Ecosphere

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecosphere is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Old‐growth forest structure in a low‐productivity hypermaritime rainforest in coastal British Columbia, Canada78
Plant functional traits affect competitive vigor of pasture grasses during drought and following recovery58
The influence of predators, competitors, and habitat on the use of water sources by a small desert carnivore57
Rice paddy irrigation seasonally impacts stream benthic macroinvertebrate diversity at the catchment level55
Comparison of three global canopy height maps and their applicability to biodiversity modeling: Accuracy issues revealed52
Farming practice affects rice field animal biota during cultivation but not fallow periods in Taiwan48
Identifying drivers of population dynamics for a stream breeding amphibian using time series of egg mass counts47
Modeling the drivers of eutrophication in Finland with a machine learning approach45
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Using phenology to unravel differential soil water use and productivity in a semiarid savanna42
Understanding the effects of livestock grazing on dryland plant communities within the context of abiotic variability41
Functional trait complementarity and dominance both determine benthic secondary production in temperate seagrass beds38
Network topology mediates freshwater fish metacommunity response to loss of connectivity38
Multi‐scale patterns in the occurrence of an ephemeral pool‐breeding amphibian37
Localized carry‐over effects of pond drying on survival, growth, and pathogen defenses in amphibians37
Within‐site difference in nitrogen status between mixed forests and larch plantations: Evidence from multiple indicators37
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Modeling the effects of water regulation on the population viability of a threatened amphibian35
A novel method for mapping high‐precision animal locations using high‐resolution imagery33
Grazing intensity effects on herbaceous community composition in burned sagebrush steppe32
Shifts in grasses diversity patterns between two contrasting 40‐year climate periods in tropical dry islands32
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Habitat associations of six‐lined racerunners in longleaf pine managed with a short fire rotation for northern bobwhites31
Individual patterns of anadromy determine the cost of salmon lice exposure in brown trout31
Effectiveness of canine‐assisted surveillance and human searches for early detection of invasive spotted lanternfly31
Evaluating the effects of nest management on a recovering raptor using integrated population modeling30
Demographic rates and diversity vary with tree stature and ontogenetic stage in an African tropical rainforest30
Mechanisms linking river flow regime and riparian hardwood establishment30
Applying and testing a novel method to estimate animal density from motion‐triggered cameras28
Alternative lifestyles: A plague persistence hypothesis28
Fear, concealment, and time of day interactively predict group size of a common ungulate27
Agroecological measures in meadows promote honey bee colony development and winter survival27
New method of isotopic analysis: baseline‐standardized isotope vector analysis shows trophic partitioning in loricariids26
Aquatic vegetation types identified during early and late phases of vegetation recovery in the Upper Mississippi River26
Diverging conditions of current and potential future urban forest patches25
Resilience of riparian vegetation productivity to early 21st century drought in northern California, USA25
Move, migrate, or tolerate: Quantifying three tactics for cold‐water fish coping with warm summers in a large river25
Wildfire disturbance reveals evidence of ecosystem resilience and precariousness in a forest–grassland mosaic24
Shedding the cloak of neutrality: A guide for reflexive practices to make the sciences more inclusive and just24
The influence of postfire recovery and environmental conditions on boreal vegetation24
Sugar diet affects Culex pipiens early‐life mortality, biochemical parameters, and immunocompetence24
Floral turnover and climate drive seasonal bee diversity along a tropical elevation gradient24
Effects of future climate change on the forests of Madagascar23
Carryover effects of environmental stressors influence the life performance of brown trout23
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Spatial conservation prioritization for the Amur tiger in Northeast China23
Human activity influences wildlife populations and activity patterns: implications for spatial and temporal refuges23
Observations of nectarivorous birds and potential biological control agents in berry orchards22
On Daphnia’s path: a semi‐automatic system to analyze three‐dimensional movement patterns22
Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance22
Linking ecological processes and animal movements to inform timing of long‐term surveys of a migratory game bird22
Effective sampling area is a major driver of power to detect long‐term trends in multispecies occupancy monitoring22
Assessment and novel application ofN‐mixture models for aerial surveys of wildlife21
Environmental associations of cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) seasonal presence along the U.S. Atlantic Coast21
Notes from the past show how local variability can stymie urchins and the rise of the reds in the Gulf of Maine21
Competition between pink muhly grass and native plant species: Is it really a harmful invasive species?21
Site‐specific impacts of a major hurricane on alpha and beta diversity in tropical forest seedling communities21
Geologic, geomorphic, and edaphic underpinnings of dryland ecosystems: Colorado Plateau landscapes in a changing world20
Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science20
Survival of the fattest: linking body condition to prey availability and survivorship of killer whales20
