Ecological Informatics

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecological Informatics is 7. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Multi-output regression with structurally incomplete target labels: A case study of modelling global vegetation cover248
Editorial Board163
Generalizing resemblance coefficients to accommodate incomplete data159
Selection against ruderals in Danish grasslands over an eight-year period155
Biological-based and remote sensing techniques to link vegetative and reproductive development and assess pollen emission in Mediterranean grasses137
A data-driven approach for the assessment of the thermal stratification of reservoirs based on readily available data125
Climate change and dispersion dynamics of the invasive plant species Chromolaena odorata and Lantana camara in parts of the central and eastern India116
Application of geographical information system (GIS) in reducing accident blackspots and in planning of a safer urban road network: A review115
Estimation of canopy nitrogen nutrient status in lodging maize using unmanned aerial vehicles hyperspectral data114
A systematic study of the class imbalance problem: Automatically identifying empty camera trap images using convolutional neural networks113
Spatiotemporal water dynamic modelling of Ramsar-listed lakes on the Victorian Volcanic Plains using Landsat, ICESat-2 and airborne LiDAR data111
Spatial and temporal evolution of heatwaves in Taiwan in a changing climate using multi-dimensional complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition106
Bayesian networks as a novel tool to enhance interpretability and predictive power of ecological models100
Automatic detection of color markings and numbers on trees in point clouds from Personal Laser Scanning (PLS) and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS)94
Robustness and limitations of maximum entropy in plant community assembly93
Predicting eucalyptus plantation growth and yield using Landsat imagery in Minas Gerais, Brazil87
Evaluation of Gangetic dolphin habitat suitability under hydroclimatic changes using a coupled hydrological-hydrodynamic approach85
Combining habitat selection, behavioural states, and individual variation to predict fish spatial usage near a barrier84
Motion vectors and deep neural networks for video camera traps83
Comparison and empirical analysis of the urban economic development level in the Yangtze River urban agglomeration based on an analogical ecosystem perspective80
YoloXT: A object detection algorithm for marine benthos77
Hybrid convolution neural network model for a quicker detection of infested maize plants with fall armyworms using UAV-based images77
Evaluation of earth observation datasets for LST trends over India and its implication in global warming75
Comparing phenocam color indices with phenological observations of black spruce in the boreal forest75
Effects of long-term enclosing on distributions of carbon and nitrogen in semia-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia74
The utility of Planetscope spectral data in quantifying above-ground carbon stock in an urban reforested landscape74
Documenting changing landscapes with rePhotoSA: A repeat photography and citizen science project in southern Africa70
Spatiotemporal variation and prediction of NPP in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by coupling PLUS and CASA models70
Foundation models in shaping the future of ecology69
The TreeTalkersCheck R package: An automatic daily routine to check physiological traits of trees in the forest68
Evaluation of the monitoring capability of various vegetation indices and mainstream satellite band settings for grassland drought66
“Flower power”: How flowering affects spectral diversity metrics and their relationship with plant diversity66
Exploring the connection of physical habitat health of the wetland with its gas regulating services65
Construction and optimization of ecological networks in karst regions based on multi-scale nesting: A case study in Guangxi Hechi, China64
Identifying sand and dust storm sources using spatial-temporal analysis of remote sensing data in Central Iran62
A novel algal bloom risk assessment framework by integrating environmental factors based on explainable machine learning62
Ecological security patterns of Chinese lakes based on ecosystem service values assessment and human threat factors evaluation61
Beekeeping suitability prediction based on an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and apiary level data61
Automated plant species identification from the stomata images using deep neural network: A study of selected mangrove and freshwater swamp forest tree species of Bangladesh60
Metric learning unveiling disparities: A novel approach to recognize false trigger images in wildlife monitoring59
Temporal dynamics of biodiversity in benthic macroinvertebrate communities from a 140-year sedimentary DNA record and their driving mechanisms58
