Ecography

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecography is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Twenty years of dynamic occupancy models: a review of applications and look to the future204
Complex relationships between beta diversity and dispersal in meta‐community models184
Integration of presence‐only data from several sources: a case study on dolphins' spatial distribution168
A global perspective on the functional responses of stream communities to flow intermittence86
Disentangling the effect of the spatial scale and species spatial pattern on the abundance–suitability relationship68
Habitats as predictors in species distribution models: Shall we use continuous or binary data?67
Enhancing monitoring to promote early detection and eradication of invasive species64
Uncertainty matters: ascertaining where specimens in natural history collections come from and its implications for predicting species distributions64
Estimating the extended and hidden species diversity from environmental DNA in hyper‐diverse regions62
Freshwater fish functional diversity shows diverse responses to human activities, but consistently declines in the tropics60
Climatic filtering and temporal instability shape the phylogenetic diversity of European alpine floras54
(Sub‐)Antarctic endemic cyanobacteria from benthic mats are rare and have restricted geographic distributions54
Climatic conditions and landscape diversity predict plant–bee interactions and pollen deposition in bee‐pollinated plants51
Direct evidence for intercontinental dispersal of a snail via a bird49
Species traits drive responses of forest birds to agriculturally‐modified habitats throughout the annual cycle49
Contrasting influence of seascape, space and marine reserves on genomic variation in multiple species49
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Legacy effects of drought on tree growth responses to hurricanes44
Functional and phylogenetic convergence of winter and breeding bird communities in the northeastern US42
Salix shrub encroachment along a 1000 m elevation gradient triggers a major ecosystem change in the European Alps41
Ranking ecological contingencies from high‐order factorial data demonstrate tidy control of biodiversity from facilitation cascades in estuaries on the South Island of New Zealand41
Competitive interactions modify the direct effects of climate40
Dissecting earthworm diversity in tropical rainforests39
Informed dispersal based on prospecting impacts the rate and shape of range expansions39
Projecting community trophic structures for the last 120 000 years38
Herbarium specimens provide reliable estimates of phenological responses to climate at unparalleled taxonomic and spatiotemporal scales37
Shallow coverage in shallow waters: the incompleteness of intertidal species inventories in biodiversity database records37
Predicting predator–prey interactions in terrestrial endotherms using random forest36
Environmental heterogeneity, rather than stability, explains spider assemblage differences between ecosystems36
The what, how, and why of trait‐based analyses in ecology35
Spatio‐temporal Usutu virus model explains Eurasian blackbird Turdus merula population trends34
Untangling the plant reproductive success of changing community composition and pollinator foraging choices31
Limited impact of microtopography on alpine plant distribution31
Advancing statistical models to reveal the effect of dissolved oxygen on the spatial distribution of marine taxa using thresholds and a physiologically based index30
Remotely‐sensed slowing down in spatially patterned dryland ecosystems30
Pronounced changes of subterranean biodiversity patterns along a Late Pleistocene glaciation gradient30
Circum‐Arctic distribution of chemical anti‐herbivore compounds suggests biome‐wide trade‐off in defence strategies in Arctic shrubs29
Nocturnal avian migration drives high daily turnover but limited change in abundance on the ground29
Expanding Antarctic biogeography: microbial ecology of Antarctic island soils28
Plant functional group interactions intensify with warming in alpine grasslands28
The role of climate and species interactions in determining the distribution of two elevationally segregated species of small mammals through time28
Can we accurately predict the distribution of soil microorganism presence and relative abundance?27
Climatic conditions and functional traits affect spider diets in agricultural and non‐agricultural habitats worldwide27
Wildfire severity alters drivers of interaction beta‐diversity in plant–bee networks27
Synthesis ofBatrachochytrium dendrobatidisinfection in South America: amphibian species under risk and areas to focus research and disease mitigation26
Neutral processes related to regional bee commonness and dispersal distances are important predictors of plant–pollinator networks along gradients of climate and landscape conditions26
The evolutionary history of Sinopoda spiders (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae): out of the Himalayas and down the mountain slopes25
