Ecological Informatics

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecological Informatics is 13. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Combining habitat selection, behavioural states, and individual variation to predict fish spatial usage near a barrier216
Biological-based and remote sensing techniques to link vegetative and reproductive development and assess pollen emission in Mediterranean grasses180
Multi-output regression with structurally incomplete target labels: A case study of modelling global vegetation cover134
Spatial and temporal evolution of heatwaves in Taiwan in a changing climate using multi-dimensional complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition125
The TreeTalkersCheck R package: An automatic daily routine to check physiological traits of trees in the forest116
Comparison and empirical analysis of the urban economic development level in the Yangtze River urban agglomeration based on an analogical ecosystem perspective114
Motion vectors and deep neural networks for video camera traps105
Editorial Board104
Generalizing resemblance coefficients to accommodate incomplete data101
Bayesian networks as a novel tool to enhance interpretability and predictive power of ecological models101
Evaluation of Gangetic dolphin habitat suitability under hydroclimatic changes using a coupled hydrological-hydrodynamic approach99
Effects of long-term enclosing on distributions of carbon and nitrogen in semia-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia88
Selection against ruderals in Danish grasslands over an eight-year period88
The utility of Planetscope spectral data in quantifying above-ground carbon stock in an urban reforested landscape86
Comparing phenocam color indices with phenological observations of black spruce in the boreal forest85
YoloXT: A object detection algorithm for marine benthos85
Exploring the connection of physical habitat health of the wetland with its gas regulating services77
Application of geographical information system (GIS) in reducing accident blackspots and in planning of a safer urban road network: A review76
Predicting eucalyptus plantation growth and yield using Landsat imagery in Minas Gerais, Brazil75
Identifying sand and dust storm sources using spatial-temporal analysis of remote sensing data in Central Iran74
Robustness and limitations of maximum entropy in plant community assembly71
A systematic study of the class imbalance problem: Automatically identifying empty camera trap images using convolutional neural networks70
“Flower power”: How flowering affects spectral diversity metrics and their relationship with plant diversity69
Detection and classification of marine mammal sounds using AlexNet with transfer learning67
Documenting changing landscapes with rePhotoSA: A repeat photography and citizen science project in southern Africa66
Beekeeping suitability prediction based on an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and apiary level data65
Evaluation of earth observation datasets for LST trends over India and its implication in global warming64
A data-driven approach for the assessment of the thermal stratification of reservoirs based on readily available data64
Evaluation of the monitoring capability of various vegetation indices and mainstream satellite band settings for grassland drought63
Accurate mapping of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) in Amazonian forests using WorldView-3 satellite images and convolutional neural networks62
Spatiotemporal water dynamic modelling of Ramsar-listed lakes on the Victorian Volcanic Plains using Landsat, ICESat-2 and airborne LiDAR data60
Foundation models in shaping the future of ecology59
Spatiotemporal variation and prediction of NPP in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by coupling PLUS and CASA models59
Estimation of canopy nitrogen nutrient status in lodging maize using unmanned aerial vehicles hyperspectral data58
Construction and optimization of ecological networks in karst regions based on multi-scale nesting: A case study in Guangxi Hechi, China57
Automatic detection of color markings and numbers on trees in point clouds from Personal Laser Scanning (PLS) and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS)57
Remote sensing algorithm for dissolved organic carbon in the Laptev Sea: Correction of photobleaching effect using spectral slope56
Ecological security patterns of Chinese lakes based on ecosystem service values assessment and human threat factors evaluation55
Hybrid convolution neural network model for a quicker detection of infested maize plants with fall armyworms using UAV-based images54
Nowhere to go: Potential distribution shifts of a widespread lizard under two climate change scenarios53
Climate change and dispersion dynamics of the invasive plant species Chromolaena odorata and Lantana camara in parts of the central and eastern India53
