Ecology Letters

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecology Letters is 15. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
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Non‐Native Species Abundance Decreases the Co‐Occurrence Between Native and Non‐Native Species Through Time at Any Phylogenetic Distance145
Neighbourhood Tree Competition Promotes Microbial Diversity in Phyllosphere138
Natal legacies cause social and spatial marginalization during dispersal137
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Ecological lags govern the pace and outcome of plant community responses to 21st‐century climate change130
Experimental evidence of size‐selective harvest and environmental stochasticity effects on population demography, fluctuations and non‐linearity104
Comparative approaches in social network ecology98
Recent and Rapid Assembly of an Island Species–Area Relationship Threatened by Human Disturbance94
Contemporary tree growth shows altered climate memory90
Continent‐wide patterns of song variation predicted by classical rules of biogeography88
Hotter is not (always) better: Embracing unimodal scaling of biological rates with temperature79
Behavioural differences underlie toxicity and predation variation in blooms of Prymnesium parvum78
Body Mass–Biomass Scaling Modulates Species Keystone‐Ness to Press Perturbations73
Trade‐offs in non‐native plant herbivore defences enhance performance70
Accounting for the Influence of Community Turnover Along Environmental Gradients on Compositional Uniqueness69
Inferring spatially varying animal movement characteristics using a hierarchical continuous‐time velocity model68
Trait‐dependent diversification in angiosperms: Patterns, models and data67
Urbanization alters the spatiotemporal dynamics of plant–pollinator networks in a tropical megacity66
Drivers of Viral Prevalence in Landscape‐Scale Pollinator Networks Across Europe: Honey Bee Viral Density, Niche Overlap With This Reservoir Host and Network Architecture66
Influences of Structural and Species Diversity on Forest Resistance to Drought66
SEED : A framework for integrating ecological stoichiometry and eco‐evolutionary dynamics65
Biodiversity modulates the cross‐community scaling relationship in changing environments65
Microbial Life History Mediates the Drought‐Induced Decrease in Wood Decomposition in Subtropical Forests65
Convergence of carbon sink magnitude and water table depth in global wetlands60
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Microbial redox cycling enhances ecosystem thermodynamic efficiency and productivity58
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going: Effect of extreme climate on an Antarctic seabird's life history58
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Correction to ‘Biodiversity Modulates the Cross‐Community Scaling Relationship in Changing Environments’57
Learning takes time: Biotic resistance by native herbivores increases through the invasion process56
Reconstructing 120 years of climate change impacts on Joshua tree flowering55
Unveiling Pervasive Soil Microbial P Limitation in Terrestrial Ecosystems Worldwide52
Voltinism Shifts in Response to Climate Warming Generally Benefit Populations of Multivoltine Butterflies52
Evolution in Response to an Abiotic Stress Shapes Species Coexistence52
Weaker Plant‐Frugivore Trait Matching Towards the Tropics and on Islands51
How an Insect Converts Time Into Space: Temporal Niches Aid Coexistence via Modifying the Amount of Habitat Available for Reproduction51
Transplant experiments demonstrate that larger brains are favoured in high‐competition environments in Trinidadian killifish50
Thermal limits of survival and reproduction depend on stress duration: A case study of Drosophila suzukii49
Linking Climate and Demography to Predict Population Dynamics and Persistence Under Global Change49
Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection48
Spatial Portfolios in Coral Metapopulations Are Shaped by Spatiotemporal Asynchrony in Environmental Conditions47
Local Adaptation Is Highest in Populations With Stable Long‐Term Growth47
How to publish a ‘Method’ article in Ecology Letters44
Intercontinental analysis of temperate steppe stream food webs reveals consistent autochthonous support of fishes43
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Negative Frequency‐Dependent Selection Promotes Strain Structure in a Plant Pathogen41
Identifying the Knowledge and Capacity Gaps in Southeast Asian Insect Conservation41
