Global Change Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Global Change Biology is 23. 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.)
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Trait‐Based Tree Mortality Risk Assessment From the Perspective of Imaging Spectroscopy299
The Ecological Impacts of Dry and Hot Shocks in the Land of Midnight Sun292
Chasing the Niche: Escaping Climate Change Threats in Place, Time, and Space262
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Forest Age and Management Measures Regulate the Responses of Forest Ecosystem to Drought206
Conservation planning for retention, not just protection204
Climate driven disruption of transitional alpine bumble bee communities196
Coral Bleaching: The Equatorial‐Refugia Hypothesis191
Disentangling the multiple effects of precipitation on arthropod biomass: A commentary on Newell et al. (2022)191
What is the role of disturbance in catalyzing spatial shifts in forest composition and tree species biomass under climate change?188
Transgenerational Heat Exposure Triggers Unexpected Compensatory Sex Ratio Responses in a Temperature‐Sensitive Fish Under Climate Warming184
Nitrate Availability Modulates the Temperature Sensitivity of N 2 O 183
Graminoids Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Thawed Permafrost at the End of the Growing Season176
Fire Limits Soil Microbial Dispersal and Differentially Impacts Bacterial and Fungal Communities172
Climate‐Influenced Ecological Memory Modulates Microbial Responses to Soil Moisture168
Phototrophic sponge productivity may not be enhanced in a high CO2 world166
The importance of oxygen for explaining rapid shifts in a marine fish166
Tropical estuarine ecosystem change under the interacting influences of future climate and ecosystem restoration162
Conflicts and opportunities for commercial tree plantation expansion and biodiversity restoration across Brazil161
Demographic resilience may sustain significant coral populations in a 2°C‐warmer world159
Experimental heatwaves facilitate invasion and alter species interactions and composition in a tropical host‐parasitoid community153
Cognition as a neglected mediator of responses to anthropogenic noise151
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 Climate151
Correction to “Climate‐Driven Body Size Changes in Birds and Mammals Reveal Environmental Tolerance Limits”147
Leaving no Species Behind: Moving Beyond the “Winners and Losers” Dichotomy in Climate Warming Risk Assessments146
Substantial non‐growing season carbon dioxide loss across Tibetan alpine permafrost region145
Vegetation Types Shift Physiological and Phenological Controls on Carbon Sink Strength in a Coastal Zone141
Linking remotely sensed ecosystem resilience with forest mortality across the continental United States141
Quantifying reliability and data deficiency in global vertebrate population trends using the Living Planet Index141
Marine heatwaves on the rise: One of the strongest ever observed mass mortality event in temperate gorgonians134
Vulnerability of Eastern Tropical Pacific chondrichthyan fish to climate change132
The centennial legacy of land‐use change on organic carbon stocks of German agricultural soils131
Summer drought exposure, stand structure, and soil properties jointly control the growth of European beech along a steep precipitation gradient in northern Germany130
Heatwaves Constrain the Future Persistence of Mosquito Vectors in Europe128
Wildfire‐Induced Losses of Soil Particulate and Mineral‐Associated Organic Carbon Persist for Over 4 Years in a Chaparral Ecosystem126
Global Drivers of Echolocating Mammal Species Richness126
Micro/nanoplastics pollution poses a potential threat to soil health126
Climate as the Main Driver of Large‐Scale Genetic Patterns and Connectivity in the Expanding Golden Jackal121
Population‐specific responses to developmental temperature in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus: Implications for climate change121
Long‐term forecast of thermal mortality with climate warming in riverine amphipods121
The influence of mussel restoration on coastal carbon cycling120
Global Phosphorus Enrichment Reshapes Terrestrial Phosphorus Cycling120
Balancing Organic and Inorganic Carbon Dynamics in Enhanced Rock Weathering: Implications for Carbon Sequestration118
Clarifying the carbon balance recovery time after clear‐cutting115
Climate, Rotation, and Tillage Impacts on Soybean Yield Gains in a 50‐Year Experiment115
Tree contributions to climate change adaptation through reduced cattle heat stress and benefits to milk and beef production114
Reconciling the Discrepancy in Projected Global Dryland Expansion in a Warming World113
Global Warming and Genomic Diversity Loss Alter the Biomass and the Size Distribution of Experimental Fish Populations113
Environmental microbiome engineering for the mitigation of climate change112
