Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Papers
(The TQCC of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is 11. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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A network theoretic method for the basic reproductive number for infectious diseases182
Assimilating ecological theory with empiricism: Using constrained generalized additive models to enhance survival analyses142
Exploring congruent diversification histories with flexibility and parsimony139
plantR: An R package and workflow for managing species records from biological collections130
ECOGEN: Bird sounds generation using deep learning117
Empirical dynamic programming for model‐free ecosystem‐based management113
occupancyTuts: Occupancy modelling tutorials with RPresence109
Nighthawk: Acoustic monitoring of nocturnal bird migration in the Americas98
OCCUR Shiny application: A user‐friendly guide for curating species occurrence records96
Filtering heart rates using data densities: The boxfilter R package93
Revticulate: An R framework for interaction with RevBayes82
FlywayNet: A hidden semi‐Markov model for inferring the structure of migratory bird networks from count data81
Using cloud radar to investigate the effect of rainfall on migratory insect flight81
AF‐vapeR: A multivariate genome scan for detecting parallel evolution using allele frequency change vectors79
A new centrality index designed for multilayer networks77
Incidence‐data‐based species richness estimation via a Beta‐Binomial model72
poems: R package for simulating species' range dynamics using pattern‐oriented validation72
BATScan: A radar classification tool reveals large‐scale bat migration patterns70
Beneath the buzz: Quantifying nest locations and densities of ground‐nesting wild bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)67
Exploring noise, degeneracy and determinism in biological networks with the einet package66
Nearest neighbour distance matching Leave‐One‐Out Cross‐Validation for map validation66
How to get the most out of phylogenetic imputation without abusing it64
Integrated community occupancy models: A framework to assess occurrence and biodiversity dynamics using multiple data sources64
Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution63
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Going beyond richness: Modelling the BEF relationship using species identity, evenness, richness and species interactions via the DImodels R package62
Long‐term automated visual monitoring of Antarctic benthic fauna61
Towards biologically realistic estimates of home range and spatial exposure for colonial animals60
A 3D modelling approach to measuring structural characteristics of bird nest interiors56
Benchmarking imputation methods for categorical biological data56
Chronospaces: An R package for the statistical exploration of divergence times promotes the assessment of methodological sensitivity55
Moving‐resting process with measurement error in animal movement modeling54
Multi‐trait point pattern reconstruction of plant ecosystems54
EcoEnsemble: A general framework for combining ecosystem models in R54
A general framework for jointly modelling thermal and hydric constraints on developing eggs53
MoonShine: A software‐hardware system for simulating moonlight ground illuminance and re‐creating artificial moonlight cycles in a laboratory environment53
A systematic method for hypothesis synthesis and conceptual model development53
Continuous on‐board behaviour classification using accelerometry: A case study with a new GPS‐3G‐Bluetooth system in Pacific black ducks53
Classifying the activity states of small vertebrates using automated VHF telemetry51
Gone with the wind: Inferring bird migration with light‐level geolocation, wind and activity measurements49
Navigating through space and time: A methodological approach to quantify spatiotemporal connectivity using stream flow data as a case study49
An open future for MEE48
treetop: A Shiny‐based application and R package for extracting forest information from LiDAR data for ecologists and conservationists47
Plant biodiversity assessment through soil eDNA reflects temporal and local diversity46
Measuring reflectance of tiny organisms: The promise of species level biocrust remote sensing44
Dynamic visualisation of million‐tip trees: The OneZoom project41
Scalable semantic 3D mapping of coral reefs with deep learning41
The ecological forecast limit revisited: Potential, absolute and relative system predictability40
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Integrated movement models for individual tracking and species distribution data39
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An aquaria set‐up for long‐term, multiple‐stressor research in marine organisms37
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PleistoDist: A toolbox for visualising and quantifying the effects of Pleistocene sea‐level change on island archipelagos37
Handbook of protocols for standardized measurements of floral traits for pollinators in temperate communities36
Issues in calibrating models with multiple unbalanced constraints: the significance of systematic model and data errors36
Reflectance spectroscopy allows rapid, accurate and non‐destructive estimates of functional traits from pressed leaves35
Sourcing high tissue quality brains from deceased wild primates with known socio‐ecology34
Building ecological networks with local ecological knowledge in hyper‐diverse and logistically challenging ecosystems34
