Biological Reviews

Article	Citations
The behavioural ecology of marine cleaning mutualisms	445
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A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology	211
Patterns of variation in fleshy diaspore size and abundance from Late Triassic–Oligocene	210
The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review	180
The challenging biogeography of the Juan Fernández Islands and Coast Range of central Chile explained by new models of East Pacific tectonics	149
Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures	137
Non‐verbal effecting – animal research sheds light on human emotion communication	131
The persistence and evolutionary consequences of vestigial behaviours	117
Direct and indirect effects of climate change on distribution and community composition of macrophytes in lentic systems	116
Prey specificity of predatory venoms	115
Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians	110
Unlocking the multifaceted molecular functions and diverse disease implications of lactylation	102
New insight into dyslipidemia‐induced cellular senescence in atherosclerosis	101
Large‐scale and long‐term wildlife research and monitoring using camera traps: a continental synthesis	101
Avian adjustments to cold and non‐shivering thermogenesis: whats, wheres and hows	98
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Plant periderm as a continuum in structural organisation: a tracheophyte‐wide survey and hypotheses on evolution	86
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The ecology of sleep in non‐avian reptiles	83
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Impacts of volcanic eruptions and early recovery in freshwater environments and organisms	81
Large mammals and trees in eastern monsoonal China: anthropogenic losses since the Late Pleistocene and restoration prospects in the Anthropocene	80
Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline	80
Successional theories	77

On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea	77
Animals in flow – towards the scientific study of intrinsic reward in animals	73
Form and function of anguilliform swimming	73
The relationship between the secondary vascular system and the lymphatic vascular system in fish	73
Temporal resource partitioning mitigates interspecific competition and promotes coexistence among insect parasites	73
The thermal environment as a moderator of social evolution	73
Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals	72
Sensing for survival: specialised regulatory mechanisms of Type III secretion systems in Gram‐negative pathogens	71
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions	71
Acoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity: a meta‐analysis	69
What is a biocrust? A refined, contemporary definition for a broadening research community	68
Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes	68
Language and learning: the cognitive revolution at 60‐odd	67
Evolutionary plant–pollinator responses to anthropogenic land‐use change: impacts on ecosystem services	65
Reuniting philosophy and science to advance cancer research	65
The secretome of Verticillium dahliae in collusion with plant defence responses modulates Verticillium wilt symptoms	64
Anticipated effects of abiotic environmental change on intraspecific social interactions	64
Microbes, metabolites and (synaptic) malleability, oh my! The effect of the microbiome on synaptic plasticity	63
Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus	63
Diversity and function of fluorescent molecules in marine animals	61
Diverse roles of microbial indole compounds in eukaryotic systems	61
Quantifying farm sustainability through the lens of ecological theory	61
Monitoring the phenology of plant pathogenic fungi: why and how?	60
A guide to area‐restricted search: a foundational foraging behaviour	60
Is self‐awareness necessary to have a theory of mind?	58
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Parallels and discrepancies between non‐native species introductions and human migration	56
The IDIP framework for assessing protein function and its application to the prion protein	54
The ecological drivers and consequences of wildlife trade	53
Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review	53
Pollinator‐mediated effects of landscape‐scale land use on grassland plant community composition and ecosystem functioning – seven hypotheses	53
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements	53
A guide to choosing and implementing reference models for social network analysis	51
eIF4E as a molecular wildcard in metazoans RNA metabolism	51
Long‐term sperm storage in eusocial Hymenoptera	51
Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA	51
Floral nectar production: what cost to a plant?	50
The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants	50
A meta‐analysis of human disturbance effects on glucocorticoid hormones in free‐ranging wild vertebrates	50
The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals’ welfare	50
Unifying functional and population ecology to test the adaptive value of traits	50
Deciphering structural aspects of reverse cholesterol transport: mapping the knowns and unknowns	49
Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base	48
Reading minds or reading scripts? De‐intellectualising theory of mind	47
A roadmap to plant functional island biogeography	46
Fire as a driver and mediator of predator–prey interactions	46
Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review	45
The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis	44
Forests are critically important to global pollinator diversity and enhance pollination in adjacent crops	44
Correction statement for Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research (volume 95, issue 1, pp. 22–50)	44

An operational workflow for producing periodic estimates of species occupancy at national scales	44
Plant susceptible responses: the underestimated side of plant–pathogen interactions	44
Behavioural ecology at the spatial–social interface	43
Revisiting concepts of thermal physiology: understanding negative feedback and set‐point in mammals, birds, and lizards	43
Anatomical adaptations of mangroves to the intertidal environment and their dynamic responses to various stresses	42
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Role of epigenetics in parturition and preterm birth	40
Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective	40
Relevance of state–behaviour feedbacks for animal welfare	40
Uncovering the ‘sphinx’ of sphingosine 1‐phosphate signalling: from cellular events to organ morphogenesis	39
Impacts of climate‐related stressors on social group cohesion and individual sociability in fish	39