Asymmetric relationships and their effects on coexistence41
Microbial Evolution Drives Adaptation of Substrate Degradation on Decadal to Centennial Time Scales Relevant to Global Change40
Sapflow Database Reveals Density‐Dependent Competition Among Woody Plants at Global Scale40
Beyond Habitat: Memory Versus Environment in Shaping Animal Space Use38
Multispecies Coexistence Emerges From Pairwise Exclusions in Communities With Competitive Hierarchy38
Evidence That Metapopulation Dynamics Maintain a Species' Range Limit38
From Presence‐Only to Abundance Species Distribution Models Using Transfer Learning38
Coevolution of species colonisation rates controls food‐chain length in spatially structured food webs38
Biodiversity mitigates trade‐offs among species functional traits underpinning multiple ecosystem services38
Soil Nitrogen Supply Exerts Largest Influence on Leaf Nitrogen in Environments with the Greatest Leaf Nitrogen Demand37
Feedback loops between 3D vegetation structure and ecological functions of animals37
Variation in Oceanographic Resistance of the World's Coastlines to Invasion by Species With Planktonic Dispersal37
Elevated CO 2 and N Gradually Weaken the Influence of Diversity on Ecosy36
Mycorrhizal Types Regulate Tree Spatial Associations in Temperate Forests: Ectomycorrhizal Trees Might Favour Species Coexistence36
Regional Processes Mediate Ecological Selection and the Distribution of Plant Diversity Across Scales36
Global Variation in Zooplankton Niche Divergence Across Ocean Basins36
Colourful Urban Birds: Bird Species Successful in Urban Environments Have More Elaborate Colours and Less Brown36
Impacts of Changing Winters on Lake Ecosystems Will Increase With Latitude35
Broad‐scale seasonal climate tracking is a consequence, not a driver, of avian migratory connectivity35
RETRACTED: Native Plant Diversity Generates Microbial Legacies That Either Promote or Suppress Non‐Natives, Depending on Drought History34
Metabolic efficiency reshapes the seminal relationship between pathogen growth rate and virulence34
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Scaling of Extinction Time With Habitat Size in Experimental Populations33
Biodiversity Patterns Redefined in Environmental Space33
Eco‐evolutionary maintenance of diversity in fluctuating environments33
Divergence Across Niche Dimensions Reveals Species' Ecological Roles33
Meta‐analysis of elevational changes in the intensity of trophic interactions: Similarities and dissimilarities with latitudinal patterns33
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Functional traits explain waterbirds' host status, subtype richness, and community‐level infection risk for avian influenza31
The fitness value of ecological information in a variable world31
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Noise pollution alters the diet composition of invertebrate consumers both in and beyond a noise‐exposed grassland ecosystem31
Chronic Heat Tolerance Reveals Overestimated Thermal Safety Margins and Increased Vulnerability in Marine Fish Populations31
‘Dust you shall eat’: The complex nutritional and functional considerations underlying a simple diet31
The Roles of Space and Food‐Web Complexity in Mediating Ecological Recovery31
Deadly Decomposers: Distinguishing Life History Strategies on the Parasitism‐Saprotrophy Spectrum30
Climate Change Challenges Grey Wolf Resilience: Insights From Dental Microwear30
A Busse Balloon in the Lagoon: Herbivore Behaviour Generates Spatial Patterns in Coral Reef Ecosystems30
Non‐Correlated Variation of Leaf and Fine Root Traits in Subtropical Forest Plants30
Plant Functional Traits and Vegetation Structure Explain Pollination Networks at Scale30
Climate change increases carbon allocation to leaves in early leaf green‐up30
Living fast, dying young: Anthropogenic habitat modification influences the fitness and life history traits of a cooperative breeder30
Geographic, Taxonomic and Metric Gaps in Biodiversity Research Limit Evidence‐Based Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes: An Umbrella Review30
Correction to ‘Life history mediates the trade‐offs among different components of demographic resilience’30
Rarity mediates species‐specific responses of tropical reef fishes to protection29
Thermal adaptation of microbial respiration persists throughout long‐term soil carbon decomposition29
Testing the selective sequestration hypothesis: Monarch butterflies preferentially sequester plant defences that are less toxic to themselves while maintaining potency to others29
