Ecological Modelling

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecological Modelling is 5. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
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Spatiotemporal evolution of county level ecological security based on an emergy ecological footprint model: The case of Dingxi, China224
Different degrees of decline in China's fishing efforts are beneficial to the sustainable development of coral reef fisheries resources on Yongxing Island China136
A simulation model of functional habitat connectivity demonstrates the importance of species establishment in older forests116
A computational modelling approach to human-elephant interactions in the Bunda District, Tanzania95
Analysis of carbon emission drivers and peak carbon forecasts for island economies57
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Chaotic mixotroph dynamics arise with nutrient loading: Implications for mixotrophy as a harmful bloom forming mechanism51
Modeling transport and feeding of juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtles on the West Florida shelf51
Test of model of equivalence of tree height growth and transpiration rates in percolation-based phenomenology for root-soil interaction50
The relationship between confidence intervals and distributions of estimators for parameters of deterministic models50
Defining an ecological equation of state: Response to Riera et al. (2023)49
An agent-based model of a cutaneous leishmaniasis reservoir host, Meriones shawi46
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Using state-and-transition simulation models to scope post-fire success in restoring greater sage-grouse habitat32
Impact of population growth and housing development on the riverine environment: Identifying environmental threat and solution in the Wanggu River, Indonesia31
Integrating monitoring and optimization modeling to inform flow decisions for Chinook salmon smolts31
Identification and analysis of areas prone to conflict with wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the vineyards of Malayer County, western Iran31
Global sensitivity analysis of APSIM-wheat yield predictions to model parameters and inputs29
When nitrate treatment wins the battle against microbial reservoir souring but loses the war28
Yield estimation of Lycium barbarum L. based on the WOFOST model27
The potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of key tree species and Cordyceps in Bhutan: Implications for ecological functions and rural livelihoods27
Contrasting occupancy models with presence-only models: Does accounting for detection lead to better predictions?25
Modelling PM10 removal in three Italian coastal Metropolitan Cities along a latitudinal gradient25
Timing of Calanus finmarchicus diapause in stochastic environments24
Ecological role of marine mammals in the Magellan Strait: Insights from trophic modeling22
Using the ODD protocol and NetLogo to replicate agent-based models22
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Retraction Notice to “Simulating fish passage impacts on a fragmented metapopulation of Paddlefish” [Ecological Modelling 495 (2024) 110806]21
A tritrophic interaction model for an olive tree pest, the olive moth — Prays oleae (Bernard)20
Factors affecting functional diversity of grassland vegetations20
A multi-objective optimization model for cropland design considering profit, biodiversity, and ecosystem services20
Fully Convolutional Neural Network: A solution to infer animal behaviours from multi-sensor data20
A comparative study of production systems in the Goharkuh Taftan complex utilising emergy and economic analysis20
A social media-based framework for quantifying temporal changes to wildlife viewing intensity20
Bayesian networks facilitate updating of species distribution and habitat suitability models20
Modeling nitrogen dynamics and biomass production in rice paddy fields of cold regions with the ORYZA-N model20
Modelling the spatial shifts of functional groups in the Barents Sea using a climate-driven spatial food web model20
Modeling the potential impacts of climate change on wheat yield in Iran: Evidence from national and provincial data analysis19
Using system equalization principle to study the effects of multiple factors to the development of bee colony19
Modelling of tuna around fish aggregating devices: The importance of ocean flow and prey19
An agent-based model to simulate the boosted Sterile Insect Technique for fruit fly management19
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Using individual-based modelling to investigate a pluralistic explanation for the prevalence of sexual reproduction in animal species19
Optimizing greenhouse design for enhanced microalgae production: A CFD Analysis of microclimate and water thermal dynamics in raceway ponds19
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Interdisciplinary design of a fish ramp using migration routes analysis19
Modelling assessment of how small-scale vertical movements of infectious sea lice larvae can affect their large-scale distribution in fjordic systems18
Analysis of a mathematical model for golden mussels infestation18
