Ecosphere

Papers
(The TQCC of Ecosphere is 7. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Using imaging spectroscopy and elevation in machine learning to estimate soil salinity in intermittently tidal wetlands100
Using phenology to unravel differential soil water use and productivity in a semiarid savanna67
Online citizen science in higher education courses63
A novel method for fine‐scale retrospective isotope analysis in mammals using eye lenses62
Resilience of riparian vegetation productivity to early 21st century drought in northern California, USA61
Carryover effects of environmental stressors influence the life performance of brown trout60
Grazing intensity effects on herbaceous community composition in burned sagebrush steppe51
Network topology mediates freshwater fish metacommunity response to loss of connectivity50
The influence of postfire recovery and environmental conditions on boreal vegetation49
Wildfire disturbance reveals evidence of ecosystem resilience and precariousness in a forest–grassland mosaic48
Cover Image44
Demographic rates and diversity vary with tree stature and ontogenetic stage in an African tropical rainforest40
Within‐site difference in nitrogen status between mixed forests and larch plantations: Evidence from multiple indicators37
Individual patterns of anadromy determine the cost of salmon lice exposure in brown trout36
Habitat associations of six‐lined racerunners in longleaf pine managed with a short fire rotation for northern bobwhites35
Sugar diet affects Culex pipiens early‐life mortality, biochemical parameters, and immunocompetence35
A novel method for mapping high‐precision animal locations using high‐resolution imagery35
Modeling the effects of water regulation on the population viability of a threatened amphibian34
Shedding the cloak of neutrality: A guide for reflexive practices to make the sciences more inclusive and just33
Mechanisms linking river flow regime and riparian hardwood establishment33
Issue Information32
Cover Image32
Fear, concealment, and time of day interactively predict group size of a common ungulate31
Identifying drivers of population dynamics for a stream breeding amphibian using time series of egg mass counts31
Alternative lifestyles: A plague persistence hypothesis31
Shifts in grasses diversity patterns between two contrasting 40‐year climate periods in tropical dry islands30
Functional trait complementarity and dominance both determine benthic secondary production in temperate seagrass beds30
Multi‐scale patterns in the occurrence of an ephemeral pool‐breeding amphibian30
Diverging conditions of current and potential future urban forest patches29
Farming practice affects rice field animal biota during cultivation but not fallow periods in Taiwan29
Localized carry‐over effects of pond drying on survival, growth, and pathogen defenses in amphibians27
Effectiveness of canine‐assisted surveillance and human searches for early detection of invasive spotted lanternfly27
Plant functional traits affect competitive vigor of pasture grasses during drought and following recovery27
Understanding the effects of livestock grazing on dryland plant communities within the context of abiotic variability27
Synergies and trade‐offs between ecosystem services and economics in dryland cover crop systems26
Floral turnover and climate drive seasonal bee diversity along a tropical elevation gradient26
Applying and testing a novel method to estimate animal density from motion‐triggered cameras26
Agroecological measures in meadows promote honey bee colony development and winter survival26
Comparison of three global canopy height maps and their applicability to biodiversity modeling: Accuracy issues revealed26
Evaluating the effects of nest management on a recovering raptor using integrated population modeling25
Move, migrate, or tolerate: Quantifying three tactics for cold‐water fish coping with warm summers in a large river25
Aquatic vegetation types identified during early and late phases of vegetation recovery in the Upper Mississippi River25
Modeling the drivers of eutrophication in Finland with a machine learning approach25
Effects of future climate change on the forests of Madagascar24
Linking ecological processes and animal movements to inform timing of long‐term surveys of a migratory game bird24
24
Observations of nectarivorous birds and potential biological control agents in berry orchards23
Notes from the past show how local variability can stymie urchins and the rise of the reds in the Gulf of Maine23
Researcher effects on the biological structure and edaphic conditions of field sites and implications for management23
