Ecology

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecology is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Cover Image300
Cover Image100
Cover Image87
79
Brown meets green: light and nutrients alter detritivore assimilation of microbial nutrients from leaf litter71
Analyzing ecosystem services as part of ecological networks in three salt marsh ecosystems71
Climate warming increases insect‐driven seed removal of two elaiosome‐bearing invasive thistle species71
Dynamic sensitivity to resource availability influences population responses to mismatches in a shorebird69
Spatial habitat heterogeneity influences host–pathogen dynamics in a patchy population of Ranchman's tiger moth67
Host density shapes the relative contribution of vector‐based and aerial transmission of a pathogenic fungus65
Issue Information65
Shining bright in the dusk: How do bat‐pollinated flowers reflect light?61
The role of competition and herbivory in biotic resistance against invaders: a synergistic effect58
A lift in snail's gut provides an efficient colonization route for tardigrades52
Emergent properties of microbial communities drive accelerated biogeochemical cycling in disturbed temperate forests49
Integrated evidence‐based extent of occurrence for North American bison (Bison bison) since 1500 CE and before48
Risk effects cascade up to an obligate scavenger47
Condo or cuisine? The function of fine woody debris in driving decomposition, detritivores, and their predators47
Erratum to “Poor relationships between NEON airborne observation platform data and field‐based vegetation traits at a mesic grassland”44
Disturbance‐induced emigration: an overlooked mechanism that reduces metapopulation extinction risk43
An exploration of the hidden endosymbionts of Corbicula in the native range43
VTMaxHerp: A data set of voluntary thermal maximum temperatures of amphibians and reptiles from two Brazilian hotspots42
Niche expansion via acquired metabolism facilitates competitive dominance in planktonic communities42
Camera trap surveys of Atlantic Forest mammals: A data set for analyses considering imperfect detection (2004–2020)39
Density data for Lake Ontario benthic invertebrate assemblages from 1964 to 201838
Dual mechanisms of autonomous selfing in Roscoea nepalensis (Zingiberaceae)38
FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions36
Demographic consequences of changes in environmental periodicity36
Phenological sensitivity of Bromus tectorum genotypes depends on current and source environments35
Comparing edge and fragmentation effects within seagrass communities: A meta‐analysis34
Warming reduced flowering synchrony and extended community flowering season in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau33
Cryptogam plant community stability: Warming weakens influences of species richness but enhances effects of evenness32
Biological invasions alter the structure of a tropical freshwater food web32
Unified understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic controls of dissolved organic carbon reactivity in aquatic ecosystems31
An Ips bark beetle tracks late Holocene range extension of its pinyon pine host31
Fire, grazers, and browsers interact with grass competition to determine tree establishment in an African savanna31
Commensal small mammal trapping data in Southern Senegal, 2012–2015: where invasive species meet native ones30
Flower visitor insects display an interspecific dominance hierarchy on flowers30
GABI‐I: The global ant biodiversity informatics‐island database30
Do plant communities show constant final yield?29
Issue Information28
Predatory walls may impair climate warming‐associated population expansion28
Disturbance to biocrusts decreased cyanobacteria,N‐fixer abundance, and grass leafNbut increased fungal abundance28
Turtle‐mediated dispersal of anostracan dormant eggs: Evidence for dominance hierarchy effects28
Modern honey bees disrupt the pollination of an ancient gymnosperm, Gnetum luofuense28
Early warning indicators capture catastrophic transitions driven by explicit rates of environmental change27
Microbial species performance responses to environmental changes: genomic traits and nutrient availability27
Petals and leaves: quantifying the use of nest building materials by the world's most valuable solitary bee27
Parental investment in the Columbian ground squirrel: empirical tests of sex allocation models27
Icing‐related injuries in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at high latitudes26
Productivity modifies the effects of fire severity on understory diversity26
Historical forest disturbance results in variation in functional resilience of seed dispersal mutualisms26
Climate and topography control variation in the tropical dry forest–rainforest ecotone25
25
Root microbes can improve plant tolerance to insect damage: A systematic review and meta‐analysis25
Endangered Black‐faced Spoonbills alter migration across the Yellow Sea due to offshore wind farms25
Measuring complexity for hierarchical models using effective degrees of freedom24
Sheltering oak: spotted turtles in a tree24
A 16th‐century biodiversity and crop inventory24
Plant community data collected by Robert H. Whittaker in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California, USA24
