Ecological Applications

Article	Citations
A room with a green view: the importance of nearby nature for mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic	191
Evidence for widespread changes in the structure, composition, and fire regimes of western North American forests	152
Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions	132
Management of cover crops in temperate climates influences soil organic carbon stocks: a meta‐analysis	95
Wildfire and climate change adaptation of western North American forests: a case for intentional management	92
Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments	67
Conceptual and methodological advances in habitat‐selection modeling: guidelines for ecology and evolution	64
The importance of street trees to urban avifauna	63
Fuel treatment effectiveness in the context of landform, vegetation, and large, wind‐driven wildfires	57
Worldwide border interceptions provide a window into human‐mediated global insect movement	53
Landscape‐scale differences among cities alter common species’ responses to urbanization	52
Rapid deforestation of a coastal landscape driven by sea‐level rise and extreme events	49
Smokey the Beaver: beaver‐dammed riparian corridors stay green during wildfire throughout the western United States	49
Landscape‐scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: implications for coral to algae phase shifts	45
Mapping supply of and demand for ecosystem services to assess environmental justice in New York City	43
Springs ecosystem classification	39
A need for speed in Bayesian population models: a practical guide to marginalizing and recovering discrete latent states	39
Water storage decisions will determine the distribution and persistence of imperiled river fishes	38
Network analysis can guide resilience‐based management in forest landscapes under global change	38
Coral cover a stronger driver of reef fish trophic biomass than fishing	37
Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a useful tool for evaluating terrestrial mammal diversity in tropical forests	36
Large‐scale variation in wave attenuation of oyster reef living shorelines and the influence of inundation duration	36
Direct and indirect effects of temperature and precipitation on alpine seed banks in the Tibetan Plateau	35
Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community diversity across the continental USA	35
Cumulative stressors reduce the self‐regulating capacity of coastal ecosystems	34

Effects of postfire climate and seed availability on postfire conifer regeneration	34
Climate and species stress resistance modulate the higher survival of large seedlings in forest restorations worldwide	33
Predicting ecosystem state changes in shallow lakes using an aquatic ecosystem model: Lake Hinge, Denmark, an example	32
Transport of N and P in U.S. streams and rivers differs with land use and between dissolved and particulate forms	32
Multi‐temporal assessment of grassland α‐ and β‐diversity using hyperspectral imaging	32
How does increasing mast seeding frequency affect population dynamics of seed consumers? Wild boar as a case study	31
Combining DNA metabarcoding and ecological networks to inform conservation biocontrol by small vertebrate predators	30
Direct and indirect effects of climate change‐amplified pulse heat stress events on coral reef fish communities	30
Impacts of COVID‐19 on ecology and evolutionary biology faculty in the United States	29
Habitat heterogeneity captured by 30‐m resolution satellite image texture predicts bird richness across the United States	29
The right trait in the right place at the right time: Matching traits to environment improves restoration outcomes	28
Quantifying natural disturbances using a large‐scale dendrochronological reconstruction to guide forest management	27
All is fish that comes to the net: metabarcoding for rapid fisheries catch assessment	27
Bridging the gap between commercial fisheries and survey data to model the spatiotemporal dynamics of marine species	27
Indigenous plants promote insect biodiversity in urban greenspaces	27
Butterfly richness and abundance along a gradient of imperviousness and the importance of matrix quality	27
Data integration methods to account for spatial niche truncation effects in regional projections of species distribution	27
Leaf traits and canopy structure together explain canopy functional diversity: an airborne remote sensing approach	26
A fish tale: a century of museum specimens reveal increasing microplastic concentrations in freshwater fish	26
Modeling an aspirational connected network of protected areas across North America	26
Increasing taxonomic diversity and spatial resolution clarifies opportunities for protecting US imperiled species	25
Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect‐pollinated crop	25
Prediction of regional wildfire activity in the probabilistic Bayesian framework of Firelihood	25
The wildland–urban interface in the United States based on 125 million building locations	25
Increased adoption of best practices in ecological forecasting enables comparisons of forecastability	24
Age‐specific survival rates, causes of death, and allowable take of golden eagles in the western United States	24
Developing the ecological scientist mindset among underrepresented students in ecology fields	24
Microplastic leachates induce species‐specific trait strengthening in intertidal mussels	24
Ensuring identifiability in hierarchical mixed effects Bayesian models	23
Natural disturbance regimes as a guide for sustainable forest management in Europe	23
Crop–weed relationships are context‐dependent and cannot fully explain the positive effects of intercropping on yield	23
Shifts in species interactions and farming contexts mediate net effects of birds in agroecosystems	23
