Community Ecology

Papers
(The median citation count of Community Ecology is 0. 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
Birds’ ecological characteristics differ among habitats: an analysis based on national citizen science data16
Relationships of community diversity with distributions of rare species, non-native plants, and compositional stability in a temperate forest–open habitat landscape15
Temporal integration analysis of environmental behavior and fish abundance in selected coastal systems of the southern Gulf of Mexico13
Importance of dynamics of acquired phototrophy amongst mixoplankton; a unique example of essential nutrient transmission in community ecology10
Community composition of aboveground ectomycorrhizal fungi in the dripline area of Taxus contorta Griff. in mixed coniferous forests of Northwest Himalaya9
From tweets to tings: Dissimilarity in recorded species community between social media platforms and implications for resource-limited conservation9
May we improve trapping of drosophilid species (Insecta, Diptera)? A review of sampling protocols in Brazilian biomes9
A review of the factors influencing invertebrate community structure in subterranean habitats8
Small mammals in a mountain ecosystem: the effect of topographic, micrometeorological, and biological correlates on their community structure7
Plant diversity and water quality of grassland ponds under different agri-environment schemes7
Remote sensing supports spatially explicit mapping of arthropod distributions in a heterogeneous mire habitat: A case study of the Apšuciems mire, Latvia7
Ecological status estimation of minimally disturbed rivers of the Western Mediterranean Basin (Türkiye) using diatom indices7
Editorial Expression of Concern: Specialization increases in a frugivorous bird–plant network from an isolated montane forest remnant6
Correction to: Community type and disturbance type interact to determine disturbance response: implications for extending the environmental filter metaphor5
Temporal patterns of breeding bird assemblages in small urban parks reveal relatively low stability and asynchrony5
The zooplankton of tropical streams: is it determinism or stochasticity that drives the spatial and temporal patterns in community structure?5
The distribution of invasive alien plant species in peri-urban areas: a case study from the city of Kolkata5
Mutualistic interactions between plants with extrafloral nectaries and ants: ecological impacts, ant sharing among neighboring plants, and the effects of environmental conditions5
Comparison of leaf litter ant fauna in areas under ecological restoration and secondary forest5
The effect of woody plants on the understory soil parameters is different between grazed and ungrazed areas5
Structural and functional properties of foundation species (mussels vs. seaweeds) predict functional aspects of the associated communities5
Predicting the sign of trophic effects: individual-based simulation versus loop analysis4
Dan Chapman: A road running southward: following John Muir’s journey through an endangered land4
Fish community diversity assessment of protected Saraiyaman wetland in the Ganga River basin, India4
Close-to-nature forest management effects on soil nematodes and microbial activity in pine plantations on aeolian sands4
Square-grid sampling to address the vegetation patterns of declined Mediterranean forest ecosystems4
Reconstruction and variability of tropical pollination networks in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest4
Extracting tea plantations in complex landscapes using Sentinel-2 imagery and machine learning algorithms4
Investigating the trophic ecology of freshwater fish communities from central and eastern Indian streams using stable isotope analysis3
Joan Maloof: Nature’s temples: A natural history of old-growth forests3
The city in the clouds: vascular epiphytes in Brazil’s highest urban area are highly influenced by the surrounding vegetation3
“It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place”: a comprehensive overview of marine mammal research provides understanding of their behavioral strategies in the face of environmental c3
Twelve-year changes in palm populations from a tropical lowland forest in the Philippines3
Gina Louise Hunter: Edible insects: a global history3
Bernard J. Le Boeuf: Elephant seals: pushing the limits on land and at sea3
Unique habitat and macroinvertebrate assemblage structures in spring-fed stream: a comparison among clastic lowland tributaries and mainstreams in northern Japan3