Potential millennial‐scale avian declines by humans in southern China110
Extreme wildfires in Canada and their contribution to global loss in tree cover and carbon emissions in 2023108
Wheat genetic resources have avoided disease pandemics, improved food security, and reduced environmental footprints: A review of historical impacts and future opportunities106
Legacy effects of anthropogenic disturbances modulate dynamics in the world's coral reefs105
Human Footprint and Forest Disturbance Reduce Space Use of Brown Bears ( Ursus arctos ) Across Europe101
Measuring Fluxes of Nitrous Oxide ( N 2 O ) From a101
Drought thresholds that impact vegetation reveal the divergent responses of vegetation growth to drought across China100
Confounding effects of snow cover on remotely sensed vegetation indices of evergreen and deciduous trees: An experimental study99
Agroforestry enhances biological activity, diversity and soil‐based ecosystem functions in mountain agroecosystems of Latin America: A meta‐analysis99
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Ninety years of change, from commercial extinction to recovery, range expansion and decline for Antarctic fur seals at South Georgia98
Synergetic Responses of Nonstructural Carbohydrates and Nutrients in Different Tree Organs to Drought98
Anthropogenic activities dominated tropical forest carbon balance in two contrary ways over the Greater Mekong Subregion in the 21st century97
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Non‐linear loss of suitable wine regions over Europe in response to increasing global warming96
Legacy Effects of Plant Community Structure Are Manifested in Microbial Biofilm Development With Consequences for Ecosystem CO2 Emissions95
Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential95
Regional and global climate risks for reef corals: Incorporating species‐specific vulnerability and exposure to climate hazards94
Demystifying the Romanticized Narratives About Carbon Credits From Voluntary Forest Conservation94
Evidence for older carbon loss with lowered water tables and changing plant functional groups in peatlands93
Forest Carbon Dynamics as a Constraint on Future Land‐Use and Land‐Cover Change93
Pollen Assisted Migration Faces Its Own Challenges93
Light pollution enhances ground‐level exposure to airborne toxic chemicals for nocturnally migrating passerines93
Process‐oriented models of leaf senescence are biased towards the mean: Impacts on model performance and future projections93
Long‐Term Ecological Baselines and Critical Thresholds in Ombrotrophic Peatlands of Europe: Implications for Restoration Strategies92
Potential response of dark carbon fixation to global warming in estuarine and coastal waters92
Warming reduces trophic diversity in high‐latitude food webs90
Upward‐moving mountain treelines: An indicator of changing climate90
Multi‐Omics Inform Invasion Risks Under Global Climate Change90
Mineral Association and Microbial Processing Jointly Prolong Carbon Turnover in Coastal Wetlands89
Long Term Marine Biodiversity Monitoring in Coastal Antarctica: Are Fewer Rare Species Recruiting?89
Functional Diversity Explains Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Subtropical Forests88
Lake Water Depth and Nutrient Gradients Mediate Aquatic Plant Distribution via the Strength of Trait Network Associations87
Nitrogen Availability and Changes in Precipitation Alter Microbially Mediated NO and N2O Emissions From a Pinyon–Juniper Dryland86
Species, taxonomic, and functional group diversities of terrestrial mammals at risk under climate change and land‐use/cover change scenarios in Mexico85
Urbanization Pressures on Climate Adaptation Capacity of Forest Habitats85
Adaptation to bioinvasions: When does it occur?85
Overcoming Shifting Baselines: Paleo‐Behaviour Reveals Industrial Revolution as Tipping Point84
Biodiversity transformations in the global ocean: A climate change and conservation management perspective84
Different model assumptions about plant hydraulics and photosynthetic temperature acclimation yield diverging implications for tropical forest gross primary production under warming84
Effects of climate change on forest plantation productivity in Chile83
Coupled Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Use Efficiencies in Forest Soils on a Continental Scale82
The influence of habitat alteration on density of invading white‐tailed deer should not be discounted81
Too hot to handle? An urgent need to understand climate change impacts on the biogeochemistry of tropical coastal waters81
Correction to “Declining glacier cover drives changes in aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity in the Cordillera Blanca, Perú”80
Otolith reliability is context‐dependent for estimating warming and CO2 acidification impacts on fish growth79
