OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Trees-Structure and Function is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Tree growth as affected by stem and crown structure	32
Natural seismic metamaterials: the role of tree branches in the birth of Rayleigh wave bandgap for ground born vibration attenuation	28
Mixed-effects height–diameter models for black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) forest management	27
Salt tolerance mechanisms in trees: research progress	26
Exogenous melatonin-stimulated transcriptomic alterations of Davidia involucrata seedlings under drought stress	25
Consequences of vertical basic wood density variation on the estimation of aboveground biomass with terrestrial laser scanning	23
Hygroscopic contributions to bark water storage and controls exerted by internal bark structure over water vapor absorption	22
Coupling exogenous melatonin with Ca2+ alleviated chilling stress in Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen	21
Evaluating tree-to-tree competition during stand development in a relict Scots pine forest: how much does climate matter?	21
60-year record of stem xylem anatomy and related hydraulic modification under increased summer drought in ring- and diffuse-porous temperate broad-leaved tree species	20
Stomatal and mesophyll conductance are dominant limitations to photosynthesis in response to heat stress during severe drought in a temperate and a tropical tree species	19
Effect of plant biostimulants on root and plant health and the rhizosphere microbiome of citrus trees in huanglongbing-endemic conditions	19
Climate change affects seed aging? Initiation mechanism and consequences of loss of forest tree seed viability	19
Traumatic resin ducts induced by methyl jasmonate in Pinus spp	18
Whole plant water status and non‐structural carbohydrates under progressive drought in a Caatinga deciduous woody species	18
A comparison of the climate response of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) trees among standardized measures of earlywood, latewood, adjusted latewood, and totalwood radial growth	18
Physiological and anatomical responses to drought stress differ between two larch species and their hybrid	17
Long term forest management drives drought resilience in Mediterranean black pine forest	16
Influence of leaf shape on the scaling of leaf surface area and length in bamboo plants	16
Minimum and maximum wood density as proxies of water availability in two Mexican pine species coexisting in a seasonally dry area	15
Towards sustainable management of the stock and ecosystem services of urban trees. From theory to model and application	15
Reserve mobilization and in vitro germination of Euterpe edulis (Martius) seeds at different maturation stages	13
Methyl salicylate as a signaling compound that contributes to forest ecosystem stability	13
Spatial patterns of leaf shape variation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) provenances	13
Xylogenesis is uncoupled from forest productivity	13

Sink and source co-limitation in the response of stored non-structural carbohydrates to an intense but short drought	12
Three-dimensional quantification of tree architecture from mobile laser scanning and geometry analysis	12
Singlet oxygen, flavonols and photoinhibition in green and senescing silver birch leaves	12
Leaf morphology, wax composition, and residual (cuticular) transpiration of four poplar clones	11
Automatic tree detection and attribute characterization using portable terrestrial lidar	11
Stem-cutting anatomy and biochemical responses associated with competence for adventitious root differentiation in Acca sellowiana (Myrtaceae)	11
Three (Turkish) olive cultivars display contrasting salt stress-coping mechanisms under high salinity	11
Moisture mediates temperature-growth couplings of high-elevation shrubs in the Tibetan plateau	11
Accumulation versus storage of total non-structural carbohydrates in woody plants	11
Intraspecific drought tolerance of Betula pendula genotypes: an evaluation using leaf turgor loss in a botanical collection	11
Delay of growth release after a windthrow event and climate response in a light-demanding species (European larch Larix decidua Mill.)	11
Retrieval of forest height information using spaceborne LiDAR data: a comparison of GEDI and ICESat-2 missions for Crimean pine (Pinus nigra) stands	10
Climatic control on the growth and regeneration of Juniperus przewalskii at alpine treeline in the eastern Qilian Mountains, northwest China	10
Intra-annual radial growth and its climate response for Masson pine and Chinese fir in subtropical China	10
Growth sensitivity to climate varies with soil moisture regime in spruce–fir forests in central British Columbia	10
Chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters are related to the leaf economics spectrum of tropical tree species in a mixed plantation	10
Leaf habits and their relationship with leaf and wood traits in tropical dry forests	10
Nitrogen form and ratio impact phenolic accumulation and relative gene expression in Cyclocarya paliurus	10
Genomic insights into growth and development of bamboos: what have we learnt and what more to discover?	10
Lianas research in the Neotropics: overview, interaction with trees, and future perspectives	10
Intra-annual isotope variations in tree rings reveal growth rhythms within the least rainy season of an ever-wet tropical forest	10
Evaluating growth and intrinsic water-use efficiency in hardwood and conifer mixed plantations	10
Monoterpene emissions and their protection effects on adult Cinnamomum camphora against high temperature	10
Improving the accuracy of tree biomass estimations for three coniferous tree species in Northeast China	10
Response of sap flow in Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia) to environmental variables in the Qilian Mountains of China	10
