Ecological Modelling

2007 - 2025

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2025, volume 500, articles C

Mountain pine beetle spread in forests with varying host resistance

Micah Brush and Mark A. Lewis

Evaluating the effects of two newly emerging plant pathogens on northern Aotearoa-New Zealand forests using an individual-based model

Craig E. Simpkins, Peter J. Bellingham, Kiri Reihana, James M.R. Brock and George L.W. Perry

Using a temperature-dependent population model to predict the population growth rates of grass carp across North America

Madison E Brook and Kim Cuddington

A comparative study of production systems in the Goharkuh Taftan complex utilising emergy and economic analysis

Mahdi Motakefi, Mehdi Dahmardeh, Seyed Ahmad Ghanbari and Mohammad Reza Asgharipour

Calibrating multi-constraint ensemble ecosystem models using genetic algorithms and Approximate Bayesian Computation: A case study of rewilding at the Knepp Estate, UK

Emily Neil, Ernesto Carrella and Richard Bailey

Autocorrelation as a critical factor of growth depensation of tropical trees in the Chocó biogeographic region

Camilo E. Martínez, Sergio A. Orrego, Jorge A. Giraldo, Jorge I. del Valle, Freddy Hernández-Barajas and Diego A. David

Metabolic organization across scales of space and time

Romain Lavaud, Nina Marn, Tiago Domingos, Ramón Filgueira, Konstadia Lika, Kim Rakel and Tin Klanjšček

The different ways to operationalise the social in applied models and simulations of sustainability science: A contribution for the enhancement of good modelling practices

Ronald B. Bialozyt, Martina Roß-Nickoll, Richard Ottermanns and Jens Jetzkowitz

Response of gross primary productivity to flash droughts on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Tao Sun, Xinhua Zhang, Yujie Cai, Chun Yang and Zhurui Gao

A multi-objective optimization model for cropland design considering profit, biodiversity, and ecosystem services

Caleb H. Geissler, Nathan L. Haan, Bruno Basso, Ames Fowler, Douglas A. Landis, Tyler J. Lark and Christos T. Maravelias

Regional differences in salmon post-smolt migration routes can explain variation in individual growth at sea

Kjell Rong Utne and Erik Askov Mousing

Effect of forage alternatives on the carbon footprint, productivity, and profitability of sheep production systems in dryland Mediterranean zone of Chile: A simulation model

Paula Toro-Mujica and Antón García Martínez

Integrated modeling framework (FVCOM-ICM/Toxi) to simulate the fate and transport of polychlorinated biphenyls in urban estuaries–Case study for Puget Sound, WA

Lakshitha Premathilake, Tarang Khangaonkar, James West, Sandra O'Neill, Louisa Harding, C. Andrew James, Sukyong Yun and Kevin Bogue

2025, volume 499, articles C

Community recomposition caused by species extinction in the colonization-competition trade-off model for vegetation

Dorian Nothaaß and Andreas Huth

Comparing commonly used aquatic habitat modeling methods for native fish

Eryn K. Turney, Gregory C. Goodrum, W. Carl Saunders, Timothy E. Walsworth and Sarah E. Null

SIMANFOR cloud Decision Support System: Structure, content, and applications

F. Bravo, C. Ordóñez, A. Vázquez-Veloso and S. Michalakopoulos

Effects of temperature on asexual reproduction and jellyfish booms of Aurelia aurita: Insights from mathematical modeling

Wei Wang, Mengjie Wang and Hao Wang

Uncertainty analysis of hydrological parameters of the APEXgraze model for grazing activities

Mahesh L. Maskey, Amanda M. Nelson, Daniel N. Moriasi and Brian K. Northup

prior3D: An R package for three-dimensional conservation prioritization

Aggeliki Doxa, Christos Adam, Nikolaos Nagkoulis, Antonios D. Mazaris and Stelios Katsanevakis

How can oak regeneration in the Leipzig Floodplain Forest be effectively supported by femel plantations? Application of a demographic forest model

Jack Boyce, Lucian Elles, Stefanie Henkel, Hans D. Kasperidus, Andreas Padberg, Mathias Scholz, Markus E. Schorn, Andreas Sickert, Michael Vieweg and Nadja Rüger

Inter-species comparison of life traits related to amnesic shellfish toxin kinetic in five pectinid species

Eline Le Moan, Laure Pecquerie, Laure Régnier-Brisson, Hélène Hégaret, Paulo F. Lagos, Léo Heyer, Salvador Emilio Lluch-Cota, Fred Jean and Jonathan Flye-Sainte-Marie

When does artificial intelligence replace process-based models in ecological modelling?