Centroid-AME: An open-source software for estimating avian migration trajectories using population centroids movement in the annual cycle53
Automated plant species identification from the stomata images using deep neural network: A study of selected mangrove and freshwater swamp forest tree species of Bangladesh53
A geographical traceability method for Lanmaoa asiatica mushrooms from 20 township-level geographical origins by near infrared spectroscopy and ResNet image analysis techniques52
Adaptive image processing embedding to make the ecological tasks of deep learning more robust on camera traps images52
Identification of free-ranging mugger crocodiles by applying deep learning methods on UAV imagery52
Assessing water quality environmental grades using hyperspectral images and a deep learning model: A case study in Jiangsu, China51
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of ecological water level in Poyang Lake, China49
Impact of topography and climate on post-fire vegetation recovery across different burn severity and land cover types through random forest48
Enhancing palm precision agriculture: An approach based on deep learning and UAVs for efficient palm tree detection48
On the importance of integrating convolution features for Indian medicinal plant species classification using hierarchical machine learning approach47
An image enhancement approach for coral reef fish detection in underwater videos47
Individual tree crown width detection from unmanned aerial vehicle images using a revised local transect method47
Normalized difference vegetation index prediction based on the delta downscaling method and back-propagation artificial neural network under climate change in the Sanjiangyuan region, China46
Leveraging citizen science to classify and track benthic habitat states: An unsupervised UMAP-HDBSCAN pipeline applied to the global reef life survey dataset46
The dynamic driving mechanisms of wetland change from an asynchrony-spatiotemporal perspective: A case study in Pearl River Delta, China46
Flood-drought shifts monitoring on arid Xinjiang, China using a novel machine learning based algorithm46
Remote sensing-based spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural drought on Prince Edward Island using Google Earth engine46
Assessing habitat diversity and potential areas of similarity across protected areas globally45
Transferable species distribution modelling: Comparative performance of Generalised Functional Response models45
YWnet: A convolutional block attention-based fusion deep learning method for complex underwater small target detection44
Exploring the optimal model for assessing SOC and TN in Zanthoxylum bungeanum forest on the Loess Plateau using VNIR spectroscopy44
Predictive mapping of two endemic oak tree species under climate change scenarios in a semiarid region: Range overlap and implications for conservation44
Identification of the most suitable afforestation sites by Juniperus excels specie using machine learning models: Firuzkuh semi-arid region, Iran42
Forecasting the effects of bioclimatic characteristics and climate change on the potential distribution of Colophospermum mopane in southern Africa using Maximum Entropy (Maxent)42
Machine-learning aiding sustainable Indian Ocean tuna purse seine fishery42
Artificial intelligence for carbon emissions using system of systems theory42
Delineation of field boundary from multispectral satellite images through U-Net segmentation and template matching41
MobileNet-GRU fusion for optimizing diagnosis of yellow vein mosaic virus41
Spatial modeling tool to assess and rank peri-urban land use in an agricultural region of the Midwestern United States41
Using neural style transfer to study the evolution of animal signal design: A case study in an ornamented fish40
The relative impact of co-occurring stressors on the abundance of benthic species examined with three-way correspondence analysis40
Distance sampling and spatial capture-recapture for estimating density of Northern Bobwhite39
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”39
Comparing the physico-chemistry dynamics of running waters (North-East of France) based on sequence clustering39
Quantifying observer variance in expansive monitoring program indicator data with heterogeneous-variance mixed-effects models39
The first inventory of gullies in the Upper Taquari River Basin (Brazil) and its agreement with land use classes38
Spatial and temporal representation of marine fish occurrences available online38
New generation neurocomputing learning coupled with a hybrid neuro-fuzzy model for quantifying water quality index variable: A case study from Saudi Arabia38
Towards heat tolerant metagenome functional prediction, coral microbial community composition, and enrichment analysis38
High risk water pollution hazards affecting Aveiro coastal lagoon (Portugal) – A habitat risk assessment using InVEST38
