Ecosphere

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecosphere is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Using imaging spectroscopy and elevation in machine learning to estimate soil salinity in intermittently tidal wetlands78
Online citizen science in higher education courses76
Farming practice affects rice field animal biota during cultivation but not fallow periods in Taiwan69
Mechanisms linking river flow regime and riparian hardwood establishment66
Synergies and trade‐offs between ecosystem services and economics in dryland cover crop systems66
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Within‐site difference in nitrogen status between mixed forests and larch plantations: Evidence from multiple indicators57
Habitat associations of six‐lined racerunners in longleaf pine managed with a short fire rotation for northern bobwhites54
A novel method for mapping high‐precision animal locations using high‐resolution imagery52
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Identifying drivers of population dynamics for a stream breeding amphibian using time series of egg mass counts43
Alternative lifestyles: A plague persistence hypothesis41
Multi‐scale patterns in the occurrence of an ephemeral pool‐breeding amphibian40
Plant functional traits affect competitive vigor of pasture grasses during drought and following recovery39
Agroecological measures in meadows promote honey bee colony development and winter survival38
Effectiveness of canine‐assisted surveillance and human searches for early detection of invasive spotted lanternfly38
Individual patterns of anadromy determine the cost of salmon lice exposure in brown trout37
Floral turnover and climate drive seasonal bee diversity along a tropical elevation gradient37
Evaluating the effects of nest management on a recovering raptor using integrated population modeling37
A novel method for fine‐scale retrospective isotope analysis in mammals using eye lenses36
Modeling the drivers of eutrophication in Finland with a machine learning approach36
Resilience of riparian vegetation productivity to early 21st century drought in northern California, USA36
Sugar diet affects Culex pipiens early‐life mortality, biochemical parameters, and immunocompetence35
Using phenology to unravel differential soil water use and productivity in a semiarid savanna34
Shifts in grasses diversity patterns between two contrasting 40‐year climate periods in tropical dry islands33
Wildfire disturbance reveals evidence of ecosystem resilience and precariousness in a forest–grassland mosaic32
Carryover effects of environmental stressors influence the life performance of brown trout32
Modeling the effects of water regulation on the population viability of a threatened amphibian32
Applying and testing a novel method to estimate animal density from motion‐triggered cameras31
Shedding the cloak of neutrality: A guide for reflexive practices to make the sciences more inclusive and just31
Grazing intensity effects on herbaceous community composition in burned sagebrush steppe31
The influence of postfire recovery and environmental conditions on boreal vegetation31
Fear, concealment, and time of day interactively predict group size of a common ungulate30
Radiation use and understory aboveground net primary production in a temperate dryland30
Network topology mediates freshwater fish metacommunity response to loss of connectivity30
Diverging conditions of current and potential future urban forest patches29
Comparison of three global canopy height maps and their applicability to biodiversity modeling: Accuracy issues revealed29
Understanding the effects of livestock grazing on dryland plant communities within the context of abiotic variability28
Move, migrate, or tolerate: Quantifying three tactics for cold‐water fish coping with warm summers in a large river27
Aquatic vegetation types identified during early and late phases of vegetation recovery in the Upper Mississippi River27
Demographic rates and diversity vary with tree stature and ontogenetic stage in an African tropical rainforest27
Localized carry‐over effects of pond drying on survival, growth, and pathogen defenses in amphibians26
Competition between pink muhly grass and native plant species: Is it really a harmful invasive species?26
Notes from the past show how local variability can stymie urchins and the rise of the reds in the Gulf of Maine26
Effects of future climate change on the forests of Madagascar26
Observations of nectarivorous birds and potential biological control agents in berry orchards26
A model‐based instructional approach in a socio‐ecological course‐based undergraduate research experience (CURE)25
Geographic drivers more important than landscape composition in predicting bee beta diversity and community structure25
Age‐ and sex‐specific survival of the Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)25
Deciphering the spectra of flowers to map landscape‐scale blooming dynamics24
Focused aquifer regeneration produced outsized gains for a threatened fish in a populated, dryland watershed24
Approximation of ice phenology of Maine lakes using Aqua MODIS surface temperature data24
Variable spatiotemporal ungulate behavioral response to predation risk24
Suppression of Australian savanna ants shows “the little rulers” do not rule over spider or beetle assemblages24
The dynamics of sea otter prey selection under population growth and expansion24
Temperature is positively associated with tree mortality in California subalpine forests containing whitebark pine24
Species assemblages and their drivers differ between trees and lianas in a seasonal evergreen forest in Thailand23
Climatic history, constraints, and the plasticity of phytochemical traits under water stress23
Metapopulation‐scale resilience to disease‐induced mass mortality in a keystone predator: From stasis to instability22
Delineating wildfire burns and regrowth using satellite imagery to assess moose (Alces alces) spatial responses to burns22
Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance22
Effect of the Asian monsoon on the northward migration of the brown planthopper to northern South China22
Heat wave impacts on crop‐pest dynamics are dependent upon insect ontogeny and plant resistance22
A model‐based assessment of anthropogenic disturbance on lotic macroinvertebrate assemblages22
Linking ecological processes and animal movements to inform timing of long‐term surveys of a migratory game bird22
Persistence of sub‐clinical infections caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in stream anurans in South Asia22
Climate, topography, or fuels? Top‐down versus bottom‐up controls on fire refugia across British Columbia, Canada22
Evidence of reduced abundance, density, and survival of coyotes under federal management for red wolf recovery22
Hydrology and trophic flexibility structure alpine stream food webs in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA22
Geologic, geomorphic, and edaphic underpinnings of dryland ecosystems: Colorado Plateau landscapes in a changing world22
Researcher effects on the biological structure and edaphic conditions of field sites and implications for management22
Future exposure of forest ecosystems to multi‐year drought in the United States22
The influence of inherent soil factors and agricultural management on soil organic matter22
Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science21
Estimating wolf (Canislupus) densities using video camera traps and spatial capture–recapture analysis21
Responses of a large herbivore to predation risk are modulated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors21
Competition and soil microbe‐mediated interactions following dieback of a dominant wetland plant21
Integrating forest structural diversity measurement into ecological research21
Asymmetric competition among stream fishes: Do food web pathways affect competitive outcomes?21
Removing invasive stream macrofauna shifts nontarget invertebrate mesofauna through facilitation21
Assessing impacts of climate change on selected foundation species and ecosystem services in the South‐Central USA21
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Hidden in plain sight: Integrated population models to resolve partially observable latent population structure20
Nitrogen dynamics of grassland soils with differing habitat quality: high temporal resolution captures the details20
Nutrient inputs in mesocosms of an oligotrophic lake fail to sustain an algal bloom20
Impact and control of feral cats preying on wandering albatrosses: Insights from a field experiment20
Early successional changes in coniferous forest small mammal communities following a high‐severity summer wildfire20
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The relationship between thermal spatial variability and mean temperature alters movement and population dynamics19
Dynamic environments generate geographic fluctuations in population structure of an inland shorebird19
First record of antipredator behavior in the gall‐forming aphid Mordwilkoja vagabunda19
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Using masking metrics as a means to quantify effect and guide mitigation measures of underwater anthropogenic noise19
An accurate and efficient semiautomated approach to counting birds: Estimating Northern Gannet colony size in Canada19
Decoupled shifts of dominant and rarer fish species as a response to warming and extreme events in a large estuary19
Advance, steadfast, retreat? Growth and establishment of white spruce seedlings at treelines in Alaska19
Substantial intraspecific trait variation across a hydrological gradient in northern Australian fishes18
Invasive annual grasses destabilize plant communities in a northern mixed‐grass prairie18
Hydrology drives facilitative and competitive strategies in freshwater macrophyte and microbial communities18
Emergency‐line calls as an indicator to assess human–wildlife interaction in urban areas18
Changing fire regimes in the Great Basin USA18
Nutrient resorption responses of plant life forms to nitrogen addition in temperate shrublands18
Wayfinding, knowledge, perspective, and engagement: Preparing tribal liaisons for stewardship of Indigenous lands18
Effects of solar energy development on ants in the Mojave Desert18
Nitrogen is unlikely to consistently limit primary productivity in most tropical lakes18
Spatial Bayesian models project shifts in suitable habitat for Pacific Northwest tree species under climate change18
Growing‐season climate as an explanation of spatial variations in temperature sensitivity of green‐up on Tibetan Plateau18
Distributed urban forest patch sampling detects edge effects and woodland condition for monitoring and management18
Landscape composition and orchard management effects on bat assemblages and bat foraging activity in apple crops18
Video of rusty‐spotted genets consuming bats and other prey: Behaviors observed and eco‐epidemiological considerations17
White‐tailed deer preferentially use areas with greater anthropogenic development in a suburban metropark system17
Wildfire influences individual growth and breeding dispersal, but not survival and recruitment in a montane amphibian17
Amphibian abundance is associated with reduced mosquito presence in human‐modified landscapes17
Are all copepods the same? Variation in copepod stoichiometry with taxonomy, ontogeny, latitude, and habitat17
Similar population dynamics before and after a chytridiomycosis outbreak in a tropical riparian amphibian species17
Journal reflections shed light on challenges students face in an introductory field biology course17
Stochastic metapopulation dynamics of a threatened amphibian to improve water delivery17
A multiscale landscape approach for prioritizing river and stream protection and restoration actions17
Identifying invasive species threats, pathways, and impacts to improve biosecurity17
Rapid shifts in migration routes and breeding latitude in North American bluebirds17
