Ecological Modelling

2007 - 2026

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2026, volume 520, articles C

Testing NetLogo model code

Steven F. Railsback, Jocelyn Bliven, Volker Grimm and Jacob Kelter

CoralPOP: A morphology-based coral population model for transferable reef management projections

Nicola K. Browne, Dagmawi Tadesse, Ekaterina Ovsyanikova, Rio Button, Michael Cuttler, Dan Marrable, Foad Favier and Amelia Wenger

Relative contributions of terrestrial and oceanic nutrient loading on phytoplankton concentration in an estuary

Lilian Engel and Mark Stacey

Cumulant-based approximation for fast and efficient prediction for species distribution

Osamu Komori, Yusuke Saigusa, Shinto Eguchi and Yasuhiro Kubota

Microplastic transport reshapes estuarine population dynamics in the Yangtze River Estuary: A coupled physical-biological modeling study

Zhiwen Yang, Yuxin Chen, Haoyi Yang and Lai Zhang

Systematic analysis of the evolution of modelling approaches applied in algal bloom forecasting

Miguel Gurumendi-Noriega, Boris Apolo-Masache, Fernando Morante-Carballo, Christine Van der heyden, Paúl Carrión-Mero and Luis Dominguez-Granda

From manual to semi-automated calibration: A practical framework for calibrating Atlantis ecosystem models

Alaia Morell, Isaac C. Kaplan, Hem Nalini Morzaria-Luna, Alberto Rovellini, Chris J. Harvey, Javier Porobic, Elizabeth A. Fulton and Ricardo Oliveros-Ramos

Modeling the temperature-mediated link between demography and biomass in ectotherms

Angelika L. Kurthen, Theodore A. Kennedy and David A. Lytle

Structure and stability of ecological networks constructed from land use, protected areas, and ecosystem services on the Tibetan Plateau

Haiping Zhang, Yuejun Liu, Lei Li and Yanjie Zhang

The ecophysiology of food chains

Sebastiaan A.L.M. Kooijman

What dominates the variation of Mining footprint ecological resilience based on explainable machine learning-Evidence from the typical resource-based city, China

Keqi Li, Qingwu Yan, Fei Li, Andong Guo, Minghao Yi, Jiaqi Tian, Zihao Wu and Guie Li

ABMIND: An empirically informed agent-based model of psychological distance and environmental protection behaviour

Li Qiu, Wenhan Feng, Lianzhen Huang, Cheng Zhu and Xin Nie

Retaining fruiting trees in the agricultural matrix is important for bird-mediated seed dispersal in a fragmented forest landscape

Jelaine Lim Gan, Katrin M. Meyer, Marion Pfeifer, Terence Craig Soroño, Erwin Somera Torio, Merlijn van Weerd, Marites Gatan-Balbas and Mark David Foster Shirley

An end-to-end model framework for understanding and predicting changes in Antarctic marine ecosystems

Ilari Stollberg, Sophie Bestley, Andrew Constable, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Javier Porobic, David Green, O’Sullivan, Denise, Mao Mori, Stuart Corney, Michael Sumner and Jessica Melbourne-Thomas

A mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions in a patchy environment

Suman Bhowmick, Patrick Irwin, Kristina Lopez, Megan Lindsay Fritz and Rebecca Lee Smith

Corrigendum to A mechanistic mangrove ecosystem model for evaluating carbon absorption, fixation, and storage functions across daily to seasonal timescales [Ecological Modelling 512 (2026) 111400]

Wataru Shimura, Akihito Ryogoku, Hisashi Shibuki and Akio Sohma

Incorporating dynamic ozone stress and parameter optimization into the BEPS model for improved GPP simulation

Jian Wang, Yuling Du, Jibo Yue, Tianxiang Cui, Yumin Chen, Lin Sun and Lei Shi

Making better use of productivity data: A simulation study evaluating traditional and alternative estimation methods

Aaron C. Young, Brian A. Millsap, Martha J. Desmond and Fitsum Abadi

2026, volume 519, articles C

A model of macroalgal decomposition

Luka Seamus Wright

Bird migration and energetics simulations incorporating oil spill effects

Benjamin M. West, Mark L. Wildhaber, Wayne E. Thogmartin and Michael J. Hooper

Evaluating an individual‑based model’s ability to reproduce fine‑scale spatial structure in boreal mixed forests