Machine learning and GIS-RS-based algorithms for mapping the groundwater potentiality in the Bundelkhand region, India38
A workflow to create trait databases from collections of textual taxonomic descriptions38
Flexible simulation of animal thermoregulatory behavior in three-dimensional synthetic environments from thermal and optical images38
Long-term phosphorus mass-balance of Lake Erie (Canada-USA) reveals a major contribution of in-lake phosphorus loading38
Optimizing landslide susceptibility mapping using machine learning and geospatial techniques38
Impact of climatic changes and anthropogenic activities on ecosystem net primary productivity in India during 2001–201937
Evaluation of driving effects of carbon storage change in the source of the Yellow River: A perspective with CMIP6 future development scenarios37
SooSim, a landscape model for assessing mire habitat degradation and restoration37
Balancing urban expansion with ecological integrity: An ESP framework for rapidly urbanizing small and medium-sized cities, with insights from Suizhou, China37
Predicting current and future distributions of Mentha pulegium L. in Tunisia under climate change conditions, using the MaxEnt model37
Spatial relationship between ecosystem health and urbanization in coastal mountain city, Qingdao, China37
Working with GNSS collar data. The importance of pre-analysis when setting the sampling interval37
Real-time measurement of individual tree structure parameters based on augmented reality in an urban environment36
An assessment of conventional and drone-based measurements for tree attributes in timber volume estimation: A case study on stone pine plantation36
YOLO_MRC: A fast and lightweight model for real-time detection and individual counting of Tephritidae pests36
A comprehensive evaluation of deep learning approaches for ground-level ozone prediction across different regions35
A comparative study of four deep learning algorithms for predicting tree stem radius measured by dendrometer: A case study35
Predicting invasive species distributions using incremental ensemble-based pseudo-labeling35
Using 360-degree panoramic technology to explore the mechanisms underlying the influence of landscape features on visual landscape quality in traditional villages35
Utilizing deep transfer learning to discover changes in landscape patterns in urban wetland parks based on multispectral remote sensing35
Mapping spatiotemporal mortality patterns in spruce mountain forests using Sentinel-2 data and environmental factors35
Seismic signal analysis for the characterisation of elephant movements in a forest environment35
Cross-scale observation of riparian vegetation: Testing the potential of satellite-UAV-Field integrated observations for large-scale herbaceous species34
UAV-RGB-image-based aboveground biomass equation for planted forest in semi-arid Inner Mongolia, China34
Enhancing rice seed purity recognition accuracy based on optimal feature selection34
Characteristics of built-up land change in resource-based cities and their impact on land surface temperature—Taking Wu'an as an example34
Efficient wildlife monitoring: Deep learning-based detection and counting of green turtles in coastal areas34
Machine learning and SLIC for Tree Canopies segmentation in urban areas34
Modeling forest fire risk based on GIS-based analytical hierarchy process and statistical analysis in Mediterranean region33
Evaluating the temporal patterns of land use and precipitation under desertification in the semi-arid region of Brazil33
Predictive modeling of regional carbon storage dynamics in response to land use/land cover changes: An InVEST-based analysis33
Remote sensing-derived land surface temperature trends over South Asia33
Reliable and efficient integration of AI into camera traps for smart wildlife monitoring based on continual learning33
A new approach to estimate total nitrogen concentration in a seasonal lake based on multi-source data methodology32
Commentary on Automatic identification of Chagas disease vectors using data mining and deep learning techniques32
Comparing socioeconomic vulnerability index and land cover indices: Application of fuzzy TOPSIS model and geographic information system32
Spatial patterning of benthic macroinvertebrate communities using Geo-self-organizing map (Geo-SOM): A case study in the Nakdong River, South Korea32
Mapping high-resolution XCO2 concentrations in China from 2015 to 2020 based on spatiotemporal ensemble learning model32
Designing water-saving-ecological check dam sites by a system optimization model in a region of the loess plateau, Northwest China32
Implementation of a proactive system to monitor Aedes aegypti populations using open access historical and forecasted meteorological data32
A stacking ANN ensemble model of ML models for stream water quality prediction of Godavari River Basin, India31
