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Collection 10 March 2022
Top 100 in Ecology
This collection highlights our most downloaded* ecology papers published in 2021. Featuring authors from aroud the world, these papers showcase valuable research from an international community.
*Data obtained from SN Insights which is based on Digital Science's Dimensions.
The first true millipede—1306 legs long
- Paul E. Marek
- Bruno A. Buzatto
- Juanita Rodriguez
Lethal coalitionary attacks of chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes troglodytes ) on gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla ) in the wild
- Lara M. Southern
- Tobias Deschner
- Simone Pika
Defining priority areas for blue whale conservation and investigating overlap with vessel traffic in Chilean Patagonia, using a fast-fitting movement model
- Luis Bedriñana-Romano
- Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete
- Daniel M. Palacios
Earliest evidence of herd-living and age segregation amongst dinosaurs
- Adriana C. Mancuso
- Vincent Fernandez
Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons
- Jörn Köhler
- Miguel Vences
Excess protein enabled dog domestication during severe Ice Age winters
- Maria Lahtinen
- David Clinnick
- Suvi Viranta
Honey bee hives decrease wild bee abundance, species richness, and fruit count on farms regardless of wildflower strips
- G. M. Angelella
- C. T. McCullough
- M. E. O’Rourke
Tracking late Pleistocene Neandertals on the Iberian coast
- Eduardo Mayoral
- Ignacio Díaz-Martínez
- Ricardo Díaz-Delgado
Exposure to foreign gut microbiota can facilitate rapid dietary shifts
- A. M. Fisher
Self-care tooling innovation in a disabled kea ( Nestor notabilis )
- Amalia P. M. Bastos
- Kata Horváth
- Alex H. Taylor
Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan
- Yoshihiro Fujiwara
- Masaru Kawato
- Shinji Tsuchida
Microplastics in fish and fishmeal: an emerging environmental challenge?
- Christina J. Thiele
- Malcolm D. Hudson
- Giovanna Sidaoui-Haddad
An Italian dinosaur Lagerstätte reveals the tempo and mode of hadrosauriform body size evolution
- Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza
- Matteo Fabbri
- Federico Fanti
Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics
- Anna Sanchez-Vidal
- Miquel Canals
Mistaken identity may explain why male sea snakes ( Aipysurus laevis , Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) “attack” scuba divers
- Tim P. Lynch
- Ross A. Alford
- Richard Shine
Explainable identification and mapping of trees using UAV RGB image and deep learning
- Masanori Onishi
- Takeshi Ise
The giant panda is cryptic
- Ossi Nokelainen
- Nicholas E. Scott-Samuel
Pivot burrowing of scarab beetle ( Trypoxylus dichotomus ) larva
- Haruhiko Adachi
- Makoto Ozawa
- Shigeru Kondo
Redefining the oceanic distribution of Atlantic salmon
- Audun H. Rikardsen
- David Righton
- Kim Aarestrup
Chest beats as an honest signal of body size in male mountain gorillas ( Gorilla beringei beringei )
- Edward Wright
- Sven Grawunder
- Martha M. Robbins
Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength
- Darren Naish
- Mark P. Witton
- Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone
Two wild female bonobos adopted infants from a different social group at Wamba
- Nahoko Tokuyama
- Kazuya Toda
- Shintaro Ishizuka
Multiple pygmy blue whale acoustic populations in the Indian Ocean: whale song identifies a possible new population
- Emmanuelle C. Leroy
- Jean-Yves Royer
- Tracey L. Rogers
Action potentials induce biomagnetic fields in carnivorous Venus flytrap plants
- Anne Fabricant
- Geoffrey Z. Iwata
- Dmitry Budker
North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of a marine apex predator
- Kisei R. Tanaka
- Kyle S. Van Houtan
- Salvador J. Jorgensen
Spatial and temporal pattern of wildfires in California from 2000 to 2019
- Tirtha Banerjee