Indigenous‐led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpatedKlinse‐Zamountain caribou	23
Landscape analyses using eDNA metabarcoding and Earth observation predict community biodiversity in California	22
Mega‐disturbances cause rapid decline of mature conifer forest habitat in California	22
Optimizing bat bioacoustic surveys in human‐modified Neotropical landscapes	22
Microclimate predicts kelp forest extinction in the face of direct and indirect marine heatwave effects	22
Organic fertility inputs synergistically increase denitrification‐derived nitrous oxide emissions in agroecosystems	21
Forest restoration treatments in a ponderosa pine forest enhance physiological activity and growth under climatic stress	21
Tropical tree size–frequency distributions from airborne lidar	20
Local connections and the larval competency strongly influence marine metapopulation persistence	20
Finding the right mix: a framework for selecting seeding rates for cover crop mixtures	20
Application of plant–soil feedbacks in the selection of crop rotation sequences	20
“No‐regrets” pathways for navigating climate change: planning for connectivity with land use, topography, and climate	20
Using Indigenous and Western knowledge systems for environmental risk assessment	19
Exotic species drive patterns of plant species diversity in 93 restored tallgrass prairies	19
Foraging by an avian ecosystem engineer extensively modifies the litter and soil layer in forest ecosystems	19
Integrating genetics, biophysical, and demographic insights identifies critical sites for seagrass conservation	19
Evaluating a trait‐based approach to compare natural enemy and pest communities in agroforestry vs. arable systems	19
Crowding, climate, and the case for social distancing among trees	19

Large size (>100‐μm) microplastics are not biomagnifying in coastal marine food webs of British Columbia, Canada	19
Validation of presence‐only models for conservation planning and the application to whales in a multiple‐use marine park	19
Mapping and assessing the impact of small‐scale ephemeral water sources on wildlife in an African seasonal savannah	19
Changes in water quality related to permafrost thaw may significantly impact zooplankton in small Arctic lakes	18
Partial and complete dependency among data sets has minimal consequence on estimates from integrated population models	18
Recent bark beetle outbreaks influence wildfire severity in mixed‐conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA	18
DNA metabarcoding effectively quantifies diatom responses to nutrients in streams	18
Allocating resources for land protection using continuous optimization: biodiversity conservation in the United States	18
Mapping potential effects of proposed roads on migratory connectivity for a highly mobile herbivore using circuit theory	18
Impacts of pollution, fishing pressure, and reef rugosity on resource fish biomass in West Hawaii	18
Multiscale drivers of phytoplankton communities in north‐temperate lakes	18
A general deep learning model for bird detection in high‐resolution airborne imagery	18
Assessing cetacean populations using integrated population models: an example with Cook Inlet beluga whales	18
Forecasting the legacy of offshore oil and gas platforms on fish community structure and productivity	18
Meta‐analysis of salt marsh vegetation impacts and recovery: a synthesis following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill	17
Multiple co‐occurrent alien invaders constrain aquatic biodiversity in rivers	17
Tracking rates of postfire conifer regeneration vs. deciduous vegetation recovery across the western United States	17
Multidecadal effects of fire in a grassland biodiversity hotspot: Does pyrodiversity enhance plant diversity?	17
Evaluation of camera trap‐based abundance estimators for unmarked populations	17
Satellite data and machine learning reveal the incidence of late frost defoliations on Iberian beech forests	17
Stand‐scale climate change impacts on forests over large areas: transient responses and projection uncertainties	17
Evaluating long‐term success in grassland restoration: an ecosystem multifunctionality approach	17
Improving area of occupancy estimates for parapatric species using distribution models and support vector machines	17
Consistent declines in aquatic biodiversity across diverse domains of life in rivers impacted by surface coal mining	17
Land‐use drives the temporal stability and magnitude of soil microbial functions and modulates climate effects	17
Natural regeneration in urban forests is limited by early‐establishment dynamics: implications for management	17
Soil organic carbon is not just for soil scientists: measurement recommendations for diverse practitioners	17
Managing propagule pressure to prevent invasive species establishments: propagule size, number, and risk–release curve	17
Restoration of biogeomorphic systems by creating windows of opportunity to support natural establishment processes	17
Stasis in forest regeneration following deer exclusion and understory gap creation: A 10‐year experiment	16
Tracking an invasion front with environmental DNA	16
Gains or losses? A quantitative estimation of environmental and economic effects of an ecological compensation policy	16
Response of lion demography and dynamics to the loss of preferred larger prey	16
End‐user involvement to improve predictions and management of populations with complex dynamics and multiple drivers	16
Effects of dispersal‐ and niche‐based factors on tree recruitment in tropical wet forest restoration	16
Predicting the population consequences of acoustic disturbance, with application to an endangered gray whale population	15