Does habitat or climate change drive species range shifts?25
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Towards an understanding of the latitudinal patterns in thermal tolerance and vulnerability of woody plants under climate warming24
Integrating physiology into correlative models can alter projections of habitat suitability under climate change for a threatened amphibian24
Comprehensive analytical approaches reveal species‐specific search strategies in sympatric apex predatory sharks23
Expert‐based assessment of rewilding indicates progress at site‐level, yet challenges for upscaling23
Advancing and retreating fronts in a changing climate: a percolation model of range shifts23
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Hump‐shaped relationship between aggregation tendency and body size within fish populations23
Historical and contemporary climate jointly determine angiosperm plant diversity patterns across east Eurasia23
Surprising roles of climate in regulating flowering phenology in a subtropical ecosystem23
Megafrugivores as fading shadows of the past: extant frugivores and the abiotic environment as the most important determinants of the distribution of palms in Madagascar23
Scale‐dependent variation in leaf functional traits clarifies mechanisms of invasion22
A zoogeographic model for the evolution of diversity and endemism in Madagascar22
Do marine planktonic ciliates follow Bergmann's rule?22
comspat: an R package to analyze within‐community spatial organization using species combinations22
Shared temporal increases in bill size among songbirds of the San Francisco Bay Area provide evidence for different seasonal selective pressures22
Lagged climate‐driven range shifts at species' leading, but not trailing, range edges revealed by multispecies seed addition experiment22
Herbarium data accurately predict the timing and duration of population‐level flowering displays22
Calculating functional diversity metrics using neighbor‐joining trees22
The latitudinal gradient of functional diversity of Miocene marine mollusks from Chile21
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Trends in functional composition of small mammal communities across millennial time scales21
Supporting the restoration of complex ecosystems requires long‐term and multi‐scale perspectives21
Long‐term drought triggers severe declines in carabid beetles in a temperate forest20
wallace 2: a shiny app for modeling species niches and distributions redesigned to facilitate expansion via module contributions20
divraster: an R package to calculate taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity from rasters20
The effects of fragmentation per se on patch occupancy are stronger and more positive in a landscape with a higher quality and more homogeneous matrix20
Global benthic biogeographical regions and macroecological drivers for ophiuroids20
A systematic review evaluating the performance of eDNA methods relative to conventional methods for biodiversity monitoring20
KBAscope: key biodiversity area identification in R20
Emerging horizons in predictive biogeography20
Midpoint attractor models resolve the mid‐elevation peak in Himalayan plant species richness19
Flood regimes alter the role of landform and topographic constraint on functional diversity of floodplain forests19
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Spatially explicit models for decision‐making in animal conservation and restoration19
Cross‐validation matters in species distribution models: a case study with goatfish species19
Relics of beavers past: time and population density drive scale‐dependent patterns of ecosystem engineering18
Macroclimatic structuring of spatial phylogenetic turnover in liverworts18
Species interactions: next‐level citizen science18
Exploring mechanisms of spatial segregation between body size groups within fish populations under environmental change18
Megaherbivore impacts on ecosystem and Earth system functioning: the current state of the science18
Tree biomass does not correlate with soil carbon stocks in forest‐tundra ecotones along a 1100 km latitudinal gradient in Norway18
Biotic pressures and environmental heterogeneity shape beta‐diversity of seedling communities in tropical montane forests18
Invasion success and tolerance to urbanization in birds18
Predicting fine‐scale distributions and emergent spatiotemporal patterns from temporally dynamic step selection simulations17
Variable species establishment in response to microhabitat indicates different likelihoods of climate‐driven range shifts17
Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem16
GuidosToolbox Workbench: spatial analysis of raster maps for ecological applications16
Food web structure and community composition: a comparison across space and time in the North Sea16
The differential contribution of coyotes and passerines on future biotic carbon storage through juniper seed dispersal16