Species-specific growth dynamics and vulnerability to drought at the single tree level in a Mediterranean reforestation	10
Temporary immersion system for in vitro propagation via organogenesis of forest plant species	9
Pruning improves seedling development and bioactive secondary metabolite accumulation in the leaves of Ginkgo biloba	9
Both climate sensitivity and growth trend of European beech decrease in the North German Lowlands, while Scots pine still thrives, despite growing sensitivity	9
Modeling canopy photosynthesis and light interception partitioning among shoots in bi-axis and single-axis apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh.)	9
Seasonal variation of phenolic compounds in Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) leaves and inhibitory potential on Phytophthora cinnamomi	9
Inconsistent relationships between tree ring width and normalized difference vegetation index in montane evergreen coniferous forests in arid regions	9
Plant–soil feedbacks in mangrove ecosystems: establishing links between empirical and modelling studies	9
Root morphological changes in response to low phosphorus concentration in eucalypt species	9
Accuracy differences in aboveground woody biomass estimation with terrestrial laser scanning for trees in urban and rural forests and different leaf conditions	9
Intra-annual growth dynamics of Picea meyeri needles, shoots, and stems on Luya Mountain, North-central China	9
Upregulation of antioxidant enzymes is a biochemical indicator of abnormal xylogenesis in Karelian birch	9
Recent changes in the climate-growth response of European larch (Larix decidua Mill.) in the Polish Sudetes	9
Sexual differences in gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of Torreya grandis under drought stress	9
Morpho-anatomical trait variability of the Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) needles in natural populations along elevational diversity gradient	9
Minimum temperature and evapotranspiration in Central Amazonian floodplains limit tree growth of Nectandra amazonum (Lauraceae)	8
Linking crown structure with tree ring pattern: methodological considerations and proof of concept	8
Climate drivers of tree fall on the streets of São Paulo, Brazil	8
Recent advances in argan propagation: a review	8
Assessment of defoliation and subsequent growth losses caused by Lymantria dispar using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)	8
Crown width prediction for Larix olgensis plantations in Northeast China based on nonlinear mixed-effects model and quantile regression	8
How did climate and CO2 concentration affect intrinsic water-use efficiency and tree growth in a semi-arid region of China?	8
Afforestation suitability and production potential of five tree species on abandoned farmland in response to climate change, Czech Republic	8
Ring- and diffuse-porous species exhibit a spectrum of hydraulic behaviors from isohydry to anisohydry in a temperate deciduous forest	8
Diagnosis and recommendations for management of trees and shrubs in green squares in Warsaw based on research on fungal diseases	8

Drought tolerance differs between urban tree species but is not affected by the intensity of traffic pollution	8
Native trees provide more benefits than exotic trees when ecosystem services are weighted in Santiago, Chile	8
coveR: an R package for processing digital cover photography images to retrieve forest canopy attributes	8
Oxygen isotopes in tree rings of Cedrela odorata L. as an indicator of hydroclimate variations in a seasonally dry tropical forest in northeastern Brazil	8
How do montane plants manage to survive? Inferring from non-structural carbohydrates	7
Genomic and biotechnological interventions in Prosopis cineraria: current status, challenges and opportunities	7
Afforestation with Pinus nigra Arn ssp salzmannii along an elevation gradient: controlling factors and implications for climate change adaptation	7
In vitro regeneration of mulberry plants from seedling explants of Morus indica cv. G4 through direct organogenesis	7
Micropropagation of Melaleuca alternifolia by shoot proliferation from apical segments	7
Physiological drought resistance mechanisms in wild species vs. rootstocks of almond and plum	7
Measurement of photosynthesis in excised leaves of ornamental trees: a novel method to estimate leaf level drought tolerance and increase experimental sample size	7
Tolerance and acclimation of photosynthesis of nine urban tree species to warmer growing conditions	7
The role of tree landscape to reduce effects of urban heat islands: a study in two Brazilian cities	7
Review on Trema orientalis as a potential bioresource in tropical countries	7
Responses of leaf photosynthetic traits, water use efficiency, and water relations in five urban shrub tree species under drought stress and recovery	7
An integrated approach considering physiological- and biophysical-based indicators for assessing tolerance of roadside plantations of Alstonia scholaris towards urban roadside air pollution: an assess	7
Growth and defense inform large sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) mortality in a fire‐excluded forest of the central Sierra Nevada	7
250-Year reconstruction of pollarding events reveals sharp management changes in Iberian ash woodlands	7
Stability of trees infected by wood decay fungi estimated by acoustic tomography: a field survey	7
Receptiveness of soil bacterial diversity in relation to soil nutrient transformation and canopy growth in Chinese fir monoculture influenced by varying stand density	7
Thirsty trees: even with continuous river flow, riparian cottonwoods are constrained by water availability	6
Sap flow evidence of chilling injury and recovery in mangroves following a spring cold spell	6
Rays hamper intrusive growth of vessel elements	6
Dendroclimatic reconstruction of precipitation and temperature for the Mayo River basin in northwestern Mexico	6
Detecting tree and wire entanglements with deep learning	6