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Combining Revealed and Stated Preferences to design a new urban park in a metropolitan area of North-Western Italy17
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Modelling species invasion using a metapopulation model with variable mortality and stochastic birth-death processes17
Landscape ecology and urban spatial configuration: Exploring a methodological relationship. Application in Pelotas, Brazil17
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A mathematical model of the impacts of climate change on the winter tick epizootic in moose17
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Was Allosaurus really predominantly a scavenger?16
Concerns regarding the proposal for an ecological equation of state: an assessment starting from the organic biophysics of ecosystems (OBEC).16
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Investigating fishery and climate change effects on the conservation status of odontocetes in the Northern Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea)16
Using thermodynamics to understand the links between energy, information, structure and biodiversity in a human-transformed landscape16
Development of methods for the simplification of complex group built causal loop diagrams: A case study of the Rechna doab16
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Quantifying root turnover in grasslands from biomass dynamics: Application of the growth-maintenance respiration paradigm and re-analysis of historical data15
Transferability of tsetse habitat models between different regions in Kenya and Rwanda15
An abstract mathematical model for sustainable harvesting of a biological species on the boundary of a protected habitat15
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Background selection complexity influences Maxent predictive performance in freshwater systems15
Modeling the biomass allocation of tree resprout in a fire-prone savanna15
Resource objective wildfire leveraged to restore old growth forest structure while stabilizing carbon stocks in the southwestern United States15
Larger territories reduce mortality risk for chimpanzees, wolves, and agents: Multiple lines of evidence in a model validation framework14
Not going with the flow: Ecological niche of a migratory seabird, the South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea14
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Mathematical modeling in behavior responses: The tendency-prediction based on a persistence model on real-time data14
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Effects of a mobile disturbance pattern on dynamic patch networks and metapopulation persistence14
Dynamic ammonia exchange within a mixed deciduous forest canopy in the Southern Appalachians13
Sociability interacts with temporal environmental variation to spatially structure metapopulations: A fish dispersal simulation in an ephemeral landscape13
Which rice farming system is more environmentally friendly in Khuzestan province, Iran? A study based on emergy analysis13
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 Qinzho13
A biocontrol agent as a commensal in a plant-pest interaction13
Modeling primary production: Developing the BZI model from the production-irradiance (P-I) curves13
An aridity threshold model of fire sizes and annual area burned in extensively forested ecoregions of the western USA13
Correcting for size bias in electrofishing removal samples13
Sensitivity of aboveground biomass and species composition to climate change in boreal forests of Northeastern China13
Simplifying a complex computer model: Sensitivity analysis and metamodelling of an 3D individual-based crop-weed canopy model13
Simulation of forest carbon fluxes by integrating remote sensing data into biome-BGC model13
Individual-based modelling of adaptive physiological traits of cyanobacteria: Responses to light history12
Sensitivity analysis of the FullCAM model: Context dependency and implications for model development to predict Australia's forest carbon stocks12
Sensitivity analysis of a hydrodynamic and harmful algal model in a riverine system12
Corrigendum to Insights into the environmental conditions contributing to variability in the larval recruitment of the tropical sardine Sardinella lemuru12
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Managing pesticide resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda: A spatially explicit framework for identifying optimal treatment strategies12
Effects of phenotypic plasticity on diversification rates and adaptive evolution in simulated environments with different climatic and cost contexts12
Real-time assessment of live forest fuel moisture content and flammability by using space-time universal kriging12
Sensitivity analysis of a crop metapopulation model12
Projecting complex interactions between forest harvest and succession in the northern Acadian Forest Region12
Patch spatial attributes and time to disturbance affect the emergence of source local populations within ephemeral habitats12
Temporal transferability of species abundance models to study the changes of breeding bird species based on land cover changes12
Snow runoff modelling in the upper Indus River Basin and its implication to energy water food nexus12
