46
Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States46
Stabilisation of soil organic matter with rock dust partially counteracted by plants46
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