How do the sympatric forest mongooses coexist in the Western Ghats landscape? Insights from spatio-temporal approach3
An eroding standard3
Robert N. Wiedenmann and J. Ray Fisher: The silken thread: five insects and their impacts on human history3
Vertical stratification of the soil seed bank in wet grasslands and its implications for restoration3
Temperate hyper-saline ecosystems induce spatial distribution and halo-thermotolerance potential in indigenous cultivable bacterial community3
C. Philip Wheater, Helen J. Read and Charlotte Wheater: Animals Under Logs and Stones3
Paul A. Rees: Key questions in applied ecology and conservation: a study and revision guide3
The relationship between the functional diversity, functional redundancy and community stability in mountain rangelands3
Comparative analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate-based biotic and diversity indices used to evaluate the water quality of Kozluoluk Stream (West Anatolia of Turkey)3
The influence of Retama raetam (Fabaceae) and livestock grazing on species composition, yield and soil nutrients in arid environments of south Tunisia3
Daniel C. Laughlin: Plant Strategies—the demographic consequences of functional traits in changing environments3
A community under a pulse perturbation experiment: editorial2
Effects of anthropogenic disturbance and seasonality on alpha diversity of ant–plant interaction networks in Mexican temperate forests2
David Shiffman: Why sharks matter: a deep dive with the world's most misunderstood predator2
Arable plant communities of ultramafic and non-ultramafic soils in Beni Bousera (North Morocco)2
The challenge of life history traits: a small cladoceran, Ceriodaphnia rigaudi2
Land use increases macrophytes beta diversity in Amazon streams by favoring amphibious life forms species2
Comparison of three modelling frameworks for aquatic ecosystems: practical aspects and applicability2
Edward Struzik: Swampland: tundra beavers, quaking bogs, and the improbable world of peat2
The effect of shrub community on understory soil seed bank with and without livestock grazing2
Zoom into a twilight zone: a biodiversity survey of the Dohrn Canyon (Mediterranean sea) through environmental DNA metabarcoding2
Parasite association in non-volant small mammals in Brazil2
Effects of post-mining forest restoration and alternative land uses on ground-dwelling arthropods in Ghana2
Coral diversity and abundance patterns at the West Coast of Sabah: a case study of Kota Kinabalu coral reefs2
Seed aggregation tips the scale in plant competition2
The nature of microbial diversity and assembly in the Nebraska Sandhills depends on organismal identity and habitat type2
Landscape connection and patch complexity explain plant community similarity in sandy grasslands better than habitat amount and landscape heterogeneity via network analysis2
Interactions between Metisa plana, its hyperparasitoids and primary parasitoids from good agriculture practices (GAP) and non-gap oil palm plantations2
David Grimaldi (Ed): The complete insect: anatomy, physiology, evolution, and ecology2
Quantifying the relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors in landscape-based models of stream fish distributions2
Precipitation fluctuations control aboveground net primary productivity in desert grassland2
J. Scott Armstrong and Kesten C. Green: The scientific method: A guide to finding useful knowledge2
Coral reef development influences the spatial pattern of echinoderms in the Central Mexican Pacific2
The bird community in a coastal wetland in East China and its spatial responses to a wind farm2
Spatial pattern in arboreal ant community at Mfou suburban agglomeration around Yaoundé city, Cameroon2
Revisiting discrepancies between stochastic agent-based and deterministic models1
Effect of host tree traits on the abundance of epiphytic lichens in a tropical Atlantic rainforest1
Co-occurrence network and predicted functions of bacterial community in soil from Brazilian Cerrado under distinct types of vegetation cover1
Heterogeneous habitat supports cryptic diversity of the terrestrial mammalian community in a protected forest of Bangladesh1
Marianne Taylor: How birds live together: colonies and communities in the avian world1
Christoph Irmscher and Richard J. King: Audubon at sea: The coastal and transatlantic adventures of John James Audubon1
The bed and board services of crinoids to their associated fauna: a case study from the Great Reef of Toliara, SW Madagascar1
