Ecological Modelling

2007 - 2026

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2026, volume 513, articles C

A theoretical framework for the methodology of carbon sink assessment in China: A literature review

Yu-Jie Hu and Ren-Jie Cao

A participatory system dynamics approach to assess transboundary nutrient pollution: modelling the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus in the Lielupe River Basin, Lithuania and Latvia

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

Distribution simulation and risk assessment of total phosphorus in mega-scale reservoir under different water diversion operations and upstream inflow scenarios: A case study in China

Xizhi Nong, Linna Wu, Siyuan Zhong, Lihua Chen and Jiahua Wei

Stoichiometric modulation of zooplankton grazing on ocean organic matter biogeochemistry: Results from idealized food web modeling

Katsumi Matsumoto, Ziyu Guo and Amy E. Maas

Reducing parameter uncertainty in kinetic models: A new strategy for experimental design

Konrad Matyja

A bi-level game model for dynamic pollutant load allocation integrating pollutant transport processes and stakeholder interaction

Rui Zhao, Xuefeng Min, Yang Yu, Wenjie Xu, Shi Yang, Lianghan Zhu and Qin Mou

Ecotrends: an R package for estimating habitat suitability trends over time

Neftalí Sillero, João Alírio, Nuno Garcia, Inês Freitas, João C. Campos, Lia Bárbara Duarte, Isabel Pôças, Ana Cláudia Teodoro, Salvador Arenas-Castro and A.Márcia Barbosa

Exploring the spatial interaction relationship between new-type urbanization and ecological vulnerability

Shijie Dong, Hui An and Shihao Dong

Multi-agent simulation for dengue spread forecast: A case study for two Brazilian cities

Carlos Victor Dantas Araújo, Fábio Luiz Usberti, Emily Brito de Oliveira, Laura Silva de Assis and Celso Cavellucci

Integrating emergy theory and food security: An examination of the emergy exchange ratio

Rafael Araújo Nacimento, Mario Duarte Canever, Fábio José Muneratti Ortega, Luiz Carlos Terra dos Santos, Regis Augusto Ely, Augusto Hauber Gameiro, Feni Agostinho, Cecília Almeida and Biagio Fernando Giannetti

A dynamic model of the Xylella fastidiosa pathosystem as a tool to optimize management scenarios: An example using the almond tree

Adrián Flores-García, John Y. Dobson, Eva S. Fonfría, David García-García, Jesús García-Martínez and César Bordehore

Plant size-variation in conjunction with number of neighbours may be an indicator of competition symmetry

Hugo Salinas, Erik J Veneklaas, Elizabeth J Trevenen and Michael Renton

A framework for capturing farm-scale variation in process-based simulations for agroecosystem resilience

Helen Metcalfe, Kevin Coleman, Yusheng Zhang, Prakash N Dixit, Sana Saeed, Andrew Mead and Adrian L Collins

An aggregate potential landscape description of an agent-based exploitation-perception model for social-ecological tipping-point dynamics

K.J. Challis

Modeling the spatiotemporal effects of ocean acidification and warming on Atlantic sea scallop growth to guide adaptive fisheries management

Halle M. Berger, Samantha A. Siedlecki, Shannon L. Meseck, Emilien Pousse, Deborah R. Hart, Felipe Soares, Antonie Chute and Catherine M. Matassa

Emergy-based environmental decision making: H.T. Odum´s heritage for appropriate use of resources and environmental services

Sergio Ulgiati, Patrizia Ghisellini, Yanxin Liu and Renato Passaro

Optimal urban expansion rates for balancing ecosystem services and economic development in mega-city fringe areas: A modeling framework applied to Huadu district, Guangzhou

Xiaohuan Xie, Qiting Lin, Shengyuan Li, Xin Liu and Zhonghua Gou

How to incorporate coastal wetland blue carbon into China’s carbon market: Evolutionary game analysis on behavior strategies of multiple stakeholders

Jingmei Li, Shunqi Jia, Jingzhu Shan and Zhuqing Zhuang

Coupling sedimentary cycling with eutrophication severity under transient external phosphorus and iron loading regimes

Tao Xu, Alex Neumann, Maria Dittrich, Yasasi Fernando, John Gibson, Ramin Farnood, David Depew and George B. Arhonditsis

