Ecosystems

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecosystems is 3. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Two Mechanisms Drive Changes in Boreal Peatland Photosynthesis Following Long-Term Water Level Drawdown: Species Turnover and Altered Photosynthetic Capacity56
Fuel Profiles and Biomass Carbon Following Bark Beetle Outbreaks: Insights for Disturbance Interactions from a Historical Silvicultural Experiment46
A Cosmic View of ‘Tundra Gardens’: Satellite Imagery Provides a Landscape-Scale Perspective of Arctic Fox Ecosystem Engineering41
Time Scales of Ecosystem Impacts and Recovery Under Individual and Serial Invasions32
Integrating Reservoirs into the Dissolved Organic Matter Versus Primary Production Paradigm: How Does Chlorophyll-a Change Across Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Reservoirs?30
A Topographic Gradient Drives Spatial Variability of Stem CH4 Fluxes in a Temperate Alder Stand30
Post-fire Regeneration Traits of Understorey Shrub Species Modulate Successional Responses to High Severity Fire in Mediterranean Pine Forests28
Integrating Remote Sensing with Ground-based Observations to Quantify the Effects of an Extreme Freeze Event on Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) at the Landscape Scale26
Correction to: Elevated Allochthony in Stream Food Webs as a Result of Longitudinal Cumulative Effects of Forest Management25
Fire Recurrence and Time Since Last Fire Interact to Determine the Supply of Multiple Ecosystem Services by Mediterranean Forests24
Ecosystem Functioning Influences Species Fitness at Upper Trophic Levels23
Hydrologic Setting Dictates the Sensitivity of Ecosystem Metabolism to Climate Variability in Lakes23
Mapping the Delivery of Ecological Functions Combining Field Collected Data and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)22
Modelling Marine Predator Habitat Using the Abundance of Its Pelagic Prey in the Tropical South-Western Pacific22
A Classification Framework to Assess Ecological, Biogeochemical, and Hydrologic Synchrony and Asynchrony22
The Relative Importance of Coarse-Scale Climate and Fine-Scale Nitrogen Availability Contrasts in Driving Home-Field Advantage Effects in Litter Decomposition21
Inundation, Hydrodynamics and Vegetation Influence Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in Amazon Floodplain Lakes20
Celebrating 25 Years of Ecosystems19
Impacts of Compost Amendment Type and Application Frequency on a Fire-Impacted Grassland Ecosystem18
Biophysical Controls on Soil Carbon Cycling in a Northern Hardwood Forest18
Fire History and Long-Term Carbon Accumulation in Hemi-boreal Peatlands18
Chronic Nitrogen Deposition Induces Phosphorus Limitation of Aquatic, But Not Terrestrial, Decomposition18
Six Decades of Changes in Pool Characteristics on a Concentric-Patterned Raised Bog17
Material Legacies and Environmental Constraints Underlie Fire Resilience of a Dominant Boreal Forest Type16
Animal-Driven Nutrient Supply Declines Relative to Ecosystem Nutrient Demand Along a Pond Hydroperiod Gradient16
A Severe Hurricane Increases Carbon Dioxide and Methane Fluxes and Triples Nitrous Oxide Emissions in a Tropical Forest16
Plant Litter from Rare Species Increases Functional Diversity and Decomposition of Species Mixtures16
Biocrusts Modulate Climate Change Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Pools: Insights From a 9-Year Experiment15
Multicentury Growth Patterns and Climate Relationships of Three Co-occurring Nothofagus Species in High-Elevation Forests of the Valdivian Andes15
A Global Synthesis of the Effects of Livestock Activity on Hydrological Processes15
Decoding a Soil Microbial Strategy: Prioritizing Quantity Over Quality of Phosphatases14
Long-Term Phosphorus Addition Strongly Weakens the Carbon Sink Function of a Temperate Peatland14
Risk Assessment for Key Socio-Economic and Ecological Species in a Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystem Under Combined Ocean Acidification and Warming14