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Spatial structure of natural boxwood and the invasive box tree moth can promote coexistence12
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Methods for comparing theoretical models parameterized with field data using biological criteria and Sobol analysis11
Novel challenges and opportunities in the theory and practice of matrix population modelling: An editorial for the special feature11
Spatial E-PSR modelling for ecological sensitivity assessment for arid rangeland resilience and management11
Handling missing data in ecological studies: Ignoring gaps in the dataset can distort the inference11
lconnect R package: A versatile tool for evaluating landscape connectivity and prioritizing habitat patches in conservation research11
Modeling collective motion for fish schooling via multi-agent reinforcement learning11
Intrinsic timescales of variability in a marine plankton model11
Reactive nitrogen losses from Canadian agricultural soils over 36 years11
Forecasting impacts of biological control under future climates: mechanistic modelling of an aphid pest and a parasitic wasp11
Calibration and validation of the AquaCrop model for production arrangements of forage cactus and grass in a semi-arid environment11
Coexistence conditions in generalized discrete-time models of insect population dynamics11
A review of computing models for studying population dynamics of giant panda ecosystems11
Ecological modeling evaluates the potential impacts of symbionts on plant pathogen vectoring in field populations10
Pan-Atlantic 3D distribution model incorporating water column for commercial fish10
TransparC2U–A two-pool, pedology oriented forest soil carbon simulation model aimed at user investigations of multiple uncertainties10
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural systems: a comparative analysis of process models10
Effects of joint invasion: How co-invaders affect each other's success in model food webs?10
Extreme capital breeding for giants: Effects of body size on humpback whale energy expenditure and fasting endurance10
Study of a factored general logistic model of population dynamics with inter- and intraspecific interactions10
Modeling lives saved from extreme heat by urban tree cover✰10
Ecological flow considering hydrological season and habitat suitability for a variety of fish10
Dynamic simulation study of soil erosion intensity on slopes with different vegetation patterns in pisha sandstone area10
Modeling the bioenergetics of two herbivorous fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: The native Sarpa salpa and the invasive Siganus rivulatus10
Increased unpredictability in spruce budworm outbreaks following habitat loss and landscape fragmentation10
Consequences of intraspecific competition for floral resources in heterogeneous landscapes for eusocial bees10
A Bayesian approach to projecting forest dynamics and related uncertainty: An application to continuous cover forests10
Evaluating the skill of correlative species distribution models trained with mechanistic model output10
Combined climate and regional mosquito habitat model based on machine learning10
Comparing risk of chronic wasting disease occurrence using Bayesian hierarchical spatial models and different surveillance types10
Modeling watershed carbon dynamics as affected by land cover change and soil erosion10
Identifying influential parameters of a multi-species fish size spectrum model for a northern temperate lake through sensitivity analyses9
A protocol for implementing parameter sensitivity analyses in complex ecosystem models9
A bioenergetics model for seasonal growth of Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps) in the Indian west coast9
Improving 3-PG calibration and parameterization using artificial neural networks9
TVDI-based water stress coefficient to estimate net primary productivity in soybean areas9
Promoting coordinated development of the fertilizer production-crop plantation combined system through an integrated approach9
Spatially weak syncronization of spreading pattern between Aedes Albopictus and dengue fever9
A new model formulation for host depletion in parasitoids9
Modelling the spread of a novel endosymbiont infection in field populations of an aphid pest9
Changes in soil carbon stocks under plantation systems and natural forests in Northeast India9
Improving species distribution models for dominant trees in climate data-poor forests using high-resolution remote sensing9
Population projections from holey matrices: Using prior information to estimate rare transition events9
Plant competition under simultaneous adaptation by herbivores and pollinators9
Differentially biased sampling strategies reveal the non-stationarity of species distribution models for Indian small felids9
Modelling farmland dynamics in response to farmer decisions using an advanced irrigation-related agent-based model9
On the use of ABACUS high resolution glider observations for the assessment of phytoplankton ocean biomass from CMEMS model products9
Using citizen data in a population model to estimate population size of moose (Alces alces)9
Utilization of the DNDC model to estimate yield and CO2 and CH4 emissions in a cotton-wheat rotation under the influence of various tillage treatments9
