Ecological Research

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“Mining” the herbarium for hyperaccumulators: Discoveries of nickel and zinc (hyper)accumulation in the genus Noccaea	22
How substrate type and elevation drive woody communities and influence species ecological strategies in the Brazilian savanna at local scale	22
Seed dispersal of Zoysia japonica by sika deer: An example of the “foliage is the fruit” hypothesis	21
Long‐term fluctuations and mechanisms of seed production of riparian tree canopy species	20
Genetic diversity and population structure of Shorea macrophylla using genome‐wide single‐nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellite markers in Indonesi	16
Following the trail of the elusive proboscis monkey in Borneo	14
The long‐term drive count and culling data of the sika deer ( Cervus nippon ) population introduced on Nakanoshima Island in Lake Toya, Hokkaido, Japan,	14
Ecological insights into the assembly of bifidobacterial communities in the infant gut	13
Sample selection disparity: Sampling only cobble overestimates the biomass of stream benthic algae	13
Ecosystem transition due to deer overabundance: Insights from long‐term studies and future considerations	12
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Review: A comprehensive overview of studies related to the ecology and genetics of Fagus crenata B	12
Understanding community awareness of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation in marine protected areas: A case study of Karimunjawa National Park	11
Influence of Neltuma flexuosa and rainfall event on the germination of Leptochloa crinita and	11
Potential persistence of high‐mountain lizards	11
Species‐specific foraging behavior and diets of stream salmonids: An implication for negative impacts on native charr by nonnative trout in Japanese mountain streams	11
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Wild bee surveys across 60 years reveal remarkable reduction of bee abundance in urban green areas in northern Japan	10
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Effects of different shading levels on the growth of Bornmuellera emarginata , a nickel hyperaccum	10
Relationship between walking movement and reproductive traits in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum	9
Four seasons of the phototrophic biofilms at the cave entrance zone of Petnica Cave	9
Applicability of the source–sink population concept to marine intertidal macro‐invertebrates with planktonic larval stages	9
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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

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The use of trap‐nests to support crop pollinators in agricultural areas	8
Phenotype‐dependent downstream dispersal under ordinary flow conditions in juvenile white‐spotted char	8
Long‐term monitoring program reveals a mismatch between spatial distribution and reproductive success in an endangered raptor species in the Mediterranean area	8
Exploratory individuals are bolder in Great Tit: Correlation between personality and antipredator behavior	8
Ant and termite collective behavior: Group‐level similarity arising from individual‐level diversity	8
Taxonomic and phylogenetic perspectives reveal the community assembly of different forest strata along an altitudinal gradient	8
A new species of Odontarrhena ( Brassicaceae ) endemic to Greek	7
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Effect of climate and flooding on the phenology of Attalea phalerata (Arecaceae) in a white‐water	7
Cutting propagation of Bornmuellera tymphaea , a nickel hyperaccumulator for use in agromining: Ef	7
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More effect of ephemeral plant species diversity on aboveground biomass than functional diversity and functional composition	7
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Landscape effects on pollinator abundance differ among taxonomic groups	7
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Linking small mammal capture probability with understory structural complexity using a mobile laser scanning‐derived metric: A case study	6
Evolutionary and ecological trends in the Neotropical cycad genus Dioon (Zamiaceae): An example of success of evolutionary stasis	6
Spatiotemporal interactions between jaguars ( Panthera onca ) and their potential prey in Amazonia	6
Annual variability in the sound acorn production of Quercus serrata is regulated by a seed‐predato	6
Dataset of the impacts of invasive alien species in Brazil	6
Where do “process‐oriented” community ecologists go? In search of general laws that are just “good enough”	6
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Seasonal patterns of sugar components and their functions in branches of Fagus crenata in association with three reproduction events	5
Genetic Diversity in the Wrinkled Frog, Glandirana rugosa , Evaluated Using Microsatellite Markers Identified by Nanopore Sequencing	5
