Ecological Informatics

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecological Informatics is 6. 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
Multi-output regression with structurally incomplete target labels: A case study of modelling global vegetation cover242
The TreeTalkersCheck R package: An automatic daily routine to check physiological traits of trees in the forest154
Editorial Board152
Generalizing resemblance coefficients to accommodate incomplete data151
Selection against ruderals in Danish grasslands over an eight-year period133
Biological-based and remote sensing techniques to link vegetative and reproductive development and assess pollen emission in Mediterranean grasses120
YoloXT: A object detection algorithm for marine benthos113
Exploring the connection of physical habitat health of the wetland with its gas regulating services113
Evaluation of earth observation datasets for LST trends over India and its implication in global warming112
Automated plant species identification from the stomata images using deep neural network: A study of selected mangrove and freshwater swamp forest tree species of Bangladesh109
A data-driven approach for the assessment of the thermal stratification of reservoirs based on readily available data108
Foundation models in shaping the future of ecology96
Identifying sand and dust storm sources using spatial-temporal analysis of remote sensing data in Central Iran96
Climate change and dispersion dynamics of the invasive plant species Chromolaena odorata and Lantana camara in parts of the central and eastern India87
A novel algal bloom risk assessment framework by integrating environmental factors based on explainable machine learning86
Hybrid convolution neural network model for a quicker detection of infested maize plants with fall armyworms using UAV-based images83
Application of geographical information system (GIS) in reducing accident blackspots and in planning of a safer urban road network: A review80
Beekeeping suitability prediction based on an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system and apiary level data79
Documenting changing landscapes with rePhotoSA: A repeat photography and citizen science project in southern Africa79
Estimation of canopy nitrogen nutrient status in lodging maize using unmanned aerial vehicles hyperspectral data77
Comparing phenocam color indices with phenological observations of black spruce in the boreal forest73
Spatiotemporal water dynamic modelling of Ramsar-listed lakes on the Victorian Volcanic Plains using Landsat, ICESat-2 and airborne LiDAR data73
A systematic study of the class imbalance problem: Automatically identifying empty camera trap images using convolutional neural networks73
Robustness and limitations of maximum entropy in plant community assembly70
Effects of long-term enclosing on distributions of carbon and nitrogen in semia-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia70
Predicting eucalyptus plantation growth and yield using Landsat imagery in Minas Gerais, Brazil68
Combining habitat selection, behavioural states, and individual variation to predict fish spatial usage near a barrier68
Comparison and empirical analysis of the urban economic development level in the Yangtze River urban agglomeration based on an analogical ecosystem perspective68
Evaluation of Gangetic dolphin habitat suitability under hydroclimatic changes using a coupled hydrological-hydrodynamic approach68
Spatiotemporal variation and prediction of NPP in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region by coupling PLUS and CASA models64
Motion vectors and deep neural networks for video camera traps64
Spatial and temporal evolution of heatwaves in Taiwan in a changing climate using multi-dimensional complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition63
Evaluation of the monitoring capability of various vegetation indices and mainstream satellite band settings for grassland drought63
Bayesian networks as a novel tool to enhance interpretability and predictive power of ecological models61
“Flower power”: How flowering affects spectral diversity metrics and their relationship with plant diversity59
The utility of Planetscope spectral data in quantifying above-ground carbon stock in an urban reforested landscape58
Construction and optimization of ecological networks in karst regions based on multi-scale nesting: A case study in Guangxi Hechi, China58
Ecological security patterns of Chinese lakes based on ecosystem service values assessment and human threat factors evaluation57
Seasonal habitat suitability and distribution patterns of Mediterranean fin whales55
Multilabel classification of peatland plant species from high-resolution drone images55
Automatic detection of color markings and numbers on trees in point clouds from Personal Laser Scanning (PLS) and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS)54
