Ecological Modelling

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecological Modelling is 6. 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.)
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Simplifying a complex computer model: Sensitivity analysis and metamodelling of an 3D individual-based crop-weed canopy model258
A new model formulation for host depletion in parasitoids159
Modified framework to reflect contribution of soil storage in emergy synthesis under different agricultural practices at farm level145
Machine-learning modeling on tree mortality and growth reduction of temperate forests with climatic and ecophysiological parameters128
Modelling the effects of copepod diel vertical migration and community structure on ocean carbon flux using an agent-based model66
Spatial patterns of correlation between conspecific species and size diversity in forest ecosystems63
Modeling collective motion for fish schooling via multi-agent reinforcement learning61
Real-time assessment of live forest fuel moisture content and flammability by using space-time universal kriging59
Effects of a mobile disturbance pattern on dynamic patch networks and metapopulation persistence56
Impact of population growth and housing development on the riverine environment: Identifying environmental threat and solution in the Wanggu River, Indonesia56
Mathematical modeling in behavior responses: The tendency-prediction based on a persistence model on real-time data53
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Modelling assessment of how small-scale vertical movements of infectious sea lice larvae can affect their large-scale distribution in fjordic systems33
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A protocol for implementing parameter sensitivity analyses in complex ecosystem models33
Corrigendum to Insights into the environmental conditions contributing to variability in the larval recruitment of the tropical sardine Sardinella lemuru32
A bioenergetics model for seasonal growth of Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps) in the Indian west coast31
Simulation of forest carbon fluxes by integrating remote sensing data into biome-BGC model29
Individual-based modelling of adaptive physiological traits of cyanobacteria: Responses to light history28
Analysis of carbon emission drivers and peak carbon forecasts for island economies28
Calibration and validation of the AquaCrop model for production arrangements of forage cactus and grass in a semi-arid environment27
Snow runoff modelling in the upper Indus River Basin and its implication to energy water food nexus27
Resource objective wildfire leveraged to restore old growth forest structure while stabilizing carbon stocks in the southwestern United States25
Separating acoustic signal into underlying behaviors with self-exciting point process models25
Multimedia fates and ecological risk control strategies of phthalic acid esters in a lake recharged by reclaimed water using the QWASI fugacity model25
Coastal generalized ecosystem model (CGEM) 1.0: Flexible model formulations for simulating complex biogeochemical processes in aquatic ecosystems25
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Corrigendum to “How can oak regeneration in the Leipzig Floodplain Forest be effectively supported by femel plantations? Application of a demographic forest model” [Ecological Modelling 499 (2025) 11023
Age structured partial differential equations model for Culex mosquito abundance23
Long-term assessment of land-use and climate change on water scarcity in an arid basin in Iran22
Incorporating biodiversity impacts in land use decisions22
Addition of finer scale data and uncertainty analysis increases precision of geospatial suitability model for non-native plants in the US22
Mechanistic simulations of kelp populations in a dynamic landscape of light, temperature, and winter storms22
Individual-based modeling of shelled pteropods22
Indirect effects of pine marten recovery result in benefits to native prey through suppression of an invasive species and a shared pathogen22
A high resolution hydrodynamic-biogeochemical-oyster-filtration model predicts that the presence of oysters (Crassostrea virginica) can improve, or reduce, water quality depending upon oyster abundanc22
Socio-econ-ecosystem multipurpose simulator (SEEMS): An easy-to-apply agent-based model for simulating small-scale coupled human and nature systems in biological conservation hotspots22
Land suitability assessment and self-sufficiency evaluation for fodder crop production in a hyper arid environment coupling GIS-based multi-criteria decision making and optimization21
Reconsidering the Price equation: Benchmarking the analytical power of additive partitioning in ecology21
Building ecosystem services-based ecological networks in energy and chemical industry areas21
Intelligent classification model of land resource use using deep learning in remote sensing images21
Less is more: Less herbicide does more when biological control is present in Pontederia crassipes21
Seasonal pattern of dengue infection in Singapore: A mechanism-based modeling and prediction21
How sustainable development goals have transformed our world? Evolution of the ecological networks of the Italian economy20
Development and application of a bioenergetics growth model for multiple early life stages of an ecologically important marine fish20
“Teaching ‘Process Ecology’ at the Undergraduate Level: A Curricular Response to a Latent Yearning for an Ecologically-Based Understanding of Transdisciplinary Realities”19