Correction to “Emergent Constraints on Historical and Future Global Gross Primary Productivity”79
Material Legacies on Coral Reefs: Rubble Length and Bed Thickness Are Key Drivers of Rubble Bed Recovery79
Holobiont Traits Shape Climate Change Responses in Cryptic Coral Lineages78
Optimality principles explaining divergent responses of alpine vegetation to environmental change78
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 heath77
The essential role of biodiversity in the key axes of ecosystem function77
Wet and dry extremes reduce arthropod biomass independently of leaf phenology in the wet tropics76
Global Vegetation Greening Is Exacerbating Soil Dryness76
Climatic Legacies Drive Spatial Aggregation of Plants in Drylands76
Compound droughts slow down the greening of the Earth76
Anoxia begets anoxia: A positive feedback to the deoxygenation of temperate lakes76
Global evaluation of inhibitor impacts on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils: A meta‐analysis76
Climate change affects the distribution of diversity across marine food webs76
Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research75
Indigenous Peoples' Lands are critical for safeguarding vertebrate diversity across the tropics75
Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration74
Shrub and precipitation interactions shape functional diversity of nematode communities on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau74
Human‐induced salinity changes impact marine organisms and ecosystems73
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Acceleration of vegetation phenological changes71
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Phytoplankton thermal trait parameterization alters community structure and biogeochemical processes in a modeled ocean70
Exposure and Sensitivity of Terrestrial Vertebrates to Biological Invasions Worldwide70
Ecosystem Service Trajectories in Restored Coastal Habitats70
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A sedimentary DNA record of the Atacama Trench reveals biodiversity changes in the most productive marine ecosystem69
Natural ocean iron fertilization and climate variability over geological periods69
Rapid Evolution in Action: Environmental Filtering Supports Coral Adaptation to a Hot, Acidic, and Deoxygenated Extreme Habitat69
Hyposensitive canopy conductance renders ecosystems vulnerable to meteorological droughts69
Climate change alone cannot explain boreal caribou range recession in Quebec since 185069
Correction to “Simulating carbon accumulation and loss in the central Congo peatlands”68
Long‐Term Drought Persistently Shifts Plant and Soil Microbial Communities but Has Limited Impact on CO2 Fluxes Under Subsequent Drought68
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Alleviating the Concerns About Pollen‐Based Assisted Migration68
Timing Matters: Viticultural Land Use Determines Responses in Structure and Function of Fungal Stream Communities Across One Growing Season68
Modest Experimental Warming Reduces Species Diversity and Biomass of Arthropods in a Tibetan Alpine Meadow67
Extreme, Cold‐Season Climatic Events Can Decimate Wildlife and Imperil Population Persistence67
A melting cryosphere constrains fish growth by synchronizing the seasonal phenology of river food webs67
Gibbs energy or enthalpy—What is relevant for microbial C‐turnover in soils?67
Response of Root Respiration to Warming and Nitrogen Addition Depends on Tree Species67
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Dynamic Responses of Soil Organic Carbon to Urbanization: A Global Perspective66
Enhanced growth resistance but no decline in growth resilience under long‐term extreme droughts65
Carbon footprint of synthetic nitrogen under staple crops: A first cradle‐to‐grave analysis65
Mammals on the Margins: Identifying the Drivers and Limitations of Range Expansion64
Microbial necromass under global change and implications for soil organic matter64
Recovery Following Recurrent Fires Across Mediterranean Ecosystems64
A global synthesis of climate vulnerability assessments on marine fisheries: Methods, scales, and knowledge co‐production64
Climate and mineral accretion as drivers of mineral‐associated and particulate organic matter accumulation in tidal wetland soils63
Global temperature homogenization can obliterate temporal isolation in migratory animals with potential loss of population structure62
Cognition mediates response to anthropogenic noise in wild Western Australian magpies (Gmynorhina tibicen dorsalis)62
Human‐Impacted Natural Ecosystems Drive Climate Warming62
Challenging Paradigms Around the Role of Colony Size, Taxa, and Environment on Bleaching Susceptibility62
Ocean iron fertilization may amplify climate change pressures on marine animal biomass for limited climate benefit62
Stochastic resonance in climate reddening increases the risk of cyclic ecosystem extinction via phase‐tipping62