Aboveground Responses of C3 and C4 Grass-Dominated Plant Communities to Future Larger and Less Frequent Rainfall Events14
Disturbance Level Mediates the Differential Resistance of Tropical Dry Forest Soil and Vegetation Attributes to High-Intensity Hurricanes13
Structuring Life After Death: Plant Leachates Promote CO2 Uptake by Regulating Microbial Biofilm Interactions in a Northern Peatland Ecosystem13
Contrasted Successional Trajectories in a Mediterranean Wetland Due to Geomorphic- and Human-Induced Perturbations13
Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic13
Response of Boreal Plant Communities and Forest Floor Carbon Fluxes to Experimental Nutrient Additions13
Embracing Uncertainty and Probabilistic Outcomes for Ecological Critical Loads12
Shifts in Ecological Legacies Support Hysteresis of Stand Type Conversions in Boreal Forests12
Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests12
Flexibility in Aquatic Food Web Interactions: Linking Scales and Approaches12
Global Patterns of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Reproductive and Leaf Litterfall12
Changes in How Climate Forces the Vegetation of Southern Africa12
Anion Exchange Capacity Explains Deep Soil Nitrate Accumulation in Brazilian Amazon Croplands12
Abiotic Factors Modify Ponderosa Pine Regeneration Outcomes After High-Severity Fire11
The Effect of Water Colour on Fish Communities in Boreal lakes11
Biomass Pyramids of Marine Mesozooplankton Communities as Inferred From Their Integrated Trophic Positions11
Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient11
Identifying Bottlenecks to Energy Circulation in the Bay of Biscay Pelagic Food Web: Key Species Under the Spotlight10
Trophic Niche Metrics Reveal Long-Term Shift in Florida Bay Food Webs10
Contrasting Patterns of Soil Chemistry and Vegetation Cover Determine Diversity Changes of Soil Phototrophs Along an Afrotropical Elevation Gradient10
Herbivores’ Impacts Cascade Through the Brown Food Web in a Dryland10
Season and Flow Drive Productivity of a Regulated River10
Nitrogen Addition Increases Freeze Resistance in Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) Shrubs in a Temperate-Tropical Ecotone10
Detecting Trajectories of Regime Shifts and Loss of Resilience in Coastal Wetlands using Remote Sensing10
Are Ecosystem Engineering Traits Fixed or Flexible: A Study on Clonal Expansion Strategies in Co-occurring Dune Grasses10
Natural Advance Regeneration of Native Tree Species in Pinus radiata Plantations of South-Central Chile Suggests Potential for a Passive Restoration Approach10
Exceptions to the Heterotrophic Rule: Prevalence and Drivers of Autotrophy in Streams and Rivers10
Grasslands Maintain Stability in Productivity Through Compensatory Effects and Dominant Species Stability Under Extreme Precipitation Patterns10
Ecosystem Changes Caused by Hydrological Change are Associated with Population Decline in a Formerly-Common Grazing Herbivore10
Exploring the Frequency and Distribution of Ecological Non-monotonicity in Associations among Ecosystem Constituents10
Impact of Drought on Ecohydrology of Southern California Grassland and Shrubland10
An Outlook for Deep Learning in Ecosystem Science9
Temporal Development of Microhabitats on Living Habitat Trees in Temperate European Forests9
BVOC Emissions From a Subarctic Ecosystem, as Controlled by Insect Herbivore Pressure and Temperature9
Tree Foliage is a Methane Sink in Upland Temperate Forests9
Watershed-scale Variation in Potential Fungal Community Contributions to Ectomycorrhizal Biogeochemical Syndromes9
Post-fire Recovery Dynamics and Resilience of Ecosystem Services Capacity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems9
Suspended Sections Within Downed Deadwood Are Drier, Have Altered Decomposer Communities, and Slower Decomposition8
Global Positive Effects of Litter Inputs on Soil Nitrogen Pools and Fluxes8
Soil Legacies of Tree Species Composition in Mature Forest Affect Tree Seedlings’ Performance8
Vegetation Changes Following Large-scale Fence Removal Across a Protected Area Network Within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve, South Africa8