Remote sensing-based spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural drought on Prince Edward Island using Google Earth engine57
Transferable species distribution modelling: Comparative performance of Generalised Functional Response models57
Leveraging citizen science to classify and track benthic habitat states: An unsupervised UMAP-HDBSCAN pipeline applied to the global reef life survey dataset55
Identification of the most suitable afforestation sites by Juniperus excels specie using machine learning models: Firuzkuh semi-arid region, Iran55
Using neural style transfer to study the evolution of animal signal design: A case study in an ornamented fish55
Exploring the optimal model for assessing SOC and TN in Zanthoxylum bungeanum forest on the Loess Plateau using VNIR spectroscopy54
Centroid-AME: An open-source software for estimating avian migration trajectories using population centroids movement in the annual cycle53
An image enhancement approach for coral reef fish detection in underwater videos53
Quantifying observer variance in expansive monitoring program indicator data with heterogeneous-variance mixed-effects models53
Distance sampling and spatial capture-recapture for estimating density of Northern Bobwhite53
Evaluation of driving effects of carbon storage change in the source of the Yellow River: A perspective with CMIP6 future development scenarios52
Enhancing palm precision agriculture: An approach based on deep learning and UAVs for efficient palm tree detection50
Machine-learning aiding sustainable Indian Ocean tuna purse seine fishery50
Long-term phosphorus mass-balance of Lake Erie (Canada-USA) reveals a major contribution of in-lake phosphorus loading49
Individual tree crown width detection from unmanned aerial vehicle images using a revised local transect method49
The dynamic driving mechanisms of wetland change from an asynchrony-spatiotemporal perspective: A case study in Pearl River Delta, China49
Machine learning and GIS-RS-based algorithms for mapping the groundwater potentiality in the Bundelkhand region, India49
A workflow to create trait databases from collections of textual taxonomic descriptions48
Towards heat tolerant metagenome functional prediction, coral microbial community composition, and enrichment analysis47
On the importance of integrating convolution features for Indian medicinal plant species classification using hierarchical machine learning approach47
Impact of topography and climate on post-fire vegetation recovery across different burn severity and land cover types through random forest46
Artificial intelligence for carbon emissions using system of systems theory46
MobileNet-GRU fusion for optimizing diagnosis of yellow vein mosaic virus46
The first inventory of gullies in the Upper Taquari River Basin (Brazil) and its agreement with land use classes45
Spatial modeling tool to assess and rank peri-urban land use in an agricultural region of the Midwestern United States45
Comparing the physico-chemistry dynamics of running waters (North-East of France) based on sequence clustering45
Assessing water quality environmental grades using hyperspectral images and a deep learning model: A case study in Jiangsu, China45
Flexible simulation of animal thermoregulatory behavior in three-dimensional synthetic environments from thermal and optical images45
The relative impact of co-occurring stressors on the abundance of benthic species examined with three-way correspondence analysis45
Spatial relationship between ecosystem health and urbanization in coastal mountain city, Qingdao, China44
New generation neurocomputing learning coupled with a hybrid neuro-fuzzy model for quantifying water quality index variable: A case study from Saudi Arabia44
Spatiotemporal changes and driving mechanism of ecosystem carbon sink in karst peak cluster depression basin in Southwest Guangxi based on the interaction of “water-rock-soil-air-biology”44
Forecasting the effects of bioclimatic characteristics and climate change on the potential distribution of Colophospermum mopane in southern Africa using Maximum Entropy (Maxent)44
Predicting current and future distributions of Mentha pulegium L. in Tunisia under climate change conditions, using the MaxEnt model44
Nowhere to go: Potential distribution shifts of a widespread lizard under two climate change scenarios43
Optimizing landslide susceptibility mapping using machine learning and geospatial techniques43
Delineation of field boundary from multispectral satellite images through U-Net segmentation and template matching43
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of ecological water level in Poyang Lake, China42
A geographical traceability method for Lanmaoa asiatica mushrooms from 20 township-level geographical origins by near infrared spectroscopy and ResNet image analysis techniques42
High risk water pollution hazards affecting Aveiro coastal lagoon (Portugal) – A habitat risk assessment using InVEST41
