Ecosphere

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecosphere is 6. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
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The species–area relationship for a highly fragmented temperate river system66
Shifts in amphibian population dynamics in response to a change in the predator community57
Identifying nesting grounds for juvenile migratory birds with dual isotope: an initial test using North American raptors54
Rapid recovery of depleted abalone in Isla Natividad, Baja California, Mexico50
Old‐growth forest structure in a low‐productivity hypermaritime rainforest in coastal British Columbia, Canada44
Using passive acoustic monitoring to estimate northern spotted owl landscape use and pair occupancy43
Climate gradient‐driven intraspecific aggregation propensity linked to interpatch modulation in grassland communities40
Do leaf traits shape herbivory in tropical montane rainforests? A multispecies approach38
Evaluating the effects of nest management on a recovering raptor using integrated population modeling38
Disruption of natural disturbance regime decouples habitat and life stage in a keystone species35
Using phenology to unravel differential soil water use and productivity in a semiarid savanna33
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Identifying drivers of demographic rates in an at‐risk population of marine mammals using integrated population models33
Using biotracer techniques to uncover consumer diets: A comparison of stable isotopes, fatty acids, and amino acids32
Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds32
Comparison of three global canopy height maps and their applicability to biodiversity modeling: Accuracy issues revealed31
Temporal variations of the multifaceted biodiversity and assembly mechanisms in lake fish assemblages31
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Drought survival strategies differ between coastal and montane conifers in northern California28
Wildfire disturbance reveals evidence of ecosystem resilience and precariousness in a forest–grassland mosaic27
Winter cover cropping increases albedo and latent heat flux in a Texas High Plains agroecosystem27
Aquatic vegetation types identified during early and late phases of vegetation recovery in the Upper Mississippi River26
Evidence from interpretable machine learning to inform spatial management of Palau's tuna fisheries26
Incorporating small‐scale disturbances in models of forest structure and aboveground biomass of tropical mountains26
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Agroecological measures in meadows promote honey bee colony development and winter survival25
Reference vegetation for restoration? Three vegetation maps compared across 76 nature reserves in Uganda and Kenya24
Heritability of plastic trait changes in drought‐exposed ponderosa pine seedlings24
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Overlapping outbreaks of multiple bark beetle species are rarely more severe than single‐species outbreaks23
Mycorrhizal fungal and tree root functional traits: Strategies for integration and future directions23
Agricultural mosaics offer nesting habitat to dabbling ducks in the arid Intermountain West of the United States22
Strengths and limitations of using participatory science data to characterize a wildlife mass mortality event22
Improving access to undergraduate research using digitized natural history collections course‐based research experiences21
Capturing spatiotemporal variation in salt marsh belowground biomass, a key resilience metric, through geoinformatics21
Understanding the effects of livestock grazing on dryland plant communities within the context of abiotic variability21
Reconstruction of Araucaria araucana cone production reveals warming intensifies regionally synchronized masting21
Variation in forest patch habitat quality for white‐footed mice driven by invasive plants in an urbanizing landscape21
Individual patterns of anadromy determine the cost of salmon lice exposure in brown trout21
Application of habitat association models across regions: Useful explanatory power retained in wetland bird case study20
Effectiveness of canine‐assisted surveillance and human searches for early detection of invasive spotted lanternfly20
Pollination deficits increase with urbanization in Chicago20
High survival promotes bunchgrass persistence in old‐growth savannas under different fire regimes20
Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities20
Habitat associations of six‐lined racerunners in longleaf pine managed with a short fire rotation for northern bobwhites20
Dryland fungi are spatially heterogeneous and resistant to global change drivers20
Population persistence, phenotypic divergence, and metabolic adaptation in yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.)20
Spatial differences in predicted Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass) occurrence in floodplain forest understories20