Retrodiction of forest demography: Backward simulation with reverse matrix models34
Linear polyacrylamide is highly efficient in precipitating and purifying environmental and ancient DNA33
Overall dynamic body acceleration measures activity differently on large versus small aquatic animals33
Parasitic flowering plant collections embody the extended specimen32
Automated identification of diverse Neotropical pollen samples using convolutional neural networks32
Measuring understorey vegetation structure using a novel mixed‐reality device29
Using standardized fish‐specific autonomous reef monitoring structures (FARMS) to quantify cryptobenthic fish communities29
Accelerating advances in landscape connectivity modelling with the ConScape library28
treats: A modular R package for simulating trees and traits28
Food web reconstruction through phylogenetic transfer of low‐rank network representation28
Integrated SDM database: Enhancing the relevance and utility of species distribution models in conservation management28
Introducing recurrent event analyses to assess species interactions based on camera‐trap data: A comparison with time‐to‐first‐event approaches28
Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data28
qad: An R‐package to detect asymmetric and directed dependence in bivariate samples28
RFIDeep: Unfolding the potential of deep learning for radio‐frequency identification28
Hidden Markov models: Pitfalls and opportunities in ecology27
Existing and emerging uses of drones in restoration ecology27
The r package enerscape: A general energy landscape framework for terrestrial movement ecology27
Unbiased population heterozygosity estimates from genome‐wide sequence data27
RevGadgets: An R package for visualizing Bayesian phylogenetic analyses from RevBayes27
Methods for testing publication bias in ecological and evolutionary meta‐analyses27
PicoCam: High‐resolution 3D imaging of live animals and preserved specimens27
A Double machine learning trend model for citizen science data27
The Wayqecha Amazon Cloud Curtain Ecosystem Experiment: A new experimental method to manipulate fog water inputs in terrestrial systems27
Detecting and reducing heterogeneity of error in acoustic classification26
TreeCompR: Tree competition indices for inventory data and 3D point clouds26
When to monitor or control: Informed invasive species management using a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) framework26
Generating spatially realistic environmental null models with the shift‐&‐rotate approach helps evaluate false positives in species distribution modelling26
Use of amino acid isotope analysis to investigate capital versus income breeding strategies in migratory avian species25
A process approach to quality management doublesNEONsensor data quality25
In situ estimation of active dispersal abilities in reef fish early life stages using tracking technologies25
A cost‐effective method to passively sample communities at the forest canopy–aerosphere interface24
Optimising sampling designs for habitat fragmentation studies24
Tracking the frequency of phytoplankton clonal lineages using multispectral image flow cytometry and neural networks24
The CV is dead, long live the CV!24
An automatic classifier of bat sonotypes around the world24
OpenSoundscape: An open‐source bioacoustics analysis package for Python23
Estimating process‐based model parameters from species distribution data using the evolutionary algorithm CMA‐ES23
Writing a massively multi‐authored paper: Overcoming barriers to meaningful authorship for all23
The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory23
TaxoNERD: Deep neural models for the recognition of taxonomic entities in the ecological and evolutionary literature23
The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography23
A wireless, remotely operable and easily customizable robotic flower system23
Detecting seasonal episodic‐like spatio‐temporal memory patterns using animal movement modelling23
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Methods to account for incomplete viewsheds in distance sampling22
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Limits to ecological forecasting: Estimating uncertainty for critical transitions with deep learning22
poolHelper: An R package to help in designing Pool‐Seq studies22
ipsecr: An R package for awkward spatial capture–recapture data21
Estimating interaction strengths for diverse horizontal systems using performance data21
NAPS: Integrating pose estimation and tag‐based tracking21
sabinaNSDM: An R package for spatially nested hierarchical species distribution modelling21
How to generate accurate continuous thermal regimes from sparse but regular temperature measurements21
Precise tactile stimulation of worker ants by a robotic manipulator reveals that individual responses are density‐ and context‐dependent20
Scalable phylogenetic Gaussian process models improve the detectability of environmental signals on local extinctions for many Red List species20
Monitoring fast‐moving animals—Building a customized camera system and evaluation toolset20
The Latent Dirichlet Allocation model applied to airborne LiDAR data: A case study on mapping forest degradation associated with fragmentation and fire in the Amazon region19
A framework to model a web of linkage disequilibria for natural allotetraploid populations19
tidysdm: Leveraging the flexibility of tidymodels for species distribution modelling in R19
starve: An R package for spatio‐temporal analysis of research survey data using nearest‐neighbour Gaussian processes18