Remote sensing-based spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural drought on Prince Edward Island using Google Earth engine53
Machine-learning aiding sustainable Indian Ocean tuna purse seine fishery53
Metric learning unveiling disparities: A novel approach to recognize false trigger images in wildlife monitoring53
Flood-drought shifts monitoring on arid Xinjiang, China using a novel machine learning based algorithm53
The dynamic driving mechanisms of wetland change from an asynchrony-spatiotemporal perspective: A case study in Pearl River Delta, China53
Temporal dynamics of biodiversity in benthic macroinvertebrate communities from a 140-year sedimentary DNA record and their driving mechanisms53
Transferable species distribution modelling: Comparative performance of Generalised Functional Response models53
Identification of the most suitable afforestation sites by Juniperus excels specie using machine learning models: Firuzkuh semi-arid region, Iran52
Using neural style transfer to study the evolution of animal signal design: A case study in an ornamented fish52
Leveraging citizen science to classify and track benthic habitat states: An unsupervised UMAP-HDBSCAN pipeline applied to the global reef life survey dataset52
Assessing habitat diversity and potential areas of similarity across protected areas globally51
Exploring the optimal model for assessing SOC and TN in Zanthoxylum bungeanum forest on the Loess Plateau using VNIR spectroscopy50
An image enhancement approach for coral reef fish detection in underwater videos48
Normalized difference vegetation index prediction based on the delta downscaling method and back-propagation artificial neural network under climate change in the Sanjiangyuan region, China48
Adaptive image processing embedding to make the ecological tasks of deep learning more robust on camera traps images47
Distance sampling and spatial capture-recapture for estimating density of Northern Bobwhite47
YWnet: A convolutional block attention-based fusion deep learning method for complex underwater small target detection47
Quantifying observer variance in expansive monitoring program indicator data with heterogeneous-variance mixed-effects models46
Centroid-AME: An open-source software for estimating avian migration trajectories using population centroids movement in the annual cycle46
Enhancing palm precision agriculture: An approach based on deep learning and UAVs for efficient palm tree detection45
The first inventory of gullies in the Upper Taquari River Basin (Brazil) and its agreement with land use classes44
Spatial modeling tool to assess and rank peri-urban land use in an agricultural region of the Midwestern United States44
Comparing the physico-chemistry dynamics of running waters (North-East of France) based on sequence clustering44
Evaluation of driving effects of carbon storage change in the source of the Yellow River: A perspective with CMIP6 future development scenarios44
The relative impact of co-occurring stressors on the abundance of benthic species examined with three-way correspondence analysis44
Flexible simulation of animal thermoregulatory behavior in three-dimensional synthetic environments from thermal and optical images43
Impact of climatic changes and anthropogenic activities on ecosystem net primary productivity in India during 2001–201943
Spatial and temporal representation of marine fish occurrences available online43
MobileNet-GRU fusion for optimizing diagnosis of yellow vein mosaic virus43
Forecasting the effects of bioclimatic characteristics and climate change on the potential distribution of Colophospermum mopane in southern Africa using Maximum Entropy (Maxent)43
Delineation of field boundary from multispectral satellite images through U-Net segmentation and template matching43
Optimizing landslide susceptibility mapping using machine learning and geospatial techniques42
Nowhere to go: Potential distribution shifts of a widespread lizard under two climate change scenarios42
Predicting current and future distributions of Mentha pulegium L. in Tunisia under climate change conditions, using the MaxEnt model41
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of ecological water level in Poyang Lake, China41
Spatiotemporal changes and driving mechanism of ecosystem carbon sink in karst peak cluster depression basin in Southwest Guangxi based on the interaction of “water-rock-soil-air-biology”41
New generation neurocomputing learning coupled with a hybrid neuro-fuzzy model for quantifying water quality index variable: A case study from Saudi Arabia41
Artificial intelligence for carbon emissions using system of systems theory41
A geographical traceability method for Lanmaoa asiatica mushrooms from 20 township-level geographical origins by near infrared spectroscopy and ResNet image analysis techniques40
Machine learning and GIS-RS-based algorithms for mapping the groundwater potentiality in the Bundelkhand region, India40