Analysis of simulated trap counts arising from correlated and biased random walks19
Functional responses in habitat selection as a management tool to evaluate agri-environment schemes for farmland birds19
Modelling interactive effects of biological and environmental factors on fine-scale coral settlement patterns19
A scenario-based approach to tackle trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and land use pressure in Central Italy19
Estimating the fundamental niche: Accounting for the uneven availability of existing climates in the calibration area19
Corrigendum to ‘Agent-based modelling of juvenile eel migration via selective tidal stream transport’ [Ecological Modelling 443 (2021) 109448]19
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Unfolding carbon inequality across Belt and Road Initiative countries and regions under a global trade network19
One century of carbon dynamics in the eastern Canadian boreal forest under various management strategies and climate change projections18
Comparison of several models for estimating gross primary production of drip-irrigated maize in arid regions18
Uncertainties in future ecosystem services under land and climate scenarios: The case of erosion in the Alps18
Modelling the dynamics of soil moisture and soil water salinity in tropical saltmarshes18
A comparison of machine learning and statistical species distribution models: Quantifying overfitting supports model interpretation18
Metacommunity stability and persistence for predation turnoff in selective patches17
A dynamic outbreak distribution model (DODM) for an irruptive folivore: The western spruce budworm17
Revolutionising sustainability using a new triplet: A system dynamic model17
Performance comparison of sewage treatment plants before and after their upgradation using emergy evaluation combined with economic analysis: A case from Southwest China17
Assessing between-individual variability in bioenergetics modelling: Opportunities, challenges, and potential applications17
Understanding the drivers of fish variability in an end-to-end model of the Northern Humboldt Current System17
Modeling drought mortality and resilience of savannas and forests in tropical Asia17
Spatial-temporal evolution of carbon storage and its driving factors in the Shanxi section of the Yellow River Basin, China16
Predicting the potential impact of forest fires on runoff and sediment loads using a distributed hydrological modeling approach16
Combining CENTURY model and vulnerability assessment index to estimate aboveground biomass and ecological vulnerability of grassland: An analysis in Northwest Sichuan Plateau16
A method for estimating biomass of age-0 fish in case of protracted spawning leading to multiple larval cohorts in the population16
Integrating ecosystem services modeling and efficiencies in decision-support models conceptualization for watershed management16
Energy-systems accounting in industrial-natural systems; An energy analysis of a managed forest ecosystem including food web biomass dynamics16
Bush encroachment with climate change in protected and communal areas: A species distribution modelling approach16
Species profiles support recommendations for quality filtering of opportunistic citizen science data16
Emergy ecological footprint analysis of Yaghooti grape production in the Sistan region of Iran16
Spatial mechanistic modelling to simulate movements and contacts between wildlife and livestock in Southern Africa15
A Monte-Carlo based 3-D ballistics model for guiding bat carcass surveys using environmental and turbine operational data15
Parameter sensitivity and transferability for simulating ET and GPP of Dryland ecosystems across a climate gradient15
Dynamic energy budget modelling of anuran metamorphosis15
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Modeling of the spread of non-adaptive traits in a natural population due to self-compatibility15
Demystifying Monte Carlo methods in R: A guide from Metropolis–Hastings to Hamiltonian Monte Carlo with biological growth equation examples15
Uncertainty in forecasting land cover land use at a watershed scale: Towards enhanced sustainable land management15
Framing settlement systems as spatial adaptive systems15
Informing Surveillance through the Characterization of Outbreak Potential of Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer15
The landscape altered the interaction between vegetation and climate in the desert oasis of Hotan River Basin, Xinjiang, China15
On the evolution of dispersal strategies under the costs of acquisition of private and social information15
Ecological effect of seasonally changing temperature on the life cycle of Aurelia aurita15
Effects of temperature and salinity on growth of Aurelia aurita14
An individual-based model for exploration of population and stock dynamics in marine fishes14
Canary palms in rural areas as invasion bridges: Exploring simulated red palm weevil spread across date palm plantations14
Comparing distribution of harbour porpoise using generalized additive models and hierarchical Bayesian models with integrated nested laplace approximation14
Modelling system dynamics as a socio-ecological perspective to support human-beaver interactions14
Is toxicity a curse or blessing, or both?—Searching answer from a disease-induced consumer-resource system14
Modeling the life cycle of four types of phytoplankton and their bloom mechanisms in a benthic-pelagic coupled ecosystem14
Simulating critical nutrient loadings of regime shift in the shallow plateau Lake Dianchi13