Identification of free-ranging mugger crocodiles by applying deep learning methods on UAV imagery41
Spatial and temporal representation of marine fish occurrences available online41
Assessing habitat diversity and potential areas of similarity across protected areas globally41
Adaptive image processing embedding to make the ecological tasks of deep learning more robust on camera traps images40
Flood-drought shifts monitoring on arid Xinjiang, China using a novel machine learning based algorithm40
Working with GNSS collar data. The importance of pre-analysis when setting the sampling interval40
Designing water-saving-ecological check dam sites by a system optimization model in a region of the loess plateau, Northwest China40
YWnet: A convolutional block attention-based fusion deep learning method for complex underwater small target detection40
Impact of climatic changes and anthropogenic activities on ecosystem net primary productivity in India during 2001–201940
Seismic signal analysis for the characterisation of elephant movements in a forest environment40
Cross-scale observation of riparian vegetation: Testing the potential of satellite-UAV-Field integrated observations for large-scale herbaceous species40
Predictive mapping of two endemic oak tree species under climate change scenarios in a semiarid region: Range overlap and implications for conservation40
Normalized difference vegetation index prediction based on the delta downscaling method and back-propagation artificial neural network under climate change in the Sanjiangyuan region, China40
Mapping spatiotemporal mortality patterns in spruce mountain forests using Sentinel-2 data and environmental factors40
Assessing the impact of gold mining on forest cover in the Surinamese Amazon from 1997 to 2019: A semi-automated satellite-based approach39
Commentary on Automatic identification of Chagas disease vectors using data mining and deep learning techniques39
Real-time measurement of individual tree structure parameters based on augmented reality in an urban environment39
Spatial patterning of benthic macroinvertebrate communities using Geo-self-organizing map (Geo-SOM): A case study in the Nakdong River, South Korea39
Predicting invasive species distributions using incremental ensemble-based pseudo-labeling39
Forecasting the abundance of disease vectors with deep learning38
Implementation of a proactive system to monitor Aedes aegypti populations using open access historical and forecasted meteorological data38
Machine learning and SLIC for Tree Canopies segmentation in urban areas38
A comprehensive evaluation of deep learning approaches for ground-level ozone prediction across different regions38
Balancing urban expansion with ecological integrity: An ESP framework for rapidly urbanizing small and medium-sized cities, with insights from Suizhou, China38
Evaluating the temporal patterns of land use and precipitation under desertification in the semi-arid region of Brazil38
Comparing socioeconomic vulnerability index and land cover indices: Application of fuzzy TOPSIS model and geographic information system38
A new approach to estimate total nitrogen concentration in a seasonal lake based on multi-source data methodology38
Vegetation coverage precisely extracting and driving factors analysis in drylands37
Bibliometric analysis of human–wildlife conflict: From conflict to coexistence37
SooSim, a landscape model for assessing mire habitat degradation and restoration37
Characteristics of built-up land change in resource-based cities and their impact on land surface temperature—Taking Wu'an as an example36
Responses of soil respiration and its sensitivities to temperature and precipitation: A meta-analysis36
Multi-decadal temporal reconstruction of Sentinel-3 OLCI-based vegetation products with multi-output Gaussian process regression36
Monitoring vegetation patterns and their drivers to infer resilience: Automated detection of vegetation and megaherbivores from drone imagery using deep learning36
Efficient wildlife monitoring: Deep learning-based detection and counting of green turtles in coastal areas35
Reliable and efficient integration of AI into camera traps for smart wildlife monitoring based on continual learning35
Modeling forest fire risk based on GIS-based analytical hierarchy process and statistical analysis in Mediterranean region35
YOLO_MRC: A fast and lightweight model for real-time detection and individual counting of Tephritidae pests35
Deep learning for the prediction and classification of land use and land cover changes using deep convolutional neural network35
LEAVES: An open-source web-based tool for the scalable annotation and visualisation of large-scale ecoacoustic datasets using cluster analysis35
Remote sensing-derived land surface temperature trends over South Asia35
Enhancing rice seed purity recognition accuracy based on optimal feature selection34