Geographic drivers more important than landscape composition in predicting bee beta diversity and community structure22
On Daphnia’s path: a semi‐automatic system to analyze three‐dimensional movement patterns22
A model‐based instructional approach in a socio‐ecological course‐based undergraduate research experience (CURE)22
Competition between pink muhly grass and native plant species: Is it really a harmful invasive species?22
Evidence of reduced abundance, density, and survival of coyotes under federal management for red wolf recovery21
Hydrology and trophic flexibility structure alpine stream food webs in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA21
Climatic history, constraints, and the plasticity of phytochemical traits under water stress21
Deciphering the spectra of flowers to map landscape‐scale blooming dynamics21
Approximation of ice phenology of Maine lakes using Aqua MODIS surface temperature data21
The dynamics of sea otter prey selection under population growth and expansion21
Delineating wildfire burns and regrowth using satellite imagery to assess moose (Alces alces) spatial responses to burns21
Responses of a large herbivore to predation risk are modulated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors21
Age‐ and sex‐specific survival of the Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)21
Heat wave impacts on crop‐pest dynamics are dependent upon insect ontogeny and plant resistance21
Effect of the Asian monsoon on the northward migration of the brown planthopper to northern South China21
Long‐term ecological research and the COVID‐19 anthropause: A window to understanding social–ecological disturbance21
Habitat‐specific behavior, growth rate, and survival of piping plover chicks in New Jersey, USA20
Species assemblages and their drivers differ between trees and lianas in a seasonal evergreen forest in Thailand20
Integrating forest structural diversity measurement into ecological research20
Variable spatiotemporal ungulate behavioral response to predation risk20
Suppression of Australian savanna ants shows “the little rulers” do not rule over spider or beetle assemblages20
Temperature is positively associated with tree mortality in California subalpine forests containing whitebark pine20
Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science20
Asymmetric competition among stream fishes: Do food web pathways affect competitive outcomes?20
Focused aquifer regeneration produced outsized gains for a threatened fish in a populated, dryland watershed20
Estimating wolf (Canislupus) densities using video camera traps and spatial capture–recapture analysis20
Assessing impacts of climate change on selected foundation species and ecosystem services in the South‐Central USA20
Nitrogen dynamics of grassland soils with differing habitat quality: high temporal resolution captures the details19
Geologic, geomorphic, and edaphic underpinnings of dryland ecosystems: Colorado Plateau landscapes in a changing world19
The influence of inherent soil factors and agricultural management on soil organic matter19
Journal reflections shed light on challenges students face in an introductory field biology course19
19
Climate, topography, or fuels? Top‐down versus bottom‐up controls on fire refugia across British Columbia, Canada19
Nutrient inputs in mesocosms of an oligotrophic lake fail to sustain an algal bloom19
Early successional changes in coniferous forest small mammal communities following a high‐severity summer wildfire19
Landscape composition and orchard management effects on bat assemblages and bat foraging activity in apple crops19
Future exposure of forest ecosystems to multi‐year drought in the United States19
Hidden in plain sight: Integrated population models to resolve partially observable latent population structure19
Evolution and expansion dynamics of a vector‐borne virus: 2004–2006 vesicular stomatitis outbreak in the western USA18
Professional social connections are associated with student science identity in a research‐based field biology course18
Stochastic metapopulation dynamics of a threatened amphibian to improve water delivery18
First record of antipredator behavior in the gall‐forming aphid Mordwilkoja vagabunda18
Rapid shifts in migration routes and breeding latitude in North American bluebirds18
Cover Image18
Decoupled shifts of dominant and rarer fish species as a response to warming and extreme events in a large estuary18
Are all copepods the same? Variation in copepod stoichiometry with taxonomy, ontogeny, latitude, and habitat18
Impact and control of feral cats preying on wandering albatrosses: Insights from a field experiment18