Differential coping capacities underlie the overall resistance of temperate seagrasses to herbivory20
Stable isotopes of amino acids indicate that soil decomposer microarthropods predominantly feed on saprotrophic fungi19
Testing ecological theories in the Anthropocene: alteration of succession by an invasive marine species19
A trophic cascade facilitates native habitat providers within assemblages of multiple invasive marine species19
Pull the trigger: interplay between benthic and pelagic cues driving the early recruitment of a natural bivalve assemblage19
Human activity influences wildlife populations and activity patterns: implications for spatial and temporal refuges19
Native mycorrhizal fungi improve milkweed growth, latex, and establishment while some commercial fungi may inhibit them19
Plant species richness and sunlight exposure increase pollinator attraction to pollinator gardens18
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Abundance, predation, and habitat associations of lemming winter nests in northern Sweden18
Webslinger vs. Dark Knight: First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain18
Hippopotamus movements structure the spatiotemporal dynamics of an active anthrax outbreak18
Meta‐analysis suggests that, for marine mammals, the risk of parasitism by anisakids changed between 1978 and 201517
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Woody encroachment in grassland elicits complex changes in the functional structure of above‐ and belowground biota17
Loss and replacement of macroalgal standing stock and productivity after a major environmental disturbance17
Recovery patterns in community composition of fruit‐feeding butterflies following 26 years of active forest restoration17
Reciprocal transplants reveal asymmetric local adaptation of Himalayan Rhododendron approaching elevational range limit16
Impervious surface cover and number of restaurants shape diet variation in an urban carnivore16
Demographic rates and diversity vary with tree stature and ontogenetic stage in an African tropical rainforest16
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Sea otters in a California estuary: Detecting temporal and spatial dynamics with volunteer monitoring16
A novel method for mapping high‐precision animal locations using high‐resolution imagery16
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Biotic and abiotic factors shaping bat activity in Maryland soybean fields16
Strong benefits of hedgerows to bats in three European winegrowing regions16
Fish mass mortality events in northern temperate lakes are happening later in the year than in the past16
Advancing the understanding of coastal disturbances with a network‐of‐networks approach16
Amazonian mixed‐species flocks demonstrate flexible preferences for vertical forest structure16
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Pawpaws prevent predictability: A locally dominant tree alters understory beta‐diversity and community assembly16
Mechanisms linking river flow regime and riparian hardwood establishment16
A Colorado Front Range grassland exhibits decreasing dominance of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) over time16
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Constructed rock riffles increase habitat heterogeneity but not biodiversity in streams constrained by urban impacts16
Asynchronous flowering patterns in saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea)16
Macroinvertebrate and diatom indicators of baseline conditions for setting targets in agricultural BMP restoration15
Modeling the drivers of eutrophication in Finland with a machine learning approach15
Climate change does not decouple interactions between a central‐place‐foraging predator and its migratory prey15
Connectivity: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network15
Multi‐scale patterns in the occurrence of an ephemeral pool‐breeding amphibian15
Areas of species diversity and endemicity of Nepal15
Climate‐induced yellow‐cedar decline on the island archipelago of Haida Gwaii15
Nitrogen fertilization and high plant growing temperature increase herbivore performance15
Characterization of site‐specific vegetation activity in Alaskan wet and dry tundra as related to climate and soil state15
Farming practice affects rice field animal biota during cultivation but not fallow periods in Taiwan14
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Move, migrate, or tolerate: Quantifying three tactics for cold‐water fish coping with warm summers in a large river14
Increases in temperature and freshwater inputs will shift grazing patterns of a coastal mesograzer on foundation species14
Long live the data! Embedded data management at a long‐term ecological research site14
Comparative biogeography of volant and nonvolant mammals in a temperate island archipelago14
Dicamba drift alters plant–herbivore interactions at the agro‐ecological interface14