Do functional identity and divergence promote aboveground carbon differently in tropical semi‐arid forests and savannas?20
Habitat‐specific behavior, growth rate, and survival of piping plover chicks in New Jersey, USA20
Deciphering the spectra of flowers to map landscape‐scale blooming dynamics20
Asymmetric competition among stream fishes: Do food web pathways affect competitive outcomes?20
Species assemblages and their drivers differ between trees and lianas in a seasonal evergreen forest in Thailand20
Age‐ and sex‐specific survival of the Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)20
Delineating wildfire burns and regrowth using satellite imagery to assess moose (Alces alces) spatial responses to burns19
Researcher effects on the biological structure and edaphic conditions of field sites and implications for management19
A model‐based instructional approach in a socio‐ecological course‐based undergraduate research experience (CURE)19
Hydrology and trophic flexibility structure alpine stream food webs in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA19
Temperature is positively associated with tree mortality in California subalpine forests containing whitebark pine19
A new approach for modeling delayed fire‐induced tree mortality19
Future exposure of forest ecosystems to multi‐year drought in the United States19
Approximation of ice phenology of Maine lakes using Aqua MODIS surface temperature data19
Assessing impacts of climate change on selected foundation species and ecosystem services in the South‐Central USA19
Geographic drivers more important than landscape composition in predicting bee beta diversity and community structure19
The dynamics of sea otter prey selection under population growth and expansion19
Heat wave impacts on crop‐pest dynamics are dependent upon insect ontogeny and plant resistance19
Climatic history, constraints, and the plasticity of phytochemical traits under water stress18
Experimental confirmation of effects of leaf litter type and light on tadpole performance for two priority amphibians18
The influence of inherent soil factors and agricultural management on soil organic matter18
Effect of the Asian monsoon on the northward migration of the brown planthopper to northern South China18
Modeling riparian species occurrence from historical surveys to guide restoration planning in northwestern USA18
The effect of fire on ant assemblages does not depend on habitat openness but does select for large, gracile predators18
Variable spatiotemporal ungulate behavioral response to predation risk18
Estimating wolf (Canislupus) densities using video camera traps and spatial capture–recapture analysis18
Evidence of reduced abundance, density, and survival of coyotes under federal management for red wolf recovery18
Integrating forest structural diversity measurement into ecological research18
Space use and interactions of two introduced mesopredators, European red fox and feral cat, in an arid landscape18
Simulating seasonal drivers of aphid dynamics to explore agronomic scenarios17
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Hidden in plain sight: Integrated population models to resolve partially observable latent population structure17
Ecological processes associated with different animal taxa in urban environments17
Effects of solar energy development on ants in the Mojave Desert17
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Mechanisms of density dependence in juvenile salmonids: prey depletion, interference competition, or energy expenditure?17
Wildfire influences individual growth and breeding dispersal, but not survival and recruitment in a montane amphibian17
Habitat partitioning by mobile intertidal invertebrates of sandy beaches shifts with the tides17
Damming salmon fry: evidence for predation by non‐native warmwater fishes in reservoirs17
Nitrogen dynamics of grassland soils with differing habitat quality: high temporal resolution captures the details17
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Nitrogen is unlikely to consistently limit primary productivity in most tropical lakes17
Stochastic metapopulation dynamics of a threatened amphibian to improve water delivery17
Are all copepods the same? Variation in copepod stoichiometry with taxonomy, ontogeny, latitude, and habitat17
Landscape composition and orchard management effects on bat assemblages and bat foraging activity in apple crops16
Substantial intraspecific trait variation across a hydrological gradient in northern Australian fishes16
Boreal tree species change as a climate mitigation strategy: impact on ecosystem C and N stocks and soil nutrient levels16
Decoupled shifts of dominant and rarer fish species as a response to warming and extreme events in a large estuary16
Ecometabolomics of plant–herbivore and plant–fungi interactions: a synthesis study16
Landscape, demographic, and dispersal parameters influence the spread and establishment of an aquatic biological invasion16
First record of antipredator behavior in the gall‐forming aphid Mordwilkoja vagabunda16
Evolution and expansion dynamics of a vector‐borne virus: 2004–2006 vesicular stomatitis outbreak in the western USA16
Climate change impacts on ecosystems and adaptation options in nine countries in southern Africa: What do we know?16
Emergency‐line calls as an indicator to assess human–wildlife interaction in urban areas16
The relationship between thermal spatial variability and mean temperature alters movement and population dynamics16
Divergent growth‐differentiation balance strategies and resource competition shape mortality patterns in ponderosa pine16
Intentional mentoring should increase inclusivity in ecology16
Mammal responses to predator scents across multiple study areas16
Wayfinding, knowledge, perspective, and engagement: Preparing tribal liaisons for stewardship of Indigenous lands16
Distributed urban forest patch sampling detects edge effects and woodland condition for monitoring and management16
Journal reflections shed light on challenges students face in an introductory field biology course16