Animesh Ghose, Philippe Marchand, Kobra Maleki and Miguel Montoro Girona

A system dynamics model to understand the integrated ecological and human dimensions of managing chronic wasting disease

Stephanie R. Penk, Christine Anhalt-Depies, Richard E.W. Berl, Thomas S. Fiddaman, Kawika Pierson, Jennifer L. Price Tack, Bryan J. Richards, Erica Rieder, Daniel J. Storm, C. LeAnn White and Daniel P. Walsh

Understanding feedbacks in social–ecological systems using non-recursive structural equation models

Fabio Bozzeda and Omar Defeo

Towards an energy budget based toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic model for insect-plant interactions

André Gergs, Dagmar Brattig, Franco Fois and Christian Marienhagen

The relax-hurry spectrum: Specific somatic maintenance depends on seasonal dynamics of food

Konstadia Lika, Starrlight Augustine and Sebastiaan A.L.M. Kooijman

A model for heat and light stress in photosynthesis

Ferdinand Pfab, Ross Cunning, A. Raine Detmer, Clarissa F. Frederica, Louis J. Irving, Holly V. Moeller and Roger M. Nisbet

Systemic operative framework to support the integration of urban agriculture and socio-ecological resilience in informal settlements: A dynamic urban metabolism approach to food security

Alejandra Acevedo-De-los-Ríos, Anna Dyson, Damien Claeys and Ursula Cardenas-Mamani

Modelling ecosystem response in the climate change era: the potential distribution of Natura 2000 priority habitat types in Greece under future climate scenarios

Alexandros D. Kouris, Athanasios S. Kallimanis, Panayotis Dimopoulos and Ioannis P. Kokkoris

Ecological management zoning based on ecological security and ecosystem vulnerability in the important ecological functional area—A case study in the Yellow River Basin

Rongping Liang, Wei Wei, Xiaoxu Wei, Binbin Xie, Junju Zhou and Wei Shi

Why deterministic trait-based models may misrepresent the expected spatiotemporal dynamics of Hyalomma marginatum under uncertainty

Komi Mensah Agboka, Iman Brema Hassaballa, Steve B.S. Baleba, Tobias Landmann, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman and Souleymane Diallo

Agricultural landscapes supporting conservation planning: Spatial prioritization of conservation areas for farmland birds

Luu Van Thong Trac, Chen-Fa Wu and Chien-Ying Lin

Gulf of Guinea shrimp larvae can enter Nokoué lagoon by passive transport

Amoussou Sylvain Gozingan, Zacharie Sohou, Léo Barbut, Olivier Gourgue, Frédéric Bonou, Ezinvi Baloïtcha and Geneviève Lacroix

Dynamic energy budget modeling reveals reproductive collapse of an Amazonian catfish under dam-induced environmental change

Erival Gonçalves Prata, Gonçalo M. Marques, André Felipe Alves de Andrade, Daniel Konn-Vetterlein, Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag, Tânia Sousa and Tiago Magalhães da Silva Freitas

A spatial, agent-based model to explore mechanisms of bluetongue virus persistence at the interface of domestic and wildlife ruminant populations

Geonsik Yu, Carly Barbera, Mollie Burton, Jeremy Alder, George Wittemyer, Christie Mayo and T. Alex Perkins

Lévy foraging hypothesis is a model artefact

Graham H. Pyke, Andrew G. Kepert and William J. Chivers

Deciphering culprits for cyanobacterial blooms and lake vulnerability in north-temperate lakes

Jacob Serpico, B.A. Zambrano-Luna, Christopher M. Heggerud, Alan Hastings, Russell Milne and Hao Wang

A comprehensive review of uncertainty in multi-regional input–output modelling

Mohamed Badr, Konstantin Stadler and Juudit Ottelin

Mathematical modeling of common-pool resources: A comprehensive review of bioeconomics, strategic interaction, and complex adaptive systems

