Ecological Research

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Potential persistence of high‐mountain lizards	113
Subtidal benthic communities in Minamata Bay, Japan, approximately 30 years after mercury pollution remediation involving dredging disturbance	74
Review: A comprehensive overview of studies related to the ecology and genetics of Fagus crenata Blume (Siebold's beech, Japanese beech) at the species' northernmost range limit	20
Following the trail of the elusive proboscis monkey in Borneo	17
Species‐specific foraging behavior and diets of stream salmonids: An implication for negative impacts on native charr by nonnative trout in Japanese mountain streams	17
Seed dispersal of Zoysia japonica by sika deer: An example of the “foliage is the fruit” hypothesis	16
Ecological insights into the assembly of bifidobacterial communities in the infant gut	16
Ecosystem transition due to deer overabundance: Insights from long‐term studies and future considerations	15
Long‐term fluctuations and mechanisms of seed production of riparian tree canopy species	14
“Mining” the herbarium for hyperaccumulators: Discoveries of nickel and zinc (hyper)accumulation in the genus Noccaea (Brassicaceae) through X‐ray fluorescence herbarium scanning	13
How substrate type and elevation drive woody communities and influence species ecological strategies in the Brazilian savanna at local scale	13
Understanding community awareness of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation in marine protected areas: A case study of Karimunjawa National Park	12
Sample selection disparity: Sampling only cobble overestimates the biomass of stream benthic algae	11
Complementary combination of multiplex high‐throughput DNA sequencing for molecular phylogeny	11
The long‐term drive count and culling data of the sika deer (Cervus nippon) population introduced on Nakanoshima Island in Lake Toya, Hokkaido, Japan, during 1980–2023	11
Relationship between walking movement and reproductive traits in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	10
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Influence of Neltuma flexuosa and rainfall event on the germination of Leptochloa crinita and Pappophorum caespitosum in two different locations along a stress gradient in the cen	10
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The contributions of primary sources to fauna and the trophic structure in tropical seagrass areas: A case study from Thai waters	9
Wild bee surveys across 60 years reveal remarkable reduction of bee abundance in urban green areas in northern Japan	9
Effects of different shading levels on the growth of Bornmuellera emarginata, a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining	9
Taxonomic and phylogenetic perspectives reveal the community assembly of different forest strata along an altitudinal gradient	8
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Long‐term monitoring program reveals a mismatch between spatial distribution and reproductive success in an endangered raptor species in the Mediterranean area	8

Applicability of the source–sink population concept to marine intertidal macro‐invertebrates with planktonic larval stages	8
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Ant and termite collective behavior: Group‐level similarity arising from individual‐level diversity	8
Exploratory individuals are bolder in Great Tit: Correlation between personality and antipredator behavior	8
The use of trap‐nests to support crop pollinators in agricultural areas	8
Effect of climate and flooding on the phenology of Attalea phalerata (Arecaceae) in a white‐water floodplain forest of the Amazon River	7
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Phenotype‐dependent downstream dispersal under ordinary flow conditions in juvenile white‐spotted char	7
Landscape effects on pollinator abundance differ among taxonomic groups	7
Four seasons of the phototrophic biofilms at the cave entrance zone of Petnica Cave	7
More effect of ephemeral plant species diversity on aboveground biomass than functional diversity and functional composition	6
Spatial changes in a macrozoobenthic community depend on restoration methods in historically squeezed coasts in a brackish lagoon	6
Where do “process‐oriented” community ecologists go? In search of general laws that are just “good enough”	6
Past biodiversity: Japanese historical monographs document the trans‐Pacific migration of the black turtle, Chelonia mydas agassizii	6
Spatiotemporal interactions between jaguars (Panthera onca) and their potential prey in Amazonian islands	6
A new species of Odontarrhena (Brassicaceae) endemic to Greek ultramafics: From taxonomy to metal accumulation behavior	6
Evolutionary and ecological trends in the Neotropical cycad genus Dioon (Zamiaceae): An example of success of evolutionary stasis	6
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Annual variability in the sound acorn production of Quercus serrata is regulated by a seed‐predatory weevil in western Japan	6
Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning‐derived metric: A case study	6
