Ecological Processes

Article	Citations
Current and near-term advances in Earth observation for ecological applications	129
Assessment of soil microbial and enzyme activity in the rhizosphere zone under different land use/cover of a semiarid region, India	73
Integrating morphological spatial pattern analysis and the minimal cumulative resistance model to optimize urban ecological networks: a case study in Shenzhen City, China	68
Effect of land use, season, and soil depth on soil microbial biomass carbon of Eastern Himalayas	62
The impacts of land-use and land-cover change on wetland ecosystem service values in peri-urban and urban area of Bahir Dar City, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopia	56
Spatial point-pattern analysis as a powerful tool in identifying pattern-process relationships in plant ecology: an updated review	50
Impacts of land use/land cover and climate changes on soil erosion in Muga watershed, Upper Blue Nile basin (Abay), Ethiopia	42
Stand structure and species diversity regulate biomass carbon stock under major Central Himalayan forest types of India	42
Species Distribution Modelling performance and its implication for Sentinel-2-based prediction of invasive Prosopis juliflora in lower Awash River basin, Ethiopia	40
Effect of grassland degradation on soil quality and soil biotic community in a semi-arid temperate steppe	32
Changes in ecosystem service values strongly influenced by human activities in contrasting agro-ecological environments	31
Heat and drought impact on carbon exchange in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests	30
Predictive distribution modeling of Swertia bimaculata in Darjeeling-Sikkim Eastern Himalaya using MaxEnt: current and future scenarios	30
Ecological connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes and the importance of scattered trees and small patches	30
Rural households’ livelihood vulnerability to climate variability and extremes: a livelihood zone-based approach in the Northeastern Highlands of Ethiopia	28
Split nitrogen fertilizer application improved grain yield in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating antioxidant capacity and 13C photosynthate mobilization under water-saving irrigation c	27
Responses of soil microbial communities to freeze–thaw cycles in a Chinese temperate forest	25
Effect of forest fire on soil microbial biomass and enzymatic activity in oak and pine forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India	25
Influence of urban air pollution on the population in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: a spatial approach	24
The identification of wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots: Citizen science reveals spatial and temporal patterns	24
Trends in species distribution modelling in context of rare and endemic plants: a systematic review	23
The impact of tropical land-use change on downstream riverine and estuarine water properties and biogeochemical cycles: a review	23
Multi-temporal analysis of past and future land cover change in the highly urbanized state of Selangor, Malaysia	23
Biology and resource acquisition of mistletoes, and the defense responses of host plants	22
Distribution of organic carbon fractions in soil aggregates in Chinese fir plantations with different stand ages	22

Effects of fire history on animal communities: a systematic review	21
Enhanced carbon acquisition and use efficiency alleviate microbial carbon relative to nitrogen limitation under soil acidification	20
Runoff and soil loss responses of cultivated land managed with graded soil bunds of different ages in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia	20
Evaluation of the WEAP model in simulating subbasin hydrology in the Central Rift Valley basin, Ethiopia	19
Environmental filtering and spatial processes equally contributed to macroinvertebrate metacommunity dynamics in the highly urbanized river networks in Shenzhen, South China	17
Modelling the potential risk zone of Lantana camara invasion and response to climate change in eastern India	17
Effects of stand density on soil respiration and labile organic carbon in different aged Larix principis-rupprechtii plantations	16
Soil and water conservation practice effects on soil physicochemical properties and crop yield in Ethiopia: review and synthesis	16
Hydrological alteration and biodiversity change along the river network caused by anthropogenic activities and climate variability	16
Ecological niche modelling of a critically endangered species Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari using bioclimatic and non-bioclimatic variables	16
Water resilience mapping of Chennai, India using analytical hierarchy process	15
A global meta-analysis of woody plant responses to elevated CO2: implications on biomass, growth, leaf N content, photosynthesis and water relations	15
Can vegetation index track the interannual variation in gross primary production of temperate deciduous forests?	15