The impact of slope position on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality in the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau subalpine meadows	5
Reproductive ecology of free‐ranging striped hyena Hyaena hyaena in central Israel	5
The effects of functional differences in cultivar of Cryptomeria japonica on nutrient dynamics and soil invertebrates in a common garden	5
Can vermicomposting be used to process hyperaccumulator biomass in nickel agromining?	5
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Diel and seasonal changes in gut contents of omnivorous–carnivorous macroinvertebrates in the Yura River, Japan	5
Spawning season and nest guarding behavior of invasive smallmouth bass ( Micropterus dolomieu ) in a Japanese Lake	5
Forest monitoring data of 45 plots across the Japanese archipelago during 1980–2021	5
Physiological profiling of the soil microbe community using the EcoPlate and assessment of soil properties at 74 planted forest sites across Japan	5
Cryptic Japanese maple species exhibit different drought tolerance, suggesting reproductive isolation	5
Network structure indicators predict ecological robustness in food webs	5
Volcanic ash in soil is a source of strontium in stream water in chert‐bedrock forests in Mount Amamaki, Japan	5
Pollinator predation stabilizes plant–pollinator mutualisms through the modification of pollinator behavior	4
Eclipta thermalis , a previously common weed, threatened by the expansion of the exotic congener E. alba in Japanese rice padd	4
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Ecosystem responses and behaviors under changing pressure of air pollutants: Special article collection from the 10th International Conference on Acid Deposition “ ACID RAIN	4
Nickel hyperaccumulation in Orthion and Mayanaea (Violaceae) from Mesoamerica	4
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Overwintering foraging tactics of sedentary sika deer in a region prone to heavy snow in northern Japan	4
Intraspecific variation in spruce seed palatability perceived by bank voles	4
Leaf Litter Decomposition Along an Elevation Gradient Across Two Contrasting Forest Types: Implications for Future Climate Change	4
Idea paper: Improving forecasts of community composition with lightweight biodiversity monitoring across ecological and anthropogenic disturbance gradients	4
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Spatial modeling of road collisions of striped hyena ( Hyaena hyaena ) in Israel	4
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Plant strategy of root system architecture and exudates for acquiring soil nutrients	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 multicont	4
Effects of differences in aboveground dead organic matter types on the stand‐scale necromass and CO 2	4
A meta‐analysis of native and non‐native Amur three‐lips ( Opsariichthys uncirostris uncirostris )	4
Deforestation, emissions, and carbon sequestration potential of Merlimau mangrove forest: A landscape‐level analysis	4
Long‐term series of measurements of eggs and chicks of Caspian terns ( Hydroprogne caspia ) breedi	4
Plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality of different degraded grasslands in alpine meadows of Maqu	4
Utility of commercial high‐resolution satellite imagery for monitoring general flowering in Sarawak, Borneo	4
Ecology with artificial intelligence and machine learning in Asia: A historical perspective and emerging trends	4
Designing cropping systems for nickel agromining on ultramafic land in Albania	3
Heritability of walnut seed size and the benefits of large seeds	3
Seasonal dynamics of floral composition and flower visitors in a subtropical alpine ecosystem in Taiwan	3
Management and landscape of shelterbelts contribute to butterfly and flowering plant diversity in northern Japan	3
Temporal beta‐diversity patterns are highly dependent on fundamental parameters of neutral dynamics	3
Effects of grazing on underground parts of marsh plants by wintering Middendorf's bean goose Anser fabalis middendorffii : Its role as a keystone species	3
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Evolutionary bet‐hedging reconsidered: What is the mean–variance trade‐off of fitness?	3
Metal hyperaccumulation in the Indonesian flora	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
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
Understanding rural and urban perceptions of seagrass ecosystem services for their blue carbon conservation strategies in the Philippines	3
Soil respiration response to nitrogen fertilization experiment in tropical grassland	3
Topographical gradient of the structure and diversity of a woody plant community in a seasonally dry tropical forest in northwestern Madagascar	3
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Announcement of the 23rd Ecological Research Paper Award	3
Ups and downs of non‐native and native stream‐dwelling salmonids: Lessons from two contrasting rivers	3
Estimation of tributary–mainstem migration of freshwater fishes by Sr isotope analysis of otoliths	3