Zebiao Li, Rui Liu and Chengyi Tu

Embracing uncertainty: Ensemble models of sea lice larval dispersal

Tim M. Szewczyk, Dmitry Aleynik, Helena C. Reinardy, Kim S. Last and Andrew C. Dale

Cumulative ecological effects of cascade reservoir operation: A multi-life-stage fish habitat perspective

Jianhua Liu, Hongwei Fang, Lei Huang, Zhiwen Huang, Peng Zhang and Guojian He

Investigating climate-driven variability of a small pelagic fishery off the Indian west coast using a population dynamic model

Vinu Valsala, Inakonda Veera Ganga Bhavani and Faseela Hamza

Towards the development of standard models for ecological risk assessment: an agent-based model of fathead minnow

Chiara Accolla, Paul R. Glaum, Nika Galic and Maxime Vaugeois

Three-dimensional numerical simulation of soil stabilization effects by different root morphologies and analysis of bank stability

Nian-feng Tian, Ling-kai Zhang and Jin Sun

A spatial birth–death process to model sessile organisms

Ian Flint, Peter Vesk, Yan Wang and Aihua Xia

Net ecosystem exchange in Central Argentina: A 10-year analysis using the VPRM-WRF model

R.A. Merino, M.I. Gassmann, N.E. Tonti, M. Covi, C.F. Pérez and G. Posse

Bayesian integrated population model of Baltic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus grypus) informs on population carrying capacity and the impact of Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras) on reproduction

Milena Vanko, Inari Helle, Mervi Kunnasranta, Markus P. Ahola, Britt-Marie Bäcklin, Anja M. Carlsson, Linnea Cervin, Sara Persson and Jarno Vanhatalo

Contribution of drivers to erosion rate changes in a coal mining area of arid regions

Xuting Yang, Pengfei Li, Wanqiang Yao, Shaohua Wang, Ruidi Zheng and Dayu Zhang

Remote sensing integrated modeling of fall armyworm parasitoid interactions in Africa using fractional differential equations

Marian Adan, Steeven Belvinos Affognon, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Klaus Greve, Christian Borgemeister and Georg Goergen

Advancing the EPIC model for glyphosate and AMPA fate prediction across different agroecosystems

Giovanna Piazzon, Matteo Longo, Francesco Morari and Nicola Dal Ferro

Metawebs as a tool to connect ecology and biogeography: A critical review

Frederico Mestre and Vinicius Augusto Galvão Bastazini

Bridging the data gap: Integration of spatial modelling in wildlife disease surveillance

Sara R. Wijburg, Hein Sprong, Jolianne M. Rijks, Andrea Gröne, Joaquín Vicente Baños, Egil A.J. Fischer, Graham C. Smith and Miriam Maas

Movement-based ecological network design based on realistic simulation by individual-based model: an opportunity for process-based ecological network design with real conservation efficacy

Mengyang Wang and Xue-yi You

Assessing models for estimating future forest biodiversity and ecosystem service provision in support of Integrative Forest Management

Sina Reuter, Verena C. Griess, Jasper M. Fuchs, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, David I. Forrester, Janine Schweier and Olalla Díaz-Yáñez

An animal welfare index based on productivity-entropy/extropy measurements

Arnulfo Domínguez-Hernández, Juan Bory-Reyes, Martha Elena Domínguez-Hernández and Elisa Domínguez-Hernández

Stepwise versus gradual deterioration: Consequences for evolutionary rescue

Rodrigo A.S. Ribeiro, Osmar Freitas, José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho and Paulo R.A. Campos

Corrigendum to “Systemic operative framework to support the integration of urban agriculture and socio-ecological resilience in informal settlements: A dynamic urban metabolism approach to food security” [Ecological Modelling Volume 519 (2026) Start page–End page/Article number 111632]

Alejandra Acevedo-De-los-Ríos, Anna Dyson, Damien Claeys and Ursula Cardenas-Mamani

From model divergence to robust decisions: Integrating structural uncertainty into local-scale forest management in Catalonia, Spain

Irina Cristal, Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria and Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo

Insights into population dynamics of fish populations using growth transition matrices

Mahmood Jokar and Sam Subbey

Reaction-network modeling of restoration pathways in semi-arid agroecosystems

Stephan Peter and Bashar Ibrahim