Asclepiasdynamics on US rangelands: implications for conservation of monarch butterflies and other insects17
Divergent growth‐differentiation balance strategies and resource competition shape mortality patterns in ponderosa pine17
Professional social connections are associated with student science identity in a research‐based field biology course17
Landscape features and seasonal habitat predict lek site selection and lek size of a Tympanuchus grouse17
Exploratory modeling of social‐ecological systems17
Estimating the distribution of Oryzomys palustris, a potential key host in expanding rickettsial tick‐borne disease risk17
Predation on a pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus, by the noble false widow spider, Steatoda nobilis16
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You can't go home again: Changes in trophic niche following extinction and recolonization of the New Zealand sea lion16
Habitat partitioning by mobile intertidal invertebrates of sandy beaches shifts with the tides16
Beyond predator and prey: First evidence of an association between ocelot and opossum individuals16
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Can seasonal fire management reduce the risk of carbon loss from wildfires in a protected Guinea savanna?16
Landscape, demographic, and dispersal parameters influence the spread and establishment of an aquatic biological invasion16
Atypical winter coat coloration of snowshoe hares near the southern extent of their range16
Multigenerational emergence trends of Brood X Magicicada spp. across habitat types in southwestern Ohio16
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Intentional mentoring should increase inclusivity in ecology16
Mammal responses to predator scents across multiple study areas16
Temporal variation in habitat quality shapes the distribution–abundance relationship in waterbirds at landscape scale15
Parsing spatial and temporal variation in stream ecosystem functioning15
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Nonsignificant elevational trends of soil microbial respiration and temperature sensitivity in a subtropical forest15
Divergent responses of insectivorous bats and flying insects to experimental LED illumination of different spectra15
Revealing large‐scale parasite ranges: An integrated spatiotemporal database and multisource analysis of the winter tick15
Ecological service‐learning positively impacts classroom climate and empowers undergraduates for environmental action15
Space‐use strategies drive diet composition of Baffin Bay polar bears15
Multiple stressors mediate the effects of warming on leaf decomposition in a large regulated river15
Living in fear: How experience shapes caribou responses to predation risk15
Interacting effects of invasion and soil microbes on Douglas‐fir seedling response to drought15
Floodplain land use gradients have a stronger effect on soil microbial enzyme activity than spatiotemporal variability15
Net carbon sequestration implications of intensified timber harvest in Northeastern U.S. forests15
Multistate modeling of Florida scrub‐jay adult survival and breeding transitions15
Facilitation differentially affects competitive responses of aspen and subalpine fir through stages of stand development15
Dead tree removal after drought mortality increases understory plant diversity in a mixed conifer forest15
Toward pluralizing ecology: Finding common ground across sociocultural and scientific perspectives15
Spatiotemporal interactions facilitate sympatry in a diverse mammalian community14
Pseudogymnoascus destructans environmental reservoir decreases 11 years after an outbreak of white‐nose syndrome14
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Evaluating the foraging performance of individual honey bees in different environments with automated field RFID systems14
Navigating the trade‐offs between environmental DNA and conventional field surveys for improved amphibian monitoring14
It's all about food: Environmental factors cause species‐specific dispersal14
Bumble bee banquet: Genus‐ and species‐level floral selection by Midwestern Bombus14
Contrasted effects of temperate forest closure on snake demography14
Negative effects of forest harvest on coastal tailed frog (Ascaphus truei) emerge after a decade‐long experiment14
Characterizing suburban soil and microbial properties along a soil age chronosequence14
Plant silicon content as a proxy for understanding plant community properties and ecosystem structure14
Local and landscape factors differentially influence predatory arthropods in urban agroecosystems14
Effects of interactions among primary and secondary foundation species on biodiversity and associated community structure14
Growth and age dynamics of juvenile plants of a dominant shrub in North American drylands14
Turning observations into biodiversity data: Broadscale spatial biases in community science14
Vulnerability of sea turtle nesting sites to erosion and inundation: A decision support framework to maximize conservation14
Landscape of exposure: Metapopulation dynamics and local environment structure pathogen exposure in desert bighorn sheep14
Soil climate underpins year effects driving divergent outcomes in semi‐arid cropland‐to‐grassland restoration14
Effect of increasing temperature and temperature fluctuations on alfalfa and orchardgrass in the establishment year14
Novel disease state model finds most juvenile green turtles develop and recover from fibropapillomatosis14
Ecological thresholds and transformations due to climate change: The role of abiotic stress14
Linking permafrost to the abundance, biomass, and energy density of fish in Arctic headwater streams13
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Terrestrial wildlife shows limited response in spatiotemporal activity to logging13
Stratified vertical sediment profiles increase burrowing crab effects on salt marsh edaphic conditions13
The temporal scale of energy maximization explains allometric variations in movement decisions of large herbivores13