Effects of Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis bloom for the first time in 120 years on the dynamics of organ	3
A Note on the Novel Passive Sampling in Environmental DNA ( eDNA ) Collection Technique to Detect	3
Species‐specific stoichiometric effects of leaf litter on algal growth, production, and cell quotas	3
Changes in forest structure over 23 years under disturbances in a warm temperate rain forest on Yakushima Island, Japan	3
Announcement of the 22nd Ecological Research Paper Award	3
Contrasting metacommunity patterns of fish and aquatic insects in drainage ditches of paddy fields	3
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Biotic resistance in a stochastic world: Do rodents act as a filter to alien tree invasion in pampean old fields?	3
Carrying capacity for tree biomass of a subtropical mangrove along a river in Japan inferred from forest structural features	3
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Effects of vegetation type and topography on vegetation restoration after pipeline construction in the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau, China	3
Abundance and biomass of Bdelloid rotifers in the microbial mats from East Antarctica: The ecological relations between microscopic phototrophs and invertebrates	3
Two‐stage soil core sampler to collect a less‐compressed core from forested areas	3
Soil carbon, nitrogen, and potassium regulate herbaceous community stability in the restoration phases of desertification land	2
Habitat selection by invaders: Avoiding natural habitats by the red‐whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus	2
Impact of livestock grazing on soil potential net C and N mineralization during the dry season in a cultivated subhumid tropical grassland ecosystem	2
Growth of the invasive Navua sedge ( Cyperus aromaticus ) under competitive interaction with pastu	2
Preface: Listen to the voices of local beech forests: An ecological and evolutionary conception of beech under phylogenetic and environmental constraints	2
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High plant diversity and characteristic plant community structure in broad‐leaved evergreen forests on Amami‐Oshima and Tokunoshima Islands, Japan's	2
Long‐distance endozoochory of fleshy‐fruited trees by sika deer in Hokkaido, Japan	2
Preface: Blue carbon studies in Asia‐Pacific regions: Current status, gaps, and future perspectives	2
Limited theoretical and empirical evidence that response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change	2
Seed bank and aboveground vegetation of Atlantic Forest re‐growing on mining tailings in Mariana: Highlighting diversity patterns of functional groups	2
Abundance and reproduction behavior data for waterbirds ( Anatidae , Rallidae ,	2
A dataset for vascular plant diversity monitoring for the natural World Heritage site on Amami‐Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, and the northern Ok	2
Announcement of the 24th Ecological Research Paper Award	2
Idea paper: Monitoring and databasing nonnative species to manage establishment debt in aquatic ecosystems	2
Life‐history traits of the fairy shrimp Branchinella kugenumaensis are highly variable between neighboring rice paddies in Japan	2
Canopy cover instigating feces deposition on paved roads in urban areas	2
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Genetic diversity and population history of the Japanese black bear ( Ursus thibetanus japonicus ) based on the genome‐wide analyses	2
Transpiration and plant hydraulics of Abies veitchii under fluctuating environmental conditions in cool montane forest	2
Interpopulation variation in leaf out phenology of Fagus crenata along topographic variation assoc	2
There and there again: Hydrothermal vent communities at Mokuyo Seamount, 30 years apart	2
The threat of parasitism impairs immune function in host caterpillars	2
Connectivity and short‐term flood interactively affect fish community composition in drainage ditches of paddy fields in an agricultural landscape	2
Metal concentrations in invasive Ailanthus altissima vs native Fraxinus ornus on ultramafic soils: Evidenc	2
Investigating the use of deep learning models for land cover classification from street‐level imagery	2
Blue carbon stock in sediments of mangroves and seagrass ecosystems at Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia	2
Review: Phytogeography and history of Japanese beech forests: Recent advances and implications for vegetation ecology	2
Review: Genetic structure and local adaptation in natural forests of Cryptomeria japonica	1
Fine‐scale variation in the medium and large‐sized mammal assemblage composition in northeastern Amazon: Drivers of β‐diversity and species interactions	1
Aboveground biomass estimation of an old‐growth mangrove forest using airborne LiDAR in the Philippines	1
Findings from long‐term monitoring studies of Micronesian mangrove forests with special reference to carbon sequestration and sea‐level rise	1