Georgii A. Alexandrov

Interactive effects of climate change and human mobility on dengue transmission

Mohsin Khan, Tarteel Abdalgader, Michael Pedersen and Lai Zhang

Individual variation affects outbreak magnitude and predictability in multi-pathogen model of pigeons visiting dairy farms

Teddy Lazebnik and Orr Spiegel

Cracking the code: Linking good modeling and coding practices for new ecological modelers

Todd M. Swannack, Kiara C. Cushway, Carra C. Carrillo, Clementina Calvo, Kierra R. Determan, Caroline M. Mierzejewski, Vanessa M. Quintana, Christopher L. Riggins, Miranda D. Sams and Waverly E. Wadsworth

A general DDE framework to describe insect populations: Why delays are so important?

Luca Rossini, Nicolás Bono Rosselló, Ouassim Benhamouche, Mario Contarini, Stefano Speranza and Emanuele Garone

Advantages and disadvantages of using social information for carcass detection–A case study using white-backed vultures

Te. Curk, W. Rast, R. Portas, J. Kohles, G. Shatumbu, C. Cloete, Ti. Curk, V. Radchuk, O. Aschenborn and J. Melzheimer

Forest structure, roads and soil moisture provide realistic predictions of fire spread in modern Swedish landscape

Sara Sharon Jones, Maksym Matsala, Emily Viola Delin, Narayanan Subramanian, Urban Nilsson, Emma Holmström and Igor Drobyshev

A model-based policy analysis framework for social-ecological systems: Integrating uncertainty and participation in system dynamics modelling

Henry Amorocho-Daza, Janez Sušnik, Pieter van der Zaag and Jill H. Slinger

Optimizing greenhouse design for enhanced microalgae production: A CFD Analysis of microclimate and water thermal dynamics in raceway ponds

Hicham Fatnassi, Reda Errais and Christine Poncet

Cross-realm transferability of species distribution models–Species characteristics and prevalence matter more than modelling methods applied

Antti Takolander, Louise Forsblom, Seppo Hellsten, Jari Ilmonen, Ari-Pekka Jokinen, Niko Kallio, Sampsa Koponen, Sakari Väkevä and Elina Virtanen

2024, volume 498, articles C

Towards a comprehensive framework for providing management advice from statistical inference using population dynamics models

Mark N. Maunder

Ideotype map research based on a crop model in the context of a climatic gradient

Diariétou Sambakhé, Eric Gozé, Jean-Noël Bacro, Michael Dingkuhn, Myriam Adam, Malick Ndiaye, Bertrand Muller and Lauriane Rouan

An individual-based model for exploration of population and stock dynamics in marine fishes

C.B. Woodson, S.Y. Litvin, J.R. Schramski and S.B. Joye

Assessing between-individual variability in bioenergetics modelling: Opportunities, challenges, and potential applications

Miquel Palmer, Irene Moro-Martínez, Joaquim Tomàs-Ferrer, Amalia Grau, María Dolores López-Belluga, Marine Herlin, Orestis Stavrakidis-Zachou and Andrea Campos-Candela

Spatial mechanistic modelling to simulate movements and contacts between wildlife and livestock in Southern Africa

Florent Rumiano, Eve Miguel, Victor Dufleit, Pascal Degenne, Cédric Gaucherel, Hugo Valls-Fox, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, Edson Gandiwa, Alexandre Caron and Annelise Tran

Real world data for real world problems: Importance of appropriate spatial resolution modelling to inform decision makers in marine management

Tanya G Riley, Beth Mouat and Rachel Shucksmith

Generating pseudo-absences in the ecological space improves the biological relevance of response curves in species distribution models