Using ensemble methods to improve the robustness of deep learning for image classification in marine environments18
soundscape_IR: A source separation toolbox for exploring acoustic diversity in soundscapes18
Estimating species misclassification with occupancy dynamics and encounter rates: A semi‐supervised, individual‐level approach18
Impact of sampling strategy on inference of community assembly processes in phylogenetic island biogeography18
PhycoCanopy: An R Shiny tool for exploring primary production in macroalgal canopies18
soundClass: An automatic sound classification tool for biodiversity monitoring using machine learning18
Evo‐Scope: Fully automated assessment of correlated evolution on phylogenetic trees18
Managing risk and uncertainty in systematic conservation planning with insufficient information18
Temporal design for aquatic organismal sampling across the National Ecological Observatory Network18
The uniform AUC: Dealing with the representativeness effect in presence–absence models17
Design and performance of an ecosystem‐scale forest soil warming experiment with infrared heater arrays17
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Unifying individual differences in personality, predictability and plasticity: A practical guide17
aniMotum, an R package for animal movement data: Rapid quality control, behavioural estimation and simulation17
SlicerMorph: An open and extensible platform to retrieve, visualize and analyse 3D morphology17
Practical guidelines and the EMLN R package for handling ecological multilayer networks17
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Synthesizing forecasts to inform decision‐making and advance ecological theory17
Guidelines for the prediction of species interactions through binary classification17
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Hard tissue thin‐sectioning techniques in vertebrate paleohistology: Review, synthesis and improvements16
The use of weighted averages of Hedges' d in meta‐analysis: Is it worth it?16
Extending isolation by resistance to predict genetic connectivity16
A GLMM approach for combining multiple relative abundance surfaces16
A framework for post‐processing bird tracks from automated tracking radar systems16
Correction to ‘The Aquatic Metatron: A large‐scale experimental facility to study the combined effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on aquatic meta‐ecosystems’16
CaptuRING: A do‐it‐yourself tool for wood sample digitization16
ecochange: An R‐package to derive ecosystem change indicators from freely available earth observation products16
A low‐cost IoT network to monitor microclimate variables in ecosystems16
Long‐term collar deployment leads to bias in soil respiration measurements16
Stable isotope fingerprinting traces essential amino acid assimilation and multichannel feeding in a vertebrate consumer16
Streamlining analysis methods for large acoustic surveys using automatic detectors with operator validation16
PiCAM: A Raspberry Pi‐based open‐source, low‐power camera system for monitoring plant phenology in Arctic environments16
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Quantifying the utilisation of blue, green and brown resources by riparian predators: A combined use of amino acid isotopes and fatty acids15
Introducing the combined atlas framework for large‐scale web‐based data visualization: The GloNAF atlas of plant invasion15
A unifying framework for quantifying and comparing n‐dimensional hypervolumes15
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Including the invisible fraction in whole population studies: A guide to the genetic sampling of unhatched bird eggs15
Pitfalls arising from site selection bias in population monitoring defy simple heuristics15
allodb: An R package for biomass estimation at globally distributed extratropical forest plots15
Real‐time alerts from AI‐enabled camera traps using the Iridium satellite network: A case‐study in Gabon, Central Africa15
Improved order selection method for hidden Markov models: A case study with movement data15
A conceptual framework for host‐associated microbiomes of hybrid organisms15
Population assignment from genotype likelihoods for low‐coverage whole‐genome sequencing data15
Acoustic and archival technologies join forces: A combination tag15
The geodiv r package: Tools for calculating gradient surface metrics14
Estimating animal density for a community of species using information obtained only from camera‐traps14
Generating continuous maps of genetic diversity using moving windows14
Analysing biodiversity observation data collected in continuous time: Should we use discrete‐ or continuous‐time occupancy models?14
Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems14
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PoolDilutionR: An R package for easy optimization of isotope pool dilution calculations14
Impact of acoustic index parameters on soundscape comparisons14
Continuous‐surface geographic assignment of migratory animals using strontium isotopes: A case study with monarch butterflies14
ISSRseq: An extensible method for reduced representation sequencing14
rphenoscate: An R package for semantics‐aware evolutionary analyses of anatomical traits14
Clustering and unconstrained ordination with Dirichlet process mixture models14
ChirpArray: A low‐cost, easy‐to‐construct microphone array for long‐term ecoacoustic monitoring14
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Connectivity conservation planning through deep reinforcement learning14
