Ecology

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecology is 9. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Cryptic predation on coral spawn: Hidden trophic links in the dead of night125
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Niche expansion via acquired metabolism facilitates competitive dominance in planktonic communities108
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Spatial habitat heterogeneity influences host–pathogen dynamics in a patchy population of Ranchman's tiger moth99
Camera trap surveys of Atlantic Forest mammals: A data set for analyses considering imperfect detection (2004–2020)79
Leaf allocation improves predictability of interspecific growth rates in a broadleaf deciduous temperate forest75
Plant‐herbivore interactions in Atlantic Forest: A dataset of host plants and their gall‐inducing insects69
Habitat fidelity in hawksbill sea turtles66
Erratum to “Poor relationships between NEON airborne observation platform data and field‐based vegetation traits at a mesic grassland”62
An exploration of the hidden endosymbionts of Corbicula in the native range61
Condo or cuisine? The function of fine woody debris in driving decomposition, detritivores, and their predators60
Cryptogam plant community stability: Warming weakens influences of species richness but enhances effects of evenness53
Climate warming increases insect‐driven seed removal of two elaiosome‐bearing invasive thistle species52
Integrated evidence‐based extent of occurrence for North American bison (Bison bison) since 1500 CE and before51
Host density shapes the relative contribution of vector‐based and aerial transmission of a pathogenic fungus48
Transgenerational pathogen effects: Maternal pathogen exposure reduces offspring fitness47
Demographic consequences of changes in environmental periodicity47
Risk effects cascade up to an obligate scavenger47
Phenological sensitivity of Bromus tectorum genotypes depends on current and source environments46
FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions46
Biological invasions alter the structure of a tropical freshwater food web44
Warming reduced flowering synchrony and extended community flowering season in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau44
Fire, grazers, and browsers interact with grass competition to determine tree establishment in an African savanna44
Dynamic sensitivity to resource availability influences population responses to mismatches in a shorebird43
Unified understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic controls of dissolved organic carbon reactivity in aquatic ecosystems42
Icing‐related injuries in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at high latitudes40
A general framework for invasion cycles in ecology40
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Plant community data collected by Robert H. Whittaker in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon and California, USA38
Turtle‐mediated dispersal of anostracan dormant eggs: Evidence for dominance hierarchy effects38
Urban landscapes as ecological filters: Insights from a Neotropical bird assemblage38
Escape from harmful soil biota at high elevations: Plant–soil feedbacks along stress gradients36
A general framework for modeling pathogen transmission in co‐roosting host communities36
Specialized flower visitation in montane butterflies is associated with positive population trajectories over time36
Grassland bud and shoot demographic responses to single and recurrent droughts vary across an aridity gradient36
Resource quantity and quality co‐limit consumer production in forest streams35
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Climate and topography control variation in the tropical dry forest–rainforest ecotone35
Precipitation versus temperature as phenology controls in drylands35
Soil carbon:nitrogen ratios explain successional trajectories in the mycorrhizal makeup of south‐temperate humid forests34
Is spider resting metabolic rate more strongly associated with ecological guild or extreme habitat conditions?33
Flower visitor insects display an interspecific dominance hierarchy on flowers33
Amphibious feeding mode in an anguillid fish32
High rises and optimal temperatures: Grasshopper microclimate selection32
Landscape structure and species life history affect abundance‐occupancy relationships32
Maximum stem diameter predicts liana population demography32
Do plant communities show constant final yield?31
GABI‐I: The global ant biodiversity informatics‐island database30
The effectiveness of species distribution models in predicting local abundance depends on model grain size29
A 16th‐century biodiversity and crop inventory29
Historical forest disturbance results in variation in functional resilience of seed dispersal mutualisms28
Predatory walls may impair climate warming‐associated population expansion28
Early warning indicators capture catastrophic transitions driven by explicit rates of environmental change27
Measuring complexity for hierarchical models using effective degrees of freedom27
Endangered Black‐faced Spoonbills alter migration across the Yellow Sea due to offshore wind farms27
Root microbes can improve plant tolerance to insect damage: A systematic review and meta‐analysis27
Disturbance‐mediated invasions are dependent on community resource abundance27
Delayed trophic response of a marine predator to ocean condition and prey availability during the past century26
Breaking stereotypes in sexual selection: The female frogs' subtle seduction26
Bird migration on the edge: Experimental manipulation of corticosterone advances departure dates26
