Ecosphere

Papers
(The median citation count of Ecosphere is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Shifts in amphibian population dynamics in response to a change in the predator community79
Identifying nesting grounds for juvenile migratory birds with dual isotope: an initial test using North American raptors75
Old‐growth forest structure in a low‐productivity hypermaritime rainforest in coastal British Columbia, Canada57
Climate gradient‐driven intraspecific aggregation propensity linked to interpatch modulation in grassland communities55
Evaluating the effects of nest management on a recovering raptor using integrated population modeling53
Do leaf traits shape herbivory in tropical montane rainforests? A multispecies approach51
Disruption of natural disturbance regime decouples habitat and life stage in a keystone species46
Identifying drivers of demographic rates in an at‐risk population of marine mammals using integrated population models42
Using phenology to unravel differential soil water use and productivity in a semiarid savanna40
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Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds35
Using biotracer techniques to uncover consumer diets: A comparison of stable isotopes, fatty acids, and amino acids35
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Temporal variations of the multifaceted biodiversity and assembly mechanisms in lake fish assemblages34
Drought survival strategies differ between coastal and montane conifers in northern California33
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Wildfire disturbance reveals evidence of ecosystem resilience and precariousness in a forest–grassland mosaic32
Evidence from interpretable machine learning to inform spatial management of Palau's tuna fisheries31
Winter cover cropping increases albedo and latent heat flux in a Texas High Plains agroecosystem31
Aquatic vegetation types identified during early and late phases of vegetation recovery in the Upper Mississippi River31
Reference vegetation for restoration? Three vegetation maps compared across 76 nature reserves in Uganda and Kenya30
Overlapping outbreaks of multiple bark beetle species are rarely more severe than single‐species outbreaks30
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Mycorrhizal fungal and tree root functional traits: Strategies for integration and future directions30
Incorporating small‐scale disturbances in models of forest structure and aboveground biomass of tropical mountains30
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Agricultural mosaics offer nesting habitat to dabbling ducks in the arid Intermountain West of the United States28
Understanding the effects of livestock grazing on dryland plant communities within the context of abiotic variability28
Strengths and limitations of using participatory science data to characterize a wildlife mass mortality event28
Variation in forest patch habitat quality for white‐footed mice driven by invasive plants in an urbanizing landscape28
Improving access to undergraduate research using digitized natural history collections course‐based research experiences27
Reconstruction of Araucaria araucana cone production reveals warming intensifies regionally synchronized masting25
Individual patterns of anadromy determine the cost of salmon lice exposure in brown trout25
Capturing spatiotemporal variation in salt marsh belowground biomass, a key resilience metric, through geoinformatics24
High survival promotes bunchgrass persistence in old‐growth savannas under different fire regimes24
Spatial differences in predicted Phalaris arundinacea (reed canarygrass) occurrence in floodplain forest understories23
Habitat associations of six‐lined racerunners in longleaf pine managed with a short fire rotation for northern bobwhites23
Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities23
Differential coping capacities underlie the overall resistance of temperate seagrasses to herbivory23
Dryland fungi are spatially heterogeneous and resistant to global change drivers23
Effectiveness of canine‐assisted surveillance and human searches for early detection of invasive spotted lanternfly23
Pollination deficits increase with urbanization in Chicago23
Population persistence, phenotypic divergence, and metabolic adaptation in yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.)23
Fish mass mortality events in northern temperate lakes are happening later in the year than in the past22
Pre‐ and postinfection priority effects have contrasting outcomes for parasite prevalence in host populations22
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Application of habitat association models across regions: Useful explanatory power retained in wetland bird case study22
A novel method for mapping high‐precision animal locations using high‐resolution imagery21
Native mycorrhizal fungi improve milkweed growth, latex, and establishment while some commercial fungi may inhibit them21