Habitat Adaptation Mediates the Influence of Leaf Traits on Canopy Productivity: Evidence from a Tropical Freshwater Swamp Forest8
Spatial and Temporal Variation of Large Wood in a Coastal River8
Diverse Effects of Climate, Land Use, and Insects on Dung and Carrion Decomposition8
Tracking the Rates and Mechanisms of Canopy Damage and Recovery Following Hurricane Maria Using Multitemporal Lidar Data8
Governance in the Face of Extreme Events: Lessons from Evolutionary Processes for Structuring Interventions, and the Need to Go Beyond8
Watershed Responses to Climate Change-Driven Disturbances in Temperate Montane Ecosystems of the Western United States8
Spatial Signatures of Biological Soil Crusts and Community Level Self-organization in Drylands8
Species Diversity and Stability of Dominant Species Dominate the Stability of Community Biomass in an Alpine Meadow Under Variable Precipitation8
Sedimentary Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Across a Vertical Gradient on a Temperate Wetland Seascape Including Salt Marshes, Seagrass Meadows and Rhizophytic Macroalgae Beds8
An Emerging Carbon Sink in Headwater Streams and the Role of Large Wood and Riparian Forest Structure8
Coralline Algal Population Explosion in an Overgrazed Seagrass Meadow: Conditional Outcomes of Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions8
Dissolved Organic Carbon Mobilization Across a Climate Transect of Mesic Boreal Forests Is Explained by Air Temperature and Snowpack Duration7
Multi-Scale Temporal Patterns in Stream Biogeochemistry Indicate Linked Permafrost and Ecological Dynamics of Boreal Catchments7
Toward a Standardized Method for Quantifying Ecosystem Hot Spots and Hot Moments7
Coastal Forest in Eastern Southern Africa has Savanna Bush-clump Origins7
The Structural and Functional Impacts of Invasive Psidium cattleianum in Forests on the Island of Hawai’i7
Archaeological and Contemporary Evidence Indicates Low Sea Otter Prevalence on the Pacific Northwest Coast During the Late Holocene7
Integrating Field Data and a Meta-ecosystem Model to Study the Effects of Multiple Terrestrial Disturbances on Small Stream Ecosystem Function6
Soil Moisture Partitioning Between Under Canopy and Interspace Environments in Shrublands of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert6
Plant Multi-element Coupling as an Indicator of Nutritional Mismatches Under Global Change6
Macroscale Variation in Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Foliar Carbon, Nitrogen, and Nitrogen Resorption6
Ongoing Fen–Bog Transition in a Boreal Aapa Mire Inferred from Repeated Field Sampling, Aerial Images, and Landsat Data6
Fungal Biodiversity Mediates the Effects of Drying on Freshwater Ecosystem Functioning6
Correction: Carbon Stocks and Transfers in Coniferous Boreal Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient6
Topography Mediates the Response of Soil CO2 Efflux to Precipitation Over Days, Seasons, and Years6
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulation of Water Clarity in a Large, Floodplain River Ecosystem6
Anthropogenic Eutrophication Drives Major Food Web Changes in Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria6
Disentangling Ecosystem Necromass Dynamics for Biodiversity Conservation6
Correction: Sedimentary Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Across a Vertical Gradient on a Temperate Wetland Seascape Including Salt Marshes, Seagrass Meadows and Rhizophytic Macroalgae Beds6
How Much Soil Carbon is Derived from Woody Detritus? A Ten-Year Study of 13C Incorporation into Soil Organic Matter6
Is Oxygenation Related to the Decomposition of Organic Matter in Cryoconite Holes?6
Calculating Nitrogen Uptake Rates in Forests: Which Components Can Be Omitted, Simplified, or Taken from Trait Databases and Which Must Be Measured In Situ?6
Impacts of Riparian and Non-riparian Woody Encroachment on Tallgrass Prairie Ecohydrology6
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nitrogen Mobilization in Residential Lawns6