Territorial spatial vulnerability assessment based on PSO-BP neural network: A case study in Shenzhen, China34
A comparative study of four deep learning algorithms for predicting tree stem radius measured by dendrometer: A case study34
Mapping high-resolution XCO2 concentrations in China from 2015 to 2020 based on spatiotemporal ensemble learning model34
Utilizing deep transfer learning to discover changes in landscape patterns in urban wetland parks based on multispectral remote sensing34
UAV-RGB-image-based aboveground biomass equation for planted forest in semi-arid Inner Mongolia, China34
An automated approach for counting ants in densely populated images and gaining insight into ant foraging behavior34
Predictive modeling of regional carbon storage dynamics in response to land use/land cover changes: An InVEST-based analysis33
Using 360-degree panoramic technology to explore the mechanisms underlying the influence of landscape features on visual landscape quality in traditional villages33
VCPNET: A new dataset to benchmark vegetation carbon phenology metrics33
A framework for dynamic assessment of soil erosion and detection of driving factors in alpine grassland ecosystems using the RUSLE-InVEST (SDR) model and Geodetector: A case study of the source region33
Saving costs for video data annotation in wildlife monitoring33
Embracing asymmetry in nature: How to account for skewness in ecological data33
A stacking ANN ensemble model of ML models for stream water quality prediction of Godavari River Basin, India33
Zonation-based prioritization of vegetation conservation for terminal lakes in drylands33
Extraction and mapping of component information of ancient buildings in Huizhou based on UAV technology32
Estimating net primary productivity of semi-arid Crimean pine stands using biogeochemical modelling, remote sensing, and machine learning32
Land-Unet: A deep learning network for precise segmentation and identification of non-structured land use types in rural areas for green urban space analysis32
Comparison of patch-based and synoptic connectivity algorithms with graph theory metrics. A case study in Reggio Calabria metropolitan area (South Italy)32
Enhancing mango disease diagnosis through eco-informatics: A deep learning approach32
An integrated system for the acoustic monitoring of goat farms32
SILIC: A cross database framework for automatically extracting robust biodiversity information from soundscape recordings based on object detection and a tiny training dataset32
Refining landsat-based annual NDVImax estimation using shape model fitting and phenological metrics32
Stochastic network to model the global spreading of respiratory diseases: From SARS-CoV-2 to pathogen X pandemic32
HydroEcoLSTM: A Python package with graphical user interface for hydro-ecological modeling with long short-term memory neural network32
Feature embeddings from the BirdNET algorithm provide insights into avian ecology31
The Atlantic forest is a potentially climatic suitable habitat for four Neotropical Myrtaceae species through time31
Mapping global orchid assemblages with deep learning provides novel conservation insights31
Improving daily reference evapotranspiration forecasts: Designing AI-enabled recurrent neural networks based long short-term memory31
Influences of vegetation, model, and data parameters on forest aboveground biomass assessment using an area-based approach31
Change in cereal production caused by climate change in Malaysia31
Evaluating the efficiency of future crop pattern modelling using the CLUE-S approach in an agricultural plain31
Spatiotemporal evolution for early warning of ecological carrying capacity during the urbanization process in the Dongting Lake area, China30
TreeLearn: A deep learning method for segmenting individual trees from ground-based LiDAR forest point clouds30
On loss functions and CNNs for improved bioacoustic signal classification30
Divergent dynamics of surface water patterns and structures in Europe's coastal-zone basins30
Demonstrating the relevance of spatial-functional statistical analysis in marine ecological studies: The case of environmental variations in micronektonic layers30
A recognition method of multispectral images of soybean canopies based on neural network30
Winter wheat yield prediction in the conterminous United States using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data and XGBoost and random forest algorithm30
Rookognise: Acoustic detection and identification of individual rooks in field recordings using multi-task neural networks30
Species misidentification affects biodiversity metrics: Dealing with this issue using the new R package naturaList30
Revealing forest structural "fingerprints": An integration of LiDAR and deep learning uncovers topographical influences on Central Amazon forests29
Benchmarking wild bird detection in complex forest scenes29