An accurate and efficient semiautomated approach to counting birds: Estimating Northern Gannet colony size in Canada18
Issue Information18
Issue Information18
Advance, steadfast, retreat? Growth and establishment of white spruce seedlings at treelines in Alaska18
Issue Information18
Multifunctions of fine root phenology in vegetative and reproductive growth in mature beech forest ecosystems18
Growing‐season climate as an explanation of spatial variations in temperature sensitivity of green‐up on Tibetan Plateau18
Estimating the distribution of Oryzomys palustris, a potential key host in expanding rickettsial tick‐borne disease risk18
Video of rusty‐spotted genets consuming bats and other prey: Behaviors observed and eco‐epidemiological considerations18
Intentional mentoring should increase inclusivity in ecology18
Dynamic environments generate geographic fluctuations in population structure of an inland shorebird18
The relationship between thermal spatial variability and mean temperature alters movement and population dynamics18
Distributed urban forest patch sampling detects edge effects and woodland condition for monitoring and management17
Substantial intraspecific trait variation across a hydrological gradient in northern Australian fishes17
Asclepiasdynamics on US rangelands: implications for conservation of monarch butterflies and other insects17
Divergent growth‐differentiation balance strategies and resource competition shape mortality patterns in ponderosa pine17
Amphibian abundance is associated with reduced mosquito presence in human‐modified landscapes17
Boreal tree species change as a climate mitigation strategy: impact on ecosystem C and N stocks and soil nutrient levels17
Using masking metrics as a means to quantify effect and guide mitigation measures of underwater anthropogenic noise17
Nitrogen is unlikely to consistently limit primary productivity in most tropical lakes17
Changing fire regimes in the Great Basin USA17
Habitat partitioning by mobile intertidal invertebrates of sandy beaches shifts with the tides17
Wayfinding, knowledge, perspective, and engagement: Preparing tribal liaisons for stewardship of Indigenous lands17
Landscape, demographic, and dispersal parameters influence the spread and establishment of an aquatic biological invasion17
Spatial Bayesian models project shifts in suitable habitat for Pacific Northwest tree species under climate change17
Invasive annual grasses destabilize plant communities in a northern mixed‐grass prairie16
Nutrient resorption responses of plant life forms to nitrogen addition in temperate shrublands16
Emergency‐line calls as an indicator to assess human–wildlife interaction in urban areas16
Wildfire influences individual growth and breeding dispersal, but not survival and recruitment in a montane amphibian16
Effects of solar energy development on ants in the Mojave Desert16
Mammal responses to predator scents across multiple study areas16
A multiscale landscape approach for prioritizing river and stream protection and restoration actions16
Exploratory modeling of social‐ecological systems16
Hydrology drives facilitative and competitive strategies in freshwater macrophyte and microbial communities16
Identifying invasive species threats, pathways, and impacts to improve biosecurity16
Constant gardeners: Endozoochory promotes repeated seedling recruitment in clonal plants15
Nonsignificant elevational trends of soil microbial respiration and temperature sensitivity in a subtropical forest15
Temporal variation in habitat quality shapes the distribution–abundance relationship in waterbirds at landscape scale15
Plant silicon content as a proxy for understanding plant community properties and ecosystem structure15
Beyond predator and prey: First evidence of an association between ocelot and opossum individuals15
Novel disease state model finds most juvenile green turtles develop and recover from fibropapillomatosis15
Climate change impacts on ecosystems and adaptation options in nine countries in southern Africa: What do we know?15
Soil climate underpins year effects driving divergent outcomes in semi‐arid cropland‐to‐grassland restoration15
Divergent responses of insectivorous bats and flying insects to experimental LED illumination of different spectra15
Revealing large‐scale parasite ranges: An integrated spatiotemporal database and multisource analysis of the winter tick15
Evaluating the foraging performance of individual honey bees in different environments with automated field RFID systems15
Negative effects of forest harvest on coastal tailed frog (Ascaphus truei) emerge after a decade‐long experiment15