Forecasting the abundance of disease vectors with deep learning31
Monitoring vegetation patterns and their drivers to infer resilience: Automated detection of vegetation and megaherbivores from drone imagery using deep learning31
Bibliometric analysis of human–wildlife conflict: From conflict to coexistence31
Territorial spatial vulnerability assessment based on PSO-BP neural network: A case study in Shenzhen, China31
Vegetation coverage precisely extracting and driving factors analysis in drylands31
Advancing invasive species monitoring: A free tool for detecting invasive cane toads using continental-scale data31
Responses of soil respiration and its sensitivities to temperature and precipitation: A meta-analysis31
Multi-decadal temporal reconstruction of Sentinel-3 OLCI-based vegetation products with multi-output Gaussian process regression31
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 region30
Rookognise: Acoustic detection and identification of individual rooks in field recordings using multi-task neural networks30
Assessing the impact of gold mining on forest cover in the Surinamese Amazon from 1997 to 2019: A semi-automated satellite-based approach30
Benchmarking wild bird detection in complex forest scenes30
Deep learning for the prediction and classification of land use and land cover changes using deep convolutional neural network30
VCPNET: A new dataset to benchmark vegetation carbon phenology metrics29
Demonstrating the relevance of spatial-functional statistical analysis in marine ecological studies: The case of environmental variations in micronektonic layers29
Mapping global orchid assemblages with deep learning provides novel conservation insights29
Estimating net primary productivity of semi-arid Crimean pine stands using biogeochemical modelling, remote sensing, and machine learning29
Embracing asymmetry in nature: How to account for skewness in ecological data29
Zonation-based prioritization of vegetation conservation for terminal lakes in drylands28
SILIC: A cross database framework for automatically extracting robust biodiversity information from soundscape recordings based on object detection and a tiny training dataset28
HydroEcoLSTM: A Python package with graphical user interface for hydro-ecological modeling with long short-term memory neural network28
Drone imagery and deep learning for mapping the density of wild Pacific oysters to manage their expansion into protected areas28
Evaluating the efficiency of future crop pattern modelling using the CLUE-S approach in an agricultural plain28
Saving costs for video data annotation in wildlife monitoring28
Stochastic network to model the global spreading of respiratory diseases: From SARS-CoV-2 to pathogen X pandemic28
Synthesizing and analyzing long-term monitoring data: A greater sage-grouse case study28
A recognition method of multispectral images of soybean canopies based on neural network28
Modelling habitat suitability of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin using artificial neural network: The influence of shipping28
An integrated system for the acoustic monitoring of goat farms27
Estimating global maximum gross primary productivity of vegetation based on the combination of MODIS greenness and temperature data27
Species misidentification affects biodiversity metrics: Dealing with this issue using the new R package naturaList27
On loss functions and CNNs for improved bioacoustic signal classification27
Comparison of patch-based and synoptic connectivity algorithms with graph theory metrics. A case study in Reggio Calabria metropolitan area (South Italy)27
Extraction and mapping of component information of ancient buildings in Huizhou based on UAV technology27
Spatiotemporal evolution for early warning of ecological carrying capacity during the urbanization process in the Dongting Lake area, China27
Feature embeddings from the BirdNET algorithm provide insights into avian ecology26
Change in cereal production caused by climate change in Malaysia26
Bacterial community characterization by deep learning aided image analysis in soil chips26
The Atlantic forest is a potentially climatic suitable habitat for four Neotropical Myrtaceae species through time26
Coastal waterbird eco-habitat stability assessment in Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve Based on habitat function-coordination coupling26
Application of machine learning approaches for land cover monitoring in northern Cameroon26
Improving daily reference evapotranspiration forecasts: Designing AI-enabled recurrent neural networks based long short-term memory26
TreeLearn: A deep learning method for segmenting individual trees from ground-based LiDAR forest point clouds26
Predicting the impact of future climate changes and range-shifts of Indian hornbills (family: Bucerotidae)26