Using machine learning to predict habitat suitability of sloth bears at multiple spatial scales	15
Radial variations in xylem sap flux in a temperate red pine plantation forest	14
Habitat heterogeneity influences avian feeding guild composition in urban landscapes: evidence from Bhubaneswar, India	14
The impacts of altitude and seed pretreatments on seedling emergence of Syrian juniper (Juniperus drupacea (Labill.) Ant. et Kotschy)	14
Soil carbon stock and emission: estimates from three land-use systems in Ghana	14
Effects of different forms of nitrogen addition on microbial extracellular enzyme activity in temperate grassland soil	14
Estimating landscape structure effects on pollination for management of agricultural landscapes	13
Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA	12
Species richness, phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic structure patterns of exotic and native plants along an elevational gradient in the Himalaya	12
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Tree species diversity predicts aboveground carbon storage through functional diversity and functional dominance in the dry evergreen Afromontane forest of Hararghe highland, Southe	12
Using the Lonsdorf model for estimating habitat loss and fragmentation effects on pollination service	12
The importance of large-diameter trees to the creation of snag and deadwood biomass	12
Seasonal dynamics of iron and phosphorus in reservoir sediments in Eucalyptus plantation region	12
Increasing loss of mature boreal forests around protected areas with red-listed forest species	11
Multiple scenario simulation and optimization of an urban green infrastructure network based on complex network theory: a case study in Harbin City, China	11
Uncovering current pyroregions in Italy using wildfire metrics	11
Effects of topographic variability and forest attributes on fine-scale soil fertility in late-secondary succession of Atlantic Forest	11
Effects of floods on macroinvertebrate communities in the Zarin Gol River of northern Iran: implications for water quality monitoring and biological assessment	10
Warming and elevated nitrogen deposition accelerate the invasion process of Solidago canadensis L.	10
Consistency in bird community assembly over medium-term along rural-urban gradients in Argentina	10
Remediation mechanism of “double-resistant” bacteria—Sedum alfredii Hance on Pb- and Cd-contaminated soil	10
Patterns and drivers of tree carbon stocks in Kashmir Himalayan forests: implications for climate change mitigation	10
Nitrogen addition mediates the response of foliar stoichiometry to phosphorus addition: a meta-analysis	9
Comparison of soil chemical and microbial properties in monoculture larch and mixed plantations in a temperate forest ecosystem in Northeast China	9
Neocosmopolitan distributions of invertebrate aquatic invasive species due to euryhaline geographic history and human-mediated dispersal: Ponto-Caspian versus other geographic origins	9
Nitrogen use efficiency of terrestrial plants in China: geographic patterns, evolution, and determinants	9
Long-term changes in the plant ecology of an African savanna landscape and the implications for ecosystem theory and conservation management	9
A traceability analysis system for model evaluation on land carbon dynamics: design and applications	8
Congruent responses of vascular plant and ant communities to pastoral land-use abandonment in mountain areas throughout different biogeographic regions	8
The effect of dolomite amendment on soil organic carbon mineralization is determined by the dolomite size	8
Ecological niche shifts affect the potential invasive risk of Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae) in China	8
The assessment of climatic, environmental, and socioeconomic aspects of the Brazilian Cerrado	8
Image analysis of Moroccan carob seeds (Ceratonia siliqua L.) revealed substantial intraspecific variations depending on climate and geographic origin	8
Nitrogen addition reduced carbon mineralization of aggregates in forest soils but enhanced in paddy soils in South China	8
Effect of shifting cultivation and fallow on soil quality index in Mokokchung district, Nagaland, India	8
Influence of land cover features on avian community and potential conservation priority areas for biodiversity at a Ramsar site in India	8
Relationship between species richness, taxonomic distinctness, functional diversity, and local contribution to β diversity and effects of habitat disturbance in the riparian spider community of the Ga	8

Aquatic community structure and stream habitat in a karst agricultural landscape	8
Cascading effect of source limitation on the granivore-mediated seed dispersal of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) in secondary forest ecosystems	8
Landscape structure and suitable habitat analysis for effective restoration planning in semi-arid mountain forests	8
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Lichens reveal the quality of indoor air in Selangor, Malaysia	7