Insecticide‐contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects	39
How feedback and feed‐forward mechanisms link determinants of social dominance	37
Parent–offspring cannibalism throughout the animal kingdom: a review of adaptive hypotheses	37
EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies	37
Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across ecosystems	36
Corrigendum to ‘A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator‐rich landscapes: a case study of the UK’, published in Biological Reviews 93, p	36
Evolutionary implications of a deep‐time perspective on insect pollination	36
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Meta‐analyses reveal support for the Social Intelligence Hypothesis	35
Does the potential strength of sexual selection differ between mating systems with and without defensive behaviours? A meta‐analysis	35
Hydrodynamics in early animal evolution	34
Sophistication in a seemingly simple creature: a review of wild holothurian nutrition in marine ecosystems	34
A pan‐metazoan concept for adult stem cells: the wobbling Penrose landscape	34
A method for assessing sustainability, with beef production as an example	33
Social complexity and the fractal structure of group size in primate social evolution	33
Exploring the causes and consequences of cooperative behaviour in wild animal populations using a social network approach	32
Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: a meta‐analysis	32
Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition	32
The impact of environmental and social factors on learning abilities: a meta‐analysis	31
Testosterone mediates life‐history trade‐offs in female mammals	31
Integrating microbiome science and evolutionary medicine into animal health and conservation	31
Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling	30
Understanding the ecological and evolutionary function of stopover in migrating birds	29
Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition	29
Small non‐coding satellite RNAs – the ‘game changers’ at the virus–host plant interaction?	28
Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development	28
The global regulatory logic of organ regeneration: circuitry lessons from skin and its appendages	28
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The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton	28
The biomechanics of pollen release: new perspectives on the evolution of wind pollination in angiosperms	27
Circadian orchestration of host and gut microbiota in infection	27
A global synthesis of ecosystem services provided and disrupted by freshwater bivalve molluscs	27
The ecology of electricity and electroreception	27
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application	27
Tactics of evasion: strategies used by signallers to deter eavesdropping enemies from exploiting communication systems	27
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Fluorescent nanoparticles as tools in ecology and physiology	26
Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis	26
Demographic and evolutionary consequences of hunting of wild birds	26
Animal linguistics: a primer	25
Understanding the joint evolution of dispersal and host specialisation using phytophagous arthropods as a model group	25
The singing question: re‐conceptualizing birdsong	25
Towards understanding the extensive diversity of protein N‐glycan structures in eukaryotes	25
The importance of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as high‐quality food in freshwater ecosystems with implications of global change	25
The evolution of perennially enlarged breasts in women: a critical review and a novel hypothesis	25
In silico studies of plant primary cell walls – structure and mechanics	25
Insect–flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives	24
A reaction norm framework for the evolution of learning: how cumulative experience shapes phenotypic plasticity	24
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Closing the air gap: the use of drones for studying wildlife ecophysiology	23
The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation	23
Trouble on the horizon: anticipating biological invasions through futures thinking	22
Can metabolic traits explain animal community assembly and functioning?	22
The terrestrial and semi‐aquatic invertebrates of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams	22
A call for increased integration of experimental approaches in movement ecology	22
Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems	22
Algal volatiles – the overlooked chemical language of aquatic primary producers	22
Resolving the SLOSS dilemma for biodiversity conservation: a research agenda	22
A transdisciplinary view on curiosity beyond linguistic humans: animals, infants, and artificial intelligence	22
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Beyond compliance: harmonising research and husbandry practices to improve experimental reproducibility using fish models	21
Woody encroachment: social–ecological impacts and sustainable management	21
Taming the terminological tempest in invasion science	21
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour	21
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Invasion of the four kingdoms: the parasite journey across plant and non‐plant hosts	20
Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale	20
Moderating the neutralist–selectionist debate: exactly which propositions are we debating, and which arguments are valid?	20
Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods	20

The DCIDE framework: systematic investigation of evolutionary hypotheses, exemplified with autism	20
Scientific history, biogeography, and biological traits predict presence of cryptic or overlooked species	20
Joyful by nature: approaches to investigate the evolution and function of joy in non‐human animals	19
Lords of the flies: dipteran migrants are diverse, abundant and ecologically important	19
Continuous tooth replacement: what can teleost fish teach us?	19
A global assessment of large terrestrial carnivore kill rates	19
Transitional forestry in New Zealand: re‐evaluating the design and management of forest systems through the lens of forest purpose	18
A synthetic review: natural history of amniote reproductive modes in light of comparative evolutionary genomics	18
From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance?	18
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Animal migration in the Anthropocene: threats and mitigation options	18
Carrion ecology in inland aquatic ecosystems: a systematic review	18
The revolutionary developmental biology ofWilhelmHis,Sr.	18