Vision transformer meets convolutional neural network for plant disease classification26
Winter wheat yield prediction in the conterminous United States using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data and XGBoost and random forest algorithm25
Using hierarchical text classification to investigate the utility of machine learning in automating online analyses of wildlife exploitation25
Variability and ecological relevance of alternative group structures in food webs25
Enhancing mango disease diagnosis through eco-informatics: A deep learning approach25
The influence of biophysical characteristics on elephant space use in an African savanna25
Evaluation and validation of forest models: Insight from Mediterranean and scots pine models in Spain25
A data-integration approach to correct sampling bias in species distribution models using multiple datasets of breeding birds in the Swiss Alps25
Acoustic auto-encoders for biodiversity assessment25
Influences of vegetation, model, and data parameters on forest aboveground biomass assessment using an area-based approach25
Wavelet-based feature extraction with hidden Markov model classification of Antarctic blue whale sounds25
A systematic review on hyperspectral imaging technology with a machine and deep learning methodology for agricultural applications25
Helical graphs to visualize the NDVI temporal variation of forest vegetation in an open source space25
Predictive performance of machine learning model with varying sampling designs, sample sizes, and spatial extents25
dataFishing: An efficient Python tool and user-friendly web-form for mining mitochondrial and chloroplast sequences, taxonomic, and biodiversity data24
Change in habitat suitability of the invasive Snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei) during climate change: An ensemble modelling approach24
Spatiotemporal evolution analysis of human disturbances on giant panda: A new approach to study cumulative influences with large spatial scales24
Corrigendum to “Modeling alterations in flow regimes under changing climate in a Mediterranean watershed: An analysis of ecologically-relevant hydrological indicators” [Ecological Informatics, 61 (20224
Accuracy of two LiDAR-based augmented reality apps in breast height diameter measurement24
Taxonomic and functional analysis of proglacial water bodies of Triloknath glacier ecosystem from North-Western Himalayas24
Reference architecture design for developing data management systems in smart farming24
Prototyping a system for detection and notification of damage or theft in beehives24
Remote sensing of flowers24
A cross-scale modeling framework for decision support on elephant management in Kruger National Park, South Africa24
Behavior intentions of urban forest recreationists based on structural equation model24
Modeling and formal analysis of meta-ecosystems with dynamic structure using graph transformation24
Ovitrap Monitor - Online application for counting mosquito eggs and visualisation toolbox in support of health services24
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 Reserve23
Assessing non-hazardous solid waste business characteristics of Western Canadian provinces23
Bioclimatic similarity between species locations and their environment revealed by dimensionality reduction analysis23
Process-based forecasts of lake water temperature and dissolved oxygen outperform null models, with variability over time and depth23
Fin whale pulse detection with deep neural networks23
Dynamics of pesticides in surface water bodies by applying data mining to spatiotemporal big data. A case study for the Puglia Region23
Hierarchical classification of insects with multitask learning and anomaly detection23
Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) invasion reshapes the pattern of plant communities and edaphic properties across the north-western Himalayan landscape23
Revealing forest structural "fingerprints": An integration of LiDAR and deep learning uncovers topographical influences on Central Amazon forests23
Identifying the habitat suitability and built-in corridors for Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) movement in the northern highlands of Pakistan23
What are the primary covariates of environmental attitudes and behaviours in Canada? A national-scale analysis of socioeconomic, political, and demographic factors23
Projection of climate variables by general circulation and deep learning model for Lahore, Pakistan23
Expert knowledge-based modelling approach for mapping beekeeping suitability area23
Artificial neural networks for assessing forest fire susceptibility in Türkiye23
A spatiotemporal optimization engine for prescribed burning in the Southeast US23
Small to train, small to test: Dealing with low sample size in model evaluation23
Automatic stomata recognition and measurement based on improved YOLO deep learning model and entropy rate superpixel algorithm23