Cutting propagation of Bornmuellera tymphaea, a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining: Effects of rooting media and auxins on stem cuttings	6
Seasonal patterns of sugar components and their functions in branches of Fagus crenata in association with three reproduction events	5
Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan	5
Plant strategy of root system architecture and exudates for acquiring soil nutrients	5
Dataset of the impacts of invasive alien species in Brazil	5
Spatiotemporal activity of the pine marten Martes martes: Insights from an island population	5
Cryptic Japanese maple species exhibit different drought tolerance, suggesting reproductive isolation	5
Utility of commercial high‐resolution satellite imagery for monitoring general flowering in Sarawak, Borneo	5
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Relative importance of host‐dependent versus physical environmental characteristics affecting the distribution of an ectoparasitic copepod infecting the mouth cavity of stream salmonid	5
Can vermicomposting be used to process hyperaccumulator biomass in nickel agromining?	5
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The effects of functional differences in cultivar of Cryptomeria japonica on nutrient dynamics and soil invertebrates in a common garden	5
Forest monitoring data of 45 plots across the Japanese archipelago during 1980–2021	5
Idea paper: Improving forecasts of community composition with lightweight biodiversity monitoring across ecological and anthropogenic disturbance gradients	4
Reproductive ecology of free‐ranging striped hyena Hyaena hyaena in central Israel	4
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Nickel hyperaccumulation in Orthion and Mayanaea (Violaceae) from Mesoamerica	4
Disentangling biotic and abiotic factors influencing host–parasitoid interactions of butterflies, tachinid flies, and nematodes	4
Stress response and phytoextraction potential of two Noccaea caerulescens populations in multicontaminated soil	4
Diel and seasonal changes in gut contents of omnivorous–carnivorous macroinvertebrates in the Yura River, Japan	4
Spawning season and nest guarding behavior of invasive smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in a Japanese Lake	4
Long‐term series of measurements of eggs and chicks of Caspian terns (Hydroprogne caspia) breeding in Lake Chany, Western Siberia, Russia, during 1985 and 2011	4
Overwintering foraging tactics of sedentary sika deer in a region prone to heavy snow in northern Japan	4
Plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality of different degraded grasslands in alpine meadows of Maqu	4
Network structure indicators predict ecological robustness in food webs	4
Volcanic ash in soil is a source of strontium in stream water in chert‐bedrock forests in Mount Amamaki, Japan	4
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Ecology with artificial intelligence and machine learning in Asia: A historical perspective and emerging trends	4
Spatial modeling of road collisions of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in Israel	4
Deforestation, emissions, and carbon sequestration potential of Merlimau mangrove forest: A landscape‐level analysis	3
Eclipta thermalis, a previously common weed, threatened by the expansion of the exotic congener E. alba in Japanese rice paddies	3
Seagrass biomass and sediment carbon in conserved and disturbed seascape	3
Understanding rural and urban perceptions of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation strategies in the Philippines	3
Heritability of walnut seed size and the benefits of large seeds	3
Species‐specific stoichiometric effects of leaf litter on algal growth, production, and cell quotas	3
A meta‐analysis of native and non‐native Amur three‐lips (Opsariichthys uncirostris uncirostris) population growth rates in western Japan	3
Announcement of the 22nd Ecological Research Paper Award	3
Management and landscape of shelterbelts contribute to butterfly and flowering plant diversity in northern Japan	3
Pollinator predation stabilizes plant–pollinator mutualisms through the modification of pollinator behavior	3
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Seasonal dynamics of floral composition and flower visitors in a subtropical alpine ecosystem in Taiwan	3
Intraspecific variation in spruce seed palatability perceived by bank voles	3
Estimation of total fine root production using continuous inflow methods in tropical mangrove forest on Pohnpei Island, Micronesia: Fine root necromass accumulation is a substantial contributor to blu	3
Contrasting metacommunity patterns of fish and aquatic insects in drainage ditches of paddy fields	3
Variations in soil nutrient availabilities and foliar nutrient concentrations of trees between temperate monsoon karst and non‐karst forest ecosystems on Mount Ibuki in Japan	3
Effects of differences in aboveground dead organic matter types on the stand‐scale necromass and CO2 efflux estimates in a subtropical forest in Okinawa Island, Japan	3
Ecosystem responses and behaviors under changing pressure of air pollutants: Special article collection from the 10th International Conference on Acid Deposition “ACID RAIN 2020”	3