Long-term phosphorus mass-balance of Lake Erie (Canada-USA) reveals a major contribution of in-lake phosphorus loading40
Identification of free-ranging mugger crocodiles by applying deep learning methods on UAV imagery40
Impact of topography and climate on post-fire vegetation recovery across different burn severity and land cover types through random forest40
High risk water pollution hazards affecting Aveiro coastal lagoon (Portugal) – A habitat risk assessment using InVEST39
Predictive mapping of two endemic oak tree species under climate change scenarios in a semiarid region: Range overlap and implications for conservation39
Towards heat tolerant metagenome functional prediction, coral microbial community composition, and enrichment analysis39
Assessing water quality environmental grades using hyperspectral images and a deep learning model: A case study in Jiangsu, China39
A workflow to create trait databases from collections of textual taxonomic descriptions39
Individual tree crown width detection from unmanned aerial vehicle images using a revised local transect method39
Seismic signal analysis for the characterisation of elephant movements in a forest environment38
Enhancing rice seed purity recognition accuracy based on optimal feature selection38
Mapping spatiotemporal mortality patterns in spruce mountain forests using Sentinel-2 data and environmental factors38
On the importance of integrating convolution features for Indian medicinal plant species classification using hierarchical machine learning approach38
A comparative study of four deep learning algorithms for predicting tree stem radius measured by dendrometer: A case study38
Efficient wildlife monitoring: Deep learning-based detection and counting of green turtles in coastal areas38
Working with GNSS collar data. The importance of pre-analysis when setting the sampling interval38
Designing water-saving-ecological check dam sites by a system optimization model in a region of the loess plateau, Northwest China38
LEAVES: An open-source web-based tool for the scalable annotation and visualisation of large-scale ecoacoustic datasets using cluster analysis38
Spatial relationship between ecosystem health and urbanization in coastal mountain city, Qingdao, China38
Predicting invasive species distributions using incremental ensemble-based pseudo-labeling37
UAV-RGB-image-based aboveground biomass equation for planted forest in semi-arid Inner Mongolia, China37
Cross-scale observation of riparian vegetation: Testing the potential of satellite-UAV-Field integrated observations for large-scale herbaceous species37
Utilizing deep transfer learning to discover changes in landscape patterns in urban wetland parks based on multispectral remote sensing37
Spatial patterning of benthic macroinvertebrate communities using Geo-self-organizing map (Geo-SOM): A case study in the Nakdong River, South Korea36
Real-time measurement of individual tree structure parameters based on augmented reality in an urban environment36
Assessing the impact of gold mining on forest cover in the Surinamese Amazon from 1997 to 2019: A semi-automated satellite-based approach36
Characteristics of built-up land change in resource-based cities and their impact on land surface temperature—Taking Wu'an as an example36
Comparing socioeconomic vulnerability index and land cover indices: Application of fuzzy TOPSIS model and geographic information system35
A comprehensive evaluation of deep learning approaches for ground-level ozone prediction across different regions35
Commentary on Automatic identification of Chagas disease vectors using data mining and deep learning techniques35
Implementation of a proactive system to monitor Aedes aegypti populations using open access historical and forecasted meteorological data35
Territorial spatial vulnerability assessment based on PSO-BP neural network: A case study in Shenzhen, China35
Mapping high-resolution XCO2 concentrations in China from 2015 to 2020 based on spatiotemporal ensemble learning model35
A new approach to estimate total nitrogen concentration in a seasonal lake based on multi-source data methodology35
Using 360-degree panoramic technology to explore the mechanisms underlying the influence of landscape features on visual landscape quality in traditional villages35
Balancing urban expansion with ecological integrity: An ESP framework for rapidly urbanizing small and medium-sized cities, with insights from Suizhou, China34
Forecasting the abundance of disease vectors with deep learning34
Modeling forest fire risk based on GIS-based analytical hierarchy process and statistical analysis in Mediterranean region34
A framework for dynamic assessment of soil erosion and detection of driving factors in alpine grassland ecosystems using the RUSLE-InVEST (SDR) model and Geodetector: A case study of the source region34
Evaluating the temporal patterns of land use and precipitation under desertification in the semi-arid region of Brazil33