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Recovery of metabolites via subnivean photosynthesis in Arctic tundra plants: Implications for climate change13
Elevated CO2 and drought modify plant–plant and plant–mycorrhizal interactions in two codominant grasses13
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Microbial functional guilds and genes are key to explaining soil nutrient cycling alongside soil and plant variables13
Diet of schistosome vectors influences infection outcomes13
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Characterizing low‐lying coastal upland forests to predict future landward marsh expansion13
Ecological restoration using intertidal foundation species: Considerations and potential for rockweed restoration13
Investigating changes to food web structure after fish removal using size spectra analysis13
Disturbance reduces fungal white‐rot litter mat cover in a wet subtropical forest13
Moss and underlying soil bacterial community structures are linked to moss functional traits13
An ecological and methodological assessment of benthic gross primary production in northern lakes13
Climate change consequences for differential adult survival and the mating system of a temperate breeding shorebird13
Functional but not taxonomic diversity increases productivity of Populus in the southeastern United States13
Marine animal forest formed by gorgonians Subergorgia on near‐shore mesophotic ecosystems in Reunion Island13
Land use change converts temperate dryland landscape into a net methane source13
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Movement ecology of exotic nilgai antelope: A threat to the re‐emergence of cattle fever ticks in the southern USA12
A statistical population reconstruction model for wildlife populations: A case study with white‐tailed deer and fisher12
MarINvaders: A web toolkit of marine species for use in environmental assessments12
Effects of landscape position on perennial biomass and food crop performance in buffer areas12
Dispersing across habitat boundaries: Uncovering the demographic fates of populations in unsuitable habitat12
Mechanical soil disturbance in a pine savanna has multiyear effects on plant species composition12
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Predation risk and personality influence seed predation and dispersal by a scatter‐hoarding small mammal12
Restoration of an Indigenous aquaculture system can increase reef fish density and fisheries harvest in Hawaii12
Idiosyncrasy and predictability in intraspecific trait–climate relationships of grasses12
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The invasive species Rangia cuneata: A new food source for herring gull (Larus argentatus)?12
Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition12
Warm places, warm years, and warm seasons increase parasitizing of moose by winter ticks12
Intraspecific size shifts in generalist bumblebees and flowers lead to low functional consequences12
The influence of climate and management on transpiration of residential trees during a bark beetle infestation12
Different topographic and climatic contexts associated carbon hotspots in a carbon‐dense ecoregion12
Colder temperatures augment viability of an indirectly transmitted songbird pathogen on bird feeders12
Snag decomposition following stand‐replacing wildfires alters wildlife habitat use and surface woody fuels through time12
Consequences of drought for grassland songbird reproduction12
Using the red‐imported fire ant to study invasive species removal and reinvasion12
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Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape12
Monitoring of long‐term vegetation dynamics and responses to droughts of various timescales in Inner Mongolia12
Intra‐species differences in impacts of climate change: A case study of the hooded seal ( Cystophora cristata )12
Long‐term analysis of body condition reveals species coupling and the impacts of an invasion12
Differential responses of coolwater fishes to a whole‐lake reduction of a warmwater thermal guild12
Recycled by leaf inhabitants: Terrestrial bacteria drive the mineralization of organic matter in lake water12
Traditional harvest systems as models for advancing understanding of dynamics and resilience in socio‐ecological systems11
Fence types influence pronghorn movement responses11
Movement behavior of a threatened native fish informs flow management in a modified floodplain river system11
Temperature and barometric pressure affect the activity intensity and movement of an endangered thermoconforming lizard11
Determining potential drivers of vegetation change in a Mediterranean environment11
Invasive giant river prawns as opportunistic, generalist predators in the Amazon Delta: Insights from metabarcoding11
Migration strategy and constraint in migration behavior vary among shorebird species with different life histories11
Host preference of field‐derived Schistosoma mansoni is influenced by snail host compatibility and infection status11
Edge effects on decomposition in Sphagnum bogs: Implications for carbon storage11
Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation11
Ecological scenarios: Embracing ecological uncertainty in an era of global change11
Sex and size matter: Intricate dominance relationships in an East African large carnivore guild11
A comparison of density estimation methods for monitoring marked and unmarked animal populations11
Drivers of flea abundance in wild rodents across local and regional scales in the Chihuahuan Desert, northwestern Mexico11
Differentiated plant defense strategies: Herbivore community dynamics affect plant–herbivore interactions11
Grassland bird population declines at three Breeding Bird Survey spatial scales in contrast to a large native prairie11
Identifying management‐driven dynamics in vegetation cover: Applying the Compere framework to Cooper Creek, Australia11
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