From known to unknown unknowns through pattern-oriented modelling: Driving research towards the Medawar zone9
Pairwise learning for predicting pollination interactions based on traits and phylogeny9
Predicting methane emissions from paddy rice soils under biochar and nitrogen addition using DNDC model9
Merging empirical and mechanistic approaches to modeling aquatic visual foraging using a generalizable visual reaction distance model9
A model of seasonal variation in somatic growth rates applied to two temperate turtle species9
Analysis of the sustainability index for ecologically low-input integrated farming: A comprehensive assessment of environmental, economic, and social impact9
Correcting for the effects of class imbalance improves the performance of machine-learning based species distribution models9
Trade-offs in resource access and health by avoidance of self-fouling, motivated via disgust9
A spatially implicit model fails to predict the structure of spatially explicit metacommunities under high dispersal9
Species distribution models applied to mosquitoes: Use, quality assessment, and recommendations for best practice9
Landscape-scale drivers of endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence using an ensemble modeling approach9
Multi-sectoral analysis of smarter urban nitrogen metabolism: A case study of Suzhou, China8
Simulating biotic disturbance responses in forests requires a balance of model performance, complexity, and accessibility8
Improving forest gross primary productivity estimation through climate and trait integration8
A curated list of R packages for ecological niche modelling8
An integrated modeling approach to predict trophic state changes in a large Brazilian reservoir8
Field observation and numerical modelling of supersaturated dissolved gas at river confluence8
Development and parameterization of a data likelihood model for geolocation of a bentho-pelagic fish in the North Pacific Ocean8
Machine-learning modeling on tree mortality and growth reduction of temperate forests with climatic and ecophysiological parameters8
Cumulative reproduction model to quantify the production of the invasive species Arctodiaptomus dorsalis (Calanoida, Copepoda)8
Vegetation pattern formation in Daisyworld model with greenhouse effect8
Comparison of spring phenology simulation in central Asian grasslands8
Corrigendum to “Spatial mechanistic modelling to simulate movements and contacts between wildlife and livestock in Southern Africa” [ecological modelling 498 (2024) /110863]8
Modeling the impacts of temperature during nesting seasons on Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Sea Turtle populations in South Florida8
Wetland carbon models: Applications for wetland carbon commercialization8
Modeling Ganges river dolphin distribution and prioritizing areas for efficient conservation planning- a range-wide assessment8
Modified framework to reflect contribution of soil storage in emergy synthesis under different agricultural practices at farm level8
Modelling the effects of copepod diel vertical migration and community structure on ocean carbon flux using an agent-based model8
Effect of agricultural landscape pattern on the qualitative food web of epigaeic arthropods in low hilly areas of northern China8
Spatial patterns of correlation between conspecific species and size diversity in forest ecosystems8
RETRACTED: Simulating fish passage impacts on a fragmented metapopulation of Paddlefish8
Challenges, tasks, and opportunities in modeling agent-based complex systems8
The increasing contribution of greening to the terrestrial evapotranspiration in China8
Bumble bee pollination and the wildflower/crop trade-off: When do wildflower enhancements improve crop yield?8
Corrigendum to ‘potential elevation shift of oriental beech (fagus orientalis L.) in hyrcanian mixed forest ecoregion under future global warming’8
Modeling the effects of plant resistance, herbivore virulence, and parasitism, on the population dynamics of aphids and parasitoids in wheat and soybean in different climates8
Multimedia fates and ecological risk control strategies of phthalic acid esters in a lake recharged by reclaimed water using the QWASI fugacity model8
Integrating resource memory and cue-based territoriality to simulate movement dynamics: a process-explicit and pattern-oriented approach8
Nonlinear impacts of climate change on dengue transmission in mainland China: Underlying mechanisms and future projection8
“Teaching ‘Process Ecology’ at the Undergraduate Level: A Curricular Response to a Latent Yearning for an Ecologically-Based Understanding of Transdisciplinary Realities”7
Development and application of a bioenergetics growth model for multiple early life stages of an ecologically important marine fish7
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Data-driven agent-based model building for animal movement through Exploratory Data Analysis7
How sustainable development goals have transformed our world? Evolution of the ecological networks of the Italian economy7
The appropriate analytical solution for coupled leaf photosynthesis and stomatal conductance models for C3 plants7
Atlantis Ecosystem Model Summit 2022: Report from a workshop7