Effects of climate change and land cover on the distributions of a critical tree family in the Philippines
- Sean E. H. Pang
- Jose Don T. De Alban
- Edward L. Webb
African soil properties and nutrients mapped at 30 m spatial resolution using two-scale ensemble machine learning
- Tomislav Hengl
- Matthew A. E. Miller
- Jonathan Crouch
Russian forest sequesters substantially more carbon than previously reported
- Dmitry Schepaschenko
- Elena Moltchanova
- Florian Kraxner
Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin’s ground sloth was not an herbivore
- Julia V. Tejada
- John J. Flynn
- Brian N. Popp
Late Pleistocene human paleoecology in the highland savanna ecosystem of mainland Southeast Asia
- Kantapon Suraprasit
- Rasmi Shoocongdej
- Hervé Bocherens
Early Pleistocene faunivorous hominins were not kleptoparasitic, and this impacted the evolution of human anatomy and socio-ecology
- Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
- Enrique Baquedano
- Diego González-Aguilera
An ecological niche shift for Neanderthal populations in Western Europe 70,000 years ago
- William E. Banks
- Marie-Hélène Moncel
- Frédéric Santos
Surface slicks are pelagic nurseries for diverse ocean fauna
- Jonathan L. Whitney
- Jamison M. Gove
- Gregory P. Asner
Field measurements of a massive Porites coral at Goolboodi (Orpheus Island), Great Barrier Reef
- Nathan Cook
- Vicki Saylor
Ongoing ecological and evolutionary consequences by the presence of transgenes in a wild cotton population
- Valeria Vázquez-Barrios
- Karina Boege
Novel and disappearing climates in the global surface ocean from 1800 to 2100
- Katie E. Lotterhos
- Áki J. Láruson
- Li-Qing Jiang
Partial shading by solar panels delays bloom, increases floral abundance during the late-season for pollinators in a dryland, agrivoltaic ecosystem
- Maggie Graham
- Serkan Ates
- Chad W. Higgins
The early hunting dog from Dmanisi with comments on the social behaviour in Canidae and hominins
- Saverio Bartolini-Lucenti
- Joan Madurell-Malapeira
- Lorenzo Rook
Comprehensive comparative morphology and developmental staging of final instar larvae toward metamorphosis in the insect order Odonata
- Genta Okude
- Takema Fukatsu
- Ryo Futahashi
G enome-wide data implicate terminal fusion automixis in king cobra facultative parthenogenesis
- Daren C. Card
- Freek J. Vonk
- Warren Booth
New evidence from exceptionally “well-preserved” specimens sheds light on the structure of the ammonite brachial crown
- C. P. A. Smith
- N. H. Landman
Population decline in a ground-nesting solitary squash bee ( Eucera pruinosa ) following exposure to a neonicotinoid insecticide treated crop ( Cucurbita pepo )
- D. Susan Willis Chan
- Nigel E. Raine
Tropical deforestation induces thresholds of reproductive viability and habitat suitability in Earth’s largest eagles
- Everton B. P. Miranda
- Carlos A. Peres
- Colleen T. Downs
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and resources rather than the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot
- Christine I. B. Wallis
- Yvonne C. Tiede
- Jörg Bendix
Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) in the northeastern United States
- Martina Calovi
- Christina M. Grozinger
- Sarah C. Goslee
Evidence that spillover from Marine Protected Areas benefits the spiny lobster ( Panulirus interruptus ) fishery in southern California
- Hunter S. Lenihan
- Jordan P. Gallagher
- Daniel C. Reed
Metal concentrations in coastal sharks from The Bahamas with a focus on the Caribbean Reef shark
- Oliver N. Shipley
- Cheng-Shiuan Lee
- Austin J. Gallagher
First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants ( Palaeoloxodon antiquus )
- Carlos Neto de Carvalho
- Zain Belaústegui
- Clive Finlayson
An integrative analysis uncovers a new, pseudo-cryptic species of Amazonian marmoset (Primates: Callitrichidae: Mico ) from the arc of deforestation
- Rodrigo Costa-Araújo
- José S. Silva-Jr.