YOLO_MRC: A fast and lightweight model for real-time detection and individual counting of Tephritidae pests33
Responses of soil respiration and its sensitivities to temperature and precipitation: A meta-analysis33
Machine learning and SLIC for Tree Canopies segmentation in urban areas33
Monitoring vegetation patterns and their drivers to infer resilience: Automated detection of vegetation and megaherbivores from drone imagery using deep learning33
Vegetation coverage precisely extracting and driving factors analysis in drylands33
Predictive modeling of regional carbon storage dynamics in response to land use/land cover changes: An InVEST-based analysis33
Bibliometric analysis of human–wildlife conflict: From conflict to coexistence33
Remote sensing-derived land surface temperature trends over South Asia33
A stacking ANN ensemble model of ML models for stream water quality prediction of Godavari River Basin, India32
Deep learning for the prediction and classification of land use and land cover changes using deep convolutional neural network32
Mapping global orchid assemblages with deep learning provides novel conservation insights32
Multi-decadal temporal reconstruction of Sentinel-3 OLCI-based vegetation products with multi-output Gaussian process regression32
SooSim, a landscape model for assessing mire habitat degradation and restoration32
Embracing asymmetry in nature: How to account for skewness in ecological data32
Reliable and efficient integration of AI into camera traps for smart wildlife monitoring based on continual learning32
Zonation-based prioritization of vegetation conservation for terminal lakes in drylands31
Enhancing mango disease diagnosis through eco-informatics: A deep learning approach31
Extraction and mapping of component information of ancient buildings in Huizhou based on UAV technology31
Saving costs for video data annotation in wildlife monitoring31
Stochastic network to model the global spreading of respiratory diseases: From SARS-CoV-2 to pathogen X pandemic31
Refining landsat-based annual NDVImax estimation using shape model fitting and phenological metrics31
VCPNET: A new dataset to benchmark vegetation carbon phenology metrics31
Drone imagery and deep learning for mapping the density of wild Pacific oysters to manage their expansion into protected areas31
Best practices for AI-based image analysis applications in aquatic sciences: The iMagine case study31
Estimating net primary productivity of semi-arid Crimean pine stands using biogeochemical modelling, remote sensing, and machine learning30
Land-Unet: A deep learning network for precise segmentation and identification of non-structured land use types in rural areas for green urban space analysis30
Coastal waterbird eco-habitat stability assessment in Zhangjiangkou Mangrove National Nature Reserve Based on habitat function-coordination coupling30
Benchmarking wild bird detection in complex forest scenes30
An integrated system for the acoustic monitoring of goat farms30
SILIC: A cross database framework for automatically extracting robust biodiversity information from soundscape recordings based on object detection and a tiny training dataset30
HydroEcoLSTM: A Python package with graphical user interface for hydro-ecological modeling with long short-term memory neural network30
Comparison of patch-based and synoptic connectivity algorithms with graph theory metrics. A case study in Reggio Calabria metropolitan area (South Italy)30
Winter wheat yield prediction in the conterminous United States using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data and XGBoost and random forest algorithm30
The influence of biophysical characteristics on elephant space use in an African savanna30
Predicting the impact of future climate changes and range-shifts of Indian hornbills (family: Bucerotidae)29
On loss functions and CNNs for improved bioacoustic signal classification29
Evaluating the efficiency of future crop pattern modelling using the CLUE-S approach in an agricultural plain29
Change in cereal production caused by climate change in Malaysia29
Bacterial community characterization by deep learning aided image analysis in soil chips28
TreeLearn: A deep learning method for segmenting individual trees from ground-based LiDAR forest point clouds28
Influences of vegetation, model, and data parameters on forest aboveground biomass assessment using an area-based approach28
A systematic review on hyperspectral imaging technology with a machine and deep learning methodology for agricultural applications28
Demonstrating the relevance of spatial-functional statistical analysis in marine ecological studies: The case of environmental variations in micronektonic layers28
Predictive performance of machine learning model with varying sampling designs, sample sizes, and spatial extents28
Spatiotemporal evolution for early warning of ecological carrying capacity during the urbanization process in the Dongting Lake area, China28