Coastal waterbird eco-habitat stability assessment in Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve Based on habitat function-coordination coupling29
Drone imagery and deep learning for mapping the density of wild Pacific oysters to manage their expansion into protected areas29
Variability and ecological relevance of alternative group structures in food webs29
Automatic stomata recognition and measurement based on improved YOLO deep learning model and entropy rate superpixel algorithm29
A systematic review on hyperspectral imaging technology with a machine and deep learning methodology for agricultural applications29
Predicting the impact of future climate changes and range-shifts of Indian hornbills (family: Bucerotidae)29
Application of machine learning approaches for land cover monitoring in northern Cameroon29
Vision transformer meets convolutional neural network for plant disease classification29
Remote sensing of flowers29
Taxonomic and functional analysis of proglacial water bodies of Triloknath glacier ecosystem from North-Western Himalayas29
Artificial neural networks for assessing forest fire susceptibility in Türkiye29
The influence of biophysical characteristics on elephant space use in an African savanna29
Predictive performance of machine learning model with varying sampling designs, sample sizes, and spatial extents29
Bacterial community characterization by deep learning aided image analysis in soil chips29
Evaluation and validation of forest models: Insight from Mediterranean and scots pine models in Spain29
Spatiotemporal evolution analysis of human disturbances on giant panda: A new approach to study cumulative influences with large spatial scales29
Evaluation and comparison of the earth observing sensors in land cover/land use studies using machine learning algorithms28
Using hierarchical text classification to investigate the utility of machine learning in automating online analyses of wildlife exploitation28
dataFishing: An efficient Python tool and user-friendly web-form for mining mitochondrial and chloroplast sequences, taxonomic, and biodiversity data28
Modeling and formal analysis of meta-ecosystems with dynamic structure using graph transformation28
Accuracy of two LiDAR-based augmented reality apps in breast height diameter measurement28
Behavior intentions of urban forest recreationists based on structural equation model28
Bioclimatic similarity between species locations and their environment revealed by dimensionality reduction analysis28
Dynamics of pesticides in surface water bodies by applying data mining to spatiotemporal big data. A case study for the Puglia Region28
Identifying the habitat suitability and built-in corridors for Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) movement in the northern highlands of Pakistan28
Fin whale pulse detection with deep neural networks28
Identifying potential hotspots of groundwater-climate interaction in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia28
Hierarchical classification of insects with multitask learning and anomaly detection28
Expert knowledge-based modelling approach for mapping beekeeping suitability area28
Reduced dimensionality space of features using spectral indices for detecting changes in multitemporal Landsat-8 images28
Small to train, small to test: Dealing with low sample size in model evaluation28
What are the primary covariates of environmental attitudes and behaviours in Canada? A national-scale analysis of socioeconomic, political, and demographic factors28
Improved digital mapping of soil texture using the kernel temperature–vegetation dryness index and adaptive boosting27
Projection of climate variables by general circulation and deep learning model for Lahore, Pakistan27
Process-based forecasts of lake water temperature and dissolved oxygen outperform null models, with variability over time and depth27
Post-fire vegetation dynamic patterns and drivers in Greater Hinggan Mountains: Insights from long-term remote sensing data analysis27
Ovitrap Monitor - Online application for counting mosquito eggs and visualisation toolbox in support of health services27
Reference architecture design for developing data management systems in smart farming27
Effect of polynomial, radial basis, and Pearson VII function kernels in support vector machine algorithm for classification of crayfish27
Wavelet-based feature extraction with hidden Markov model classification of Antarctic blue whale sounds27
Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) invasion reshapes the pattern of plant communities and edaphic properties across the north-western Himalayan landscape27
Groundwater suitability assessment based on water quality index and hydrochemical characterization of Suri Sadar Sub-division, West Bengal27
Object classification and visualization with edge artificial intelligence for a customized camera trap platform27
Short- and long-term streamflow forecasting using wavelet neural networks for complex watersheds: A case study in the Mahanadi River, India26