A trophic cascade facilitates native habitat providers within assemblages of multiple invasive marine species21
Testing ecological theories in the Anthropocene: alteration of succession by an invasive marine species21
Substantial role of under‐ice limnological processes in diatom dynamics in the alpine lakes of the Chinese Loess Plateau21
Preferred nectar sources for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) along the Great Plains migration pathway21
Abundance, predation, and habitat associations of lemming winter nests in northern Sweden20
Hippopotamus movements structure the spatiotemporal dynamics of an active anthrax outbreak20
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Pull the trigger: interplay between benthic and pelagic cues driving the early recruitment of a natural bivalve assemblage20
Webslinger vs. Dark Knight: First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain20
Loss and replacement of macroalgal standing stock and productivity after a major environmental disturbance20
Meta‐analysis suggests that, for marine mammals, the risk of parasitism by anisakids changed between 1978 and 201520
Effects of future climate change on the forests of Madagascar20
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A Colorado Front Range grassland exhibits decreasing dominance of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) over time19
Mechanisms linking river flow regime and riparian hardwood establishment19
Strong benefits of hedgerows to bats in three European winegrowing regions19
Biotic and abiotic factors shaping bat activity in Maryland soybean fields19
Impervious surface cover and number of restaurants shape diet variation in an urban carnivore19
Reciprocal transplants reveal asymmetric local adaptation of Himalayan Rhododendron approaching elevational range limit19
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Advancing the understanding of coastal disturbances with a network‐of‐networks approach18
Constructed rock riffles increase habitat heterogeneity but not biodiversity in streams constrained by urban impacts18
Demographic rates and diversity vary with tree stature and ontogenetic stage in an African tropical rainforest18
Pawpaws prevent predictability: A locally dominant tree alters understory beta‐diversity and community assembly18
Asynchronous flowering patterns in saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea)18
Climate change does not decouple interactions between a central‐place‐foraging predator and its migratory prey17
Multi‐scale patterns in the occurrence of an ephemeral pool‐breeding amphibian17
Freshwater corridors in the conterminous United States: A coarse‐filter approach based on lake‐stream networks17
Ecological implications of variable energy storage in the keystone predator, Pisaster ochraceus17
Farming practice affects rice field animal biota during cultivation but not fallow periods in Taiwan17
Sea otters in a California estuary: Detecting temporal and spatial dynamics with volunteer monitoring17
Repeated habitat mapping data reveal gains and losses of plant species17
Characterization of site‐specific vegetation activity in Alaskan wet and dry tundra as related to climate and soil state17
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Dicamba drift alters plant–herbivore interactions at the agro‐ecological interface17
Connectivity: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network17
Macroinvertebrate and diatom indicators of baseline conditions for setting targets in agricultural BMP restoration17
Multiple invasion trajectories induce niche dynamics inconsistency and increase risk uncertainty of a plant invader17
Areas of species diversity and endemicity of Nepal17
Multi‐image flock size estimation with CountEm: A case study with half a million Common Eiders and Greater Snow Geese17
Riverine fish density, predator–prey interactions, and their relationships with artificial light at night17
RHDV2 outbreak reduces survival and juvenile recruitment, causing European rabbit population collapse16
Solar radiation and soil moisture drive tropical forest understory responses to experimental and natural hurricanes16
Using passive acoustic monitoring to estimate northern spotted owl landscape use and pair occupancy16
Dead mammal walking: A month‐long march by a bison (Bison bison) after an ungulate–vehicle collision16
Nitrogen fertilization and high plant growing temperature increase herbivore performance16
Long live the data! Embedded data management at a long‐term ecological research site16
Microhabitats shape ant community structure in a spatially heterogeneous grassy woodland16
Soil microbial communities are not altered by garlic mustard in recently invaded central Illinois forests16
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A novel hybrid beachgrass is invading U.S. Pacific Northwest dunes with potential ecosystem consequences16
Species diversity of forest floor biota in non‐native Douglas‐fir stands is similar to that of native stands16