Dark matters: Contrasting responses of stream biofilm to browning and loss of riparian shading62
Oxygen availability regulates the quality of soil dissolved organic matter by mediating microbial metabolism and iron oxidation62
Soil and Microbial Controls Jointly Regulate Elevational Patterns of Free‐Living Nitrogen Fixation Rate and Its Temperature Sensitivity61
More sensitive microbial responses to the interactive effects of warming and altered precipitation in subsoil than topsoil of an alpine grassland ecosystem61
Climate Change Projected to Double the Richness and Abundance of Soilborne Phytopathogenic Fungi in Southern Maritime Antarctica61
Fungal necromass is reduced by intensive drought in subsoil but not in topsoil60
A Global Meta‐Analysis of Land Use Change on Soil Mineral‐Associated and Particulate Organic Carbon60
Climate change and extreme events are changing the biology of Polar Regions59
Unlocking the power of machine learning for Earth system modeling: A game‐changing breakthrough59
A New Frontier for Plant‐Microbe Interaction Under Changing Climate Conditions59
Impacts of Canopy Disturbances by Tree Logging on Soil Biota Increase With Organism Size59
Climate change disrupts the seasonal coupling of plant and soil microbial nutrient cycling in an alpine ecosystem59
Global analysis of the perturbation effects of metal‐based nanoparticles on soil nitrogen cycling59
CO 2 Rise Directly Impairs Crop Nutritional Quality59
The Breeding Distribution of a Migratory Bird Fluctuates With Nonbreeding Season Rainfall Over the Last Century58
Imbalance Trajectories of GPPTER Coupling Under Global Warming58
Juvenile waiting stage crown‐of‐thorns sea stars are resilient in heatwave conditions that bleach and kill corals58
Math‐Corrected Enzyme Ratios: Descriptors of Allocation and Tools for Comparability—Not Proof of Limitation58
Local thermal adaptation and local temperature regimes drive the performance of a parasitic helminth under climate change: The case of Marshallagia marshalli from wild ungulates57
Do not ignore the effects of phosphorus and potassium addition on microbial carbon use efficiency57
Climate change reduces long‐term population benefits from no‐take marine protected areas through selective pressures on species movement57
China's wetland soil organic carbon pool: New estimation on pool size, change, and trajectory57
Shortening fire return interval predisposes west‐central Canadian boreal peatlands to more rapid vegetation growth and transition to forest cover57
Arctic plasmidome analysis reveals distinct relationships among associated antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes along anthropogenic gradients57
Nitrification, denitrification, and related functional genes under elevated CO2: A meta‐analysis in terrestrial ecosystems57
Designing National Forest Inventories for Accurate Estimation of Soil Carbon Change57
High trophic level feedbacks on global ocean carbon uptake and marine ecosystem dynamics under climate change56
Improved Modeling of Vegetation Phenology Using Soil Enthalpy56
5300‐Year‐old soil carbon is less primed than young soil organic matter56
Adult spawners: A critical period for subarctic Chinook salmon in a changing climate55
Location‐Scale Meta‐Analysis and Meta‐Regression as a Tool to Capture Large‐Scale Changes in Biological and Methodological Heterogeneity: A Spotlight on Heteroscedasticity55
Soil Phosphorus Dynamics are an Overlooked but Dominant Control on Mineral‐Associated Organic Matter55
Impact of Crop Type on Biodiversity Globally55
How Does Climate Change Influence the Regional Ecological–Social Risks of Harmful Dinoflagellates? A Predictive Study of China's Coastal Waters55
Leaf Photosynthetic and Respiratory Thermal Acclimation in Terrestrial Plants in Response to Warming: A Global Synthesis55
Synergistic Effects of a Microbial Amendment and Crushed Basalt: Soil Geochemical and Microbial Responses55
Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature‐driven community shifts55
High carbon emissions from thermokarst lakes and their determinants in the Tibet Plateau55
Increasing aridity causes larger and more severe forest fires across Europe54
Significant accrual of soil organic carbon through long‐term rice cultivation in paddy fields in China54
Meta‐analysis reveals impacts of disturbance on reptile and amphibian body condition54
Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems—A review54
Global Change Modulates Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency: Mechanisms and Impacts on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics54
Environmental controls on the light use efficiency of terrestrial gross primary production53
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Microplastic pollution promotes soil respiration: A global‐scale meta‐analysis53