Expression of the SPL-like gene LaSPL9 in Japanese larch (Larix leptolepis) is regulated by miR156 during somatic embryogenesis	6
Impacts of pavement on the growth and biomass of young pine, ash and maple trees	6
Seed fall and leaf litter relationships in Nothofagus pumilio forests: changes according to retention levels and years after harvesting	6
Impacts of nitrogen on physiological interactions of the hemiparasitic Santalum album and its N2-fixing host Dalbergia odorifera	6
Comparison of tree-ring growth and eddy covariance-based ecosystem productivities in three different-aged pine plantation forests	6
Exogenous ABA and its inhibitor regulate flower bud induction of apple cv. ‘Nagafu No. 2′ grafted on different rootstocks	6
Growth of European beech recovered faster than that of Norway spruce after a five-year experimental drought in a mixed forest stand	6
Variation in constitutive and induced chemistry in the needles, bark and roots of young Pinus radiata trees	6
Transcriptome and morpho-physiological analyses reveal factors regulating cone bud differentiation in Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia Kom.)	6
Phenological behavior and floral visitors of Pentaclethra macroloba, a hyperdominant tree in the Brazilian Amazon River estuary	6
Seasonal non-structural carbohydrate dynamics differ between twig bark and xylem tissues	6
Influence of neighbourhoods on the extent and compactness of tropical tree crowns and root systems	6
The increase of leaf water potential and whole-tree hydraulic conductance promotes canopy conductance and transpiration of Pinus tabulaeformis during soil droughts	6
Nitrogen uptake capacity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) only partially depends on tree age	6
Inorganic nitrogen sources alter the root morphology of neotropical tree seedlings from different successional groups	6
Effect of climate on cork-ring width and density of Quercus suber L. in Southern Portugal	6
Do soil properties and ecophysiological responses of oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) correlate with the rate of dieback?	6
Age-dependent microRNAs in regulation of vascular cambium activity in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata)	6
Assessing urban climate effects on Pinus sylvestris with point dendrometers: a case study from Stockholm, Sweden	6
Long-term pathological consequences of resin tapping wounds on stems of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)	6
Earlywood structure of evergreen conifers near forest line is habitat driven but latewood depends on species and seasons	6
A generalized performance equation and its application in measuring the Gini index of leaf size inequality	6
Understory environment promotes photosynthetic efficiency and mitigates severity and function of an introduced, vectored pathosystem: a study of a feral citrus population in central Florida	5
Genome-wide identification and functional analysis of the peach (P. persica) laccase gene family reveal members potentially involved in endocarp lignification	5
Effects of forest fragmentation on plant quality, leaf morphology and herbivory of Quercus deserticola: is fluctuating asymmetry a good indicator of environmental stress?	5
Amazon forest fragmentation and edge effects temporarily favored understory and midstory tree growth	5
A review of the knowledge of Hartwegʼs Pine (Pinus hartwegii Lindl.): current situation and the need for improved future projections	5
Plantations modified leaf elemental stoichiometry compared to the native shrub community in karst areas, Southwest of China	5
Effects of urbanization on the wood anatomy of Guarea guidonia, an evergreen species of the Atlantic Forest	5
A quantitative evaluation of soil mass held by tree roots	5
The mechanical effects of bulges developed around bark-included branch junctions of hazel (Corylus avellana L.) and other trees	5
Spatial distribution and dynamic change monitoring of Eucalyptus plantations in China during 1994–2013	5
Genetic variation in carbon isotope discrimination-based water use efficiency of teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) and its association with growth and wood quality traits	5
Secondary xylem maturation evaluated by modeling radial variations in anatomical characteristics and wood properties of Shorea macrophylla (De Vr.) Ashton planted in Sarawak, Malaysia	5
Geometry matters for sonic tomography of trees	5
Physiological behavior trend of Campomanesia xanthocarpa (Myrtaceae) seeds under desiccation and their implication for germplasm conservation	5
Effects of competition reduction on intra-annual radial growth of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at stem base and crown base	5
Are chlorophyll concentrations and nitrogen across the vertical canopy profile affected by elevated CO2 in mature Quercus trees?	5
Quantifying effects on tree growth rates of symmetric and asymmetric inter-tree competition in even-aged, monoculture Eucalyptus pilularis forests	5
Remarkably high blue ring occurrence in Estonian Scots pines in 1976 reveals wood anatomical evidence of extreme autumnal cooling	5
Vertical variability of tension wood formation in the stem of Fagus sylvatica L. affected by landslide movement	5
The significance of endophytic and phyllospheric N2 fixation in forest trees: evidence from stable (15N) and radioactive (13N) tracer studies	5
Frankia diversity in sympatrically occurring red alder (Alnus rubra) and Sitka alder (Alnus viridis) trees in an early successional environment	5
The importance of prenol lipids in mitigating salt stress in the leaves of Tilia × euchlora trees	5
High-chilling requirement apple cultivar has more accentuated acrotony than low-chilling one in mild winter region	5
Assessing the drought effect on tree rings' width and xylem traits plasticity in Symplocos coccinea and S. speciosa: two rare and endemic Neotropical montane oak forest trees from eastern Mexico	5