Plant Invasion Decreases the Likelihood of Community Persistence Through Asymmetric Competition29
Bumble Bee Probability of Occurrence Responds to Interactions Between Local and Landscape Land Use, Climatic Niche Properties and Climate Change29
Mean species responses predict effects of environmental change on coexistence28
Contemporary changes in phenotypic variation, and the potential consequences for eco‐evolutionary dynamics28
Reconciling Pollen Limitation Theories: Insights From Temperate Oak Masting28
Correction to ‘Birds That Don't Exist: Niche Pre‐Emption as a Constraint on Morphological Evolution in the Passeroidea’28
A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities28
Roots selectively decompose litter to mine nitrogen and build new soil carbon28
Multiple ecosystem service synergies and landscape mediation of biodiversity within urban agroecosystems28
Leaf Dry Matter Content Is Phylogenetically Conserved and Related to Environmental Conditions, Especially Wildfire Activity28
Does spatial variation in insect herbivory match variations in plant quality? A meta‐analysis27
Seasonality Structures Avian Functional Diversity and Niche Packing Across North America27
Systematic distributions of interaction strengths across tree interaction networks yield positive diversity–productivity relationships27
Behavioural plasticity compensates for adaptive loss of cricket song27
Continent‐Wide Drivers of Spatial Synchrony in Breeding Demographic Structure Across Wild Great Tit Populations26
Intransitivity in plant–soil feedbacks is rare but is associated with multispecies coexistence26
Density Dependence During Evolutionary Rescue Increases Extinction Risk but Does Not Prevent Adaptation26
Genetic Diversity Impacts Climate‐Induced Species Range Shifts26
Towards closer integration between ecology and evolution26
Experimental Evidence for the Desynchronization of Ecosystem Dynamics by Global Change26
Idiosyncrasies Unveiled: Examining the Pace, Patterns and Predictors of Biotic Diversification in Peninsular India26
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Ecological conditions predict the intensity of Hendra virus excretion over space and time from bat reservoir hosts26
Genetic Independence of Naturally Correlated Variation in Resistance to Endemic and Novel Pathogens26
Beyond simple adaptation: Incorporating other evolutionary processes and concepts into eco‐evolutionary dynamics26
Ambient and substrate energy influence decomposer diversity differentially across trophic levels26
Plant Genome Size Mediates Species and Community Responses to Precipitation Change and Nitrogen Enrichment in Grasslands26
Detection of Eco‐Evolutionary Dynamics in Communities Using Joint Species Distribution Models26
The EICA is dead? Long live the EICA !26
Plant Species Richness and the Root Economics Space Drive Soil Fungal Communities26
Positive interactions of native species melt invasional meltdown over long‐term plant succession26
Non‐random sampling measures the occurrence but not the strength of a textbook trophic cascade25
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Global patterns of allochthony in stream–riparian meta‐ecosystems25
From pattern to process? Dual travelling waves, with contrasting propagation speeds, best describe a self‐organised spatio‐temporal pattern in population growth of a cyclic rodent25
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The dimensionality of infection networks among viruses infecting microbial eukaryotes and bacteria25
The Release of Non‐Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk25
Macroevolution of Steep Interspecific Metabolic Allometry in an Old Insect Order24
Abundance–diversity relationship as a unique signature of temporal scaling in the fossil record24
Plant diversity decreases greenhouse gas emissions by increasing soil and plant carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems24
Legacy of the Lost and Pressure of the Present: Malagasy Plant Seeds Retain Megafauna Dispersal Signatures but Downsize Under Human Pressure24
Comparing temporal dynamics of compositional reorganization in long‐term studies of birds and fish24
RETRACTION: Native Plant Diversity Generates Microbial Legacies That Either Promote or Suppress Non‐Natives, Depending on Drought History24
The Importance of Landscape Composition for Pest Control and Crop Yield: A Global Quantitative Synthesis24
modelRxiv : A Platform for the Dissemination and Interactive Display of Models24