Parametric formulas for guiding through biodiversity indices

Sandrine Pavoine

Advances in dynamic energy budget modeling of terrestrial arthropods by considering different timing of reproductive investment

Josef Koch, Natalie Albrecht, Jana Gerhard, Kim Rakel, Heike Fremdt, Daniela Jans, André Gergs and Thomas G. Preuss

Two decades of species distribution modeling: A systematic review of methods and applications

Yasemin Özkan Tümer, İnci Caglayan, Ahmet Yeşi̇l and Louis Iverson

Development of a semi-empirical net ecosystem exchange model for Biebrza wetlands to study their sensitivity to climatic extremes and multi-year variability

Krzysztof Fortuniak, Włodzimierz Pawlak, Scott Chambers, Mariusz Siedlecki, Rebekka Artz, Jan Górowski, Tomasz Gwizdałła and Krzysztof Podlaski

Coupling simulation of rice growth and paddy drainage under controlled irrigation and drainage with the ORYZA2000 and DRAINMOD models

Yan Meng, Yanmei Yu and Peng Chen

Unpacking drivers of heterotrophic N2 fixation across aquatic redox gradients: A mathematical model with bioenergetic and stoichiometric constraints

Corday R. Selden, Rebecca A. Everett, Halvor M. Halvorson, Megan E. Berberich, Luca Schenone, Angela Peace, Renn Schipper, Edwin Cruz-Rivera, James Powell, Keisuke Inomura, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Amy M. Marcarelli and J. Thad Scott

From local to regional: Enhancing groundwater management with simulation models like MODFLOW and geospatial technologies

Rameez A Shah, Aurooj Shafi, Sma Andrabi, Shaziya M Shah, Shahnawaz Hassan and Aufaq Ahmad Zargar

Individual variability and persistence of competing species in resource rich environment: an individual-based model

Janusz Uchmański

Ocean acidification in Massachusetts bay and Boston harbor: Insights from a 1-D modeling approach

Lu Wang, Changsheng Chen, Joseph Salisbury, Siqi Li, Robert C. Beardsley and Jackie Motyka

2026, volume 512, articles C

Modeling the loss of climate protection from spruce beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis) under changing conditions in Alaska’s forests

Nancy Fresco, Kyle Redilla, Jessie Moan, Sydney Mullen, Charles Parr and Craig Stephenson

Gorge floodplain landscape dynamics and sustainability: Insights from human-nature interactions

Jin Zhang, Wen Wen, Jieao Shen, Chang Li and Haimeng Liu

Ecological and economic evaluation of reservoir-based water transfer using system dynamics

Zeyu Zhang, Jia Li, Dongya Zhang, Hongsen You, Yi Peng, Yong Li, Peiying Tan, Lingling Ni and Yun Lu

Enhancing urban CFD simulations with porous media parameters for representative street trees

Junghyeon Ahn and Junsuk Kang

Construction and optimization of ecological network in karst regions under rocky desertification disturbance: A case study of Qujing City, China

Heng Gai, Bing Wu, Yuanxiang Wu and Zhihui Ren

Modeling canopy-forming vs. turfing algae competition via a space-implicit model with border dynamics

D. Collini, L. Barletti, F. Bulleri, S. Dalmazzone, V. Frontuto, L. Tamburello, F. Sarnari and M. Materassi

Corrigendum to ‘A decade of mizer: A systematic review of advancements and applications of size spectrum modeling in aquatic ecosystems’ [Ecological Modelling, Volume 508, September 2025, 111241]

M. Grazia Pennino, D.J. Nachón, D. Bamio, M. Cousido-Rocha, G. Delius, F. Izquierdo, A. Paz, E. Abad, M.A. Torres, I. González Herraiz, M.P. Sampedro, I.M. Rabanal, F. Velasco, P. Verisimo, Y. Vila and S. Cerviño

A decade of mizer: a systematic review of advancements and applications of size spectrum modeling in aquatic ecosystems

M. Grazia Pennino, D.J. Nachón, D. Bamio, M. Cousido-Rocha, G. Delius, F. Izquierdo, A. Paz, E. Abad, M.A. Torres, I. González Herraiz, M.P. Sampedro, I.M. Rabanal, F. Velasco, P. Verisimo, Y. Vila and S. Cerviño