Modeling soil carbon accumulation in irrigated agricultural systems13
Understanding plankton ecosystem dynamics under realistic micro-scale variability requires modeling at least three trophic levels13
Moths exhibit strong memory among cooperative species of other taxonomic groups: An empirical study13
Analyzing sustainable development strategies through multi-method integration in the Green Economy Model13
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Field-scale simulation of runoff and water quality in a paddy field: A study of novel RWQSPad model13
Identifying optimal cloud cover for enhanced forest carbon uptake: Periodic-case NEE-overshoot modelling13
Simulation of N2O emissions from greenhouse vegetable production under different management systems in North China13
New applications of an old individual-based model for biological dynamics13
Correlated Random Walk of tuna in arrays of Fish Aggregating Devices: A field-based model from passive acoustic tagging13
When does artificial intelligence replace process-based models in ecological modelling?13
A hierarchical Bayesian approach for incorporating expert opinions into parametric survival models: A case study of female Ixodes ricinus ticks exposed to various temperature and relative humidity con12
Does climate change stimulate citizens' responses to conserving urban forest? Insights from stimulus-organism-response theory12
Comparing commonly used aquatic habitat modeling methods for native fish12
A multispecies size-structured matrix model incorporating seasonal dynamics12
Coefficients of association between nominal and fully ranked ordinal variables with applications to ecological network analysis12
Real world data for real world problems: Importance of appropriate spatial resolution modelling to inform decision makers in marine management12
Sector aggregation effect on embodied carbon emission based on city-centric global multi-region input-output (CCG-MRIO) model12
Dynamic evolution and simulation of habitat quality in arid regions: A case study of the Hexi region, China12
An exploration of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) factors simulated by SCOPE for capturing GPP across vegetation types12
A spatially explicit model of tree leaf litter accumulation in fire maintained longleaf pine forests of the southeastern US12
Using Hidden Markov Models to develop ecosystem indicators from non-stationary time series12
DiaThor: R package for computing diatom metrics and biotic indices12
Multiscale habitat suitability modeling for a threatened raptor offers insight into ecological model transferability12
The impact of dynamic wind flow behavior on forest fire spread using cellular automata: Application to the watershed BOUKHALEF (Morocco)12
A quantitative application of diffusion of innovations for modeling the spread of conservation behaviors12
Modelling the effects of urbanization on nutrients pollution for prospective management of a tropical watershed: A case study of Skudai River watershed11
Predicting shifts in demography of Orbicella franksi following simulated disturbance and restoration11
A data-driven high spatial resolution model of biomass accumulation and crop yield: Application to a fragmented desert-oasis agroecosystem11
Decoding information in multilayer ecological networks: The keystone species case11
Corrigendum to ‘Modeling mixoplankton along the biogeochemical gradient of the Southern North Sea’ Ecological Modelling 458 (2021) 0304-3800/10969011
Growth acceleration is the key for identifying the most favorable food concentration of Artemia sp.11
Attractor of a neutral individual-based forest model captures spatiotemporal structure characteristics of a mature tropical forest11
Insights into the environmental conditions contributing to variability in the larval recruitment of the tropical sardine Sardinella lemuru11
The emergence of imperfect philopatry and fidelity in spatially and temporally heterogeneous environments11
Preparing for and managing crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on reefs under threat from interacting anthropogenic stressors11
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Controls and characteristics of biomass quantization in size-structured planktonic ecosystem models11
A new interval meta-goal programming for sustainable planning of agricultural water-land use nexus11
The application of a plant community model to evaluate adaptation strategies for alleviating climate change impacts on grassland productivity, biodiversity and forage quality11
Self-healing time of population under dynamic disturbance11
Modeling terrestrial net ecosystem exchange using machine learning techniques based on flux tower measurements11
Quantitative evaluation of the effects of bycatch on native species using mathematical models10
Development of models for sustainable green mussel cultivation under climate change events10
Dryland vegetation pattern dynamics driven by inertial effects and secondary seed dispersal10
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Impact of different invasion methods of invasive species on omnivorous food webs10
Impacts of land-use intensity on ecosystems stability10
Corrigendum to "Comparing the performance of global, geographically weighted and ecologically weighted species distribution models for Scottish wildcats using GLM and Random Forest predictive modeling10
Sampling effort required for fitting spatially explicit models of species distribution dynamics10
Spatiotemporal changes of ecosystem services value by incorporating planning policies: A case of the Pearl River Delta, China10