Joséphine Broussin, Maud Mouchet and Eric Goberville

New insights to be gained from a Virtual Ecosystem

Robert M. Ewers, Jacob Cook, Olivia Z. Daniel, C.David L. Orme, Vivienne Groner, Jaideep Joshi, Anna Rallings, Taran Rallings and Priyanga Amarasekare

Real-time assessment of live forest fuel moisture content and flammability by using space-time universal kriging

Andrea Viñuales, Fernando Montes, Mercedes Guijarro, Cristina Gómez, Ignacio de la Calle and Javier Madrigal

Estimating prey activity curves using a quantitative model based on a priori distributions and predator detection data

Daniel J. Herrera, Daniel Levy, Austin M. Green and William F. Fagan

When to add a new process to a model – and when not: A marine biogeochemical perspective

Adrian P. Martin, Angela Bahamondes Dominguez, Chelsey A. Baker, Chloé M.J. Baumas, Kelsey M. Bisson, Emma Cavan, Mara Freilich, Eric Galbraith, Martí Galí, Stephanie Henson, Karin F. Kvale, Carsten Lemmen, Jessica Y. Luo, Helena McMonagle, Francisco de Melo Viríssimo, Klas Ove Möller, Camille Richon, Iyyappan Suresh, Jamie D. Wilson, Matthew S. Woodstock and Andrew Yool

Snow runoff modelling in the upper Indus River Basin and its implication to energy water food nexus

Hazrat Bilal, Chamhuri Siwar, Mazlin Bin Mokhtar, Fatima-Zahra Lahlou, Kasturi Devi Kanniah and Tareq Al-Ansari

Climate covariate selection influences MaxEnt model predictions and predictive accuracy under current and future climates

Clarke J.M. van Steenderen and Guy F. Sutton

A trait-based modelling approach towards dynamic predictions of understorey communities in temperate forests

Dries Landuyt, Haben Blondeel, Eline Lorer, Michael P. Perring, Kathy Steppe and Kris Verheyen

How relevant are temperature corrections of toxicity parameters in population models for environmental risk assessment of chemicals?

Annika Mangold-Döring, Willem B. Buddendorf, Paul J. van den Brink and Johannes M. Baveco

Predicting land use and environmental dynamics in Argentina's Pampas region: An agent-based modeling approach across varied price and climatic scenarios

Diego O. Ferraro, Felipe Ghersa and Rodrigo Castro

Interpretability in the modeling spectrum: A conceptual framework and a quantification index

Estefania Aguirre-Zapata, Hernan Alvarez, Laura Lema-Perez, Fernando di Sciascio and Adriana N. Amicarelli

Exploring aquaculture related traits of the grooved carpet shell (Ruditapes decussatus) in relation to other bivalve species using Dynamic Energy Budget theory

Merel Lanjouw, Henrice M. Jansen and Jaap van der Meer

High-resolution spatiotemporal forecasting of the European crane migration

K. De Koning, L. Nilsson, J. Månsson, O. Ovaskainen, B. Kranstauber, M. Arp and J.K. Schakel

An integrated environmental-economic assessment of orange production in China during 2010–2020

Jiayu Hu, Xiaohan Ma, Yanfeng Lyu and Xiaohong Zhang

Simulation modelling demonstrates differential performance of connectivity methods in their ability to predict genetic diversity in complex landscapes

Luciano Atzeni, Samuel A. Cushman and David W. Macdonald

Dispersal of optimal foragers in a patchy environment: Simulations with a mathematical model and tests of predictions in field experiments

Xavier Fauvergue and Keith R. Hopper

Corrigendum to “Site-level and spatially-explicit modelling provides some insights on key factors driving seasonal dynamics of an intertidal seagrass ” [Ecological Modelling 495 (September 2024) 1–13/110802 (13p.)]