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Repeated habitat mapping data reveal gains and losses of plant species14
Rainforest conversion to monocultures favors generalist ants with large colonies14
Solar radiation and soil moisture drive tropical forest understory responses to experimental and natural hurricanes14
Microhabitats shape ant community structure in a spatially heterogeneous grassy woodland14
Soil microbial communities are not altered by garlic mustard in recently invaded central Illinois forests14
The influence of predators, competitors, and habitat on the use of water sources by a small desert carnivore14
Ecological implications of variable energy storage in the keystone predator, Pisaster ochraceus14
Multiple invasion trajectories induce niche dynamics inconsistency and increase risk uncertainty of a plant invader14
A new method employing species‐specific thresholding identifies acoustically overlapping bats14
Freshwater corridors in the conterminous United States: A coarse‐filter approach based on lake‐stream networks14
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Grazing intensity effects on herbaceous community composition in burned sagebrush steppe14
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Maximum‐likelihood estimation of the geometric niche preemption model14
Multi‐image flock size estimation with CountEm: A case study with half a million Common Eiders and Greater Snow Geese14
Restoring freshwater habitat mosaics to promote resilience of vulnerable salmon populations14
New method of isotopic analysis: baseline‐standardized isotope vector analysis shows trophic partitioning in loricariids13
Too many to count: Using orthophotography to census an unharvested beaver (Castor canadensis) population in Ontario13
Introduction: Honoring the contribution of Charles H. Peterson (1946–2020) to the field of marine ecology13
Urban land cover and El Niño events negatively impact population viability of an endangered North American songbird13
No evidence of top‐down effects by ants on litter decomposition in a temperate grassland13
A novel algorithm for robust estimation of ants' speed on convoluted trajectories derived from their gait pattern13
Using successional drivers to understand spatiotemporal dynamics in intertidal mudflat communities13
No stress memory pattern was detected in sugar maple and white spruce seedlings subjected to experimental droughts13
Wild bird mass mortalities in eastern Canada associated with the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) virus, 202213
Targeted grazing and mechanical thinning enhance forest stand resilience under a narrow range of wildfire scenarios13
Large carnivore conservation and traditional pastoralism: A case study on bear–reindeer predation mitigation measures13
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Jumping spider invades an orb web to prey on a resident male13
Alternative lifestyles: A plague persistence hypothesis13
Evolutionary and ecological insights from vital staining of bivalve oocytes: A Red Queen at the sweepstakes?13
A novel hybrid beachgrass is invading U.S. Pacific Northwest dunes with potential ecosystem consequences13
The North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network13
Flow variation at multiple scales filters fish life histories and constrains community diversity in desert streams13
The changing role of natural and human agencies shaping the ecology of an African savanna ecosystem13
RHDV2 outbreak reduces survival and juvenile recruitment, causing European rabbit population collapse13
Effective and feasible mechanisms to support native invertebrate pollinators in agricultural landscapes: A meta‐analysis13
Forest and snow rather than food or foe limit the distribution of a generalist mesocarnivore in winter13
Response of avian cavity nesters and carbon dynamics to forest management and climate change in the Northern Rockies13
Estimating carbon stocks and stock changes in Interior Wetbelt forests of British Columbia, Canada13
The influence of postfire recovery and environmental conditions on boreal vegetation12
Harnessing trophic cascades to improve foundation species restoration: A meta‐analysis12
Winter and summer storms modify chlorophyll relationships with nutrients in seasonally ice‐covered lakes12
Alien species affect the abundance and richness of native species in tropical forests: The role of adaptive strategies12
State‐dependent estuary stopover boosts juvenile salmon growth: Implications for marine survival12
Implications of habitat‐driven survival and dispersal on recruitment in a spatially structured piping plover population12
An underwater Serengeti: Seagrass‐mediated effects on intake and cultivation grazing behavior of a marine megaherbivore12
Accounting for heterogeneous density and detectability in spatially explicit capture–recapture studies of carnivores12
Supporting graduate field leadership through community‐sourced advice, action, and policy12