Ecological service‐learning positively impacts classroom climate and empowers undergraduates for environmental action15
Modeling persistence of coarse woody debris residuals in boreal forests as an ecological property15
Effects of interactions among primary and secondary foundation species on biodiversity and associated community structure15
It's all about food: Environmental factors cause species‐specific dispersal15
Living in fear: How experience shapes caribou responses to predation risk15
Soil enzymes illustrate the effects of alder nitrogen fixation on soil carbon processes in arctic and boreal ecosystems15
Floodplain land use gradients have a stronger effect on soil microbial enzyme activity than spatiotemporal variability15
Atypical winter coat coloration of snowshoe hares near the southern extent of their range15
Effect of increasing temperature and temperature fluctuations on alfalfa and orchardgrass in the establishment year14
Pseudogymnoascus destructans environmental reservoir decreases 11 years after an outbreak of white‐nose syndrome14
Net carbon sequestration implications of intensified timber harvest in Northeastern U.S. forests14
Facilitation differentially affects competitive responses of aspen and subalpine fir through stages of stand development14
Using the red‐imported fire ant to study invasive species removal and reinvasion14
Navigating the trade‐offs between environmental DNA and conventional field surveys for improved amphibian monitoring14
Vulnerability of sea turtle nesting sites to erosion and inundation: A decision support framework to maximize conservation14
Multistate modeling of Florida scrub‐jay adult survival and breeding transitions14
Dead tree removal after drought mortality increases understory plant diversity in a mixed conifer forest14
Cover Image14
Ecological thresholds and transformations due to climate change: The role of abiotic stress14
Can seasonal fire management reduce the risk of carbon loss from wildfires in a protected Guinea savanna?14
A greener future for the Galapagos: forecasting ecosystem productivity by finding climate analogs in time14
The temporal scale of energy maximization explains allometric variations in movement decisions of large herbivores14
14
Bumble bee banquet: Genus‐ and species‐level floral selection by Midwestern Bombus14
Issue Information14
Local and landscape factors differentially influence predatory arthropods in urban agroecosystems14
Toward pluralizing ecology: Finding common ground across sociocultural and scientific perspectives14
Cover Image14
Predation on a pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus, by the noble false widow spider, Steatoda nobilis14
You can't go home again: Changes in trophic niche following extinction and recolonization of the New Zealand sea lion14
Multigenerational emergence trends of Brood X Magicicada spp. across habitat types in southwestern Ohio14
ERRATUM14
Characterizing suburban soil and microbial properties along a soil age chronosequence14
Multiple stressors mediate the effects of warming on leaf decomposition in a large regulated river14
Turning observations into biodiversity data: Broadscale spatial biases in community science14
Space‐use strategies drive diet composition of Baffin Bay polar bears14
Parsing spatial and temporal variation in stream ecosystem functioning14
13
Moss and underlying soil bacterial community structures are linked to moss functional traits13
Spatiotemporal interactions facilitate sympatry in a diverse mammalian community13
Investigating changes to food web structure after fish removal using size spectra analysis13
Stratified vertical sediment profiles increase burrowing crab effects on salt marsh edaphic conditions13
Warm places, warm years, and warm seasons increase parasitizing of moose by winter ticks13
13
Disturbance reduces fungal white‐rot litter mat cover in a wet subtropical forest13
Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition13
Linking permafrost to the abundance, biomass, and energy density of fish in Arctic headwater streams13
Cover Image13
Deciphering the composite morphological diversity ofLophelia pertusa, a cosmopolitan deep‐water ecosystem engineer13
Recycled by leaf inhabitants: Terrestrial bacteria drive the mineralization of organic matter in lake water13
Idiosyncrasy and predictability in intraspecific trait–climate relationships of grasses13
Elevated CO2 and drought modify plant–plant and plant–mycorrhizal interactions in two codominant grasses13
An ecological and methodological assessment of benthic gross primary production in northern lakes13
Mechanical soil disturbance in a pine savanna has multiyear effects on plant species composition13