Object classification and visualization with edge artificial intelligence for a customized camera trap platform23
Identifying potential hotspots of groundwater-climate interaction in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia22
Data-driven models for predicting community changes in freshwater ecosystems: A review22
A multi-level, multi-scale comparison of LiDAR- and LANDSAT-based habitat selection models of Mexican spotted owls in a post-fire landscape22
Analysing the capacity of multispectral indices to map the spatial distribution of potential post-fire soil losses based on soil burn severity22
Air pollution in industrial clusters: A comprehensive analysis and prediction using multi-source data22
Post-fire vegetation dynamic patterns and drivers in Greater Hinggan Mountains: Insights from long-term remote sensing data analysis22
Deep learning-based segmentation for disease identification22
Short- and long-term streamflow forecasting using wavelet neural networks for complex watersheds: A case study in the Mahanadi River, India22
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 change22
Editorial Board21
Bottlenose dolphin identification using synthetic image-based transfer learning21
Forecasting insect abundance using time series embedding and machine learning21
Groundwater suitability assessment based on water quality index and hydrochemical characterization of Suri Sadar Sub-division, West Bengal21
Weekly carbon dioxide exchange trend predictions in deciduous broadleaf forests from site-specific influencing variables21
Estimation and analysis of insect population dynamics parameters via physiologically based models and hybrid genetic algorithm MCMC methods21
A novel method for multi-trajectory reconstruction based on LoMcT for avian migration in population level21
Effect of polynomial, radial basis, and Pearson VII function kernels in support vector machine algorithm for classification of crayfish21
Corrigendum to “Accurate mapping of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) in Amazonian forests using WorldView-3 satellite images and convolutional neural networks”21
The broken window: An algorithm for quantifying and characterizing misleading trajectories in ecological processes21
Assessing the geographical distribution of carnivorous and planktivorous fishes in the western Bay of Bengal21
Evaluation and comparison of the earth observing sensors in land cover/land use studies using machine learning algorithms21
Combining biotracer and stomach contents analysis to understand trophic dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico20
Forecasting China's agricultural carbon emissions: A comparative study based on deep learning models20
Will artificial intelligence revolutionize aerial surveys? A first large-scale semi-automated survey of African wildlife using oblique imagery and deep learning20
Automated workflow for incorporation and evaluation of data uncertainty in ecological networks with autoLIMR20
Tracing the sources and transport of the total phosphorus in the upper Yangtze River20
A novel space–spectrum array tile probability random-forest model enhances LULC mapping accuracy on Google Earth Engine: An experiment in Ordos, China20
Dealing with non-equilibrium bias and survey effort in presence-only invasive Species Distribution Models (iSDM); predicting the range of muntjac deer in Britain and Ireland20
Western Balkan societies' awareness of air pollution. Estimations using natural language processing techniques20
White-bellied heron a species on the verge of extinction: Ensemble model reveals loss of habitats and resultant prolonged isolation driving the species to extinction20
Soft-output signal detection for cetacean vocalizations using spectral entropy, k-means clustering and the continuous wavelet transform20
Assessment of nomadic pastoralists' livelihood vulnerability to the changing climate in the Third Pole region: Case study in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia20
Spatiotemporally weighted regression (STWR) for assessing Lyme disease and landscape fragmentation dynamics in Connecticut towns20
Assessing the floodwater utilization potential in a reservoir-controlled watershed: A novel method considering engineering regulations and an empirical case from China20
Landscape and climatic factors shaping mosquito abundance and species composition in southern Spain: A machine learning approach to the study of vector ecology20
Bag of tricks for long-tail visual recognition of animal species in camera-trap images20
Bayesian regression models for ecological count data in PyMC320
GEE_xtract: High-quality remote sensing data preparation and extraction for multiple spatio-temporal ecological scaling20
Integrating infiltration processes in hybrid downscaling methods to estimate sub-surface soil moisture20
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