The influence of predators, competitors, and habitat on the use of water sources by a small desert carnivore16
Comparative biogeography of volant and nonvolant mammals in a temperate island archipelago16
Grazing intensity effects on herbaceous community composition in burned sagebrush steppe16
Maximum‐likelihood estimation of the geometric niche preemption model16
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Combined direct and indirect impacts of warming on the productivity of coral reef fishes16
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Increases in temperature and freshwater inputs will shift grazing patterns of a coastal mesograzer on foundation species16
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Targeted grazing and mechanical thinning enhance forest stand resilience under a narrow range of wildfire scenarios15
Urban land cover and El Niño events negatively impact population viability of an endangered North American songbird15
Effective and feasible mechanisms to support native invertebrate pollinators in agricultural landscapes: A meta‐analysis15
Forest and snow rather than food or foe limit the distribution of a generalist mesocarnivore in winter15
No stress memory pattern was detected in sugar maple and white spruce seedlings subjected to experimental droughts15
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Jumping spider invades an orb web to prey on a resident male15
Introduction: Honoring the contribution of Charles H. Peterson (1946–2020) to the field of marine ecology15
New method of isotopic analysis: baseline‐standardized isotope vector analysis shows trophic partitioning in loricariids15
A novel algorithm for robust estimation of ants' speed on convoluted trajectories derived from their gait pattern15
Using successional drivers to understand spatiotemporal dynamics in intertidal mudflat communities15
Expanding NEON biodiversity surveys with new instrumentation and machine learning approaches15
Too many to count: Using orthophotography to census an unharvested beaver (Castor canadensis) population in Ontario15
The changing role of natural and human agencies shaping the ecology of an African savanna ecosystem15
No evidence of top‐down effects by ants on litter decomposition in a temperate grassland15
Alternative lifestyles: A plague persistence hypothesis15
Evolutionary and ecological insights from vital staining of bivalve oocytes: A Red Queen at the sweepstakes?15
Winter and summer storms modify chlorophyll relationships with nutrients in seasonally ice‐covered lakes15
Supporting graduate field leadership through community‐sourced advice, action, and policy14
Thermal refuge use and parasitism: Spatiotemporal variation in anchor worm and lamprey wounds on Klamath redband trout14
Ungulate herbivores as drivers of aspen recruitment and understory composition throughout arid montane landscapes14
Epigaeic spider response to sagebrush steppe restoration treatments14
Context dependence in a tropical forest: Repeated disturbance reduces soil nitrate response but increases phosphate14
State‐dependent estuary stopover boosts juvenile salmon growth: Implications for marine survival14
Assessing temporal biases across aggregated historical spatial data: a case study of North Carolina’s freshwater fishes14
Harnessing trophic cascades to improve foundation species restoration: A meta‐analysis14
The influence of postfire recovery and environmental conditions on boreal vegetation14
Flooding and planting density shape forests in an experimental Everglades landscape: Lessons for forest restoration14
Spatial extent drives patterns of relative climate change sensitivity for freshwater fishes of the United States14
Untangling multi‐scale habitat relationships of an endangered frog in streams to inform reintroduction programs14
Localized carry‐over effects of pond drying on survival, growth, and pathogen defenses in amphibians14
An underwater Serengeti: Seagrass‐mediated effects on intake and cultivation grazing behavior of a marine megaherbivore14
Can you see the algae for the slime? Temporal patterns of biofilm food quality and quantity in lowland rivers14
Scale‐dependent responses of understory vegetation to the physical structure of undisturbed tundra shrub patches14
Loss of riparian forests from wildfire led to increased stream temperatures in summer, yet salmonid fish persisted14
Accounting for heterogeneous density and detectability in spatially explicit capture–recapture studies of carnivores14
Tropical montane forest in South Asia: Composition, structure, and dieback in relation to soils and topography14
Calculating adult sex ratios from observed breeding sex ratios for wide‐ranging, intermittently breeding species14
Implications of habitat‐driven survival and dispersal on recruitment in a spatially structured piping plover population14
Short‐term grazing reduced community stability by decreasing community‐wide asynchrony and dominant species stability13