Can you see the algae for the slime? Temporal patterns of biofilm food quality and quantity in lowland rivers12
Thermal refuge use and parasitism: Spatiotemporal variation in anchor worm and lamprey wounds on Klamath redband trout12
Scale‐dependent responses of understory vegetation to the physical structure of undisturbed tundra shrub patches12
Expanding NEON biodiversity surveys with new instrumentation and machine learning approaches12
Spatial extent drives patterns of relative climate change sensitivity for freshwater fishes of the United States12
Flooding and planting density shape forests in an experimental Everglades landscape: Lessons for forest restoration12
Calculating adult sex ratios from observed breeding sex ratios for wide‐ranging, intermittently breeding species12
Tropical montane forest in South Asia: Composition, structure, and dieback in relation to soils and topography12
Loss of riparian forests from wildfire led to increased stream temperatures in summer, yet salmonid fish persisted12
Epigaeic spider response to sagebrush steppe restoration treatments12
Spatial drivers of wetland bird occupancy within an urbanized matrix in the Upper Midwestern United States12
Fear, concealment, and time of day interactively predict group size of a common ungulate12
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Riverine fish density, predator–prey interactions, and their relationships with artificial light at night12
Invertebrate herbivory accelerates shift towards forbs caused by warming in a sedge‐dominated alpine meadow12
Piping plovers demonstrate regional differences in nesting habitat selection patterns along the U.S. Atlantic coast12
Assessing temporal biases across aggregated historical spatial data: a case study of North Carolina’s freshwater fishes12
Localized carry‐over effects of pond drying on survival, growth, and pathogen defenses in amphibians12
Ungulate herbivores as drivers of aspen recruitment and understory composition throughout arid montane landscapes12
The costs and benefits of sunflower pollen diet on bumble bee colony disease and health11
Preferred nectar sources for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) along the Great Plains migration pathway11
An evaluation of the efficacy of shell hash for the mitigation of intertidal sediment acidification11
Predation of cougar kittens following the aggregation of American black bears11
Daily abundance of Dall’s sheep peaks during late summer in a seasonal habitat of high‐management interest11
Decline of novel ecosystems used by endangered species: the case of piping plovers, least terns, and aggregate mines11
The sunflower sea star reduces grazing rates of purple sea urchins dependent upon urchin starvation state11
Use of marine vs. freshwater proteins for egg‐laying and incubation by sea ducks breeding in Arctic tundra11
Predicting patterns of terrestrial lichen biomass recovery following boreal wildfires11
Diurnal vertical movements in black sea bass (Centropristis striata): Endogenous, facultative, or something else?11
Can grazing by elk and bison stimulate herbaceous plant productivity in semiarid ecosystems?11
Evaluating the accuracy of unmanned aerial systems to quantify glacial ice habitats of harbor seals in Alaska11
Recurring wildfires provoke type conversion in dry western forests11
Variable effects of wind‐energy development on seasonal habitat selection of pronghorn11
Infection prevalence and density of a pathogenic trematode parasite decrease with stream order along a river continuum11
Short‐term grazing reduced community stability by decreasing community‐wide asynchrony and dominant species stability11
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Dual‐isotope isoscapes for predicting the scale of fish movements in lowland rivers11
The impact of ice storms on mycorrhizal fungi varies by season and mycorrhizal type in a hardwood forest11
Dead mammal walking: A month‐long march by a bison (Bison bison) after an ungulate–vehicle collision11
Untangling multi‐scale habitat relationships of an endangered frog in streams to inform reintroduction programs11
Assessing critical population thresholds under periodic disturbances11
Does the type of silvicultural practice influence spruce budworm defoliation of seedlings?11
Growth and feeding in the sponge Agelas tubulata from shallow to mesophotic depths on Grand Cayman Island11
Crop performance is predicted by soil microbial diversity across phylogenetic scales11
Dietary sodium levels affect grasshopper growth and performance11
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Effects of burrowing crabs on coastal sediments and their functions: A systematic meta‐analysis11
Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data‐capable community11
Management‐mediated predation rate in the caribou–moose–wolf system: spatial configuration of logging activities matters11
Forest resilience and regeneration dynamics following wildfire disturbance11
