Scientific Reports

Collection 08 June 2018

Top 100 in Ecology

Explore our most highly accessed ecology articles in 2017. Featuring authors from around the World, these papers highlight valuable research within ecology from an international community.

1-25

Imidacloprid and chlorpyrifos insecticides impair migratory ability in a seed-eating songbird
- Margaret L. Eng
- Bridget J. M. Stutchbury
- Christy A. Morrissey
ArticleOpen Access9 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact
- Judith Bakker
- Owen S. Wangensteen
- Stefano Mariani
ArticleOpen Access4 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
Recent loss of closed forests is associated with Ebola virus disease outbreaks
- Jesús Olivero
- Julia E. Fa
- Robert Nasi
ArticleOpen Access30 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Evaluating anthropogenic threats to endangered killer whales to inform effective recovery plans
- Robert C. Lacy
- Rob Williams
- Paul C. Paquet
ArticleOpen Access26 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Ecosystem biomonitoring with eDNA: metabarcoding across the tree of life in a tropical marine environment
- Michael Stat
- Megan J. Huggett
- Michael Bunce
ArticleOpen Access25 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Sea ice phenology and primary productivity pulses shape breeding success in Arctic seabirds
- Francisco Ramírez
- Arnaud Tarroux
- Sébastien Descamps
ArticleOpen Access3 Jul 2017 Scientific Reports
Cascading predator effects in a Fijian coral reef ecosystem
- Douglas B. Rasher
- Andrew S. Hoey
- Mark E. Hay
ArticleOpen Access16 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Low resistance to chytridiomycosis in direct-developing amphibians
- Andréa F. C. Mesquita
- Carolina Lambertini
- C. Guilherme Becker
ArticleOpen Access30 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals local fish communities in a species-rich coastal sea
- Satoshi Yamamoto
- Reiji Masuda
- Masaki Miya
ArticleOpen Access12 Jan 2017 Scientific Reports
Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas
- Ubirajara Oliveira
- Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho
- Adalberto J. Santos
ArticleOpen Access22 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Neonicotinoid pesticide limits improvement in buzz pollination by bumblebees
- P. R. Whitehorn
- C. Wallace
- M. Vallejo-Marin
ArticleOpen Access14 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
The consequences of replacing wildlife with livestock in Africa
- Gareth P. Hempson
- Sally Archibald
- William J. Bond
ArticleOpen Access8 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
Low Levels of Fruit Nitrogen as Drivers for the Evolution of Madagascar’s Primate Communities