Huge spring migrations of insects from the Middle East to Europe: quantifying the migratory assemblage and ecosystem services16
Non‐reproductive dispersal: an important driver of migratory range dynamics and connectivity16
Using multi‐scale spatially explicit frameworks to understand the relationship between functional diversity and species richness16
Effects of ungulate density and sociality on landscape heterogeneity: a mechanistic modeling approach16
Joint spatial modeling of cluster size and density for a heavily hunted primate persisting in a heterogeneous landscape16
Functional traits and metacommunity theory reveal that habitat filtering and competition maintain bird diversity in a human shared landscape16
GARPTools: R software for data preparation and model evaluation of GARP models15
‘FIESTA': a forest inventory estimation and analysis R package15
Pollinator competition and the structure of floral resources15
Habitat suitability models reveal the spatial signal of environmental DNA in riverine networks15
Evolutionary trajectories of multiple defense traits across phylogenetic and geographic scales in Vitis15
Temperature as a likely driver shaping global patterns in mineralogical composition in bryozoans: implications for marine calcifiers under global change15
Reliability of presence‐only data for assessing plant community responses to climate warming15
Latitudinal patterns and climatic drivers of Laurasian and Gondwanan angiosperm tree distributions in forests of the Americas14
Genetic structure and diversity of the declining orchid Gymnadenia conopsea in Scandinavia: implications for conservation and management14
Global phylogenetic and functional structure of rodent assemblages14
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Niche conservation in copepods between ocean basins14
Soil and climate‐dependent ingrowth inference: broadleaves on their slow way to conquer Swiss forests14
The Darwinian shortfall in plants: phylogenetic knowledge is driven by range size14
Temporal variation in spider trophic interactions is explained by the influence of weather on prey communities, web building and prey choice14
A temperature‐driven model of phenological mismatch provides insights into the potential impacts of climate change on consumer–resource interactions14
Improving access and use of climate projections for ecological research through the use of a new Python tool14
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Complex phylogenetic origin and geographic isolation drive reef fishes response to environmental variability in oceanic islands of the southwestern Atlantic14
Millennial‐scale change on a Caribbean reef system that experiences hypoxia13
Plant invasion in Mediterranean Europe: current hotspots and future scenarios13
Climatic resilience after extreme drought in Mediterranean shrubland plant communities13
Big data, big problems? How to circumvent problems in biodiversity mapping and ensure meaningful results13
Colonizing polar environments: thermal niche evolution in Collembola13
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People or predators? Comparing habitat‐dependent effects of hunting and large carnivores on the abundance of North America's top mesocarnivore13
Addressing uncertainty when projecting marine species' distributions under climate change12
More than what they eat: uncoupled biophysical constraints underlie geographic patterns of herbivory12
The swash zone selects functionally specialized assemblages of beach interstitial meiofauna (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata)12
High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts12
Changes in the climate suitability and growth rates of trees in eastern North America12
RangeShiftR: an R package for individual‐based simulation of spatial eco‐evolutionary dynamics and species' responses to environmental changes12
pastclim 1.2: an R package to easily access and use paleoclimatic reconstructions11
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Most young leaves pale in comparison to mature leaves: delayed greening is neither binary nor tropical11
Modeling the rarest of the rare: a comparison between multi‐species distribution models, ensembles of small models, and single‐species models at extremely low sample sizes11
Regional processes shape the structure of rumen microbial co‐occurrence networks11
Choice of prioritization method impacts recommendations for climate‐informed bird conservation in the United States11
Scale‐dependent effects of biodiversity and stability on marine ecosystem dynamics11
SiteOpt: an open‐source R‐package for site selection and portfolio optimization11
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Can we model distribution of population abundance from wildlife–vehicles collision data?11
Existing approaches and future directions to link macroecology, macroevolution and conservation prioritization11
Competitive interactions under current climate allow temperate tree species to grow and survive in boreal mixedwood forest11