Long‐term flowering records of herbaceous plants in Tokyo, Japan, during 1994–2015 through citizen science	3
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Soil type and precipitation level have a greater influence on fungal than bacterial diversity in serpentine and non‐serpentine biological soil crusts	3
Changes in forest structure over 23 years under disturbances in a warm temperate rain forest on Yakushima Island, Japan	3
Designing cropping systems for nickel agromining on ultramafic land in Albania	3
Soil respiration response to nitrogen fertilization experiment in tropical grassland	3
Are floral traits good predictors of effective pollinators? A test of pollination syndromes	3
Topographical gradient of the structure and diversity of a woody plant community in a seasonally dry tropical forest in northwestern Madagascar	2
Temporal beta‐diversity patterns are highly dependent on fundamental parameters of neutral dynamics	2
Effects of Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis bloom for the first time in 120 years on the dynamics of organic matter and nitrogen in forest: Differences in decomposition processes between	2
Carbon sequestration potential in the rehabilitated mangroves in Indonesia	2
Review: Phytogeography and history of Japanese beech forests: Recent advances and implications for vegetation ecology	2
Soil carbon, nitrogen, and potassium regulate herbaceous community stability in the restoration phases of desertification land	2
The threat of parasitism impairs immune function in host caterpillars	2
Habitat selection by invaders: Avoiding natural habitats by the red‐whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus	2
Growth of the invasive Navua sedge (Cyperus aromaticus) under competitive interaction with pasture species and simulated grazing conditions: Implication for management	2
Evolutionary bet‐hedging reconsidered: What is the mean–variance trade‐off of fitness?	2
Ups and downs of non‐native and native stream‐dwelling salmonids: Lessons from two contrasting rivers	2
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Metal hyperaccumulation in the Indonesian flora	2
Two‐stage soil core sampler to collect a less‐compressed core from forested areas	2
Biotic resistance in a stochastic world: Do rodents act as a filter to alien tree invasion in pampean old fields?	2
Interpopulation variation in leaf out phenology of Fagus crenata along topographic variation associated with the late frost regime in the Hakkoda Mountains, northern Japan	2
Carrying capacity for tree biomass of a subtropical mangrove along a river in Japan inferred from forest structural features	2
Abundance and reproduction behavior data for waterbirds (Anatidae, Rallidae, Charadriiforms, Podicipediforms) breeding in European France based o	2
Seed bank and aboveground vegetation of Atlantic Forest re‐growing on mining tailings in Mariana: Highlighting diversity patterns of functional groups	2
Connectivity and short‐term flood interactively affect fish community composition in drainage ditches of paddy fields in an agricultural landscape	2
A dataset for vascular plant diversity monitoring for the natural World Heritage site on Amami‐Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, and the northern Okinawa Island	2
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Evaluation of the baseline carbon sequestration rates of Indo‐Pacific temperate and tropical seagrass meadow sediments	2
Announcement of the 23rd Ecological Research Paper Award	2
Estimation of tributary–mainstem migration of freshwater fishes by Sr isotope analysis of otoliths	2
Abundance and biomass of Bdelloid rotifers in the microbial mats from East Antarctica: The ecological relations between microscopic phototrophs and invertebrates	2
Effects of vegetation type and topography on vegetation restoration after pipeline construction in the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau, China	2
Announcement of the 24th Ecological Research Paper Award	2
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Transpiration and plant hydraulics of Abies veitchii under fluctuating environmental conditions in cool montane forest	2
Idea paper: Monitoring and databasing nonnative species to manage establishment debt in aquatic ecosystems	2
There and there again: Hydrothermal vent communities at Mokuyo Seamount, 30 years apart	2
Preface: Listen to the voices of local beech forests: An ecological and evolutionary conception of beech under phylogenetic and environmental constraints	2
Effects of grazing on underground parts of marsh plants by wintering Middendorf's bean goose Anser fabalis middendorffii: Its role as a keystone species in plant communities	2
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Intermediate dispersal hypothesis of species diversity: New insights	1
Phylogeographic incongruence between two related Geranium species with divergent habitat preferences in East Asia	1
Molecular identification of seed‐feeding flies dissected from herbarium specimens clarifies the 100‐year history of parasitism by Japanagromyza tokunagai in Japan	1