Correction to: Forest cover positively affects the occurrence of understory insectivorous Passeriformes in bird communities of the Atlantic Forest1
The role of urban savannah fragments and their characteristics for the conservation of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in central Brazil1
Composition and phylogenetic structure of Pampean grasslands under distinct land use and presence of alien species1
Jeff R. Martin: The tawny owl1
Hans Turin, D. Johan Kotze, Stefan Mueller-Kroehling, Pavel Saska, John Spence, and Theodor Heijerman: Ecology and conservation of the Dutch ground beetle fauna1
Jonathan B. Jarvis and T. Destry Jarvis: National Parks Forever: Fifty Years of Fighting and a Case for Independence1
L.S. Kubato, L.L. Knowles (Eds): Species tree inference: a guide to methods and applications1
An ecopath model for fisheries management in the Mogador marine protected area (Moroccan, Atlantic)1
Improved retrieval of phylogenetic signals from normalized foliar reflectance spectra in Neotropical forest gaps1
Phytoplankton morphological traits and biomass outline community dynamics in a coastal ecosystem (Gulf of Trieste, Adriatic Sea)1
Taxonomic and functional diversity of the amphibian and reptile communities of the state of Durango, Mexico1
Strager, Hanne: The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas0
Vegetation community changes in European woodlands amid a changing climate: a palaeoecological modelling perspective0
How environmental science might contribute to a new worldview0
Black Manakin (Xenopipo atronitens) as a keystone species for seed dispersal in a white-sand vegetation enclave in Southwest Amazonia0
Community structure and spatial distribution of understory birds in three bamboo-dominated forests in southwestern Amazonia0
John A. Vucetich: Restoring the balance: What wolves tell us about our relationship with nature0
Justin Pepper and Don Parker (eds): A healthy nature handbook: illustrated insights for ecological restoration from volunteer stewards of Chicago wilderness0
Simon Leather: Insects: A very short introduction0
Spatial non-stationarity in the distribution of fish species richness of tropical streams0
Spatiotemporal variation of tintinnid microzooplankton (Ciliophora: tintinnina) from Sarawak inshore water, South China Sea0
Impact of different invasion patterns of omnivorous species on omnivorous food web0
The environmental interpretation of Pinus yunnanensis community differentiation after the invasion of Ageratina adenophora in Panxi region, China0
Revisiting functional diversity from a network perspective: regular equivalence-based approach0
Potential drivers of plant diversity and composition in high-altitude alpine regions of Himalaya0
Danielle J. Whittaker: The secret perfume of birds: Uncovering the science of avian scent0
Camera trapping of forest mammals in Bükk Mountain, Hungary0
Evaluating ecosystem health of estuaries: functional guild and multimetric analysis of fish communities in the Mahanadi and Devi estuaries of Odisha, India0
Dietary niche overlap in an understudied Mustelidae community in the subboreal forests of western North America: does body size differentiate dietary niche?0
Correction to: From tweets to tings: Dissimilarity in recorded species community between social media platforms and implications for resource-limited conservation0
Responses of plant productivity and diversity to drought in Carex schmidtii tussock wetlands, Northeast China0
Bas Haring: Why biodiversity loss is not a disaster0
Effects of shining pondweed (Potamogeton lucens) on fungal communities in water and rhizosphere sediments in Nansi Lake, China0
Factors affecting butterfly and plant diversity in basiphilous dry grasslands of Transylvania, Romania0
Peter Kevan and D. Susan Willis Chan (Eds): Promoting pollination and pollinators in farming0
Martin J. Gaywood, John G. Ewen, Peter M. Hollingsworth and Axel Moehrenschlager (eds): Conservation translocations0
Distribution patterns of the earthworm community in relation to soil properties and metals in agro-ecosystems in Hebei Province, North China0
Plant growth and diversity performance after restoration in Carex schmidtii tussock wetlands, Northeast China0
From marine mixotrophs to natural forest management: papers from the 4th International Conference on Community Ecology (September 2023, Trieste, Italy)0
