Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities
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Most Cited Paper
in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
18 Months Post-Publication
Class of 2026
“Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities”
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Large herbivores · megafauna · introduced megafauna · native megafauna · functional traits · body size · bulk-feeding · plant abundance · plant diversity · meta-analysis · nativeness · Invasive potential · feralness · coevolutionary history · functional novelty · phylogenetic novelty · trait-based ecology · Plant-herbivore interactions · plot-scale responses
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/wildlife-ecology-and-conservation/2026. Accessed 2026-07-17. Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459