Does landscape context affect pollination-related functional diversity and richness of understory flowers in forest fragments of Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil?	7
Effects of altitude and slope on the climate–radial growth relationships of Larix olgensis A. Henry in the southern Lesser Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	7
Quantifying the impacts of spatiotemporal land use and land cover changes on soil loss across agroecologies and slope categories using GIS and RUSLE model in Zoa watershed, southwest Ethiopia	7
Simulation of urban microclimate with uhiSolver: software validation using simplified material data	7
Assessing effectiveness of nature-based solution with big earth data: 60 years mangrove plantation program in Bangladesh coast	7
Staying alive on an active volcano: 80 years population dynamics of Cytisus aeolicus (Fabaceae) from Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)	7
Impact of human disturbances on soil cyanobacteria diversity and distribution in suburban arid area of Marrakesh, Morocco	7
Vertical distribution patterns and drivers of soil bacterial communities across the continuous permafrost region of northeastern China	7
Improving the knowledge of plant potential biodiversity-ecosystem services links using maps at the regional level in Southern Patagonia	7
Climate change-driven shifts in plant–soil feedbacks: a meta-analysis	7
The different responses of planktonic bacteria and archaea to water temperature maintain the stability of their community diversity in dammed rivers	7
Mowing weakens the positive effects of nitrogen deposition on fundamental ecosystem service of grassland	7
Ecological implications of twentieth century reforestation programs for the urban forests of São Paulo, Brazil: a study based on litterfall and nutrient cycling	7
Predicting invasion potential of Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin & Barneby under the changing climate in Africa	6
Large-diameter trees and deadwood correspond with belowground ectomycorrhizal fungal richness	6
Complex effects of different types of acid rain on root growth of Quercus acutissima and Cunninghamia lanceolata saplings	6
Epidemiological factors of septoria tritici blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum) in the highlands of Wollo, Ethiopia	6
Homogeneous selection is not always important in bacterial community in the eutrophic enclosed bay	6
Carbon pool dynamics after variable retention harvesting in Nothofagus pumilio forests of Tierra del Fuego	6
Comparing leaf area index estimates in a Mediterranean forest using field measurements, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-2 data	6
Country-level land carbon sink and its causing components by the middle of the twenty-first century	6
Effects of logging on the trade-off between seed and sprout regeneration of dominant woody species in secondary forests of the Natural Forest Protection Project of China	6
Urbanization, economic development, and environmental changes in transitional economies in the global south: a case of Yangon	6
Niche breadth and overlap of spotted deer and domestic cattle with swamp deer in tropical region of Nepal	6
Spatial and temporal dynamics of growth of woody plant species (birch and willows) on the foreland of a retreating glacier in southern Iceland	6
Soil quality estimation using environmental covariates and predictive models: an example from tropical soils of Nigeria	6
A review of landscape ecology experiments to understand ecological processes	5
Relationships between land use types and urban heat island intensity in Hulu Langat district, Selangor, Malaysia	5
Camera traps reveal the natural corridors used by mammalian species in eastern Mexico	5
Evolution of seasonal land surface temperature trend in pond-breeding newt (Neurergus derjugini) in western Iran and eastern Iraq	5
Spatially explicit estimation of soil organic carbon stock of an estuarine mangrove wetland of eastern India using elemental analysis and very-fine resolution satellite data	5
N2O emission and its influencing factors in subtropical streams, China	5
Gender plasticity uncovers multiple sexual morphs in natural populations of Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don	5
Application of pressure–state–response approach for developing criteria and indicators of ecological health assessment of wetlands: a multi-temporal study in Ichhamati floodplains, India	5
Divergent responses of plant biomass and diversity to short-term nitrogen and phosphorus addition in three types of steppe in Inner Mongolia, China	5
The effects of biodiversity gradient on plant mass and metabolism of individual submerged macrophytes	5
Nitrogen uptake strategies of mature conifers in Northeastern China, illustrated by the 15N natural abundance method	5
Soil organic carbon stocks in native forest of Argentina: a useful surrogate for mitigation and conservation planning under climate variability	5
Morphological characterization and habitat suitability modeling of the goat population of Benin under climate change scenarios	5