- Tomas Hrbek
eDNA sampled from stream networks correlates with camera trap detection rates of terrestrial mammals
- Arnaud Lyet
- Loïc Pellissier
- Robin Naidoo
Large-scale variations in the dynamics of Amazon forest canopy gaps from airborne lidar data and opportunities for tree mortality estimates
- Ricardo Dalagnol
- Fabien H. Wagner
- Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Tipping point realized in cod fishery
- Christian Möllmann
- Xochitl Cormon
- Martin Quaas
Temporal activity patterns suggesting niche partitioning of sympatric carnivores in Borneo, Malaysia
- Miyabi Nakabayashi
- Tomoko Kanamori
No evidence of physiological declines with age in an extremely long-lived fish
- Derek J. Sauer
- Britt J. Heidinger
- Mark E. Clark
International fisheries threaten globally endangered sharks in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean: the case of the Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 reefer vessel seized within the Galápagos Marine Reserve
- Elisa Bonaccorso
- Nicté Ordóñez-Garza
- Juan M. Guayasamin
Indirect effects of invasive rat removal result in recovery of island rocky intertidal community structure
- Carolyn M. Kurle
- Kelly M. Zilliacus
- Donald A. Croll
Assessing the carbon capture potential of a reforestation project
- David Lefebvre
- Adrian G. Williams
The evolutionary history of manatees told by their mitogenomes
- Érica Martinha Silva de Souza
- Lucas Freitas
- Mariana Freitas Nery
Microplastics accumulate fungal pathogens in terrestrial ecosystems
- Gerasimos Gkoutselis
- Stephan Rohrbach
- Gerhard Rambold
Advances in automatic identification of flying insects using optical sensors and machine learning
- Carsten Kirkeby
- Klas Rydhmer
- Kaare Græsbøll
Aboveground plant-to-plant communication reduces root nodule symbiosis and soil nutrient concentrations
- Yuta Takahashi
- Kaori Shiojiri
- Akira Yamawo
The rhizosphere microbiome plays a role in the resistance to soil-borne pathogens and nutrient uptake of strawberry cultivars under field conditions
- Cristina Lazcano
- Kelly Ivors
Highest risk abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear
- Eric Gilman
- Michael Musyl
- Brandon Kuczenski
Future thermal regimes for epaulette sharks ( Hemiscyllium ocellatum ): growth and metabolic performance cease to be optimal
- Carolyn R. Wheeler
- Jodie L. Rummer
- John W. Mandelman
Earliest evidence of marine habitat use by mammals
- Anton F.-J. Wroblewski
- Bonnie E. Gulas-Wroblewski
Constraining the chronology and ecology of Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic occupations at the margins of the monsoon
- James Blinkhorn
- Hema Achyuthan
- Jana Ilgner
Neonicotinoids disrupt memory, circadian behaviour and sleep
- Kiah Tasman
- Sergio Hidalgo
- James J. L. Hodge
Evaluation metrics and validation of presence-only species distribution models based on distributional maps with varying coverage
- Kamil Konowalik
- Agata Nosol
Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave
- Robert M. Suryan
- Mayumi L. Arimitsu
- Stephani G. Zador
Rhizobia use a pathogenic-like effector to hijack leguminous nodulation signalling
- Safirah Tasa Nerves Ratu
- Albin Teulet
- Shin Okazaki
Camera trap placement for evaluating species richness, abundance, and activity
- Kamakshi S. Tanwar
- Yadvendradev V. Jhala
Assessing biophysical and socio-economic impacts of climate change on regional avian biodiversity
- Simon Kapitza
- Pham Van Ha
- Brendan A. Wintle
Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows
- Martin Wikelski
- Michael Quetting
- Jonathan Williams
Dinosaur senescence: a hadrosauroid with age-related diseases brings a new perspective of “old” dinosaurs
- Justyna Słowiak
- Tomasz Szczygielski
- Dawid Surmik
Positive effects of COVID-19 lockdown on river water quality: evidence from River Damodar, India
- Baisakhi Chakraborty
- Biswajit Bera