A Continuum From Positive to Negative Interactions Drives Plant Species' Performance in a Diverse Community23
Time is of the essence: A general framework for uncovering temporal structures of communities23
Climate dependence of the macrofaunal effect on litter decomposition—A global meta‐regression analysis23
Four ways to define the growing season23
MoveTraits —A Database for Integrating Animal Behaviour Into Trait‐Based Ecology23
Trophic tug‐of‐war: Coexistence mechanisms within and across trophic levels23
Climate disequilibrium dominates uncertainty in long‐term projections of primary productivity23
Studying interactions among anthropogenic stressors in freshwater ecosystems: A systematic review of 2396 multiple‐stressor experiments23
Plant Silicon Defences Suppress Herbivore Performance, but Mode of Feeding Is Key23
Responses of soil fauna communities to the individual and combined effects of multiple global change factors23
Climate warming interacts with other global change drivers to influence plant phenology: A meta‐analysis of experimental studies23
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Reproductive Interference Alters Species Coexistence in Nematodes due to Asymmetric Sperm‐Induced Harm22
The Equilibrium Conundrum22
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Converting and Constructing Effect Sizes With the Response Ratio21
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Negative effects of urbanisation on diurnal and nocturnal pollen‐transport networks21
Biodiversity Consistently Promotes Ecosystem Multifunctionality Across Multiple Temporal Scales in an Aquatic Microbial Community21
Long‐term studies should provide structure for inclusive education and professional development21
Quantitatively Testing Predictions From Mechanistic Models: A Case Study for Island Biodiversity21
Environmental variables drive spatial patterns of trophic diversity in mammals21
Defensive Symbiont Genotype Distributions Are Linked to Parasitoid Attack Networks21
Correction to ‘Partitioning Net Biodiversity Effects on Ecosystem Resistance and Resilience’21
Behavioural Thermoregulation of Flowers via Petal Movement21
Long‐Term Alpine Plant Responses to Global Change Drivers Depend on Functional Traits20
A Probabilistic View of Forbidden Links: Their Prevalence and Their Consequences for the Robustness of Plant–Hummingbird Communities20
Community Synchrony in Seed Production is Associated With Trait Similarity and Climate Across North America20
Changes in vertical and horizontal diversities mediated by the size structure of introduced fish collectively shape food‐web stability20
Local adaptation to seasonal cues at the fronts of two parallel, climate‐induced butterfly range expansions20
Borealisation of Plant Communities in the Arctic Is Driven by Boreal‐Tundra Species20
Birds That Don't Exist: Niche Pre‐Emption as a Constraint on Morphological Evolution in the Passeroidea20
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The importance of worldwide linguistic and cultural diversity for climate change resilience20
No Refuge at the Edge for European Beech as Climate Warming Disproportionately Reduces Masting at Colder Margins20
Revisiting the growth rate hypothesis: Towards a holistic stoichiometric understanding of growth20
Shorebirds Are Shrinking and Shape‐Shifting: Declining Body Size and Lengthening Bills in the Past Half‐Century20
Integrating Physiological Rates of Thermal Stress and Repair Predicts Heat Failure During Temperature Fluctuations20
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Causal Inference With Observational Data and Unobserved Confounding Variables19
Responses of African Savanna Trees to Large Herbivore Extinction and Rewilding19
No Evidence for Pace of Life Evolution Along Elevational Gradients in Squamate Reptiles19
A general framework to quantify and compare ecological impacts under temporal dynamics19
Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass‐loss rate and stabilization19
Resource selection by New York City deer reveals the effective interface between wildlife, zoonotic hazards and humans19
Contrasting 50‐Year Trends of Moth Communities Depending on Elevation and Species Traits19
Leaf angle as a leaf and canopy trait: Rejuvenating its role in ecology with new technology19
Artificial Light at Night Consistently Impacts Avian Physiology and Behaviour: A Meta‐Analysis19
Plasticity syndromes in wild vertebrates: Patterns and consequences of individual variation in plasticity across multiple behaviours19