Application of machine learning approaches for land cover monitoring in northern Cameroon28
The Atlantic forest is a potentially climatic suitable habitat for four Neotropical Myrtaceae species through time28
Rookognise: Acoustic detection and identification of individual rooks in field recordings using multi-task neural networks28
Vision transformer meets convolutional neural network for plant disease classification28
Improving daily reference evapotranspiration forecasts: Designing AI-enabled recurrent neural networks based long short-term memory28
A recognition method of multispectral images of soybean canopies based on neural network28
Divergent dynamics of surface water patterns and structures in Europe's coastal-zone basins28
Species misidentification affects biodiversity metrics: Dealing with this issue using the new R package naturaList28
Spatiotemporal evolution analysis of human disturbances on giant panda: A new approach to study cumulative influences with large spatial scales27
Identifying potential hotspots of groundwater-climate interaction in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia27
Data-driven models for predicting community changes in freshwater ecosystems: A review27
Air pollution in industrial clusters: A comprehensive analysis and prediction using multi-source data27
Assessing non-hazardous solid waste business characteristics of Western Canadian provinces27
Feature embeddings from the BirdNET algorithm provide insights into avian ecology27
Taxonomic and functional analysis of proglacial water bodies of Triloknath glacier ecosystem from North-Western Himalayas27
Prototyping a system for detection and notification of damage or theft in beehives27
Artificial neural networks for assessing forest fire susceptibility in Türkiye27
Employing a novel hybrid of GA-ANFIS model to predict distribution of whiting fish larvae and juveniles from tropical estuaries in the context of climate change27
Improved digital mapping of soil texture using the kernel temperature–vegetation dryness index and adaptive boosting27
Evaluation and validation of forest models: Insight from Mediterranean and scots pine models in Spain27
Remote sensing of flowers27
Automatic stomata recognition and measurement based on improved YOLO deep learning model and entropy rate superpixel algorithm27
A multi-source approach to mapping habitat diversity: Combination of multi-date multispectral satellite imagery and comparison with single-date hyperspectral results in a Mediterranean Natural Reserve27
A review of machine learning applications for identification and classification problems in paleontology27
A data-integration approach to correct sampling bias in species distribution models using multiple datasets of breeding birds in the Swiss Alps27
Variability and ecological relevance of alternative group structures in food webs27
Using hierarchical text classification to investigate the utility of machine learning in automating online analyses of wildlife exploitation26
A classifier-deduced signal extraction approach for time difference estimation in acoustic sensor networks26
Modeling and formal analysis of meta-ecosystems with dynamic structure using graph transformation26
Revealing forest structural "fingerprints": An integration of LiDAR and deep learning uncovers topographical influences on Central Amazon forests26
dataFishing: An efficient Python tool and user-friendly web-form for mining mitochondrial and chloroplast sequences, taxonomic, and biodiversity data26
Reduced dimensionality space of features using spectral indices for detecting changes in multitemporal Landsat-8 images26
Identifying the habitat suitability and built-in corridors for Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus) movement in the northern highlands of Pakistan26
Expert knowledge-based modelling approach for mapping beekeeping suitability area26
A spatiotemporal optimization engine for prescribed burning in the Southeast US26
Analysing the capacity of multispectral indices to map the spatial distribution of potential post-fire soil losses based on soil burn severity26
Dynamics of pesticides in surface water bodies by applying data mining to spatiotemporal big data. A case study for the Puglia Region26
Fin whale pulse detection with deep neural networks25
Spatial diversity of coupled synergistic paths of rural settlements and sloping cultivated land utilization in karst mountain areas of Southwest China: A case study of Huajiang Canyon25
Behavior intentions of urban forest recreationists based on structural equation model25
Projection of climate variables by general circulation and deep learning model for Lahore, Pakistan25
Reference architecture design for developing data management systems in smart farming25
Post-fire vegetation dynamic patterns and drivers in Greater Hinggan Mountains: Insights from long-term remote sensing data analysis25
Small to train, small to test: Dealing with low sample size in model evaluation25