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (ed): Iconotypes: A Compendium of Butterflies and Moths, Jones’ Icones Complete0
Paul A. Keddy and Daniel C. Laughlin: A Framework for Community Ecology. Species Pools, Filters and Traits0
Gilbert Waldbauer (author) and James Nardi (illustrator): How not to be eaten: the insects fight back0
Jeff Ollerton: Pollinators & pollination: nature and society0
Functional traits for ecological studies: a review of characteristics of Drosophilidae (Diptera)0
Sally Hawkins, Ian Convery, Steve Carver, Rene Beyers (Eds): Routledge handbook of rewilding0
Generalism in nature: a community ecology perspective0
An exploratory study of the immediate and medium-term effects of bench terrace construction on the ground-dwelling arthropod communities in eucalypt plantations0
The influence of hydro-chemical parameters on microphytoplankton distribution along Oualidia lagoon, Moroccan Atlantic0
Scott H. Butterfield, Rodd T. Kelsley and Abigail K. Hart: Rewilding agricultural landscapes: a California study in rebalancing the needs of people and nature0
Crop-land simplification impacts differently on small mammal communities: evidence from diversity/dominance plots using Barn Owl (Tyto alba) pellets0
A hundred years of food web aggregation: the case study of the Barents Sea0
Slope aspect of a mountainous grassland landscape shapes the structure of an encroaching shrub (Euryops floribundus N.E. Br): insights from communal grazing sites located at varying distances from rur0
Michael Hannah: Extinctions—living and dying in the margin of error0
Éric Baratay: Animal biographies: toward a history of individuals0
J. David Archibald: Charles Darwin0
Nick Salafsky and Richard Margoluis: Pathways to success: taking conservation to scale in complex systems0
Species richness, composition, distribution and conservation status of the amphibians and reptiles of the Cordillera del Cóndor, a region between Ecuador and Peru0
Complementarity between mist-netting and low-cost acoustic recorders to sample bats in Amazonian rainforests and savannahs0
Taxonomic distinctiveness and phylogenetic variability of amphibians and reptiles in the cloud forest of Mexico0
Spatial distribution of medusae (Cnidaria) assemblages in the southern Gulf of Mexico (dry season)0
Temporal variation of daily activity on pollinator and frugivorous birds simultaneously interacting with a specialized mistletoe0
Habitat characteristics, ecology and biodiversity drivers of plant communities associated with Cousinia edmondsonii, an endemic and critically endangered species in NE Iran0
Effects of soil and climatic variables on earthworm community structure at altitude in the Himalayan forest ecosystem0
Inter-specific competition between seeds and seedlings of two confamilial tropical trees0
Spatial scales drive zooplankton diversity in savanna Cerrado streams0
Forest cover positively affects the occurrence of understory insectivorous Passeriformes in bird communities of the Atlantic Forest0
Erica Cirino: Thicker than water: the quest for solutions to the plastic crisis0
Diversity and community structure of the agroecosystem avifauna in the Cauvery delta region, South India0
Trophic and saprobic diatom-based indices are not indicating the same ecological status in a shallow lake, Türkiye0
DNA metabarcoding Passerine bird feces at tree-line uncovers little intra- and inter-species dietary overlap0
Exploring trophic role similarity and phylogenetic relatedness between species in food webs0
Wood-pasture abandonment changes bird functional diversity and composition with potential drawbacks to pest regulation0
Multifunctional high elevation agropastoral ecosystem of Eastern Himalaya complements primary forest in bird conservation0
The Smooth Snake is not a threat to the Meadow Viper: predator–prey interactions of a reptile specialist snake0
Michael Ruse: Understanding natural selection0
Comparing the effectiveness of camera trapping, driven transects and ad hoc records for surveying nocturnal mammals against a known species assemblage0
Functional trait patterns: investigating variation-covariation relationships and the importance of intraspecific variability along distinct vegetation types0
Avian community structure in human dominated landscape in Daudkandi, Bangladesh0
Local and species contribution to the beta diversity and rarity of riparian spider community of the Ganga River, India0
Tim Blackburn: The jewel box: how moths illuminate nature’s hidden rules0
Boria Sax: Avian illuminations—a cultural history of birds0