Positive Effects of Legumes on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks Disappear at High Legume Proportions Across Natural Grasslands in the Pyrenees6
Correction to: Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic6
Assessment of the Structure and Activity of Bacterial Communities as a Tandem Tool for Estimating the Ecological Condition of Lakes in Poland5
Warming Tends to Promote Nitrogen Conservation but Stimulate N2O Emissions in Mangrove Sediments5
Climate Records, Isotopes, and C:N Stoichiometry Reveal Carbon and Nitrogen Flux Dynamics Differ Between Functional Groups of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi5
Species Asynchrony and Large Trees Jointly Drive Community Stability in a Montane Subtropical Forest5
Understorey Forest Management as a Potential Tool to Promote Taxonomic and Functional Diversity in Eucalyptus Plantations5
Coexistence Patterns of Biocrust-Vascular Plant in the Loess Plateau5
Resolving the Drivers of Algal Nutrient Limitation from Boreal to Arctic Lakes and Streams5
Downstream Modification of Mercury in Diverse River Systems Underscores the Role of Local Conditions in Fish Bioaccumulation5
The Interplay of the Tree and Stand-Level Processes Mediate Drought-Induced Forest Dieback: Evidence from Complementary Remote Sensing and Tree-Ring Approaches5
Soil Seed Bank Density Enhanced at Shrub Patches Due to Grazing in a Shrub-Encroached Grassland5
Spatial Heterogeneity of Nitrogen Fixation and Denitrification in Streams5
Modeling the Effects of Increased Hurricane Frequency on the Tropical Forest Carbon Cycle5
Tree Species Diversity Affects Litter Decomposition via Modification of the Microenvironment5
Three Decades of Changing Nutrient Stoichiometry from Source to Sea on the Swedish West Coast5
Chronic Nitrogen Additions Decrease Rates of N Recovery and Increase Rates of Soil Inorganic N Availability in A Temperate Grassland5
Sustained Three-Year Declines in Forest Soil Respiration are Proportional to Disturbance Severity5
Integrating Decomposers, Methane-Cycling Microbes and Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes Along a Peatland Successional Gradient in a Land Uplift Region5
Seafloor Terrain Shapes the Three-dimensional Nursery Value of Mangrove and Seagrass Habitats5
Interplay of Climate, Fires, Floods, and Anthropogenic Impacts on the Peat Formation and Carbon Dynamic of Coastal and Inland Tropical Peatlands in West Kalimantan, Indonesia5
Thank You to Reviewers5
Fungal and Oomycete Pathogens Reduce Rangeland Quality Mainly Through Decreasing Forage Production5
Effects of Urban Green Infrastructure Designs on Soil Bacterial Community Composition and Function5
Contrasting Responses of Soil Nematode Trophic Groups to Long-Term Nitrogen Addition5
Dynamics of Organic Matter Transport, Storage, and Processing in a Non-perennial Mediterranean River Network5
Ecosystem Size Drives Patterns and Control Mechanisms of Mixotrophs Success Across Tropical Lakes: A Large-Scale Assessment of the Grand Écart Hypothesis5
Phenotypic Plasticity in Sargassum Forests May Not Counteract Projected Biomass Losses Along a Broad Latitudinal Gradient4
Depth-Dependent Controls Over Soil Organic Carbon Stock across Chinese Shrublands4
Anthropogenic Transformation Disconnects a Lowland River From Contemporary Carbon Stores in Its Catchment4
A Cross-System Analysis of Litter Chemical Dynamics Throughout Decomposition4
Ectomycorrhizal Stands Accelerate Decomposition to a Greater Extent than Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Stands in a Northern Deciduous Forest4
Ocean Warming Will Reduce Standing Biomass in a Tropical Western Atlantic Reef Ecosystem4
Soil Fungi Promote Biodiversity–Productivity Relationships in Experimental Communities of Young Trees4
Variable Tissue Stoichiometry Influences Nutrient Recycling by Invasive Freshwater Mussels in Nutrient-Poor Lakes4
Effects of Lithology on Asymbiotic N2 Fixation in Subtropical Secondary Forests, Southwest China4
Linking Resource Quality and Biodiversity to Benthic Ecosystem Functions Across a Land-to-Sea Gradient4