How much is enough? Optimizing beehive stocking densities to maximize the production of a pollinator-dependent crop10
Fungal pathogen transmission dynamics in North American salamanders: Mathematical insights for disease management10
Potential thermal safety margin for plant photosynthesis derived from local temperature variability10
Combined climate and regional mosquito habitat model based on machine learning9
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Population projections from holey matrices: Using prior information to estimate rare transition events9
Production potential of seaweed and shellfish integrated aquaculture in Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, U.S.) using an ecosystem model9
Evaluating the skill of correlative species distribution models trained with mechanistic model output9
Climatic sensitivity of seasonal ice-cover, water temperature and biogeochemical cycling in Lake 239 of the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), Ontario, Canada9
A computational model approach to assess the effect of climate change on the growth and development of tadpoles9
Modeling the temporal dynamics of gut microbiota from a local community perspective9
Transient perturbations reveal distinct strategies for reserve benefits in life history-dependent ecosystems9
Modeling the effect of habitat availability and quality on endangered winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) production in the Sacramento Valley9
Landscape-scale drivers of endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence using an ensemble modeling approach9
Climate covariate selection influences MaxEnt model predictions and predictive accuracy under current and future climates9
Using system equalization principle to study the effects of multiple factors to the development of bee colony9
The integration of hierarchical levels of scale in tree species distribution models of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in mountain forests9
Ecological flow considering hydrological season and habitat suitability for a variety of fish9
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Improving forest gross primary productivity estimation through climate and trait integration9
Integrating metabolic scaling variation into the maximum entropy theory of ecology explains Taylor's law for individual metabolic rate in tropical forests9
Which rice farming system is more environmentally friendly in Khuzestan province, Iran? A study based on emergy analysis9
Modeling investigation of the nutrients and phytoplankton dynamics in the Moroccan Atlantic coast: A case study of Agadir coast9
Bayesian multi-level calibration of a process-based maize phenology model9
Changes in algal bloom dynamics in a regulated large river in response to eutrophic status9
Effect of study area extent on the potential distribution of Species: A case study with models for Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)9
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Bifurcation analysis and global dynamics in a predator–prey system of Leslie type with an increasing functional response9
Landscape ecology and urban spatial configuration: Exploring a methodological relationship. Application in Pelotas, Brazil9
Multi-objective optimization of forest ecosystem services under uncertainty9
Modeling Tree Recovery in Wind-Disturbed Forests with Dense Understory Species under Climate Change9
Productivity-environment models for Scots pine plantations in Bulgaria: an interaction of anthropogenic origin peculiarities and climate change9
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Using a time-dynamic food web model to compare predation and fishing mortality in Pleuroncodes monodon (Galatheidae: Crustaceae) and other benthic and demersal resource species off central Chile9
Temporal transferability of species abundance models to study the changes of breeding bird species based on land cover changes9
Sustainable development of territorial units: MCDM approach with optimal tail selection9
Fish survival subject to algal bloom: Resource-based growth models with algal digestion delay and detritus-nutrient recycling delay9
Disentangling the relative influence of regeneration processes on marsh plant assembly with a stage-structured plant assembly model9
Analysis of the sustainability index for ecologically low-input integrated farming: A comprehensive assessment of environmental, economic, and social impact9
Modeling urban growth effects on carrying capacity in arid and semi-arid regions using system dynamics9
Modeling food dependent symbiosis in Exaiptasia pallida9
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A GIS-based approach for managing catch-and-release fisheries9
Analysis of a mathematical model for golden mussels infestation9
System evolution model of human disturbances in panda habitats9
Spatial structure of natural boxwood and the invasive box tree moth can promote coexistence8
Constructing time-series submerged aquatic vegetation by integrating process-based modeling and satellite images8
Information sharing promotes bacterial diversity in oligotrophic environment with low-dose X-ray radiation based on modeling and simulation of agent-based model8
LoggingLab: An R package to simulate reduced-impact selective logging in tropical forests using forest inventory data8
Using GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis to prioritize invasive plant treatment: A creative solution for a pernicious problem8