Spatiotemporal variability of gas transfer velocity in a tropical high‐elevation stream using two independent methods16
A multiscale landscape approach for prioritizing river and stream protection and restoration actions16
Professional social connections are associated with student science identity in a research‐based field biology course16
Nutrient resorption responses of plant life forms to nitrogen addition in temperate shrublands16
Nutrient inputs in mesocosms of an oligotrophic lake fail to sustain an algal bloom15
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Growing‐season climate as an explanation of spatial variations in temperature sensitivity of green‐up on Tibetan Plateau15
Changing fire regimes in the Great Basin USA15
Spatial Bayesian models project shifts in suitable habitat for Pacific Northwest tree species under climate change15
Invasive annual grasses destabilize plant communities in a northern mixed‐grass prairie15
An accurate and efficient semiautomated approach to counting birds: Estimating Northern Gannet colony size in Canada15
Weighing the predictors: host traits and coinfecting species both explain variation in parasitism of Rock Ptarmigan15
Asclepiasdynamics on US rangelands: implications for conservation of monarch butterflies and other insects15
Identifying invasive species threats, pathways, and impacts to improve biosecurity15
Estimating the distribution of Oryzomys palustris, a potential key host in expanding rickettsial tick‐borne disease risk15
Multifunctions of fine root phenology in vegetative and reproductive growth in mature beech forest ecosystems15
Video of rusty‐spotted genets consuming bats and other prey: Behaviors observed and eco‐epidemiological considerations15
Effects of camera‐trap placement and number on detection of members of a mammalian assemblage15
Impact and control of feral cats preying on wandering albatrosses: Insights from a field experiment15
Amphibian abundance is associated with reduced mosquito presence in human‐modified landscapes15
Exploratory modeling of social‐ecological systems15
Rapid shifts in migration routes and breeding latitude in North American bluebirds15
Toward pluralizing ecology: Finding common ground across sociocultural and scientific perspectives14
Soil enzymes illustrate the effects of alder nitrogen fixation on soil carbon processes in arctic and boreal ecosystems14
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Evaluating the foraging performance of individual honey bees in different environments with automated field RFID systems14
Predation on a pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus, by the noble false widow spider, Steatoda nobilis14
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Parsing spatial and temporal variation in stream ecosystem functioning14
Novel disease state model finds most juvenile green turtles develop and recover from fibropapillomatosis14
A greener future for the Galapagos: forecasting ecosystem productivity by finding climate analogs in time14
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Effect of increasing temperature and temperature fluctuations on alfalfa and orchardgrass in the establishment year14
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Revealing large‐scale parasite ranges: An integrated spatiotemporal database and multisource analysis of the winter tick14
Temporal variation in habitat quality shapes the distribution–abundance relationship in waterbirds at landscape scale14
Constant gardeners: Endozoochory promotes repeated seedling recruitment in clonal plants14
Nonsignificant elevational trends of soil microbial respiration and temperature sensitivity in a subtropical forest14
Modeling persistence of coarse woody debris residuals in boreal forests as an ecological property14
Can seasonal fire management reduce the risk of carbon loss from wildfires in a protected Guinea savanna?14
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Local and landscape factors differentially influence predatory arthropods in urban agroecosystems14
Pseudogymnoascus destructans environmental reservoir decreases 11 years after an outbreak of white‐nose syndrome14
Bumble bee banquet: Genus‐ and species‐level floral selection by Midwestern Bombus14
Living in fear: How experience shapes caribou responses to predation risk14
Multiple stressors mediate the effects of warming on leaf decomposition in a large regulated river14
Soil climate underpins year effects driving divergent outcomes in semi‐arid cropland‐to‐grassland restoration14
Facilitation differentially affects competitive responses of aspen and subalpine fir through stages of stand development14
Effects of interactions among primary and secondary foundation species on biodiversity and associated community structure13
Multistate modeling of Florida scrub‐jay adult survival and breeding transitions13
Dissimilarity of species interaction networks: how to partition rewiring and species turnover components13
Vulnerability of sea turtle nesting sites to erosion and inundation: A decision support framework to maximize conservation13
A new data‐driven riparian revegetation design method13
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Dispersing across habitat boundaries: Uncovering the demographic fates of populations in unsuitable habitat13
Ecological thresholds and transformations due to climate change: The role of abiotic stress13
Climate change consequences for differential adult survival and the mating system of a temperate breeding shorebird13
Navigating the trade‐offs between environmental DNA and conventional field surveys for improved amphibian monitoring13
Evaluating the efficacy and decay of lures for improving carnivore detections with camera traps13
Patterns of depredation in the Hawai‘i deep‐set longline fishery informed by fishery and false killer whale behavior13
Net carbon sequestration implications of intensified timber harvest in Northeastern U.S. forests13