Assessing food limitation for marine juvenile fishes in coastal nurseries using a bioenergetic approach7
Assessing bivalve growth using bio-energetic models7
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Social-ecological systems modelling to understand the linkages between water, agriculture and rural systems,7
Resilience, indirect effects and cycling in ecological networks7
Quantifying the overall effect of biotic interactions on species distributions along environmental gradients7
Simulations and interpretations of cumulative trophic theory7
Predation on schooling fish is shaped by encounters between prey during school formation using an Ideal Gas Model of animal movement7
Quantifying the per-capita contribution of all components of a migratory cycle: A modelling framework7
Information sharing promotes bacterial diversity in oligotrophic environment with low-dose X-ray radiation based on modeling and simulation of agent-based model7
Improved simulation of plant-animal interactions in African savannas with the extended land use change model LUCIA7
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A step towards the integration of spatial dynamics in population dynamics models: Eastern Bering Sea snow crab as a case study7
Modelling managed forest ecosystems in Sweden: An evaluation from the stand to the regional scale7
Understanding and assessing demographic (in)equity resulting from extreme heat and direct sunlight exposure due to lack of tree canopies in Norfolk, VA using agent-based modeling7
Analysis of simulated trap counts arising from correlated and biased random walks7
‘metrix’: An R package for assessing the biological quality of water7
Modeling opportunistic exploitation: increased extinction risk when targeting more than one species6
Interpreting stoichiometric homeostasis and flexibility of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus6
Permafrost environment evaluation of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau based on DPSRC theory and system dynamics6
Toward a framework for the multimodel ensemble prediction of soil nitrogen losses6
Using structural equation models (SEM) to link climate change, forest composition, deer, and outdoor recreation6
Simulating the effects of aquatic avifauna on the Phosphorus dynamics of aquatic systems6
Exploring physiological constraints on life-history traits using Dynamic Energy Budgets6
Simulating implications of fish behavioral response for managing hypoxia in estuaries with spatial dissolved oxygen variability6
Separating acoustic signal into underlying behaviors with self-exciting point process models6
Modeling biogeochemical processes in a freshwater lake during the spring thermal bar6
Vibrio vulnificus infections from water exposure in the Chesapeake Bay: Are they predictable?6
Assessment and a review of research on surface water quality modeling6
Sequential Monte-Carlo algorithms for Bayesian model calibration – A review and method comparison✰6
Modelling past and future impacts of droughts on tree mortality and carbon storage in Norway spruce stands in Germany6
Modeling landscape wind erosion processes on rangelands using the APEX model6
Modelling arthropod active dispersal using Partial differential equations: the case of the mosquito Aedes albopictus6
Use of remote sensing and bio-geochemical models to estimate the net carbon fluxes of managed mountain grasslands6
Warm Thanks to Dr. Brian D. Fath6
Retraction note to “Exploring and forecasting spatial and temporal patterns of fire hazard risk in Nepal's tiger conservation zones” [Ecological Modelling 476 (2023) 1–12/110244]6
Modelling the influence of mechanical-ecohydrological feedback on the nonlinear dynamics of peatlands6
Reconsidering the Price equation: Benchmarking the analytical power of additive partitioning in ecology6
Effect of variation in the observations on the prediction uncertainty in crop model simulation: Use ORYZA (v3) as a case study6
Modelling parasite-produced marine diseases: The case of the mass mortality event of Pinna nobilis6
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) 1106
Vorticity preference of the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) during the dry season at the Wanhe River Estuary confluence6
Performance of a process-based model for predicting robusta coffee yield at the regional scale in Vietnam6
Computational assessment of Amazon forest plots regrowth capacity under strong spatial variability for simulating logging scenarios6
Modeling the impact of invasive species litter on conditions affecting its spread and potential regime shift6
Estimation of lake-scale stock-recruitment models for Great Lakes sea lampreys6
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Agent-based modeling to evaluate the effects of harvesting biomass and hunting on ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) populations6
Stochastic agent-based model for predicting turbine-scale raptor movements during updraft-subsidized directional flights6
Computer simulation modelling of the simultaneous adsorption of Cd, Cu and Cr from aqueous solutions by agricultural clay soil: A PHREEQC geochemical modelling code coupled to parameter estimation (PE6
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