Network topology mediates freshwater fish metacommunity response to loss of connectivity13
Diurnal vertical movements in black sea bass (Centropristis striata): Endogenous, facultative, or something else?13
Forest resilience and regeneration dynamics following wildfire disturbance13
The costs and benefits of sunflower pollen diet on bumble bee colony disease and health13
Predictable local adaptation in butterfly photoperiodism but not thermal performance along a latitudinal cline13
The impact of ice storms on mycorrhizal fungi varies by season and mycorrhizal type in a hardwood forest13
Effects of burrowing crabs on coastal sediments and their functions: A systematic meta‐analysis13
Evaluating the accuracy of unmanned aerial systems to quantify glacial ice habitats of harbor seals in Alaska13
Use of marine vs. freshwater proteins for egg‐laying and incubation by sea ducks breeding in Arctic tundra13
Can grazing by elk and bison stimulate herbaceous plant productivity in semiarid ecosystems?13
Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) detection by infrared flukeprints from aerial survey imagery13
Assessing critical population thresholds under periodic disturbances13
Dual‐isotope isoscapes for predicting the scale of fish movements in lowland rivers13
Recurring wildfires provoke type conversion in dry western forests13
Landscape context affects patch habitat contributions to biodiversity in agroecosystems13
The sunflower sea star reduces grazing rates of purple sea urchins dependent upon urchin starvation state13
An evaluation of the efficacy of shell hash for the mitigation of intertidal sediment acidification13
Growth and feeding in the sponge Agelas tubulata from shallow to mesophotic depths on Grand Cayman Island13
Predation of cougar kittens following the aggregation of American black bears13
Infection prevalence and density of a pathogenic trematode parasite decrease with stream order along a river continuum13
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Management‐mediated predation rate in the caribou–moose–wolf system: spatial configuration of logging activities matters13
Elevational gradients strongly mediate habitat selection patterns in a nocturnal predator13
Response of avian cavity nesters and carbon dynamics to forest management and climate change in the Northern Rockies13
Daily abundance of Dall’s sheep peaks during late summer in a seasonal habitat of high‐management interest13
Identifying drivers of population dynamics for a stream breeding amphibian using time series of egg mass counts13
Diverse habitats shape the movement ecology of a top marine predator, the white shark Carcharodon carcharias12
In silico evaluation of plant nitrification suppression effects on agroecosystem nitrogen loss12
Identifying and predicting occurrence and abundance of a vocal animal species based on individually specific calls12
Predicting patterns of terrestrial lichen biomass recovery following boreal wildfires12
Beat the heat: Movements of a cold‐adapted ungulate during a record‐breaking heat wave12
Survival of overwintering nymphs of the small brown planthopper and its contribution to emergence timing12
Correcting for measurement errors in a long‐term aerial survey with auxiliary photographic data12
Decline of novel ecosystems used by endangered species: the case of piping plovers, least terns, and aggregate mines12
Functional trait complementarity and dominance both determine benthic secondary production in temperate seagrass beds12
Shifts in grasses diversity patterns between two contrasting 40‐year climate periods in tropical dry islands12
Marine mammal biodiversity and rare narwhal (Monodon monoceros) observations near northern Ellesmere Island, Canada12
Understanding spatially explicit capture–recapture parameters for informing invasive animal management12
Vegetation structure modulates ecosystem and community responses to spatial subsidies12
Writing statistical methods for ecologists12
Increased salinity stress changes plant productivity and biomass by altering the top‐down controls in eelgrass beds12
Western spotted skunk spatial ecology in the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest12
Heritability of plastic trait changes in drought‐exposed ponderosa pine seedlings12
Cereal rye mulch biomass and crop density affect weed suppression and community assembly in no‐till planted soybean12
Contrasting resistance and resilience trajectories of zooplankton communities in restored fishless alpine lakes12
Rainforest conversion to monocultures favors generalist ants with large colonies12
Shifting correlations among multiple aspects of weather complicate predicting future demography of a threatened species12
Trade‐offs associated with occupancy models in a multispecies grassland plant population study12
Drivers of fire severity shift as landscapes transition to an active fire regime, Klamath Mountains, USA12
Does introduced European Phragmites australis experience belowground microbial enemy release in North America?12