Disturbance‐mediated invasions are dependent on community resource abundance24
Maximum stem diameter predicts liana population demography24
Cue the chorus: Canyon treefrog calling phenology on the falling limb of spring floods and warming nights23
What can occupancy models gain from time‐to‐detection data?23
The effectiveness of species distribution models in predicting local abundance depends on model grain size23
Precipitation versus temperature as phenology controls in drylands23
Grassland bud and shoot demographic responses to single and recurrent droughts vary across an aridity gradient23
Predation and competition drive trait diversity across space and time23
Multiple resiliency metrics reveal complementary drivers of ecosystem persistence: An application to kelp forest systems22
Laubierinid snails are associates of crinoids and a modern analogue of Paleozoic platyceratids22
Going with the floe:Sea‐ice movement affects distance and destination duringAdélie penguin winter movements22
Revealing cryptic interactions between large mammalian herbivores and plant‐dwelling arthropods via DNA metabarcoding22
FRUGIVORY CAMTRAP: A dataset of plant–animal interactions recorded with camera traps22
Delayed trophic response of a marine predator to ocean condition and prey availability during the past century22
Climate data from the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (1975–2022)22
Pollination of Oberonia japonica (Orchidaceae) by gall midges (Cecidomyiidae)22
Influences of the bark economics spectrum and positive termite feedback on bark and xylem decomposition22
Stochasticity causes high β‐diversity and functional divergence of bacterial assemblages in closed systems22
Green turtles shape the seascape through grazing patch formation around habitat features: Experimental evidence22
Temperature impacts the environmental suitability for malaria transmission by Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi21
A dataset of zooplankton occurrence, abundance, and biomass in the Far East seas and adjacent Pacific Ocean waters21
Beautiful swimmers attack at low tide21
Effects of range and niche position on the population dynamics of a tropical plant21
Comparing demography inferred from age vs. stage in a perennial plant21
Cascading impacts of changes in subsidy quality on recipient ecosystem functioning21
A hurricane alters the relationship between mangrove cover and marine subsidies21
Floral diversity increases butterfly diversity in a multitrophic metacommunity20
Residential development reduces black bear (Ursus americanus) opportunity to scavenge cougar (Puma concolor) killed prey20
Plant–soil feedbacks contribute to coexistence when considering multispecies assemblages over a soil depth gradient20
Herbivory and allelopathy contribute jointly to the diversity–invasibility relationship20
A mechanistic model of functional response provides new insights into indirect interactions among arctic tundra prey20
Breaking stereotypes in sexual selection: The female frogs' subtle seduction20
Issue Information20
Cover Image19
Vicuña dung gardens at the edge of the cryosphere: Comment19
Plant defense synergies and antagonisms affect performance of specialist herbivores of common milkweed19
The potential and realized foraging movements of bees are differentially determined by body size and sociality19
How does parasite environmental transmission stage concentration change before, during, and after disease outbreaks?19
Tolerance between wolves and golden jackals in India19
Sample coverage estimation, rarefaction, and extrapolation based on sample‐based abundance data19
Diet analysis using generalized linear models derived from foraging processes using R package mvtweedie19
Fungal communities are passengers in community development of dune ecosystems, while bacteria are not19
Consequences of phenological shifts and a compressed breeding period in Magellanic penguins19
Dear neighbor: Trees with extrafloral nectaries facilitate defense and growth of adjacent undefended trees19
Spawning and larval development of Colossendeis megalonyx, a giant Antarctic sea spider19
Mutualisms in a warming world: How increased temperatures affect the outcomes of multi‐mutualist interactions19
Environmental warming increases the importance of high‐turnover energy channels in stream food webs19
InsectChange: a global database of temporal changes in insect and arachnid assemblages18
18
Fungal composition associated with host tree identity mediates nutrient addition effects on wood microbial respiration18
Spread of a sea urchin disease to the Indian Ocean causes widespread mortalities—Evidence from Réunion Island18
Maladaptive plastic responses of flowering time to geothermal heating18
18
Consistent functional clusters explain the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem productivity in a long‐term experiment18
One hundred and six years of change in a Sonoran Desert plant community: Impact of climate anomalies and trends in species sensitivities18
Rare and declining bee species are key to consistent pollination of wildflowers and crops across large spatial scales18
Sampling bias and the robustness of ecological metrics for plant–damage‐type association networks18
Experimental insect suppression causes loss of induced, but not constitutive, resistance in Solanum carolinense17