- Pravat Kumar Shit
Snow algae blooms are beneficial for microinvertebrates assemblages (Tardigrada and Rotifera) on seasonal snow patches in Japan
- Nozomu Takeuchi
- Krzysztof Zawierucha
Coastal wetlands can be saved from sea level rise by recreating past tidal regimes
- Mahmood Sadat-Noori
- Caleb Rankin
- William Glamore
Identifying unknown Indian wolves by their distinctive howls: its potential as a non-invasive survey method
- Sougata Sadhukhan
- Holly Root-Gutteridge
- Bilal Habib
Optimal fishing effort benefits fisheries and conservation
- Emma V. Sheehan
- Martin J. Attrill
The spreading of the invasive sacred ibis in Italy
- Marco Cucco
- Gianfranco Alessandria
- Irene Pellegrino
Exceptional fossil assemblages confirm the existence of complex Early Triassic ecosystems during the early Spathian
- Christopher P. A. Smith
- Thomas Laville
- Arnaud Brayard
Allelopathic effect of Artemisia argyi on the germination and growth of various weeds
Organophosphate poisoning of Hyacinth Macaws in the Southern Pantanal, Brazil
- Eliane C. Vicente
- Neiva M. R. Guedes
The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: a case study with Amazonian fishes
- C. David de Santana
- Lynne R. Parenti
Novel approach to enhance coastal habitat and biotope mapping with drone aerial imagery analysis
- João Gama Monteiro
- Jesús L. Jiménez
- João Canning-Clode
High resolution biologging of breaching by the world’s second largest shark species
- Jessica L. Rudd
- Owen M. Exeter
- Lucy A. Hawkes
The largest hoplophonine and a complex new hypothesis of nimravid evolution
- Paul Zachary Barrett
Dangerous demographics in post-bleach corals reveal boom-bust versus protracted declines
- Juliano Morais
- Renato A. Morais
- David R. Bellwood
Welwitschia : Phylogeography of a living fossil, diversified within a desert refuge
- Norbert Jürgens
- Imke Oncken
- Barbara Rudolph
Response of bacterial and fungal communities to high petroleum pollution in different soils
- Polina Galitskaya
- Liliya Biktasheva
- Svetlana Selivanovskaya
Integrating multiple chemical tracers to elucidate the diet and habitat of Cookiecutter Sharks
- Aaron B. Carlisle
- Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz Allan
- John O’Sullivan
Environmental stressors, complex interactions and marine benthic communities’ responses
- Charlotte Carrier-Belleau
- David Drolet
- Philippe Archambault
eDNA metabarcoding for biodiversity assessment, generalist predators as sampling assistants
- Louise Nørgaard
- Carsten Riis Olesen
- Laura Iacolina
Distance sampling surveys reveal 17 million vertebrates directly killed by the 2020’s wildfires in the Pantanal, Brazil
- Walfrido Moraes Tomas
- Christian Niel Berlinck
- Ronaldo Morato
Description of five new species of the Madagascan flagship plant genus Ravenala (Strelitziaceae)
- Thomas Haevermans
- Annette Hladik
- Patrick Blanc
A symbiotic aphid selfishly manipulates attending ants via dopamine in honeydew
- Tatsumi Kudo
- Hitoshi Aonuma
- Eisuke Hasegawa
Ixodiphagus hookeri wasps (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in two sympatric tick species Ixodes ricinus and Haemaphysalis concinna (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in the Slovak Karst (Slovakia): ecological and biological considerations
- Alicja Buczek
- Weronika Buczek
- Michał Stanko
Genomic signatures of the evolution of defence against its natural enemies in the poisonous and medicinal plant Datura stramonium (Solanaceae)
- I. M. De-la-Cruz
- J. Núñez-Farfán
Timely poacher detection and localization using sentinel animal movement
- Henrik J. de Knegt
- Jasper A. J. Eikelboom
- Herbert H. T. Prins
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Top 100 in Ecology. This collection highlights our most downloaded* ecology papers published in 2021. Featuring authors from aroud the world, these papers showcase valuable research from an ...