Modelling parasite-produced marine diseases: The case of the mass mortality event of Pinna nobilis8
Simulating implications of fish behavioral response for managing hypoxia in estuaries with spatial dissolved oxygen variability8
Are maximum yields sustainable? Effect of intra-annual time-scales on MSY, stability and resilience8
The influence of phytoplankton size fractions on the carbon export ratio in the surface ocean8
Modelling the spatial shifts of functional groups in the Barents Sea using a climate-driven spatial food web model8
Modelling farmland dynamics in response to farmer decisions using an advanced irrigation-related agent-based model8
Using the ODD protocol and NetLogo to replicate agent-based models8
Nonlinear impacts of climate change on dengue transmission in mainland China: Underlying mechanisms and future projection8
Toward a better understanding of forest spatial patterns:A generalisation of the uniform angle index8
Integrating equity and justice in marine ecosystem models: An incremental but meaningful approach8
Investigating the need to replace the conventional method of sugar beet production in lorestan province, iran based on the arguments obtained from emergy calculations8
Development of interval transient pollution distribution model and its application in the Fenghuangshan drinking water source8
Diffusivity and bias movement velocity of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) adults under different temperature and moisture differences8
Assessing bivalve growth using bio-energetic models8
The potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of key tree species and Cordyceps in Bhutan: Implications for ecological functions and rural livelihoods8
Contrasting occupancy models with presence-only models: Does accounting for detection lead to better predictions?8
Using the roughness height and manning number in hydrodynamic model to estimate the impact of intensive oyster aquaculture by floating & fixed rafts on water exchange with an application in Qinzho8
Methods for comparing theoretical models parameterized with field data using biological criteria and Sobol analysis8
Growing at the edge: Modelling sapling colonization, performance, and effective range of mountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa)8
Analytical model for pullout behavior of root system8
Evolution of the concept of ecological integrity and its study through networks8
Investigating the interactions between Chinese economic growth, energy consumption and its air environmental cost during 1989–2016 and forecasting their future trends8
Model-based experiments as epistemic evidence in paleoecology8
Emergy theory to quantify the sustainability of large cascade hydropower projects in the upper Yangtze8
Computational assessment of Amazon forest plots regrowth capacity under strong spatial variability for simulating logging scenarios8
Resilience, indirect effects and cycling in ecological networks8
Multi-sectoral analysis of smarter urban nitrogen metabolism: A case study of Suzhou, China8
Forecasting impacts of biological control under future climates: mechanistic modelling of an aphid pest and a parasitic wasp8
Spatiotemporal evolution of county level ecological security based on an emergy ecological footprint model: The case of Dingxi, China8
The metabolic interpretation of the von Bertalanffy growth rate7
A general DDE framework to describe insect populations: Why delays are so important?7
How can oak regeneration in the Leipzig Floodplain Forest be effectively supported by femel plantations? Application of a demographic forest model7
Dynamics of a coupled socio-environmental model: An application to global CO2 emissions7
Adapting a dynamic system model using life traits and local fishery knowledge — Application to a population of exploited marine bivalves (Ruditapes philippinarum) in a mesotidal coastal lagoon7
An integrated analysis for estimation of survival, growth, and movement of unmarked juvenile anadromous fish7
Predicting restoration and aquaculture potential of eastern oysters through an eco-physiological mechanistic model7
Fine-scale surface complexity promotes temperature extremes but reduces the spatial extent of refugia on coastal rocks7
Overcoming conceptual hurdles to accurately represent trees as cohorts in forest landscape models7
Understanding predator-prey-competitor dynamics between Lower Missouri River Macrhybopsis and Scaphirhynchus using a population—bioenergetics model ensemble7
Dynamic distribution modelling using a native invasive species, the mountain pine beetle7
Stability analysis and Hopf bifurcation of a brown planthopper–rice model under the effect of monsoon7
Modelling peatland development in high-boreal Quebec, Canada, with DigiBog_Boreal7
Estimating natural nitrous oxide emissions from the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau using a process-based model: Historical spatiotemporal patterns and future trends7
The role of squid for food web structure and community-level metabolism7
Modeling water quality and cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Okeechobee: I. Model descriptions, seasonal cycles, and spatial patterns7
Integrated SSP-RCP Scenarios for Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on Ecosystem Services in East Africa7
A Bayesian network with fuzzy mathematics for species habitat suitability analysis: A case with limited Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels data7
Modelling human influences on biodiversity at a global scale–A human ecology perspective7
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