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A test of the abundant‐center hypothesis for stream fishes11
Using recent baselines as benchmarks for megafauna restoration places an unfair burden on the Global South11
Marcescence and prostrate growth in tree ferns are adaptations to cold tolerance11
Divergent litter traits of riparian plant species between humid and drier biomes within the tropics11
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Long‐term changes in taxonomic and functional composition of European marine fish communities10
Environmental responses of fruiting fungal communities are phylogenetically structured10
An invasive pathogen generally contracts species to their niche cores, not margins10
Beetle evolution illuminates the geological history of the World's most diverse tropical archipelago10
Combined effects of temperature change and natural habitat on the abundance of arthropod trait syndromes in agroecosystems10
Evaluating the influence of neighborhood connectivity and habitat effects in dynamic occupancy species distribution models10
Insights into natal origins of migratory Nearctic hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae): new evidence from stable isotope (δ2H) assignment analyses10
A meta‐analysis exploring associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence10
Revealing the drivers of parasite community assembly: using avian haemosporidians to model global dynamics of parasite species turnover10
Transient amplification enhances the persistence of tropicalising coral assemblages in marginal high‐latitude environments10
Drier, more seasonal climates strengthen coordination of hydraulic, leaf economic and reproductive strategies in subtropical forest tree communities10
Spatially‐nested hierarchical species distribution models to overcome niche truncation in national‐scale studies10
Resource quantity and heterogeneity drive successional plant diversity in managed and unmanaged boreal forests10
Macroecological patterns of functional and phylogenetic diversity vary between ground and arboreal assemblages in Neotropical savanna ants9
Telomeres in a spatial context: a tool for understanding ageing pattern variation in wild populations9
Identifying barriers to gene flow and hierarchical conservation units from seascape genomics: a modelling framework applied to a marine predator9
Using historical catch data to evaluate predicted changes in fish relative abundance in response to a warming climate9
Both source‐ and recipient‐range phylogenetic community structure can predict the outcome of avian introductions9
Spatial patterns and life histories of Macrotermes michaelseni termite mounds reflect intraspecific competition: insights of a temporal comparison spanning 12 years9
Major axes of variation in tree demography across global forests9
mFD: an R package to compute and illustrate the multiple facets of functional diversity9
Biogeography of larches in eastern Siberia – using single nucleotide polymorphisms derived by genotyping by sequencing9
Prey responses to foxes are not determined by nativeness9
Revisiting long‐distance dispersal in a coastal marine fish9
Norwegian lemmings, Lemmus lemmus: a case for a strong herbivore–plant interaction9
Characteristics of the naturalized flora of Southern Africa largely reflect the non‐random introduction of alien species for cultivation9
Variable impacts on reproductive energetics may render oviparous squamates more vulnerable to climate warming than viviparous species9
Climatic stability predicts the congruence between species abundance and genetic diversity9
Rapid diversification of the Australian Amitermes group during late Cenozoic climate change9
Variations in risk‐taking behaviour mediate matrix mortality's impact on biodiversity under fragmentation9
The role of phylogenetic relatedness on success of non‐native plants crossing the naturalization–invasion transition in North America9
Trade‐offs among restored ecosystem functions are context‐dependent in Mediterranean‐type regions9
Living on the edge – physiological tolerance to frost and drought explains range limits of 35 European tree species9
Integrating fine‐scale behaviour and microclimate data into biophysical models highlights the risk of lethal hyperthermia and dehydration9
Climate‐competition tradeoffs shape the range limits of European beech and Norway spruce along elevational gradients across the Carpathian Mountains9
To the top or into the dark? Relationships between elevational and canopy cover distribution shifts in mountain forests9
‘Euclimatch': an R package for climate matching with Euclidean distance metrics9
Integrating host condition into spatiotemporal multiscale models improves virus shedding predictions9
First genomic snapshots of recolonising lineages following a devastating earthquake9
The role of habitat fragmentation in Pleistocene megafauna extinction in Eurasia8
The drivers of plant turnover change across spatial scales in the Azores8