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Canopy conductance and gas exchange of a Japanese cypress forest after rainfall‐induced wetness	1
Spatial and seasonal variations in soil respiration in a subtropical forest in Okinawa, Japan	1
Metal concentrations in invasive Ailanthus altissima vs native Fraxinus ornus on ultramafic soils: Evidence for higher efficiency in Ni exclusion and adjustments to Mg and Ca imbalance	1
Harnessing the power of microbes for sustainable development: Climate change mitigation and sustainable food security	1
Review: Genetic structure and local adaptation in natural forests of Cryptomeria japonica	1
Idea paper: How are ecosystem services related to biodiversity and ecological integrity in each site under climate change?	1
The significance of building behavior in the evolution of animal architecture	1
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Bee occurrence data collected in citizen science program “Hanamaru‐Maruhana national census” in Japan	1
Limited theoretical and empirical evidence that response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change	1

Effects of climate and acidic deposition on interannual variations of stream water chemistry in forested watersheds in the Shimanto River Basin, southern Japan	1
General and specific effects of foundation species on the structure of alpine‐fellfield communities in the Taisetsu Mountains, northern Japan	1
Nutritional ecology of martens (Martes foina and Martes martes) in the western Italian Alps	1
High plant diversity and characteristic plant community structure in broad‐leaved evergreen forests on Amami‐Oshima and Tokunoshima Islands, Japan's newest natural World Heritage Site	1
Female pumas exhibit behavioral plasticity through partitioning temporal activity at communication hubs based on life stage	1
Element accumulation by the holoparasitic speciesCuscuta planiflorafrom serpentines in Bulgaria	1
Findings from long‐term monitoring studies of Micronesian mangrove forests with special reference to carbon sequestration and sea‐level rise	1
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Distribution and functional data of fungal families	1
Effect of local‐ and landscape‐scale factors on the distribution of the spring‐dependent species Geothelphusa dehaani and larval Anotogaster sieboldii	1
Idea paper: An envelope model of ecological disturbance	1
Phytoremediating the air down under: Evaluating airborne particulate matter accumulation by 12 plant species in Australia	1
Variability in methane emissions from stems and buttress roots of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza trees in a subtropical mangrove forest	1
Ecological impacts of fungal wood decay types: A review of current knowledge and future research directions	1
Long‐term changes in food habits of deer and habitat vegetation: 25‐year monitoring on a small island	1
Blue carbon stock in sediments of mangroves and seagrass ecosystems at Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia	1
Small farmlands can serve as open habitat for birds in subtropical cities of southern China	1
Investigating the use of deep learning models for land cover classification from street‐level imagery	1
Fine‐scale variation in the medium and large‐sized mammal assemblage composition in northeastern Amazon: Drivers of β‐diversity and species interactions	1
Preface: Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar	1
Widespread and ongoing invasion by the ant Technomyrmex brunneus Forel in eastern Asia as elucidated by molecular data	1
Idea paper: Effects of gonad type and body mass on the time required for sex change in fishes	1
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Analysis of fine root dynamics in forest ecosystems using artificial intelligence‐based image segmentation	1
Aboveground biomass estimation of an old‐growth mangrove forest using airborne LiDAR in the Philippines	1
BirdWingData: Wingspan and wing area data of birds compiled from multiple literature sources and original measurements	1
Long‐distance endozoochory of fleshy‐fruited trees by sika deer in Hokkaido, Japan	1
Composition and temporal variation in the diet of intermediate horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis, relative to insect abundance in a tropical rainforest environment of Southeast Asia	1
Utility of chloroplast DNA haplotype data for ecological restoration using Fagus crenata seedlings in case of incomplete seed source information availability	1
Space use of ungulate prey relative to lions is affected by prey species and predator behavior but not wind direction	1
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Long‐term changes in stream water chemistry in small forested watersheds in the northern Kanto region	1
Genetic diversity and population history of the Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) based on the genome‐wide analyses	1
Preface: Blue carbon studies in Asia‐Pacific regions: Current status, gaps, and future perspectives	1
Life‐history traits of the fairy shrimp Branchinella kugenumaensis are highly variable between neighboring rice paddies in Japan	1
Announcement of the Ecological Research Paper Award 2024	1