- Ko, C.-Y.*, et al. 2018. Assessing alpha and beta diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates and their environmental drivers between watersheds with different levels of habitat transformation in Japan. Marine and Freshwater Research (SCI) (IF: 2.116; Ranking: Fisheries, 17/52, Q2), accepted.
- Ko, C.-Y.*, Y.-C. Hsin, T.-L. Yu, K.-L. Liu, F.-K. Shiah & M.-S. Jeng*. 2018. Monitoring multi-year macro ocean litter dynamics and backward-tracking simulation of litter origins on a remote island in the South China Sea. Environmental Research Letters (SCI) (IF: 5.288; Ranking: Environmental Sciences, 30/241, Q1), 13, 044021.
- Austria, E. S., C.-C. Lai, C.-Y. Ko, K.-Y. Lee, H.-Y. Kuo, T.-Y. Chen, J.-H. Tai & F.-K. Shiah*. 2018. Growth-controlling mechanisms on heterotrophic bacteria in the South China Sea shelf: Summer and Winter patterns. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (SCI) (IF: 0.610; Ranking: Oceangraphy, 58/64, Q4), 29, 441-453.
- Ko, C.-Y.*, C.-C. Lai, H.-H. Hsu & F.-K. Shiah*. 2017. Decadal phytoplankton dynamics in response to episodic climatic disturbances in a subtropical deep freshwater ecosystem. Water Research (SCI) (IF: 6.769; Ranking: Environmental Sciences, 7/225, Q1), 109, 102-113.
- Ko, C.-Y.*, O. J. Schmitz & W. Jetz*. 2016. The limits of community-level modeling approaches for broad-scale predictions of ecological assemblage structure. Biological Conservation (SCI) (IF: 4.697; Ranking: Environmental Sciences, 18/225, Q1), 201, 396-404.
- Chen, T.-Y., J.-H. Tai, C.-Y. Ko, C.-H. Hsieh, C.-C. Chen, N. Jiao, H.-B. Liu and F.-K. Shiah*. 2016. Nutrient pulses driven by internal solitary waves enhance heterotrophic bacterial growth in the South China Sea. Environmental Microbiology (SCI) (IF: 6.312; Ranking: Microbiology, 12/119, Q1), 18, 4312-4323.
- Ko, C.-Y.*, C.-C. Lai, T.-Y. Chen, H.-H. Hsu & F.-K. Shiah*. 2016. Typhoon effects on phytoplankton responses in a semi-closed freshwater ecosystem. Marine and Freshwater Research (SCI) (IF: 2.116; Ranking: Fisheries, 17/52, Q2), 67, 546-555.
- Chow, M.-F.*, F.-K. Shiah, C.-C. Lai, H.-Y. Kuo, K.-W. Wang, C.-H. Lin, T.-Y. Chen, Y. Kobayashi & C.-Y. Ko. 2016. Evaluation of surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques: a case study of Fei-Tsui Reservoir basin, Taiwan. Environmental Earth Sciences (SCI) (IF: 2.013; Ranking: Water Resources, 26/83, Q2), 75, 6.
- Lee T.-M.*, E. M. Markowitz, P. D. Howe, C.-Y. Ko & A. Leiserowitz. 2015. Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world. Nature Climate Change (SCI) (IF: 19.257; Ranking: Environmental Sciences, 2/225, Q1), 5, 1014-1020.
- Ko, C.-Y.*, O.J. Schmitz, M. Barbett-Massin & W. Jetz*. 2014. Dietary guild composition and disaggregation of avian assemblages under climate change. Global Change Biology (SCI) (IF: 9.028; Ranking: Biodiversity Conservation, 1/48, Q1), 20, 790-802.
- Ko, C.-Y., S. C. Murphy, T. L. Root & P.-F. Lee*. 2014. An assessment of efficiency of protection status through determinations of biodiversity hotspots based on endemic bird species, Taiwan. Journal for Nature Conservation (SCI) (IF: 2.339; Ranking: Biodiversity Conservation, 13/48, Q2), 22, 570-576.
- Lai, C.-C., Y.-W. Fu, H.-B. Liu, H.-Y. Kuo, K.-W. Wang, C.-H. Lin, J.-H. Tai, G. T.-F. Wong, K.-Y. Lee, T.-Y. Chen, Y. Yamamoto, M.-F. Chow, Y. Kobayashi, C.-Y. Ko & F.-K. Shiah*. 2013. Distinct bacterial production – DOC – primary production relationships and implications for biogenic C-cycling in the South China Sea shelf. Biogeosciences (SCI) (IF: 4.477; Ranking: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary, 17/184, Q1), 11, 147-156.
- Ko, C.-Y., C.-J. Ko, R.-S. Lin & P.-F. Lee*. 2013. Influences of temporal independence of data on modeling species distributions. Basic and Applied Ecology (SCI) (IF: 2.707; Ranking: Ecology, 75/149, Q2), 14, 309-319.
- Howe, P. D.*, E. M. Markowitz, T.-M. Lee, C.-Y. Ko & A. Leiserowitz. 2012. Global perceptions of local temperature change. Nature Climate Change (SCI) (IF: 19.257; Ranking: Environmental Sciences, 2/225, Q1), 3, 352-356.
- Ko, C.-Y., T. L. Root, S.-H. Lin, S. H. Schneider & P.-F. Lee*. 2012. Global change projections for Taiwan island birds: linking current and future distributions. Nature Conservation (SCI), 2, 21-40.
- Kuo, C.-C.*, J.-L. Huang, C.-Y. Ko, P.-F. Lee & H.-C. Wang. 2011. Spatial analysis of scrub typhus infection and its association with environmental and socioeconomic factors in Taiwan. Acta Tropica (SCI) (IF: 2.682; Ranking: Tropical Medicine, 5/19, Q2), 120, 52-58.
- Ko, C.-Y., T. L. Root & P.-F. Lee*. 2011. Movement distances enhance validity of predictive models. Ecological Modelling (SCI) (IF: 2.594; Ranking: Ecology, 61/149, Q2), 222, 947-954.
- Ko, C.-Y., R.-S. Lin & P.-F. Lee*. 2010. Macrohabitat characteristics and distribution hotspots of endemic bird Species in Taiwan. Taiwania, 55, 216-227.
- Ko, C.-Y., P.-F. Lee, M.-L. Bai & R.-S. Lin*. 2009. A rule-based species predictive model for the vulnerable Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha) in Taiwan. Taiwania, 54, 28-36.
- Ko, C.-Y., R.-S. Lin, T.-S. Ding, C.-H. Hsieh & P.-F. Lee*. 2009. Identifying biodiversity hotspots by predictive models: a case study using Taiwan’s endemic bird species. Zoological Studies (SCI) (IF: 1.043; Ranking: Zoology, 90/160, Q3), 48, 418-431.
- Ko, C.-Y.* 2008. Impacts of climate change on different species groups in various elevation ranges. Journal of Forest Research, 15, 13-15.
- Lee, P.-J., C.-Y. Ko, E. H.-S. Tsao & S.-F. Chen*. 2007. Behaviour patterns and spatial uses of captive Eurasian otters, Lutra lutra. Taipei Zoo Bulletin, 19, 15-31.
- Ko, C.-Y., P.-J. Lee, E. H.-S. Tsao, T. C.-T. Chen & S.-M. Chen*. 2004. Growth and behavioral development of gray wolf (Canis lupus) new borns in captivity. Taipei Zoo Bulletin, 16, 47-54.