Warming, Snow Exclusion, and Soil Type Alter the Timing of Plant and Soil Activity and Associated Nutrient Losses52
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Immediate and carry‐over effects of late‐spring frost and growing season drought on forest gross primary productivity capacity in the Northern Hemisphere51
Geographic and Biological Drivers Shape Anthropogenic Extinctions in the Macaronesian Vascular Flora51
Historic Land Use Modifies Impacts of Climate and Isolation in Rear Edge European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Populations51
Urban living can rescue Darwin's finches from the lethal effects of invasive vampire flies51
Increased atmospheric CO2 and the transit time of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems51
Increased Growth Temperatures Alter Arctic Plant Responses to Heat Wave and Drought50
Boreal Rivers as Sources of Terpenoid Emissions50
Growth form and leaf habit drive contrasting effects of Arctic amplification in long‐lived woody species50
Low N Deposition Coupled With Climate Warming Promote Soil Asymbiotic N Fixation via Increasing Microbial Specialists in Alpine Grassland50
Long‐Term Incubation Duration Decline Indicates Climate‐Change Driven Feminization of Three Sea Turtle Species in Florida, USA50
Understanding Unanticipated Range Shifts: Biotic Interactions as Key Mediators in a Changing Climate50
Climate change and commercial fishing practices codetermine survival of a long‐lived seabird50
Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse50
Rapid climate change increases diversity and homogenizes composition of coastal fish at high latitudes50
Mapping the Global Conflict Between Mining and Freshwater Biodiversity Protection49
Climate‐driven tree growth and mortality in the Black Forest, Germany—Long‐term observations49
Regressions underestimate the direct effect of soil moisture on land carbon sink variability49
Cumulative Heat Stress in Fluctuating Temperatures and Implications for the Distribution of Freshwater Fish49
Policy Inaction Risks Breaching the 2°C Climate Target49
CO2 fertilization contributed more than half of the observed forest biomass increase in northern extra‐tropical land49
Ozone‐Tolerant Rice for Air‐Polluted Environments49
Reply letter to Munoz et al. ‘on the importance of time in carbon sequestration in soils and climate change mitigation’—Keep carbon sequestration terminologies consistent and functional49
Exploring Sulfate as an Alternative Electron Acceptor: A Potential Strategy to Mitigate N2O Emissions in Upland Arable Soils48
Global Peatland Carbon Pool Sizes: Current Estimates, Uncertainties, and Future Research Directions48
Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia48
Counterintuitive Range Shifts May Be Explained by Climate Induced Changes in Biotic Interactions48
Contrasting responses of peak vegetation growth to asymmetric warming: Evidences from FLUXNET and satellite observations48
Declining Ecosystem Respiration Linked to Nitrogen Deposition: Insights From a 26‐Year FLUXNET Record48
Provenance‐Specific Chilling and Forcing Requirements Shape Spring Phenology in Three European Temperate Tree Species47
Global Warming Amplifies Nitrogen Over Phosphorus Limitation in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Multi‐Trophic Meta‐Analysis47
HomoTherm : An Open‐Source Approach to Modelling Heat Exchange in Humans and Other Hominins in Diverse Environments47
The Effects of Climate Change on Mesocarnivores: A Global Review and Meta‐Analysis46
Global Potential to Increase Soil Carbon Storage by Reducing Rotational Fallow in Semiarid Regions46
Dark CO 2 fixation in soils: A meta‐analysis of mechanisms and controlling factors46
Rethinking Termite Methane Emissions: Does the Mound Environment Matter?46
Habitat‐based biodiversity responses to macroclimate and edaphic factors in European fen ecosystems46
Ruminating on soil carbon: Applying current understanding to inform grazing management46
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 Copepod46
Shortcutting Photorespiration Protects Potato Photosynthesis and Tuber Yield Against Heatwave Stress46
Size matters: Aerobic methane oxidation in sediments of shallow thermokarst lakes46
The neglected roles of adjacent natural ecosystems in maintaining bacterial diversity in agroecosystems46
Bees exposed to climate change are more sensitive to pesticides45
Tall Bornean forests experience higher canopy disturbance rates than those in the eastern Amazon or Guiana shield45
Methane fluxes in tidal marshes of the conterminous United States45
Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed45
Are Mediterranean marine threatened species at high risk by climate change?45
Stabilisation of soil organic matter with rock dust partially counteracted by plants45
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