Ecosystem indicators: predicting population responses to combined climate and anthropogenic changes in shallow seas8
Trends in animal translocation research8
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Effects of phytoplankton species distribution on particulate organic carbon dynamics along a coastal gradient8
Reviewing and benchmarking ecological modelling practices in the context of land use8
Integrating data from different taxonomic resolutions to better estimate community alpha diversity8
Anthropogenic habitat modification causes nonlinear multiscale bird diversity declines8
Scale‐dependent effects of landscape structure on pollinator traits, species interactions and pollination success8
The time of acquisition of multispectral predictors matters: the role of seasonality in bird species distribution models8
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The climate envelope of Alaska's northern treelines: implications for controlling factors and future treeline advance8
Testing the assumption of environmental equilibrium in an invasive plant species over a 130 year history8
Resource redistribution mediated by hydrological connectivity modulates vegetation response to aridification in drylands8
The best of two worlds: toward large‐scale monitoring of biodiversity combining COI metabarcoding and optimized parataxonomic validation8
Seed dispersal by waterbirds: a mechanistic understanding by simulating avian digestion8
The use of insect life tables in optimizing invasive pest distributional models8
Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization7
Synthesising the multiple impacts of climatic variability on community responses to climate change7
Global maps of lake surface water temperatures reveal pitfalls of air‐for‐water substitutions in ecological prediction7
Coupling in situ and remote sensing data to assess α‐ and β‐diversity over biogeographic gradients7
Temperature sensitivity of tree recruitment at alpine treelines increases along latitudinal gradients7
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Predicting niche overlap with model‐based ordination7
Ecological scales of effect vary across space and time7
Urbanization affects oak–pathogen interactions across spatial scales7
Testing the core–periphery hypothesis: a standardised multi‐phylum assessment of genetic diversity of marine coastal species7
Acaulescence promotes speciation and shapes the distribution patterns of palms in Neotropical seasonally dry habitats7
Estimating a physiological threshold to oxygen and temperature from marine monitoring data reveals challenges and opportunities for forecasting distribution shifts7
Life history diversity in terrestrial animals is associated with metabolic response to seasonally fluctuating resources7
Abundant‐core thinking clarifies exceptions to the abundant‐center distribution pattern7
Climatic variability, spatial heterogeneity and the presence of multiple hosts drive the population structure of the pathogen Phytophthora ramorum and the epidemiology of Sudden Oak Death7
Human activity drives establishment, but not invasion, of non‐native plants on islands7
Determinism and stochasticity in the spatial–temporal continuum of ecological communities: the case of tropical mountains7
Landscape connectivity for the invisibles7
Temporal trends in the spatial bias of species occurrence records7
Complex temporal dynamics of insect metacommunities along a tropical elevational gradient7
Historical data reveal contrasting habitat amount relationships with plant biodiversity7
The importance of history in understanding large tree mortality in African savannas7
Modelling species presence‐only data with random forests7
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Individual contribution to niche expansion in amphibians: a test of the niche variation hypothesis7
Factors influencing transferability in species distribution models7
Multi‐colony tracking of two pelagic seabirds with contrasting flight capability illustrates how windscapes shape migratory movements at an ocean‐basin scale7
Non‐stationary forest responses to hotter droughts: a temporal perspective considering the role of past legacies7
Parsimonious machine learning for the global mapping of aboveground biomass potential6
Roadside disturbance promotes plant communities with arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in mountain regions worldwide6
Moving towards better risk assessment for invertebrate conservation6
Are trapping data suited for home‐range estimation?6
Rates of species turnover across elevation vary with vertical stratum in rainforest ant assemblages6
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Landscape drivers of pests and pathogens abundance in arable crops6
Coupling eco‐evolutionary mechanisms with deep‐time environmental dynamics to understand biodiversity patterns6
chelsa‐cmip6 1.0: a python package to create high resolution bioclimatic variables based on CHELSA ver. 2.1 and CMIP6 data6
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