Beautiful swimmers attack at low tide26
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Life on the edge: Two dissimilar extreme events alter food webs through modification of top‐down control26
Cue the chorus: Canyon treefrog calling phenology on the falling limb of spring floods and warming nights26
Floral diversity increases butterfly diversity in a multitrophic metacommunity25
Dark nectar pouches are visually similar to colored nectar in bird‐pollinated flowers25
Estimating latent individual demographic heterogeneity using structural equation models25
Brooding and parthenogenesis enhance the success of the coral Porites astreoides relative to Orbicella annularis25
Small rainfall events increase belowground production in Chihuahuan Desert grassland25
A dataset of zooplankton occurrence, abundance, and biomass in the Far East seas and adjacent Pacific Ocean waters25
Stochasticity causes high β‐diversity and functional divergence of bacterial assemblages in closed systems25
A peculiar coral formation in the Mediterranean Sea, and its associated biota25
Effects of range and niche position on the population dynamics of a tropical plant25
What can occupancy models gain from time‐to‐detection data?24
FRUGIVORY CAMTRAP : A dataset of plant–animal interactions recorded with camera traps24
Going with the floe:Sea‐ice movement affects distance and destination duringAdélie penguin winter movements24
Laubierinid snails are associates of crinoids and a modern analogue of Paleozoic platyceratids24
Climate data from the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (1975–2022)24
A mechanistic model of functional response provides new insights into indirect interactions among arctic tundra prey24
Predation and competition drive trait diversity across space and time24
Residential development reduces black bear (Ursus americanus) opportunity to scavenge cougar (Puma concolor) killed prey24
Pollination of Oberonia japonica (Orchidaceae) by gall midges (Cecidomyiidae)24
Native trees are related to advanced bird breeding phenology and increased reproductive success along an urban gradient23
Pairwise interactions and serial bottlenecks help explain species composition in a multispecies microbial community23
Green turtles shape the seascape through grazing patch formation around habitat features: Experimental evidence23
How strong is enemy release? A systematic compilation across taxa and approaches23
Plant–soil feedbacks contribute to coexistence when considering multispecies assemblages over a soil depth gradient23
Herbivory and allelopathy contribute jointly to the diversity–invasibility relationship23
Temperature impacts the environmental suitability for malaria transmission by Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi23
Ten years (2013–2023) of fish assemblage data collected seasonally with diver surveys on artificial and natural reefs23
The potential and realized foraging movements of bees are differentially determined by body size and sociality22
Cascading impacts of changes in subsidy quality on recipient ecosystem functioning22
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Tolerance between wolves and golden jackals in India22
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Mutualisms in a warming world: How increased temperatures affect the outcomes of multi‐mutualist interactions22
Joining the locals: Plant invaders shift leaf defenses to match native neighbors22
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Fungal composition associated with host tree identity mediates nutrient addition effects on wood microbial respiration22
Multiple resiliency metrics reveal complementary drivers of ecosystem persistence: An application to kelp forest systems22
Predicting responses to climate change using a joint species, spatially dependent physiologically guided abundance model22
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Rare and declining bee species are key to consistent pollination of wildflowers and crops across large spatial scales22
Dear neighbor: Trees with extrafloral nectaries facilitate defense and growth of adjacent undefended trees21
Maladaptive plastic responses of flowering time to geothermal heating21
Sampling bias and the robustness of ecological metrics for plant–damage‐type association networks21
Discovery of an unidentified species of nicothoid copepod infesting cancrid crabs in Santa Barbara, California21
Regional variation drives differences in microbial communities associated with sugar maple across a latitudinal range21
Long‐haul flights and migratory routes of a nectar‐feeding bat21
Small first leaves promote subsequent leaf development in Padus grayana21
Environmental warming increases the importance of high‐turnover energy channels in stream food webs20
Spawning and larval development of Colossendeis megalonyx, a giant Antarctic sea spider20
Flower power: Modeling floral resources of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) for bee pollinators based on 3D data20
Applying invasion biology frameworks to predict the impacts of range‐expanding predators20
Plant defense synergies and antagonisms affect performance of specialist herbivores of common milkweed20
Fungal communities are passengers in community development of dune ecosystems, while bacteria are not20
One hundred and six years of change in a Sonoran Desert plant community: Impact of climate anomalies and trends in species sensitivities20
Experimental insect suppression causes loss of induced, but not constitutive, resistance in Solanum carolinense20