Tree Mortality may Drive Landscape Formation: Comparative Study from Ten Temperate Forests4
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Mapping the Spatial Heterogeneity of Watershed Ecosystems and Water Quality in Rainforest Fjordlands4
Tree Diversity, Initial Litter Quality, and Site Conditions Drive Early-Stage Fine-Root Decomposition in European Forests4
Linking Post-fire Tree Density to Carbon Storage in High-Latitude Cajander Larch (Larix cajanderi) Forests of Far Northeastern Siberia4
Changes in Biotic Mechanisms of Phytoplankton Biomass Stability Along a Eutrophic Gradient4
Long Transients May be Temporary Visits of Concealed Alternative Stable States4
Hydrochoric Seed Dispersal of Riparian Plants Follows Hydrological Patterns Closer Than Geomorphic Variation4
Climate Effects on Prairie Productivity Partially Ameliorated by Soil Nutrients and Plant Community Responses4
Revisiting Patterns and Controls of Productivity in a Mesic Grassland 30 Years Later: Do We Know Now What We Knew Then?4
Seasonal Mass Migration of Water Boatmen (Hemiptera: Corixidae) as a Wetland–River Linkage and Dietary Subsidy to Riverine Fish3
Climate Change Driving Widespread Loss of Coastal Forested Wetlands Throughout the North American Coastal Plain3
Terrestrial Nitrogen Inputs Affect the Export of Unprocessed Atmospheric Nitrate to Surface Waters: Insights from Triple Oxygen Isotopes of Nitrate3
Temperate Primary Forest Biomass Accumulates over Centuries-Long Time Frames3
Biophysical Determinants of Shifting Tundra Vegetation Productivity in the Beaufort Delta Region of Canada3
Experimental Evidence that Forest Structure Controls Detrital Decomposition3
Long-Term Drought and Warming Alter Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities in an Upland Heathland3
Atmosphere, Vegetation, and Soil Water Coupling Determined by Stomatal Regulation of Transpiration3
Divergent Controls on Leaf and Root Litter Decay Linking to Soil C, N, and P Pools Under a Subtropical Land-use Change3
Seasonality Alters Soil Organic Matter Properties in Alpine and Subalpine Grasslands3
Reburning Before Recovery: Effects of Short-Interval Fire on Subalpine Forest Nitrogen Stocks and Fluxes3
Shortened Fire Intervals Stimulate Carbon Losses from Heterotrophic Respiration and Reduce Understorey Plant Productivity in Boreal Forests3
Estimating Pelagic Fish Biomass in a Tropical Seascape Using Echosounding and Baited Stereo-Videography3
Large Mammalian Herbivores and the Paradox of Soil Carbon in Grazing Ecosystems: Role of Microbial Decomposers and Their Enzymes3
Water Use Efficiency of Grassland Ecosystem in Badain Jaran Desert and Its Relations to Biometeorological Variables3
Current Forest–Savanna Transition in Northern South America Departs from Typical Climatic Thresholds3
Response of Stream Metabolism to Coarse Woody Debris Additions Along a Catchment Disturbance Gradient3
Contrasting Effects of Grazing vs Browsing Herbivores Determine Changes in Soil Fertility in an East African Savanna3
Whole-Ecosystem Warming Increases Plant-Available Nitrogen and Phosphorus in an Ombrotrophic Bog3
Precipitation Determines the Spatial Variability of Vegetation and Topsoil Organic Carbon Densities of Alpine Grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China3
The Relationship Between Phytoplankton Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning Changes with Disturbance Regimes in Tropical Reservoirs3
Plant Traits and Phylogeny Predict Soil Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Mediterranean Mixed Forests3
Frost-Associated Defoliation in Populus tremuloides Causes Repeated Growth Reductions Over 185 years3
Bamboo Plantation Establishment Changes Rainfall Partitioning and Chemistry3
Subsurface Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Losses Offset Surface Carbon Accumulation in Abandoned Agricultural Fields3
Alleviation of Nutrient Co-limitation Increases Grassland Biomass Production, But Not Carbon Storage3
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