Olfactory camouflage and communication in birds	17
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Vertical stratification patterns of tropical forest vertebrates: a meta‐analysis	17
Integrating animal behaviour into research on multiple environmental stressors: a conceptual framework	17
Treating gaps and biases in biodiversity data as a missing data problem	17
Coral recruitment: patterns and processes determining the dynamics of coral populations	17
The integrative biology of genetic dominance	16
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Unveiling the resistance of native weed communities: insights for managing invasive weed species in disturbed environments	16
The rise of hyperabundant native generalists threatens both humans and nature	16
Diversity of ‘simple’ multicellular eukaryotes: 45 independent cases and six types of multicellularity	16
Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions	16
Comparative gut microbiome research through the lens of ecology: theoretical considerations and best practices	16
Past aridity and dust drove biodiversity crises and altered pollination in the ancient gymnosperm Ephedra (Gnetales)	16
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Antipredator defences in motion: animals reduce predation risks by concealing or misleading motion signals	16
Evaluation of physiological stress in free‐ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions	16
Feather function and the evolution of birds	15
Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis	15
The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology	15
Evolutionary formation of melatonin and vitamin D in early life forms: insects take centre stage	14
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Interspecific interactions disrupted by roads	14
Chasing footprints in time – reframing our understanding of human foot function in the context of current evidence and emerging insights	14
Differences in resource acquisition, not allocation, mediate the relationship between behaviour and fitness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	14
Capturing wild animal welfare: a physiological perspective	14
The biology and evolution of spider venoms	14
Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates	14
Quantitative meta‐analysis reveals no association between mercury contamination and body condition in birds	14
A global synthesis of predation on bivalves	14
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Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	14
Artificial refuges for wildlife conservation: what is the state of the science?	14
Aligning spatial ecological theory with the study of clonal organisms: the case of fungal coexistence	14
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide	13
The effect of natural disturbances on forest biodiversity: an ecological synthesis	13
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Effects of water temperature on freshwater macroinvertebrates: a systematic review	13
A review of visualisations of protein fold networks and their relationship with sequence and function	13
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Testicular heat stress, a historical perspective and two postulates for why male germ cells are heat sensitive	13
Macroevolution of the plant–hummingbird pollination system	13
A systematic review of invasive non‐native freshwater bivalves	13
Freshwater megafauna shape ecosystems and facilitate restoration	12
Chronic stress and Alzheimer's disease: the interplay between the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, genetics and microglia	12
Perils of ingesting harmful prey by advanced snakes	12
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On the function and origin of the avian renal portal shunt and its potential significance throughout evolution	12
The environment to the rescue: can physics help predict predator–prey interactions?	12
Life‐history strategies in salmonids: the role of physiology and its consequences	12
Origin and evolution of fungus farming in wood‐boringColeoptera – a palaeontological perspective	12
Adaptive evolution of viruses infecting marine microalgae (haptophytes), from acute infections to stable coexistence	12
Carotenoid ornaments and the spandrels of physiology: a critique of theory to explain condition dependency	12
Microbiome mediation of animal life histories via metabolites and insulin‐like signalling	12
Interspecific behavioural interference and range dynamics: current insights and future directions	12
Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review	11
Cryptic species conservation: a review	11
Space‐for‐time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution	11
Worldwide comparison of carbon stocks and fluxes between native and non‐native forests	11
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Genomic investigations of successful invasions: the picture emerging from recent studies	11
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy	11
Origins and evolution of biological novelty	11
The expression of empathy in human's closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees: current and future directions	11
Zooming in the plastisphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton–plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems	10
From curiosity to play: re‐evaluating the evolutionary origins of play	10
The forgotten adaptive social benefits of social learning in animals	10
Seawater intrusion: an appraisal of taxa at most risk and safe salinity levels	10
The Lego hypothesis of tissue morphogenesis: stereotypic organization of parallel orientational cell adhesions for epithelial self‐assembly	10
Wilding cities for biodiversity and people: a transdisciplinary framework	10
Darwin's ‘mystery of mysteries’: the role of sexual selection in plant speciation	10
Paleo‐evo‐devo implications of a revised conceptualization of enameloids and enamels	9
Exercise builds the scaffold of life: muscle extracellular matrix biomarker responses to physical activity, inactivity, and aging	9
Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians	9
Sexual conflict in a changing environment	9
More than energy cost: multiple benefits of the long Achilles tendon in human walking and running	9
Convergent and divergent evolution of microRNA‐mediated regulation in metazoans	9
The early diversification of ray‐finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects	9
The role of inputs of marine wrack and carrion in sandy‐beach ecosystems: a global review	9
Time trees and clock genes: a systematic review and comparative analysis of contemporary avian migration genetics	9
Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems	9