Reducing persecution is more effective for restoring large carnivores than restoring their prey	15
Model selection for the North American Breeding Bird Survey	15
Age structure affects population productivity in an exploited fish species	15
High accuracy tracking reveals how small conservation areas can protect marine megafauna	15
Clonal functional traits favor the invasive success of alien plants into native communities	15
Catchment‐scale urbanization diminishes effects of habitat complexity on instream macroinvertebrate assemblages	15
Considering unseen arrivals in predictions of establishment risk based on border biosecurity interceptions	15
Developing fine‐grained nationwide predictions of valuable forests using biodiversity indicator bird species	14
Landscape impacts of 3D‐seismic surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska	14
Shifts in food plant abundance for flower‐visiting insects between 1900 and 2017 in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland	14
Hierarchical multi‐grain models improve descriptions of species’ environmental associations, distribution, and abundance	14
Genetic data improves niche model discrimination and alters the direction and magnitude of climate change forecasts	14
Predicting the distribution of foraging seabirds during a period of heightened environmental variability	14
Evaluating and integrating spatial capture–recapture models with data of variable individual identifiability	14
Post‐restoration grassland management overrides the effects of restoration methods in propagule‐rich landscapes	14
Cyanobacterial mats as benthic reservoirs and vectors for coral black band disease pathogens	14
Demographic responses of nearly extirpated endangered mountain caribou to recovery actions in Central British Columbia	14
Air temperatures over‐predict changes to stream fish assemblages with climate warming compared with water temperatures	14
Modifications of the rain forest frugivore community are associated with reduced seed removal at the community level	14
Combining photoperiod and thermal responses to predict phenological mismatch for introduced insects	14
A general model of the thermal constraints on the world’s most destructive locust,Schistocerca gregaria	14
Validation prediction: a flexible protocol to increase efficiency of automated acoustic processing for wildlife research	14
Optimal spatial prioritization of control resources for elimination of invasive species under demographic uncertainty	14
Disturbance‐accelerated succession increases the production of a temperate forest	14
Living in the concrete jungle: carnivore spatial ecology in urban parks	13
Using large‐scale tropical dry forest restoration to test successional theory	13
Natural enemy–herbivore networks along local management and landscape gradients in urban agroecosystems	13
Estimating individual‐level plant traits at scale	13
A global review of socioeconomic and environmental impacts of ants reveals new insights for risk assessment	13
Finding Liebig’s law of the minimum	13
Canopy reflectance models illustrate varying NDVI responses to change in high latitude ecosystems	13
Representation and complementarity of the long‐term coral monitoring on the Great Barrier Reef	13
Identifying managerial legacies within conservation corridors using remote sensing and grasshoppers as bioindicators	13
Drivers of distributions and niches of North American cold‐adapted amphibians: evaluating both climate and land use	13
Tree growth response to drought partially explains regional‐scale growth and mortality patterns in Iberian forests	13
Forecast increase in invasive rabbit spread into ecosystems of an oceanic island (Tenerife) under climate change	13
The effect of species, size, and fire intensity on tree mortality within a catastrophic bushfire complex	13
Successful biological control of winter moth, Operophtera brumata, in the northeastern United States	13
Herbivory and climate as drivers of woody plant growth: Do deer decrease the impacts of warming?	13
Effects of snake fungal disease on short‐term survival, behavior, and movement in free‐ranging snakes	13
Demographic modeling to fine‐tune conservation targets: importance of pre‐adults for the decline of an endangered raptor	13
Assessing pesticides exposure effects on the reproductive performance of a declining aerial insectivore	13
Shifting trophic control of fishery–ecosystem dynamics following biological invasions	13
Are stable isotope ratios suitable for describing niche partitioning and individual specialization?	13

A novel quantitative framework for riverscape genetics	13
Long‐term demographic dynamics of a keystone scavenger disrupted by human‐induced shifts in food availability	13
Chemical diversity rather than cultivar diversity predicts natural enemy control of herbivore pests	13
Community science validates climate suitability projections from ecological niche modeling	12
Satellite‐based habitat monitoring reveals long‐term dynamics of deer habitat in response to forest disturbances	12
Spatially explicit removal strategies increase the efficiency of invasive plant species control	12
Climate change mitigation and improvement of water quality from the restoration of a subtropical coastal wetland	12
Restoring function: Positive responses of carbon and nitrogen to 20 years of hydrologic restoration in montane meadows	12
Widespread agrochemicals differentially affect zooplankton biomass and community structure	12
Conspecific and congeneric interactions shape increasing rates of breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls	12
Context‐dependent carryover effects of hypoxia and warming in a coastal ecosystem engineer	12
Effects of free‐ranging livestock on occurrence and interspecific interactions of a mammalian community	12