Recovery of bird communities following the construction of a large-scale hydroelectric dam	5
Changes in albedo and its radiative forcing of grasslands in East Asia drylands	4
Effect of complex hydraulic variables and physicochemical factors on freshwater mussel density in the largest floodplain lake, China	4
Effects of nitrogen addition and drought on the relationship between nitrogen- and water-use efficiency in a temperate grassland	4
Local habitat characteristics determine butterfly diversity and community structure in a threatened Kihansi gorge forest, Southern Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania	4
Plant–pollinator metanetworks in fragmented landscapes: a simulation study	4
Sustainable urban systems: from landscape to ecological processes	4
Changes in fish resources 5 years after implementation of the 10-year fishing ban in the Chishui River, the first river with a complete fishing ban in the Yangtze River Basin	4
Root-order-associated variations in fine-root decomposition and their effects on soil in a subtropical evergreen forest	4
The influence of window size on remote sensing-based prediction of forest structural variables	4
Mapping soil nutrients via different covariates combinations: theory and an example from Morocco	4
The effects of stump size and within-gap position on sprout non-structural carbohydrates concentrations and regeneration in forest gaps vary among species with different shade tolerances	4
Microcosm study on fate and dynamics of mangrove tannins during leaf litter leaching	4
Effects of variable retention harvesting on canopy transpiration in a red pine plantation forest	4
The effect of landscape structure on the evolution of two alternative dispersal strategies	4
Time lag effect of vegetation response to seasonal precipitation in the Mara River Basin	4
How does the 120-year cycle mast seeding of dwarf bamboo affect the rodent population?	4
Contrasting plant growth performance of invasive polyploid and native diploid Prosopis is mediated by the soil bacterial community	4
Rhizosphere fungal community assembly varied across functional guilds in a temperate forest	4
Rare earth element geochemistry in soils along arid and semiarid grasslands in northern China	4
Development of a phytoplankton-based index of biotic integrity for ecological health assessment in the Yangtze River	4
Spatial distribution of above ground carbon density in Harana Forest, Ethiopia	4
Reimagining large river management using the Resist–Accept–Direct (RAD) framework in the Upper Mississippi River	4
Nature-based recreation for the elderly in urban areas: assessing opportunities and demand as planning support	3
Soil fauna accelerated litter C and N release by improving litter quality across an elevational gradient	3
Decoupling effect and driving factors of carbon footprint in megacity Wuhan, Central China	3
Effects of sulfuric, nitric, and mixed acid rain on the decomposition of fine root litter in Southern China	3
A global analysis of the introduction pathways and characteristics associated with non-native fish species introduction, establishment, and impacts	3
Spatial and temporal patterns of forest fires in the Central Monte: relationships with regional climate	3
Variations in diversity, composition, and species interactions of soil microbial community in response to increased N deposition and precipitation intensity in a temperate grassland	3
A hierarchical path-segmentation movement ecology framework	3
Hunting of hunted: an ensemble modeling approach to evaluate suitable habitats for caracals in India	3
Assessment of long-term climate variability and its impact on the decadal growth of horticultural crops in central India	3
Forage offering and seasonal intake comparisons to evaluate European rabbit threat in Nothofagus forests of southern Patagonia	3
Linking soil organic carbon mineralization to soil physicochemical properties and bacterial alpha diversity at different depths following land use changes	3
Influence of night-time light pollution on the photosynthesis and physiological characteristics of the urban plants Euonymus japonicus and Rosa hybrida	3
High adaptability of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica to drought-induced soil nutrient deficiency	3

Microbial community coalescence and nitrogen cycling in simulated mortality decomposition hotspots	3
Linkages among leaf nutrient concentration, resorption efficiency, litter decomposition and their stoichiometry to canopy nitrogen addition and understory removal in subtropical plantation	3
Effects of long-term nitrogen addition on the δ15N and δ13C of Larix gmelinii and soil in a boreal forest	3
Rainfall amount determines annual herb controls over soil seed bank and its similarity with vegetation in the Tengger Desert	3
Lateral detrital C transfer across a Spartina alterniflora invaded estuarine wetland	3
Effects of fertilization on radial growth of Pinus pinea explored hourly using dendrometers	3