Bucketloads of aquatic invertebrates in a dry intermittent stream17
MADERA: A standardized Pan‐Amazonian dataset for tropical timber species17
Calling and foot‐flagging: Territory competition behavior of two male Buergeria otai17
Long‐haul flights and migratory routes of a nectar‐feeding bat17
Do plant–soil interactions influence how the microbial community responds to environmental change?17
Regional variation drives differences in microbial communities associated with sugar maple across a latitudinal range17
Predicting responses to climate change using a joint species, spatially dependent physiologically guided abundance model17
Short‐term exposure to silicon rapidly enhances plant resistance to herbivory17
A global database of soil seed bank richness, density, and abundance17
N supply mediates the radiative balance of N2O emissions and CO2 sequestration driven by N‐fixing vs. non‐fixing trees17
Cover Image17
Absence of stress‐promoted facilitation coupled with a competition decrease in the microbiome of ephemeral saline lakes16
Cover Image16
Function of an extraordinary display in sarcastic fringeheads (Neoclinusblanchardi) with comments on its evolution16
Perfoliate leaves reduce herbivory in the shield‐bracted monkeyflower (Mimulus glaucescens)16
Issue Information16
Cover Image16
Interspecific tandem flights in nocturnally migrating terrestrial birds16
Issue Information16
15
The influence of lightning on insect and fungal dynamics in a lowland tropical forest15
It's about (taking up) space: Discreteness of individuals and the strength of spatial coexistence mechanisms15
DiverReef: A global database of the behavior of recreational divers and their interactions with reefs over 20 years15
Eco‐evolutionary contributions to community trait change in floating aquatic plants15
Challenging conventional views on the elevational limits of pronghorn habitat15
The Pharaoh's snakes of the teasel: New insights into Francis Darwin's observations15
Erratum15
An insect pheromone primes tolerance of herbivory in goldenrod plants15
Internal seed dispersal of Rhynchotechum discolor (Gesneriaceae) by a freshwater crab15
Mycorrhizal dominance influences tree species richness and richness–biomass relationship in China's forests15
Cover Image15
Dispersal limitation and fire feedbacks maintain mesic savannas in Madagascar: Comment15
Phylogenetic and functional constraints of plant facilitation rewiring15
Issue Information15
From treetops to river bottoms: Exploring the role of phyllosphere fungi in aquatic fungal communities15
A long‐lasting, distant journey of a male griffon vulture informs on the success of differential parental investment15
Predator signaling of multiple prey on different trophic levels structures trophic cascades14
14
Issue Information14
Chemistry of surface water, precipitation, throughfall, leaves, sediment, soil, and air near a gold mining region in Peru14
Determinants of trophic cascade strength in freshwater ecosystems: a global analysis14
The year of a leaf: Tracking the fate of leaf litter and its nutrients during aquatic decomposition and consumption14
Complex nonmonotonic responses of biodiversity to habitat destruction14
Tree diversity shapes the spectral signature of light transmittance in developing forests14
Biological modification of coastal pH depends on community composition and time14
Low‐density aspen seedling establishment is widespread following recent wildfires in the western United States14
14
Issue Information14
Estimates of species‐level tolerance of urban habitat in North American birds14
AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest14
Dispersal capacity underlies scale‐dependent changes in species richness patterns under human disturbance14
14
Modeling spatiotemporal abundance and movement dynamics using an integrated spatial capture–recapture movement model14
Semiarid grasslands and extreme precipitation events: do experimental results scale to the landscape?14
Stream and ocean hydrodynamics mediate partial migration strategies in an amphidromous Hawaiian goby14
DAMA: the global Distribution of Alien Mammals database14
A keystone avian predator faces elevated energy expenditure in a warming Arctic14
Divergent seed dispersal outcomes: Interactions between seed, disperser, and forest traits14
Remotely sensed crown nutrient concentrations modulate forest reproduction across the contiguous United States13
Warming shifts soil microbial communities and tropical tree seedling mortality13
The allometry of locomotion13
A sit‐and‐wait predator, but not an active‐pursuit predator, alters pollinator‐mediated selection on floral traits13
Spawning fish maintains trophic synchrony across time and space beyond thermal drivers13
Seasonal timing of fluorescence and photosynthetic yields at needle and canopy scales in evergreen needleleaf forests13
Competitive release during fire succession influences ecological turnover in a small mammal community13
Contrasting roles of fungal and oomycete pathogens in mediating nitrogen addition and winter grazing effects on biomass13
Global plant invaders: a compendium of invasive plant taxa documented by the peer‐reviewed literature13
Predator–prey interactions across hunting mode, spatial domain size, and habitat complexities13
Reviewers of manuscripts13