Snag decomposition following stand‐replacing wildfires alters wildlife habitat use and surface woody fuels through time12
Monitoring of long‐term vegetation dynamics and responses to droughts of various timescales in Inner Mongolia12
Ecological restoration using intertidal foundation species: Considerations and potential for rockweed restoration12
Climate change consequences for differential adult survival and the mating system of a temperate breeding shorebird12
Terrestrial wildlife shows limited response in spatiotemporal activity to logging12
Effects of landscape position on perennial biomass and food crop performance in buffer areas12
MarINvaders: A web toolkit of marine species for use in environmental assessments12
Functional but not taxonomic diversity increases productivity of Populus in the southeastern United States12
Diet of schistosome vectors influences infection outcomes12
Consequences of drought for grassland songbird reproduction12
Delayed fire mortality has long‐term ecological effects across the Southern Appalachian landscape12
12
12
A statistical population reconstruction model for wildlife populations: A case study with white‐tailed deer and fisher12
Characterizing low‐lying coastal upland forests to predict future landward marsh expansion12
Cover Image12
Marine animal forest formed by gorgonians Subergorgia on near‐shore mesophotic ecosystems in Reunion Island12
12
Integrating multi‐method surveys and recovery trajectories into occupancy models12
Movement ecology of exotic nilgai antelope: A threat to the re‐emergence of cattle fever ticks in the southern USA12
Recovery of metabolites via subnivean photosynthesis in Arctic tundra plants: Implications for climate change12
Dispersing across habitat boundaries: Uncovering the demographic fates of populations in unsuitable habitat12
Predation risk and personality influence seed predation and dispersal by a scatter‐hoarding small mammal12
Restoration of an Indigenous aquaculture system can increase reef fish density and fisheries harvest in Hawaii12
The invasive species Rangia cuneata: A new food source for herring gull (Larus argentatus)?12
Erratum12
Land use change converts temperate dryland landscape into a net methane source12
Spatial and temporal patterns of mammalian roadkill across subtropical protected areas in Nepal11
Different topographic and climatic contexts associated carbon hotspots in a carbon‐dense ecoregion11
Colder temperatures augment viability of an indirectly transmitted songbird pathogen on bird feeders11
Hunting habits die hard: Conserved prey preferences in army ants across two distant neotropical rainforests11
Host preference of field‐derived Schistosoma mansoni is influenced by snail host compatibility and infection status11
Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making11
Differentiated plant defense strategies: Herbivore community dynamics affect plant–herbivore interactions11
Navigating novel resources: A field test of the effects of small mammal personality on dispersal of Quercus seeds11
Unexpected stability in faunal population abundances following an estuary‐wide collapse of oysters11
Ecological scenarios: Embracing ecological uncertainty in an era of global change11
Gene flow of small mammals is inhibited by highways and the urbanized habitat matrix in a large urban forest fragment11
Trade‐offs of forest management scenarios on forest carbon exchange and threatened and endangered species habitat11
Integrating microclimatic variation in phenological responses to climate change: A 28‐year study in a hibernating mammal11
Identifying management‐driven dynamics in vegetation cover: Applying the Compere framework to Cooper Creek, Australia11
Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation11
Issue Information11
Traditional harvest systems as models for advancing understanding of dynamics and resilience in socio‐ecological systems11
The influence of climate and management on transpiration of residential trees during a bark beetle infestation11
Seasonal growth potential of Oncorhynchus mykiss in streams with contrasting prey phenology and streamflow11
11
Cover Image11
Temperature and barometric pressure affect the activity intensity and movement of an endangered thermoconforming lizard11
Movement behavior of a threatened native fish informs flow management in a modified floodplain river system11
Fence types influence pronghorn movement responses11
Edge effects on decomposition in Sphagnum bogs: Implications for carbon storage11
Differential responses of coolwater fishes to a whole‐lake reduction of a warmwater thermal guild11
0.68592000007629