BirdWingData : Wingspan and wing area data of birds compiled from multiple literature sources and original measurements	1
From anthropogenic toward natural acidification: Effects of future deposition and climate on recovery in a humic catchment in Norway	1
Evaluating the potential of interpopulation outbreeding to rescue plant populations facing reproductive failures	1
Space use of ungulate prey relative to lions is affected by prey species and predator behavior but not wind direction	1

Multimammate rat ( Mastomys erythroleucus ) capture‐mark‐recapture data in Bandia (Senegal) between 1984 and 2012	1
Harnessing the power of microbes for sustainable development: Climate change mitigation and sustainable food security	1
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Composition and temporal variation in the diet of intermediate horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus affinis , relative to insect abundance in a tropical rainforest	1
Intermediate dispersal hypothesis of species diversity: New insights	1
CUSCO : A Tool for Curating Single‐Copy Orthologs and Extracting Marker Genes for Phylogenetic Tree Construction With Extra Samples	1
Crown structure and competitive interactions in mixed forests: Insights from an individual‐based model	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
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Effect of local‐ and landscape‐scale factors on the distribution of the spring‐dependent species Geothelphusa dehaani and larval A	1
Preface: Functional biogeography in Japanese cedar	1
Variability in methane emissions from stems and buttress roots of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza trees in a subtropical mangrove forest	1
Phylogeographic incongruence between two related Geranium species with divergent habitat preferenc	1
Small farmlands can serve as open habitat for birds in subtropical cities of southern China	1
Reconstructing spatiotemporal dynamics of mixed conifer and broad‐leaved forests with a spatially explicit individual‐based dynamic vegetation model	1
Identifying migration hotspots of the potamodromous fish Opsariichthys uncirostris in Lake Biwa tr	1
Genotyping of two congeneric bitterling fish species by nuclear SNP markers and the detection of hybridization in a sympatric region	1
The significance of building behavior in the evolution of animal architecture	1
Abundance of plastics in an agricultural environment and their selection for nest building by the great tit ( Parus major	1
Phytoremediating the air down under: Evaluating airborne particulate matter accumulation by 12 plant species in Australia	1
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Life‐Cycle Plasticity Underlying the Survival of Glandirana rugosa Tadpoles in Intensively Managed Rice Fields	1
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Idea paper: How are ecosystem services related to biodiversity and ecological integrity in each site under climate change?	1
Element accumulation by the holoparasitic species Cuscuta planiflora from serpentines in Bulgaria	1
Announcement of the Ecological Research Paper Award 2024	1
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Widespread and ongoing invasion by the ant Technomyrmex brunneus Forel in eastern Asia as elucidated by molecular data	1
Synchrotron Micro‐X‐Ray Fluorescence Elemental Imaging Reveals Zinc Distribution in the Hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola	1
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Analysis of fine root dynamics in forest ecosystems using artificial intelligence‐based image segmentation	1
Distribution and functional data of fungal families	1
Recent advances in the study of serpentine plants and ecosystems: Perspectives from the 10th International Conference on Serpentine Ecology, France	1
Eco‐assessment of Değirmendere and Bulaklı streams using diatom indices from different ecoregions	1
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Utility of chloroplast DNA haplotype data for ecological restoration using Fagus crenata	1
Idea paper: An envelope model of ecological disturbance	1
Assessing seepage‐spring dwelling amphipod and isopod resilience to environmental warming using stable isotopes as a metabolic plasticity proxy	1
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Female pumas exhibit behavioral plasticity through partitioning temporal activity at communication hubs based on life stage	1
Long‐term changes in stream water chemistry in small forested watersheds in the northern Kanto region	1
Forest tree community ecology and plant–soil feedback: Theory and evidence	1
Spatial and seasonal variations in soil respiration in a subtropical forest in Okinawa, Japan	1
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General and specific effects of foundation species on the structure of alpine‐fellfield communities in the Taisetsu Mountains, northern Japan	1
Idea paper: Effects of gonad type and body mass on the time required for sex change in fishes	1