Ovitrap Monitor - Online application for counting mosquito eggs and visualisation toolbox in support of health services25
Groundwater suitability assessment based on water quality index and hydrochemical characterization of Suri Sadar Sub-division, West Bengal25
Accuracy of two LiDAR-based augmented reality apps in breast height diameter measurement25
What are the primary covariates of environmental attitudes and behaviours in Canada? A national-scale analysis of socioeconomic, political, and demographic factors25
Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) invasion reshapes the pattern of plant communities and edaphic properties across the north-western Himalayan landscape25
Process-based forecasts of lake water temperature and dissolved oxygen outperform null models, with variability over time and depth25
Editorial Board24
Helical graphs to visualize the NDVI temporal variation of forest vegetation in an open source space24
Wavelet-based feature extraction with hidden Markov model classification of Antarctic blue whale sounds24
Change in habitat suitability of the invasive Snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei) during climate change: An ensemble modelling approach24
Corrigendum to “Accurate mapping of Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) in Amazonian forests using WorldView-3 satellite images and convolutional neural networks”24
Short- and long-term streamflow forecasting using wavelet neural networks for complex watersheds: A case study in the Mahanadi River, India24
Effect of polynomial, radial basis, and Pearson VII function kernels in support vector machine algorithm for classification of crayfish24
Object classification and visualization with edge artificial intelligence for a customized camera trap platform24
Bioclimatic similarity between species locations and their environment revealed by dimensionality reduction analysis24
Evaluation and comparison of the earth observing sensors in land cover/land use studies using machine learning algorithms24
Deep learning-based segmentation for disease identification24
Hierarchical classification of insects with multitask learning and anomaly detection24
Combining biotracer and stomach contents analysis to understand trophic dynamics in the northern Gulf of Mexico23
Aggregation as an antipredator strategy in the rock-paper-scissors model23
Automated workflow for incorporation and evaluation of data uncertainty in ecological networks with autoLIMR23
Integrating infiltration processes in hybrid downscaling methods to estimate sub-surface soil moisture23
Will artificial intelligence revolutionize aerial surveys? A first large-scale semi-automated survey of African wildlife using oblique imagery and deep learning23
Assessment of nomadic pastoralists' livelihood vulnerability to the changing climate in the Third Pole region: Case study in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia23
Prediction and interpretation of pathogenic bacteria occurrence at a recreational beach using data-driven algorithms23
Assessing the floodwater utilization potential in a reservoir-controlled watershed: A novel method considering engineering regulations and an empirical case from China23
Assessing the geographical distribution of carnivorous and planktivorous fishes in the western Bay of Bengal23
Species classification from hyperspectral leaf information using machine learning approaches23
Spatiotemporally weighted regression (STWR) for assessing Lyme disease and landscape fragmentation dynamics in Connecticut towns23
Soft-output signal detection for cetacean vocalizations using spectral entropy, k-means clustering and the continuous wavelet transform23
Research on facial recognition of sika deer based on vision transformer22
Management and rehabilitation of peatlands: The role of water chemistry, hydrology, policy, and emerging monitoring methods to ensure informed decision making22
Fine hyperspectral classification of rice varieties based on self-attention mechanism22
Dealing with non-equilibrium bias and survey effort in presence-only invasive Species Distribution Models (iSDM); predicting the range of muntjac deer in Britain and Ireland22
Detection transformer-based approach for mapping trees outside forests on high resolution satellite imagery22
Biplots for understanding machine learning predictions in digital soil mapping22
Landscape and climatic factors shaping mosquito abundance and species composition in southern Spain: A machine learning approach to the study of vector ecology22
Multiscale geographically weighted regression-based analysis of vegetation driving factors and mining-induced quantification in the Fengfeng District, China22
Climate change induces habitat shifts and overlaps among carnivores in an arid and semi-arid ecosystem22
Low-cost open-source recorders and ready-to-use machine learning approaches provide effective monitoring of threatened species22
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