Dynamic temperature sensitivity improves simulated ecosystem respiration in a coupled land-atmosphere model

Tuanhui Wang, Yue Zhang, Ping Jiang and Longhui Li

Stranding data can significantly bias marine mammal habitat suitability models

A.C.o Meirelles, I.C. Normande, M.D.O. Alves, K.F. Choi, V.L. Carvalho, J.C.G. Borges and A.W. Trites

On scale and complexity in model design for marine reserve planning with Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Philippines case studies

Stuart Kininmonth and Carl Steinitz

A comprehensive review of approaches, challenges, and future directions for advancing nitrous oxide emission modeling

Cong Wang and Thorsten Ruf

Contrasting vegetation responses to drought indicated by model simulations

Junping Wang, Baolin Xue, Guoqiang Wang and Qingqing Fang

Hydrological responses to changes in the proportion of green-grey-blue infrastructures following urban expansion

Pengfei Wang, Junguo Liu, Shuyu Zhang, Shuman Liu and Soon Keat Tan

Evaluating biological realism in ecological modelling: application of a novel framework to compare mechanistic and process-based earthworm and wild pollinator population models

Harriet M. Gold, Jacqueline A. Hannam, Simon G. Potts, Claire Brittain, Nika Galic and Alice S.A. Johnston

A mechanistic mangrove ecosystem model for evaluating carbon absorption, fixation, and storage functions across daily to seasonal timescales

Wataru Shimura, Akihito Ryogoku, Hisashi Shibuki and Akio Sohma

Modelling woody carbon dynamics in tropical dry forests: A case study of the Dry Chaco Region

Iván Daniel Filip, Pablo Luis Peri, Pedro Fernández, Dante Loto, Sebastián Miguel Kees, Natalia Banegas, José Nasca, Mónica Sacido, Claudia Faverin and Ronaldo Vibart

A GIS-based methodology to identify priority areas for land use regulations - Case study of Kozhikode

Nishan Nazer, Bimal P and Chithra K

Using a coupled model and GIS tool in assessing the effect on primary production after nutrient reduction to a Danish estuary

Mikkel Keller Lees, Kadri Kuusemäe, Anders C. Erichsen, Mogens R. Flindt and Paula Canal-Vergés

Assessing cattle grazing impact on biomass and soil carbon pools in an Australian semi-arid woodland

Hari Krishna Laudari, Liubov Volkova, Stephen H Roxburgh and Christopher J Weston

Exploring future ecosystem service trade-off and key driving factors in the ecologically fragile region, northern China

Xueping Chen, Xueyong Zhao, Yanming Zhao, Xiaowen Zhu, Liya Bai and Hongmei Yu

Hybrid biogeography-based optimization and Mamdani fuzzy modelling for physical habitat suitability modelling under limited data conditions

Mahdi Sedighkia and Bithin Datta

Advancing crop growth modeling: Challenges, model integration, and pathways for improved decision support

Adam Shaaban Mgana, Aidi Huo, Yilu Zhao, Padam Raj Joshi and Abderrahim Firaouni

Pathways to sustainability or collapse in inland small-scale aquaculture systems: insights from a social–ecological systems model

Sonja Radosavljevic, Francesca Acotto, Quanli Wang, Jie Su and Alexandros Gasparatos

The effects of ecological interactions and distinct conjugation rates on the invasion of a conjugative plasmid in bacterial communities

Jesse B. Alderliesten, Mark P. Zwart, J.Arjan G.M. de Visser, Arjan Stegeman and Egil A.J. Fischer

Parasitoid-led control in seasonal multitrophic systems: Impulsive strategies under hyperparasitoid disruption

Mona Zevika, S. Khoirul Himmi, Anita Triska and Juni Wijayanti Puspita

Persistence of small populations under seasonal resource fluctuations

Viviane M. Oliveira, Fernando Fagundes Ferreira, Ediline L.F. Nguessap and Paulo R.A. Campos

A machine learning-derived metamodel of BEEHAVE predicts how honey yield depends on weather and region across Germany

Gokul Govind, Martin Lange, Volker Grimm, Karin Frank and Jürgen Groeneveld