Limited responses of lizard assemblages to experimental fire regimes in an Australian tropical savanna19
Sample coverage estimation, rarefaction, and extrapolation based on sample‐based abundance data19
Genome‐wide associations of leaf spectral variation in MAGIC lines of Nicotiana attenuata19
A global database of soil seed bank richness, density, and abundance19
How does parasite environmental transmission stage concentration change before, during, and after disease outbreaks?19
Bucketloads of aquatic invertebrates in a dry intermittent stream19
Spread of a sea urchin disease to the Indian Ocean causes widespread mortalities—Evidence from Réunion Island19
Joint species‐trait distribution modeling: The role of intraspecific trait variation in community assembly19
Spatial and seasonal trait selection in dung beetle assemblages along an aridity gradient in the Sahara19
The Pharaoh's snakes of the teasel: New insights into Francis Darwin's observations18
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MADERA: A standardized Pan‐Amazonian dataset for tropical timber species18
Internal seed dispersal of Rhynchotechum discolor (Gesneriaceae) by a freshwater crab18
Perfoliate leaves reduce herbivory in the shield‐bracted monkeyflower (Mimulus glaucescens)18
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Function of an extraordinary display in sarcastic fringeheads (Neoclinusblanchardi) with comments on its evolution18
Interspecific tandem flights in nocturnally migrating terrestrial birds18
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NOTIFICATION : InsectChange : a Global Database of Temporal Changes in Insect and Arachnid Assemblages17
Dispersal limitation and fire feedbacks maintain mesic savannas in Madagascar: Comment17
AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest17
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Challenging conventional views on the elevational limits of pronghorn habitat17
Absence of stress‐promoted facilitation coupled with a competition decrease in the microbiome of ephemeral saline lakes17
Complex nonmonotonic responses of biodiversity to habitat destruction17
The influence of lightning on insect and fungal dynamics in a lowland tropical forest17
Estimates of species‐level tolerance of urban habitat in North American birds17
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From treetops to river bottoms: Exploring the role of phyllosphere fungi in aquatic fungal communities17
Phylogenetic and functional constraints of plant facilitation rewiring16
An insect pheromone primes tolerance of herbivory in goldenrod plants16
DiverReef: A global database of the behavior of recreational divers and their interactions with reefs over 20 years16
Swimming snakes wipe out endemic lizards from Mediterranean islets16
Eco‐evolutionary contributions to community trait change in floating aquatic plants16
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Interpreting field measurements of juvenile growth and survival rates with population growth isoclines16
It's about (taking up) space: Discreteness of individuals and the strength of spatial coexistence mechanisms16
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Mycorrhizal dominance influences tree species richness and richness–biomass relationship in China's forests16
Tree diversity shapes the spectral signature of light transmittance in developing forests16
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Beyond seeds: Revealing the clonal reproduction of Bulbostylis paradoxa as a persistence mechanism in tropical savannas16
A long‐lasting, distant journey of a male griffon vulture informs on the success of differential parental investment16
A keystone avian predator faces elevated energy expenditure in a warming Arctic16
The year of a leaf: Tracking the fate of leaf litter and its nutrients during aquatic decomposition and consumption16
Dispersal capacity underlies scale‐dependent changes in species richness patterns under human disturbance16
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Predator signaling of multiple prey on different trophic levels structures trophic cascades15
Pyrosomes, Pyrosoma atlanticum : Highlighting plankton as an important food source for coral reefs in Timor‐Leste15
Predator–prey interactions across hunting mode, spatial domain size, and habitat complexities15
Modeling spatiotemporal abundance and movement dynamics using an integrated spatial capture–recapture movement model15
Warming shifts soil microbial communities and tropical tree seedling mortality15
Biological modification of coastal pH depends on community composition and time15
Migrating shorebird killed by raptor at 3000 m above ground as revealed by high‐resolution tracking15
Competitive release during fire succession influences ecological turnover in a small mammal community15
Hidden decay of live trees in a tropical rain forest15
Seasonal timing of ecosystem linkage mediates life‐history variation in a salmonid fish population15
Top‐Down Processes Drive Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Diversity in a Model Aquatic Microbial Community15
Stream and ocean hydrodynamics mediate partial migration strategies in an amphidromous Hawaiian goby15
Pacific Northwest birds have shifted their abundances upslope in response to 30 years of warming temperatures15
A flexible and efficientBayesian implementation of point process models for spatial capture–recapture data15
Growth portfolios buffer climate‐linked environmental change in marine systems14
Remotely sensed crown nutrient concentrations modulate forest reproduction across the contiguous United States14