Analysing the capacity of multispectral indices to map the spatial distribution of potential post-fire soil losses based on soil burn severity26
Air pollution in industrial clusters: A comprehensive analysis and prediction using multi-source data26
Spatial diversity of coupled synergistic paths of rural settlements and sloping cultivated land utilization in karst mountain areas of Southwest China: A case study of Huajiang Canyon26
Data-driven models for predicting community changes in freshwater ecosystems: A review26
A spatiotemporal optimization engine for prescribed burning in the Southeast US26
Employing a novel hybrid of GA-ANFIS model to predict distribution of whiting fish larvae and juveniles from tropical estuaries in the context of climate change26
Change in habitat suitability of the invasive Snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei) during climate change: An ensemble modelling approach26
A multi-source approach to mapping habitat diversity: Combination of multi-date multispectral satellite imagery and comparison with single-date hyperspectral results in a Mediterranean Natural Reserve26
Assessing non-hazardous solid waste business characteristics of Western Canadian provinces26
Prototyping a system for detection and notification of damage or theft in beehives25
Deep learning-based segmentation for disease identification25
Combining biotracer and stomach contents analysis to understand trophic dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico25
Corrigendum to “Accurate mapping of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) in Amazonian forests using WorldView-3 satellite images and convolutional neural networks”25
A classifier-deduced signal extraction approach for time difference estimation in acoustic sensor networks25
Editorial Board25
Aggregation as an antipredator strategy in the rock-paper-scissors model25
A data-integration approach to correct sampling bias in species distribution models using multiple datasets of breeding birds in the Swiss Alps25
Helical graphs to visualize the NDVI temporal variation of forest vegetation in an open source space25
Assessing the geographical distribution of carnivorous and planktivorous fishes in the western Bay of Bengal25
Impact of LiDAR pulse density on forest fuels metrics derived using LadderFuelsR25
The broken window: An algorithm for quantifying and characterizing misleading trajectories in ecological processes24
Integrating infiltration processes in hybrid downscaling methods to estimate sub-surface soil moisture24
Forecasting insect abundance using time series embedding and machine learning24
Assessing the floodwater utilization potential in a reservoir-controlled watershed: A novel method considering engineering regulations and an empirical case from China24
Estimation of mangrove heights and aboveground biomass using UAV-LiDAR, Sentinel-1 and ZY-3 stereo images24
Weekly carbon dioxide exchange trend predictions in deciduous broadleaf forests from site-specific influencing variables24
Tracing the sources and transport of the total phosphorus in the upper Yangtze River24
Assessment of nomadic pastoralists' livelihood vulnerability to the changing climate in the Third Pole region: Case study in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia24
Automated workflow for incorporation and evaluation of data uncertainty in ecological networks with autoLIMR24
Desertification in northern China from 2000 to 2020: The spatial–temporal processes and driving mechanisms24
Prediction and interpretation of pathogenic bacteria occurrence at a recreational beach using data-driven algorithms24
Application of hyperspectral analysis of chlorophyll a concentration inversion in Nansi Lake24
Spatiotemporally weighted regression (STWR) for assessing Lyme disease and landscape fragmentation dynamics in Connecticut towns24
White-bellied heron a species on the verge of extinction: Ensemble model reveals loss of habitats and resultant prolonged isolation driving the species to extinction23
Temporal and spatial differentiation in the surface recovery of post-seismic landslides in Wenchuan earthquake-affected areas23
Estimation and analysis of insect population dynamics parameters via physiologically based models and hybrid genetic algorithm MCMC methods23
Climate change induces habitat shifts and overlaps among carnivores in an arid and semi-arid ecosystem23
Bottlenose dolphin identification using synthetic image-based transfer learning23
A novel space–spectrum array tile probability random-forest model enhances LULC mapping accuracy on Google Earth Engine: An experiment in Ordos, China23
Integrating direct observation and environmental DNA data to enhance species distribution models in riverine environments23
Bag of tricks for long-tail visual recognition of animal species in camera-trap images23
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