Putative ‘Dispersal Adaptations’ Do Not Explain the Colonisation of a Volcanic Island by Vascular Plants, but Birds Can19
Decision‐making under uncertainty for species introductions into ecological networks19
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Sequential Thresholds Shape Drylands' Multitrophic Response to Aridification19
Ranking species based on sensitivity to perturbations under non‐equilibrium community dynamics19
Fluctuating Growth Rates Link Turnover and Unevenness in Species‐Rich Communities19
Investigating the eco‐evolutionary response of microbiomes to environmental change19
Intermittent instability is widespread in plankton communities19
Niche types and community assembly19
The reproductive ecology drivers of egg attendance in amphibians19
Optimal balancing of xylem efficiency and safety explains plant vulnerability to drought18
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Foundations and Future Directions for Causal Inference in Ecological Research18
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Temperature dependence of competitive ability is cold‐shifted compared to that of growth rate in marine phytoplankton18
Plant Competitive Balance and Intransitivity Shape Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Grasslands Under Drought18
Towards Key Principles of Host‐Associated Microbiome Assembly18
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Predator feeding rates may often be unsaturated under typical prey densities18
Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems18
Environmental Gradients Linked to Human Impacts, Not Species Richness, Drive Regional Variation in Community Stability in Coral Reef Fishes18
Rainforest conversion to plantations fundamentally alters energy fluxes and functions in canopy arthropod food webs17
Are novel or locally adapted pathogens more devastating and why? Resolving opposing hypotheses17
Environmental Conditions Modulate Warming Effects on Plant Litter Decomposition Globally17
The effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination: A meta‐analysis17
Lucky To Be Alive, Luckier to Breed: Lifetime Reproduction in Weddell Seals17
Tree Species Diversity Suppresses Soil Carbon Priming Effects in a Subtropical Forest17
Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components17
The Critical Role of Coefficients: Updating Allometric Normalisation Constants for Modern Ecology and Modelling17
recolorize: An R package for flexible colour segmentation of biological images17
Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems Globally17
Three‐Dimensional Correlated Random Walks for Animal Movement and Habitat Selection17
Editorial: The Critical Role of Very Long‐Term Studies in Ecology and Evolution17
Trees First Inhibit Then Promote Litter Decomposition in the Subarctic17
Elevated Temperature Diminishes Reciprocal Selection in an Experimental Plant‐Pollinator‐Herbivore System17
The Increased Environmental Niche of Dual‐Mycorrhizal Woody Species17
Warming During Different Life Stages has Distinct Impacts on Host Resistance Ecology and Evolution17
Global contribution of invertebrates to forest litter decomposition17
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Hummingbird blood traits track oxygen availability across space and time16
Correction to “Causal Effects Versus Causal Mechanisms: Two Traditions With Different Requirements and Contributions Towards Causal Understanding”16
The Range‐Resident Logistic Model: A New Framework to Formalise the Population‐Dynamics Consequences of Range Residency16
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The gut microbiome reflects ancestry despite dietary shifts across a hybrid zone16
Temperature Variability Has Limited Effects on Phenotypic Plasticity in Ectotherms—A Meta‐Analysis16
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Density Dependence Shapes Life‐History Trade‐Offs in a Food‐Limited Population16
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Size exclusion experiment in a grassland field unravels top–down control of the soil fauna on microbial community assembly16
Corrigendum to ‘A Non‐Equilibrium Species Distribution Model Reveals Unprecedented Depth of Time Lag Responses to Past Environmental Change Trajectories’16
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Strategy maps: Generalised giving‐up densities for optimal foraging15
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