A flexible and efficientBayesian implementation of point process models for spatial capture–recapture data13
Developmental stage‐dependent effects of perceived predation risk on nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)13
Migrating shorebird killed by raptor at 3000 m above ground as revealed by high‐resolution tracking13
How complementarity and selection affect the relationship between ecosystem functioning and stability13
Issue Information13
Feral hogs control brackish marsh plant communities over time13
Phenotypic plasticity of light use favors a plant invader in nitrogen‐enriched ecosystems13
Niche dynamics suggest ecological factors influencing migration in an insectivorous owl12
Will a large complex model ecosystem be viable? The essential role of positive interactions12
Issue Information12
Common juniper, the oldest nonclonal woody species across the tundra biome and the European continent12
Reconciling contrasting effects of nitrogen on host immunity and pathogen transmission using stoichiometric models12
Predation risk regulates prey assortative mating by reducing the expected reproductive value of mates12
Functional trait database for Nova Scotian coastal barren, green roof, and ruderal flora12
Regeneration strategies and forest resilience to changing fire regimes: Insights from a Goldilocks model12
The unimodal intransitivity–fertility relationship is not mediated by demographic trade‐offs in a subtropical forest12
Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities12
Multi‐tissue and multi‐isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O and 87/86Sr) data for early medieval human and animal palaeoecology12
Coral assemblages at higher latitudes favor short‐term potential over long‐term performance12
Host infection and disease‐induced mortality modify species contributions to the environmental reservoir12
Boring into rock and hard substrates by the midge, Axarus (Diptera; Chironomidae)12
Vulnerability of grassland seed banks to resource‐enhancing global changes12
Host plant‐mediation of viral transmission and its consequences for a native butterfly12
Issue Information12
Just a cat fight or something more sinister? Infanticide is rare among female leopards12
Idiosyncratic responses to biotic and environmental filters in wood‐inhabiting fungal communities12
Mate‐guarding male desert locusts act as parasol for ovipositing females in an extremely hot desert environment12
Invasive shrubs differentially alter autumnal activity for three common small‐mammal species12
Who is smashing the reef at night? A nocturnal mystery12
Tree demographic drivers across temperate rain forests, after accounting for site‐, species‐, and stem‐level attributes12
Shared friends counterbalance shared enemies in old forests11
Erratum11
Issue Information11
Parasitism by multiple strepsipterans accelerates timing of adult parasite emergence11
Optimal prey switching: Predator foraging costs provide a mechanism for functional responses in multi‐prey systems11
Cover and density of southwestern ponderosa pine understory plants in permanent chart quadrats (2002–2020)11
Quantifying interspecific and intraspecific diversity effects on ecosystem functioning11
Differential impacts of alternate primary producers on carbon cycling11
Combining observational and experimental data to estimate environmental and species drivers of fungal metacommunity dynamics11
Kleptopharmacophagy: Milkweed butterflies scratch and imbibe from Apocynaceae‐feeding caterpillars11
Mudflat geomorphology determines invasive macroalgal effect on invertebrate prey and shorebird predators11
Annual biomass spatial data for southern California (2001–2021): Above‐ and belowground, standing dead, and litter11
11
11
Nutrient limitation may induce microbial mining for resources from persistent soil organic matter11
Food webs coupled in space: Consumer foraging movement affects both stocks and fluxes11
Growth portfolios buffer climate‐linked environmental change in marine systems11
A global database of butterfly species native distributions11
Elevated temperatures shift flower head height distributions and seed dispersal patterns in two invasive thistle species11
Activity density at a continental scale: What drives invertebrate biomass moving across the soil surface?11
Substrate size modifies stream grazer–biofilm interactions in the presence of invertivorous fish11
How do noncompetent hosts cause dilution of parasitism? Testing hypotheses for native and invasive mosquitoes11
Penguin‐mounted video camera provides new insights into predator–prey interactions with prey fish11
Patterns of frequency and density dependence are highly variable in diverse annual flowering plant communities11
11
Canopy height, rather than neighborhood effects, shapes leaf herbivory in a tropical rainforest11
Broad aggressive interactions among African carnivores suggest intraguild killing is driven by more than competition11
Cover Image11
Issue Information11
Evolutionary history shapes grassland productivity through opposing effects on complementarity and selection11
Stoichiometric mismatch causes a warming‐induced regime shift in experimental plankton communities11
Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines11
Masting, fire‐stimulated flowering, and the evolutionary ecology of synchronized reproduction10
0.066665887832642