Turning observations into biodiversity data: Broadscale spatial biases in community science13
Space‐use strategies drive diet composition of Baffin Bay polar bears13
A statistical population reconstruction model for wildlife populations: A case study with white‐tailed deer and fisher13
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Restoration of an Indigenous aquaculture system can increase reef fish density and fisheries harvest in Hawaii13
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Spatiotemporal seed transfer zones as an efficient restoration strategy in response to climate change13
Dead tree removal after drought mortality increases understory plant diversity in a mixed conifer forest13
Atypical winter coat coloration of snowshoe hares near the southern extent of their range13
Ecological service‐learning positively impacts classroom climate and empowers undergraduates for environmental action13
Choosing priors in Bayesian ecological models by simulating from the prior predictive distribution13
Plant silicon content as a proxy for understanding plant community properties and ecosystem structure13
It's all about food: Environmental factors cause species‐specific dispersal13
Integrating multi‐method surveys and recovery trajectories into occupancy models13
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Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition13
Recycled by leaf inhabitants: Terrestrial bacteria drive the mineralization of organic matter in lake water12
The temporal scale of energy maximization explains allometric variations in movement decisions of large herbivores12
Deciphering the composite morphological diversity ofLophelia pertusa, a cosmopolitan deep‐water ecosystem engineer12
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Idiosyncrasy and predictability in intraspecific trait–climate relationships of grasses12
Diet of schistosome vectors influences infection outcomes12
Recovery of metabolites via subnivean photosynthesis in Arctic tundra plants: Implications for climate change12
Movement ecology of exotic nilgai antelope: A threat to the re‐emergence of cattle fever ticks in the southern USA12
Spatiotemporal interactions facilitate sympatry in a diverse mammalian community12
Modeling multi‐scale occupancy for monitoring rare and highly mobile species12
Elevated CO2 and drought modify plant–plant and plant–mycorrhizal interactions in two codominant grasses12
Predation risk and personality influence seed predation and dispersal by a scatter‐hoarding small mammal12
Consequences of drought for grassland songbird reproduction12
An ecological and methodological assessment of benthic gross primary production in northern lakes12
Spatial and temporal scales of exposure and sensitivity drive mortality risk patterns across life stages12
Characterizing suburban soil and microbial properties along a soil age chronosequence12
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Snag decomposition following stand‐replacing wildfires alters wildlife habitat use and surface woody fuels through time12
Characterizing low‐lying coastal upland forests to predict future landward marsh expansion12
Mechanical soil disturbance in a pine savanna has multiyear effects on plant species composition12
Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape12
Moss and underlying soil bacterial community structures are linked to moss functional traits12
Identification of the Gulf of Mexico as an important high‐use habitat for leatherback turtles from Central America12
Terrestrial wildlife shows limited response in spatiotemporal activity to logging12
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Ecological restoration using intertidal foundation species: Considerations and potential for rockweed restoration12
Using the red‐imported fire ant to study invasive species removal and reinvasion12
Effects of landscape position on perennial biomass and food crop performance in buffer areas12
Disturbance reduces fungal white‐rot litter mat cover in a wet subtropical forest12
Warm places, warm years, and warm seasons increase parasitizing of moose by winter ticks12
The invasive species Rangia cuneata: A new food source for herring gull (Larus argentatus)?12
Stratified vertical sediment profiles increase burrowing crab effects on salt marsh edaphic conditions12
MarINvaders: A web toolkit of marine species for use in environmental assessments12
Full life cycle assessment of insect biomass allows estimation of bioflows across water, air, and land11
Grassland bird population declines at three Breeding Bird Survey spatial scales in contrast to a large native prairie11
Drivers of flea abundance in wild rodents across local and regional scales in the Chihuahuan Desert, northwestern Mexico11
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Colder temperatures augment viability of an indirectly transmitted songbird pathogen on bird feeders11
Hunting habits die hard: Conserved prey preferences in army ants across two distant neotropical rainforests11
Migration strategy and constraint in migration behavior vary among shorebird species with different life histories11
Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community11
Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making11
Seasonal growth potential of Oncorhynchus mykiss in streams with contrasting prey phenology and streamflow11
Duration and timing interactions of early‐life stress and the potential for recovery11
Sex‐dependent habitat selection modulates risk management by meadow voles11
Just street trees? Street trees increase local biodiversity and biomass in higher income, denser neighborhoods11
Edge effects on decomposition in Sphagnum bogs: Implications for carbon storage11
Integrating microclimatic variation in phenological responses to climate change: A 28‐year study in a hibernating mammal11
Host preference of field‐derived Schistosoma mansoni is influenced by snail host compatibility and infection status11
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