H. Muller, E. Auclair, A. Woehrel, F. Ganthy, P. Tandeo, P.py. Wu, C. Chercham and M.P. Marzloff

Attributing hypoxia responses of early life Menidia menidia to energetic mechanisms with Dynamic Energy Budget theory

Teresa G. Schwemmer, Roger M. Nisbet and Janet A. Nye

Good modelling software practices

Carsten Lemmen and Philipp Sebastian Sommer

How much is enough? Optimizing beehive stocking densities to maximize the production of a pollinator-dependent crop

Andrés F. Ramírez-Mejía, Natacha P. Chacoff, Pablo Cavigliasso and Pedro G. Blendinger

Increase in young forests, more than climate change may accelerate future colonization of temperate tree species in mixedwood boreal stands

Maxence Soubeyrand, Fabio Gennaretti, Marie-Hélène Brice, Pierre Grondin, Yves Bergeron and Philippe Marchand

Analyses of the variable selection using correlation methods: An approach to the importance of statistical inferences in the modelling process

Mauricio Díaz-Vallejo, Alexander Peña-Peniche, Claudio Mota-Vargas, Javier Piña-Torres, Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Coral E. Rangel-Rivera, Juliana Gaviria-Hernández and Octavio Rojas-Soto

One century of carbon dynamics in the eastern Canadian boreal forest under various management strategies and climate change projections

Abderrahmane Ameray, Xavier Cavard, Dominic Cyr, Osvaldo Valeria, Miguel Montoro Girona and Yves Bergeron

Model-based experiments as epistemic evidence in paleoecology

Wolfgang Traylor

Habitat availability decline for waterbirds in a sensitive wetland: Climate change impact on the Ebro Delta

Andrés De la Cruz and Catherine Numa

Building ecosystem services-based ecological networks in energy and chemical industry areas

Huanhuan Pan, Ziqiang Du, Zhitao Wu, Hong Zhang and Keming Ma

More transparent and explainable machine learning algorithms are required to provide enhanced and sustainable dataset understanding

David A. Wood

A coupled machine-learning-individual-based model for migration dynamics simulation: A case study of migratory fish in fish passage facilities

Jingyang Wang, Baiyin Baoligao, Xiangpeng Mu, Zhihong Qie and Guangning Li

Models vetted against prediction error and parameter sensitivity standards can credibly evaluate ecosystem management options

Timothy C. Haas

Towards a liana plant functional type for vegetation models

Hans Verbeeck, Hannes P.T. De Deurwaerder, Elizabeth Kearsley, Sruthi M.Krishna Moorthy, Francis Mumbanza Mundondo, Kasper Coppieters, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Marcos Longo, Marc Peaucelle, Marijn Bauters and Félicien Meunier

Corrigendum to “Spatial mechanistic modelling to simulate movements and contacts between wildlife and livestock in Southern Africa” [ecological modelling 498 (2024) /110863]

Florent Rumiano, Eve Miguel, Victor Dufleit, Pascal Degenne, Cedric Gaucherel, Hugo Valls-Fox, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, Edson Gandiwa, Alexandre Caron and Annelise Tran

Exploring the optimal fuzzy rule-based modeling procedure to assess habitat suitability of indicator Collembola species in forest soils

Yongeun Kim, Yun-Sik Lee, Minyoung Lee, June Wee, Jinsol Hong and Kijong Cho

Identifying optimal cloud cover for enhanced forest carbon uptake: Periodic-case NEE-overshoot modelling

Sergey N Kivalov

Simulated bacterial species succession

Åke Hagström, Pia Haecky, Ulla Li Zweifel and Nicholas Blackburn

Buzy-pop: Multi-objective budget optimisation for constitutive and adaptive enzymatic activities of microbe populations

Paul Breugnot, Nicolas Marilleau and Laetitia Bernard

A new cellular automata framework of urban growth modeling by incorporating land use policies and economic development zone planning

Haoran Zeng, Haijun Wang, Bin Zhang, Youcheng Song, Xiaoxu Cao and Qiyuan Li

Modeling the effects of phenological mismatch in tick questing and host demographic turnover on Lyme disease hazard

Asena Goren, Atle Mysterud and Yngvild Vindenes

Variations on the maximum density-size lines to climate and site factors for Larix spp. plantations in northeast China

Lingbo Dong, Guanmou Chen, Woodam Chung and Zhaogang Liu

The economic impacts of living habitat changes in the Virginia Middle Peninsula, Chesapeake Bay

Matthew S. Woodstock, Amanda T. Bevans, Muhammad Sulyman, James Maples, Scott Knoche and Thomas F. Ihde

How root-grafted trees form networks: Modeling network dynamics with pyNET

Marie-Christin Wimmler and Uta Berger