- Giuseppe Donati
- Luca Santini
- Jörg U. Ganzhorn
ArticleOpen Access31 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Continuous Radar Tracking Illustrates the Development of Multi-destination Routes of Bumblebees
- Joseph L. Woodgate
- James C. Makinson
- Lars Chittka
ArticleOpen Access11 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
Emerging fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild European snakes
- Lydia H. V. Franklinos
- Jeffrey M. Lorch
- Becki Lawson
ArticleOpen Access19 Jun 2017 Scientific Reports
Flamingos and drought as drivers of nutrients and microbial dynamics in a saline lake
- Gema L. Batanero
- Elizabeth León-Palmero
- Isabel Reche
ArticleOpen Access22 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors drive ontogeny of early-life at-sea behaviour in a marine top predator
- Matt I. D. Carter
- Deborah J. F. Russell
- Kimberley A. Bennett
ArticleOpen Access14 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Human-modified habitats facilitate forest-dwelling populations of an invasive predator, Vulpes vulpes
- Bronwyn A. Hradsky
- Alan Robley
- Julian Di Stefano
ArticleOpen Access25 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Biotic and abiotic factors predicting the global distribution and population density of an invasive large mammal
- Jesse S. Lewis
- Matthew L. Farnsworth
- Ryan S. Miller
ArticleOpen Access9 Mar 2017 Scientific Reports
DNA metabarcoding and morphological macroinvertebrate metrics reveal the same changes in boreal watersheds across an environmental gradient
- Caroline E. Emilson
- Dean G. Thompson
- Mehrdad Hajibabaei
ArticleOpen Access6 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Wild-captive interactions and economics drive dynamics of Asian elephants in Laos
- Gilles Maurer
- Benjamin S. Rashford
- Olivier Gimenez
ArticleOpen Access1 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome
- Martin J. P. Sullivan
- Joey Talbot
- Lise Zemagho
ArticleOpen Access17 Jan 2017 Scientific Reports
Potential impacts of climate change on habitat suitability for the Queensland fruit fly
- Sabira Sultana
- John B. Baumgartner
- Linda J. Beaumont
ArticleOpen Access12 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Reconciling the opposing effects of warming on phytoplankton biomass in 188 large lakes
- Benjamin M. Kraemer
- Thomas Mehner
- Rita Adrian
ArticleOpen Access7 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Declining soil Crustacea in a World Heritage Site caused by land nemertean
- Shotaro Shinobe
- Shota Uchida
- Satoshi Chiba
ArticleOpen Access29 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports

26-50

On the proportional abundance of species: Integrating population genetics and community ecology
- Pablo A. Marquet
- Guillermo Espinoza
- Rolando Rebolledo
ArticleOpen Access1 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
Impact of ocean warming on sustainable fisheries management informs the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
- N. Serpetti
- A. R. Baudron
- J. J. Heymans
ArticleOpen Access18 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
A Physics-Inspired Mechanistic Model of Migratory Movement Patterns in Birds
- Christopher Revell
- Marius Somveille
ArticleOpen Access29 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
DNA analysis of traded shark fins and mobulid gill plates reveals a high proportion of species of conservation concern
- Dirk Steinke
- Andrea M. Bernard
- Mahmood S. Shivji
ArticleOpen Access25 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Resilience and regime shifts in a marine biodiversity hotspot
- Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos
- Dionysios E. Raitsos
- Christos D. Maravelias
ArticleOpen Access20 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Orphaned female elephant social bonds reflect lack of access to mature adults
- Shifra Z. Goldenberg
- George Wittemyer
ArticleOpen Access31 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
The evolution of phenotypic plasticity under global change
- Emma M. Gibbin
- Gloria Massamba N’Siala
- Piero Calosi
ArticleOpen Access8 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
Identification of Genetically Important Individuals of the Rediscovered Floreana Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis elephantopus) Provides Founders for Species Restoration Program
- Joshua M. Miller
- Maud C. Quinzin
- Adalgisa Caccone
ArticleOpen Access13 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in intertidal reef monitoring
- Sarah L. Murfitt
- Blake M. Allan
- Daniel Ierodiaconou
ArticleOpen Access31 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Radiocarbon analysis reveals expanded diet breadth associates with the invasion of a predatory ant
- Wataru Suehiro
- Fujio Hyodo
- Kenji Matsuura
ArticleOpen Access3 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Assessing the ecosystem services provided by urban green spaces along urban center-edge gradients
- Jie Chang
- Zelong Qu
- Ying Ge
ArticleOpen Access11 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Limited evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce livestock predation by large carnivores
- Ann Eklund
- José Vicente López-Bao
- Jens Frank
ArticleOpen Access18 May 2017 Scientific Reports
Linking fishes to multiple metrics of coral reef structural complexity using three-dimensional technology
- M. González-Rivero
- A. R. Harborne
- O. Hoegh-Guldberg
ArticleOpen Access25 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Policing the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis: a critical test of partner choice
- Annet Westhoek
- Elsa Field
- Lindsay A. Turnbull
ArticleOpen Access3 May 2017 Scientific Reports
Biogeography of Amazon birds: rivers limit species composition, but not areas of endemism
- Ubirajara Oliveira
- Marcelo F. Vasconcelos
- Adalberto J. Santos
ArticleOpen Access7 Jun 2017 Scientific Reports
Stabilization of a bat-pitcher plant mutualism
- Michael G. Schöner
- Caroline R. Schöner
- Gerald Kerth
ArticleOpen Access13 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
First integrative trend analysis for a great ape species in Borneo
- Truly Santika
- Marc Ancrenaz
- Erik Meijaard
ArticleOpen Access7 Jul 2017 Scientific Reports
Pollinator importance networks illustrate the crucial value of bees in a highly speciose plant community
- Gavin Ballantyne
- Katherine C. R. Baldock
- P. G. Willmer
ArticleOpen Access21 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Rare, Intense, Big fires dominate the global tropics under drier conditions
- Stijn Hantson
- Marten Scheffer
- John Mendelsohn
ArticleOpen Access30 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Effects of elevated CO₂ on fine root biomass are reduced by aridity but enhanced by soil nitrogen: A global assessment
- Juan Piñeiro
- Raúl Ochoa-Hueso
- Sally A. Power
ArticleOpen Access10 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Temporal dynamics of the mimetic allele frequency at the doublesex locus, which controls polymorphic Batesian mimicry in Papilio memnon butterflies
- Shinya Komata
- Chung-Ping Lin
- Teiji Sota
ArticleOpen Access10 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Ecosystem carbon storage in forest fragments of differing patch size
- Lei Ma
- Chunyu Shen
- Dongsheng Guan
ArticleOpen Access13 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Genetic footprint of population fragmentation and contemporary collapse in a freshwater cetacean
- Minmin Chen
- Michael C. Fontaine
- Ding Wang
ArticleOpen Access31 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Fear or food – abundance of red fox in relation to occurrence of lynx and wolf
- Camilla Wikenros
- Malin Aronsson
- Roger Bergström
ArticleOpen Access22 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Influence of adaptive capacity on the outcome of climate change vulnerability assessment
- Benjamin Y. Ofori
- Adam J. Stow
- Linda J. Beaumont
ArticleOpen Access11 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports

51-75

Global invasion network of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys
- Rafael E. Valentin
- Anne L. Nielsen
- Dina M. Fonseca
ArticleOpen Access29 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Odour dialects among wild mammals
- Eleanor Freya Kean
- Michael William Bruford
- Elizabeth Anna Chadwick
ArticleOpen Access19 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Global warming not so harmful for all plants - response of holomycotrophic orchid species for the future climate change
- Marta Kolanowska
- Marta Kras
- Aleksandra M. Naczk
ArticleOpen Access5 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
The causes and ecological correlates of head scale asymmetry and fragmentation in a tropical snake
- Gregory P. Brown
- Thomas Madsen
- Rick Shine
ArticleOpen Access12 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
How goats avoid ingesting noxious insects while feeding
- Tali S. Berman
- Matan Ben-Ari
- Moshe Inbar
ArticleOpen Access1 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Biogeographic distributions of neotropical trees reflect their directly measured drought tolerances
- Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert
- David Galbraith
- Oliver L. Phillips
ArticleOpen Access21 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Environmental and behavioral changes may influence the exposure of an Arctic apex predator to pathogens and contaminants
- Todd C. Atwood
- Colleen Duncan
- Steven Hennager
ArticleOpen Access16 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Novel predators emit novel cues: a mechanism for prey naivety towards alien predators
- Alexandra J. R. Carthey
- Martin P. Bucknall
- Peter B. Banks
ArticleOpen Access27 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Usefulness and limitations of sample pooling for environmental DNA metabarcoding of freshwater fish communities
- Hirotoshi Sato
- Yuki Sogo
- Hiroki Yamanaka
ArticleOpen Access1 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Large marine protected areas represent biodiversity now and under climate change
- T. E. Davies
- S. M. Maxwell
- N. C. Ban
ArticleOpen Access29 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Recent spread of Varroa destructor virus-1, a honey bee pathogen, in the United States
- Eugene V. Ryabov
- Anna K. Childers
- Jay D. Evans
ArticleOpen Access12 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
A large predatory reef fish species moderates feeding and activity patterns in response to seasonal and latitudinal temperature variation
- Molly Scott
- Michelle Heupel
- Morgan Pratchett
ArticleOpen Access11 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
A functional approach to the structural complexity of coral assemblages based on colony morphological features
- Vianney Denis
- Lauriane Ribas-Deulofeu
- Chaolun Allen Chen
ArticleOpen Access29 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Habitat foraging niche of a High Arctic zooplanktivorous seabird in a changing environment
- Dariusz Jakubas
- Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas
- Lech Stempniewicz
ArticleOpen Access24 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Reef-building corals thrive within hot-acidified and deoxygenated waters
- Emma F. Camp
- Matthew R. Nitschke
- David J. Suggett
ArticleOpen Access26 May 2017 Scientific Reports
DNA metabarcoding for high-throughput monitoring of estuarine macrobenthic communities
- Jorge Lobo
- Shadi Shokralla
- Filipe Oliveira Costa
ArticleOpen Access15 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
The common cuckoo is an effective indicator of high bird species richness in Asia and Europe
- Federico Morelli
- Anders Pape Møller
- Piotr Tryjanowski
ArticleOpen Access29 Jun 2017 Scientific Reports
Bumblebee colony development following chronic exposure to field-realistic levels of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam under laboratory conditions
- Dara A. Stanley
- Nigel E. Raine
ArticleOpen Access14 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Root biomass and exudates link plant diversity with soil bacterial and fungal biomass
- Nico Eisenhauer
- Arnaud Lanoue
- Liesje Mommer
ArticleOpen Access4 Apr 2017 Scientific Reports
Quantifying the evidence for co-benefits between species conservation and climate change mitigation in giant panda habitats
- Renqiang Li
- Ming Xu
- Qingkai Sheng
ArticleOpen Access5 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Invasive plants as potential food resource for native pollinators: A case study with two invasive species and a generalist bumble bee
- Maxime Drossart
- Denis Michez
- Maryse Vanderplanck
ArticleOpen Access24 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Improving extinction projections across scales and habitats using the countryside species-area relationship
- Inês Santos Martins
- Henrique Miguel Pereira
ArticleOpen Access10 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Species pool distributions along functional trade-offs shape plant productivity–diversity relationships
- Loïc Chalmandrier
- Camille Albouy
- Loïc Pellissier
ArticleOpen Access13 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Avoidance of seismic survey activities by penguins
- Lorien Pichegru
- Reason Nyengera
- Pierre Pistorius
ArticleOpen Access24 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Atmospheric deposition, CO₂, and change in the land carbon sink
- M. Fernández-Martínez
- S. Vicca
- J. Peñuelas
ArticleOpen Access29 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports

76-100

Density-dependence in the declining population of the monarch butterfly
- Lorenzo Marini
- Myron P. Zalucki
ArticleOpen Access24 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Spring warming increases the abundance of an invasive specialist insect: links to phenology and life history
- Rui-Ting Ju
- Lei Gao
- Bo Li
ArticleOpen Access1 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Utilization of photographs taken by citizens for estimating bumblebee distributions
- Yukari Suzuki-Ohno
- Jun Yokoyama
- Masakado Kawata
ArticleOpen Access11 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability
- Natasha de Vere
- Laura E. Jones
- Col R. Ford
ArticleOpen Access16 Feb 2017 Scientific Reports
Comparative Genomics of Color Morphs In the Coral Montastraea cavernosa
- Jessica K. Jarett
- Matthew D. MacManes
- Michael P. Lesser
ArticleOpen Access22 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
The origin of motif families in food webs
- Janis Klaise
- Samuel Johnson
ArticleOpen Access23 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Soil biota in vineyards are more influenced by plants and soil quality than by tillage intensity or the surrounding landscape
- Jacob Buchholz
- Pascal Querner
- Johann G. Zaller
ArticleOpen Access12 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
Synergistic effects of seed disperser and predator loss on recruitment success and long-term consequences for carbon stocks in tropical rainforests
- Laurence Culot
- Carolina Bello
- Mauro Galetti
ArticleOpen Access9 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Assessing SNP genotyping of noninvasively collected wildlife samples using microfluidic arrays
- Alina von Thaden
- Berardino Cocchiararo
- Violeta Muñoz-Fuentes
ArticleOpen Access7 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Software for improved field surveys of nesting marine turtles
- R. Anastácio
- J. M. Gonzalez
- M. J. Pereira
ArticleOpen Access7 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
A random acceleration model of individual animal movement allowing for diffusive, superdiffusive and superballistic regimes
- Paulo F. C. Tilles
- Sergei V. Petrovskii
- Paulo L. Natti
ArticleOpen Access30 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Environmental filtering structures tree functional traits combination and lineages across space in tropical tree assemblages
- Mengesha Asefa
- Min Cao
- Jie Yang
ArticleOpen Access9 Mar 2017 Scientific Reports
Epigenetics and adaptive phenotypic variation between habitats in an asexual snail
- Jennifer L.M. Thorson
- Mark Smithson
- Michael K. Skinner
ArticleOpen Access26 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Influences of anthropogenic land use on microbial community structure and functional potentials of stream benthic biofilms
- Xiaodong Qu
- Ze Ren
- Wenqi Peng
ArticleOpen Access8 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Algae associated with coral degradation affects risk assessment in coral reef fishes
- Mark I. McCormick
- Randall P. Barry
- Bridie J. M. Allan
ArticleOpen Access5 Dec 2017 Scientific Reports
Macroalgal browsing on a heavily degraded, urbanized equatorial reef system
- Andrew G. Bauman
- Andrew S. Hoey
- Peter A. Todd
ArticleOpen Access21 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Tree-ring widths are good proxies of annual variation in forest productivity in temperate forests
- Kai Xu
- Xiangping Wang
- Qiaoyan Li
ArticleOpen Access16 May 2017 Scientific Reports
The power of monitoring: optimizing survey designs to detect occupancy changes in a rare amphibian population
- Izabela M. Barata
- Richard A. Griffiths
- Martin S. Ridout
ArticleOpen Access28 Nov 2017 Scientific Reports
Bioprospecting on invasive plant species to prevent seed dispersal
- Lorenzo Guzzetti
- Andrea Galimberti
- Massimo Labra
ArticleOpen Access23 Oct 2017 Scientific Reports
Responses of plant species diversity and soil physical-chemical-microbial properties to Phragmites australis invasion along a density gradient
- MD Nazim Uddin
- Randall William Robinson
ArticleOpen Access8 Sep 2017 Scientific Reports
Diel CO₂ cycles reduce severity of behavioural abnormalities in coral reef fish under ocean acidification
- Michael D. Jarrold
- Craig Humphrey
- Philip L. Munday
ArticleOpen Access31 Aug 2017 Scientific Reports
Variation in growth rates of branching corals along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
- Kristen D. Anderson
- Neal E. Cantin
- Morgan S. Pratchett
ArticleOpen Access7 Jun 2017 Scientific Reports
Controls on eDNA movement in streams: Transport, Retention, and Resuspension
- Arial J. Shogren
- Jennifer L. Tank
- Diogo Bolster
ArticleOpen Access11 Jul 2017 Scientific Reports
Host plant species determines symbiotic bacterial community mediating suppression of plant defenses
- Seung Ho Chung
- Erin D. Scully
- Gary W. Felton
ArticleOpen Access3 Jan 2017 Scientific Reports
Mangrove dieback during fluctuating sea levels
- Catherine E. Lovelock
- Ilka C. Feller
- Marilyn C. Ball
ArticleOpen Access10 May 2017 Scientific Reports

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