Context dependence in a tropical forest: Repeated disturbance reduces soil nitrate response but increases phosphate11
Elevational gradients strongly mediate habitat selection patterns in a nocturnal predator11
Landscape context affects patch habitat contributions to biodiversity in agroecosystems11
Plant functional traits as measures of ecosystem service provision11
Vegetation structure modulates ecosystem and community responses to spatial subsidies11
Identifying drivers of population dynamics for a stream breeding amphibian using time series of egg mass counts11
Network topology mediates freshwater fish metacommunity response to loss of connectivity11
Using seasonal climate scenarios in the ForageAhead annual forage production model for early drought impact assessment11
Combined direct and indirect impacts of warming on the productivity of coral reef fishes11
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) detection by infrared flukeprints from aerial survey imagery11
In silico evaluation of plant nitrification suppression effects on agroecosystem nitrogen loss10
Identifying and predicting occurrence and abundance of a vocal animal species based on individually specific calls10
Shifts in grasses diversity patterns between two contrasting 40‐year climate periods in tropical dry islands10
Spiny lobster predation of barrens‐forming sea urchins is not limited by body size, but may be overstated10
Tree community composition stabilizes ecosystem functions in response to drought10
Within‐plant coexistence of viruses across nitrogen and phosphorus supply rates10
Species diversity of forest floor biota in non‐native Douglas‐fir stands is similar to that of native stands10
Plasticity drives the trait variation of a foundation marsh species migrating into coastal forests with sea‐level rise10
The clustering of spatially associated species unravels patterns in tropical tree species distributions10
Heat waves affect an invasive herbivore and its parasitoid differentially with impacts beyond the first generation10
Survival of overwintering nymphs of the small brown planthopper and its contribution to emergence timing10
Writing statistical methods for ecologists10
Contrasting resistance and resilience trajectories of zooplankton communities in restored fishless alpine lakes10
Cooperative hunting in the yellow‐throated marten (Martes flavigula): Evidence for the not‐so‐solitary marten?10
Understanding spatially explicit capture–recapture parameters for informing invasive animal management10
Western spotted skunk spatial ecology in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest10
Extending Canadian forest disturbance history maps prior to 198510
Beyond blight: Phytophthora root rot under climate change limits populations of reintroduced American chestnut10
Thirty years of forest productivity in a mountainous landscape: The Yin and Yang of topography10
Seed sources and safe sites as drivers of Larix cajanderi regeneration following wildfire in the Siberian Arctic10
Does introduced European Phragmites australis experience belowground microbial enemy release in North America?10
Variation in behavior drives multi‐scale responses to habitat conditions in timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus)10
Supporting adaptive management with ecological forecasting: chronic wasting disease in the Jackson Elk Herd10
Shifting correlations among multiple aspects of weather complicate predicting future demography of a threatened species10
Diverse habitats shape the movement ecology of a top marine predator, the white shark Carcharodon carcharias10
Insights into the evolution of herbivory from a leaf‐mining fly10
Vegetation structural complexity and biodiversity in the Great Smoky Mountains10
Correcting for measurement errors in a long‐term aerial survey with auxiliary photographic data10
Cereal rye mulch biomass and crop density affect weed suppression and community assembly in no‐till planted soybean10
Plant functional traits affect competitive vigor of pasture grasses during drought and following recovery10
Thinning occurrence points does not improve species distribution model performance10
Evaluating mountain lion diet before and after a removal of feral horses in a semiarid environment10
Spatial conservation prioritization for the Amur tiger in Northeast China10
Increased salinity stress changes plant productivity and biomass by altering the top‐down controls in eelgrass beds10
Functional trait complementarity and dominance both determine benthic secondary production in temperate seagrass beds10
Plant functional traits and abundance jointly shape keystone plant species in a plant–ectomycorrhizal fungus network10
Disentangling abiotic and biotic controls of age‐0 Pacific herring population stability across the San Francisco Estuary10
Marine mammal biodiversity and rare narwhal (Monodon monoceros) observations near northern Ellesmere Island, Canada10
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