Developmental stage‐dependent effects of perceived predation risk on nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)14
Seasonal timing of fluorescence and photosynthetic yields at needle and canopy scales in evergreen needleleaf forests14
Filter feeding by oysters reduces disease transmission in a marine host–parasite system14
Mate‐guarding male desert locusts act as parasol for ovipositing females in an extremely hot desert environment14
Phenological shifts and increases in voltinism within a moth community over a century of anthropogenic change14
Stoichiometric acclimation of a bacterial parasite to shifts in the diet quality of a single host14
Who needs closure? Estimating abundance with a Markovian availability model for geographically open removal sampling14
Divergent seed dispersal outcomes: Interactions between seed, disperser, and forest traits14
Will a large complex model ecosystem be viable? The essential role of positive interactions14
Predation of newly settled Dungeness crab by juvenile sunflower sea stars14
Spawning fish maintains trophic synchrony across time and space beyond thermal drivers14
Germination speed modulates priority effects: Evidence from a large‐scale field study14
Contrasting roles of fungal and oomycete pathogens in mediating nitrogen addition and winter grazing effects on biomass14
Decades of historical outbreak cycles in a multivoltine insect reveal a plastic phenological response to climate change14
Predation risk regulates prey assortative mating by reducing the expected reproductive value of mates13
Just a cat fight or something more sinister? Infanticide is rare among female leopards13
Natal dispersal patterns in a social wild mammal: What does family tell us?13
The unimodal intransitivity–fertility relationship is not mediated by demographic trade‐offs in a subtropical forest13
Host plant‐mediation of viral transmission and its consequences for a native butterfly13
Sex‐specific trade‐offs influence thermoregulation under climate change13
Tree demographic drivers across temperate rain forests, after accounting for site‐, species‐, and stem‐level attributes13
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Effects of density, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on the dynamics of British bird communities13
Regeneration strategies and forest resilience to changing fire regimes: Insights from a Goldilocks model13
Food webs coupled in space: Consumer foraging movement affects both stocks and fluxes13
Competition for waterborne food resources among tropical shallow‐water sponges13
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FAIRTraits: An enriched, FAIR‐compliant database of plant traits from Mediterranean populations of 240 species13
Reconciling contrasting effects of nitrogen on host immunity and pathogen transmission using stoichiometric models13
Environmental gradients drive convergence in life history strategies among disparate but coevolved taxonomic groups13
Invasive shrubs differentially alter autumnal activity for three common small‐mammal species13
Environmental context alters plant–soil feedback effects on plant coexistence13
Coral assemblages at higher latitudes favor short‐term potential over long‐term performance12
Quantifying interspecific and intraspecific diversity effects on ecosystem functioning12
Common juniper, the oldest nonclonal woody species across the tundra biome and the European continent12
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Global warming disrupts the relative allocation between sexual and clonal reproduction in a common salt marsh plant12
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Trait space and compactness: A new perspective on explaining variations in primary productivity12
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Canopy height, rather than neighborhood effects, shapes leaf herbivory in a tropical rainforest12
Boring into rock and hard substrates by the midge, Axarus (Diptera; Chironomidae)12
Integrating metabolic scaling and coexistence theories12
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Reliance on blue, green, and brown energy channels drives a shift in the trophic position of riparian spiders12
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Host infection and disease‐induced mortality modify species contributions to the environmental reservoir12
Idiosyncratic responses to biotic and environmental filters in wood‐inhabiting fungal communities12
Optimal prey switching: Predator foraging costs provide a mechanism for functional responses in multi‐prey systems12
Parasitism by multiple strepsipterans accelerates timing of adult parasite emergence12
Annual biomass spatial data for southern California (2001–2021): Above‐ and belowground, standing dead, and litter12
Unprecedented tropical cyclone in temperate‐boreal ecotone drives declines in emergent conifers and canopy complexity12
Stronger fertilization effects on aboveground versus belowground plant properties across nine U.S. grasslands12
Herbivores disrupt the flow of food resources to termites in dryland ecosystems11
Precipitation variability interacts with mean precipitation to restructure a semiarid grassland community11
Vibrations and mushrooms: Do environmental vibrations promote fungal growth and fruit body formation?11
Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines11
Substrate size modifies stream grazer–biofilm interactions in the presence of invertivorous fish11
Effects of multiple mammalian herbivores and climate on grassland–shrubland transitions in the Chihuahuan Desert11
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