Microhabitats associated with solar energy development alter demography of two desert annuals	12
Wild, tamed, and domesticated: Three fire macroregimes for global pyrogeography in the Anthropocene	12
Disentangling landscape and local drivers of ground‐dwelling beetle community assembly in an urban ecosystem	12
Demographic risk assessment for a harvested species threatened by climate change: polar bears in the Chukchi Sea	12
Socio‐ecological drivers of public conservation voting: Restoring gray wolves to Colorado, USA	12
Rapid enhancement of multiple ecosystem services following the restoration of a coastal foundation species	12
A recovery network leads to the natural recolonization of an archipelago and a potential trailing edge refuge	12
Using plant traits to understand the contribution of biodiversity effects to annual crop community productivity	12
Evidence of widespread topoclimatic limitation for lower treelines of the Intermountain West, United States	12
Monitoring tropical forest succession at landscape scales despite uncertainty in Landsat time series	12
Spring understory herbs flower later in intensively managed forests	12
Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring	12
Early‐season plant cover supports more effective pest control than insecticide applications	12
Land‐use change alters associations between personality and microhabitat selection	12
Resilience of reptiles to megafires	11
Increased reliance on insecticide applications in Canada linked to simplified agricultural landscapes	11
Crop raiders in an ecological trap: optimal foraging individual‐based modeling quantifies the effect of alternate crops	11
Positive long‐term impacts of restoration on soils in an experimental urban forest	11
Species traits explain public perceptions of human–bird interactions	11
Pollinator richness, pollination networks, and diet adjustment along local and landscape gradients of resource diversity	11
Increasing fire frequency and severity will increase habitat loss for a boreal forest indicator species	11
A structured seabird population model reveals how alternative forage fish control rules benefit seabirds and fisheries	11
Rapid ant community reassembly in a Neotropical forest: Recovery dynamics and land‐use legacy	11
Precipitation change accentuates or reverses temperature effects on aphid dispersal	11
Time‐to‐detection occupancy methods: performance and utility for improving efficiency of surveys	11
Strong impact of management regimes on rhizome biomass across Central European temperate grasslands	11
Dry conifer forest restoration benefits Colorado Front Range avian communities	11
Ecosystem restoration and belowground multifunctionality: A network view	11
Limited shifts in the distribution of migratory bird breeding habitat density in response to future changes in climate	11
Advancing estuarine ecological forecasts: seasonal hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay	11
Long‐term restoration success of insect herbivore communities in seminatural grasslands: a functional approach	11
Inferring pesticide toxicity to honey bees from a field‐based feeding study using a colony model and Bayesian inference	11
Soil organic carbon in drylands: shrub encroachment and vegetation management effects dwarf those of livestock grazing	11
Approaches for estimating benefits and costs of interventions in plant biosecurity across invasion phases	11
Landscape heterogeneity filters functional traits of rice arthropods in tropical agroecosystems	11
Latitudinal gradients in population growth do not reflect demographic responses to climate	11
Can restoration of fire‐dependent ecosystems reduce ticks and tick‐borne disease prevalence in the eastern United States?	10
Connectivity over a disease risk gradient enables recovery of rainforest frogs	10
Woody‐plant encroachment: Precipitation, herbivory, and grass‐competition interact to affect shrub recruitment	10
Disturbance and management effects on forest soil organic carbon stocks in the Pacific Northwest	10
Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere	10
Continental‐scale dynamics of avian influenza in U.S. waterfowl are driven by demography, migration, and temperature	10
Modeling impacts of drought‐induced salinity intrusion on carbon dynamics in tidal freshwater forested wetlands	10
Contrasting effects of tree origin and urbanization on invertebrate abundance and tree phenology	10
Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land‐use change	10
Near‐term phytoplankton forecasts reveal the effects of model time step and forecast horizon on predictability	10
Fire‐driven vegetation type conversion in Southern California	10
Land use and management effects on soil carbon in U.S. Lake States, with emphasis on forestry, fire, and reforestation	10
Fragmentation reduces community‐wide taxonomic and functional diversity of dispersed tree seeds in the Central Amazon	10
Alien insect dispersal mediated by the global movement of commodities	10
Long‐term trends indicate that invasive plants are pervasive and increasing in eastern national parks	10
Rapidly declining body size in an insectivorous bat is associated with increased precipitation and decreased survival	10
Recovered frog populations coexist with endemic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis despite load‐dependent mortality	10
Does the legacy of historical thinning treatments foster resilience to bark beetle outbreaks in subalpine forests?	10
Arthropod dark taxa provide new insights into diversity responses to bark beetle infestations	10
Honey bee colony performance affected by crop diversity and farmland structure: a modeling framework	10
Snapshot Wisconsin: networking community scientists and remote sensing to improve ecological monitoring and management	10