Revisiting a trophic overlap-based measure for species uniqueness in ecological networks0
David G. James and David J. Lohman: The lives of butterflies: a natural history of our planet’s butterfly life0
Effect of agriculture land use on standard cellulosic substrates breakdown and invertebrates’ community0
Detecting changes induced by industrialization on bird communities: a before–after comparison using diversity/dominance curves0
Conservation status of birds in habitats along a successional gradient from bare ground to forest0
Community structure of fish larvae in different biotopes of a neotropical river0
Double down on remote sensing for biodiversity estimation: a biological mindset0
Indirect facilitation mediated by pollinators in intermountain prairie0
Eddie John and Christodoulos Makris: Butterflies of Cyprus: a field guide and distribution atlas0
Effects of conventional and organic management on plant and insect communities in a traditional elephant garlic crop0
Douglas J. Futuyma: How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity0
Some species flourish when many do not: a pattern in data on ecological communities0
Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrow associate communities are depauperate in modified landscapes0
Structure of the bivalve (Mollusca) assemblage of Mazatlan bay, Mexico, and its relationship to environmental variables0
Similarity between soil seed bank and standing vegetation and their relationship with soil and topographical characteristics in a riparian zone0
Increased focus on measuring diversity may lead to a crisis in community ecology0
Effects of Hurricane Dean and tropical storm Karl on the coral reef fish assemblage of Banco Chinchorro: temporal changes in rarity, and alpha and beta taxonomic diversity0
Maxwell V. L. Barclay and Patrice Bouchard: Beetles of the world: A natural history0
Determinants of bird beta diversity patterns in a landscape with a relict habitat in northern Argentina0
Martin Stevens: Secret worlds: the extraordinary senses of animals0
Tara Ivanochko: Think, do, and communicate environmental science0
Modelling the potential distribution of subalpine birches (Betula spp.) in the Caucasus0
Seed dispersal and germination by yak gut passage in an alpine meadow community on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau0
Birds on the move0
George C. McGavin and Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou: Essential entomology (2nd edition)0
Alexandre Antonelli: The hidden universe: adventures in biodiversity0
Diversity and ecology of aquatic insects (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) in the Martil basin (Northwestern Morocco)0
Robert McCleery, Ara Monadjem, L. Mike Conner, James D. Austin, and Peter J. Taylor: Methods for ecological research on terrestrial small mammals0
Climatic and biogeographic factors show contrasted effects on continental and volcanic ISARs0
Heather Campbell and Benjamin Blanchard: Ants: A visual guide0
Spatial dynamics and drivers of recent changes in grass and shrub cover in submontane grassland plant communities0
Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra and Callan Cohen: Dragonflies and damselflies of Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean Islands0
Community type and disturbance type interact to determine disturbance response: implications for extending the environmental filter metaphor0
Plant community types and species compositional variations of the forest patches in Wolaita zone, Southwest Ethiopia0
Edaphic fauna and residue decomposition rate under different management of plant species in no-tillage system0
One cave, multiple worlds: cave zonation, habitat selection and conservation of cave-dwelling fauna in a new hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in South America0
Above-ground biomass and high temperatures are more important than productivity for the spatial pattern of bird richness in Subtropical Dry forests of Argentina0
The role of agroforestry in solving the agricultural landscapes vulnerabilities in the Po Plain district0
Uncovering the limits of lying in nature and society0
Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and Jérôme Chave: The world atlas of trees and forests: exploring earth's forest ecosystems0
Diversity and composition of anuran communities in transformed landscapes in central Mexico0
S. Andrew Inkpen and W. Ford Doolittle: Can microbial communities regenerate?0
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