Extending Canadian forest disturbance history maps prior to 198512
Heat waves affect an invasive herbivore and its parasitoid differentially with impacts beyond the first generation12
Disentangling abiotic and biotic controls of age‐0 Pacific herring population stability across the San Francisco Estuary12
Modeling the effects of water regulation on the population viability of a threatened amphibian11
Subtle differences in growth rate drive contrasting responses of ephemeral primary producers to recurrent disturbances11
Rice paddy irrigation seasonally impacts stream benthic macroinvertebrate diversity at the catchment level11
Thirty years of forest productivity in a mountainous landscape: The Yin and Yang of topography11
The clustering of spatially associated species unravels patterns in tropical tree species distributions11
Within‐plant coexistence of viruses across nitrogen and phosphorus supply rates11
The effects of prolonged drought on vegetation dieback and megafires in southern California chaparral11
Rapid elevational shifts of Switzerland's avifauna and associated species traits11
Knowledge and perceptions of rural and urban communities towards small protected areas: Insights from Ghana11
Landscape and site factors drive invasive Phragmites management and native plant recovery across Chesapeake Bay wetlands11
Chemical defense strategies, induction timing, growth, and trade‐offs inPinus aristataandPinus flexilis11
Plant functional traits affect competitive vigor of pasture grasses during drought and following recovery11
Integrative analysis of stressor gradients reveals multiple discrete trait‐defined axes underlie community assembly11
Tree community composition stabilizes ecosystem functions in response to drought11
Evaluating mountain lion diet before and after a removal of feral horses in a semiarid environment11
Variation in behavior drives multi‐scale responses to habitat conditions in timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus)11
Integrating historical observations alters projections of eastern North American spruce–fir habitat under climate change11
Understanding the future of big sagebrush regeneration: challenges of projecting complex ecological processes11
Carryover effects of environmental stressors influence the life performance of brown trout11
Managing for ecological resilience of pinyon–juniper ecosystems during an era of woodland contraction11
Decades of warming alters maturation and reproductive investment in fish11
Within‐site difference in nitrogen status between mixed forests and larch plantations: Evidence from multiple indicators11
A model for the relationship between plant biomass and photosynthetic rate based on nutrient effects11
Silvicultural strategies for lichen conservation: Smaller gaps and shorter distances to edges promote recolonization11
Seed sources and safe sites as drivers of Larix cajanderi regeneration following wildfire in the Siberian Arctic11
Plant functional traits and abundance jointly shape keystone plant species in a plant–ectomycorrhizal fungus network11
Controlling invasive fish in fluctuating environments: Model analysis of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in a shallow lake11
Marbled cats in Southeast Asia: Are diurnal and semi‐arboreal felids at greater risk from human disturbances?11
Modeling the drivers of eutrophication in Finland with a machine learning approach11
The influence of habitat characteristics on the occupancy and dispersal of two headwater fishes in a dendritic network11
Sea or summit? Wild reindeer spatial responses to changing high‐arctic winters11
Behavioral thermoregulation of caterpillars is altered by temperature, but not parasitism: An empirical field study10
Comparison of three global canopy height maps and their applicability to biodiversity modeling: Accuracy issues revealed10
Plant functional traits as measures of ecosystem service provision10
Insights into the evolution of herbivory from a leaf‐mining fly10
The North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network10
Large carnivore conservation and traditional pastoralism: A case study on bear–reindeer predation mitigation measures10
Plant species richness and sunlight exposure increase pollinator attraction to pollinator gardens10
Supporting adaptive management with ecological forecasting: chronic wasting disease in the Jackson Elk Herd10
Spatial drivers of wetland bird occupancy within an urbanized matrix in the Upper Midwestern United States10
A new method employing species‐specific thresholding identifies acoustically overlapping bats10
Using habitat suitability modeling to integrate ecosystem‐based approaches for mangrove restoration site selection10
Spiny lobster predation of barrens‐forming sea urchins is not limited by body size, but may be overstated10
Human activity influences wildlife populations and activity patterns: implications for spatial and temporal refuges10
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