Cost‐effective seafloor habitat mapping using a portable speedy sea scanner and deep‐learning‐based segmentation: A sea trial at Pujada Bay, Philippines14
isotracer: An R package for the analysis of tracer addition experiments14
TransMCL enables the assembly of full‐length coding genes for collecting complete hierarchical orthogroups14
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CATS: A high‐performance software framework for simulating plant migration in changing environments14
HSC3D: A Python package to quantify three‐dimensional habitat structural complexity14
bistro: An R package for vector bloodmeal identification by short tandem repeat overlap13
Regional ecological forecasting across scales: A manifesto for a biodiversity hotspot13
ENphylo: A new method to model the distribution of extremely rare species13
Broad‐scale applications of the Raspberry Pi: A review and guide for biologists13
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metaRange: A framework to build mechanistic range models13
Sap Flow Analyzer: A tool to standardize sap flow estimation and scaling to whole‐tree water use using the HFD method13
3D photogrammetry and deep‐learning deliver accurate estimates of epibenthic biomass13
Realising the promise of large data and complex models13
The role of large language models in interdisciplinary research: Opportunities, challenges and ways forward13
A model selection approach to structural equation modelling: A critical evaluation and a road map for ecologists13
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A heuristic method to evaluate consequences for flight control and stability induced by attachment of biologging devices to birds and bats13
Estimating forest above‐ground biomass with terrestrial laser scanning: Current status and future directions13
rphylopic: An R package for fetching, transforming, and visualising PhyloPic silhouettes13
HemiPy: A Python module for automated estimation of forest biophysical variables and uncertainties from digital hemispherical photographs13
Applying computer vision to digitised natural history collections for climate change research: Temperature‐size responses in British butterflies13
A continuous‐score occupancy model that incorporates uncertain machine learning output from autonomous biodiversity surveys13
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Bioregionalization analyses with the bioregion R package13
Simple assay quantifying sediment resuspension effects on marine carbon storage12
A Monte Carlo resampling framework for implementing goodness‐of‐fit tests in spatial capture‐recapture models12
Deep reinforcement learning for conservation decisions12
ohun: An R package for diagnosing and optimizing automatic sound event detection12
Avoiding confusion: Modelling image identification surveys with classification errors12
Mitigating pseudoreplication and bias in resource selection functions with autocorrelation‐informed weighting12
A new tool to improve the estimates of interaction rewiring considering the whole community composition12
plantTracker: An R package to translate maps of plant occurrence into demographic data12
Wellcounter: Automated high‐throughput phenotyping for aquatic microinvertebrates12
Decoding the footsteps of the African savanna: Classifying wildlife using seismic signals and machine learning12
USE it: Uniformly sampling pseudo‐absences within the environmental space for applications in habitat suitability models12
mpmsim: An R package for simulating matrix population models12
AMMonitor 2: Remote monitoring of biodiversity in an adaptive framework in R12
Systematic review and best practices for drone remote sensing of invasive plants12
A new method for voxel‐based modelling of three‐dimensional forest scenes with integration of terrestrial and airborne LiDAR data12
ontophylo: Reconstructing the evolutionary dynamics of phenomes using new ontology‐informed phylogenetic methods12
EEMtoolbox: A user‐friendly R package for flexible ensemble ecosystem modelling12
High‐magnification platform for characterising microscopic communities12
A multi‐property assessment of intensity of use provides a functional understanding of animal movement12
patter: Particle algorithms for animal tracking in R and Julia12
BatRack: An open‐source multi‐sensor device for wildlife research12
Navigating the temporal continuum of effective population size12
An RGB‐D framework for capturing soft‐sediment microtopography12
Reconstructing bird trajectories from pressure and wind data using a highly optimized hidden Markov model12
Integrating eco‐evolutionary dynamics into matrix population models for structured populations: Discrete and continuous frameworks11
dentist: Quantifying uncertainty by sampling points around maximum likelihood estimates11
Know what you don't know: Embracing state uncertainty in disease‐structured multistate models11
Impact network analysis and the ina r package: Decision support for regional management interventions11
Fieldwork in conservation organisations–A review of methodological challenges, opportunities and ethics11
Method for maintaining adult solitary bee Centris analis under laboratory conditions11
An automated radiotelemetry system (ARTS) for monitoring small mammals11
Adaptive sampling by citizen scientists improves species distribution model performance: A simulation study11
Validating ATLAS: A regional‐scale high‐throughput tracking system11
The RadOrgMiner pipeline: Automated genotyping of organellar loci from RADseq data11
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