OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Vegetation Science 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Functional Distance Mediates Plant Interactions	71
Predicting diversity changes in subalpine moorland ecosystems based on geometry of species distributions and realistic area loss	50
Early Postfire Regeneration Determines Long‐Term Successional Trajectories in Temperate Pinus densiflora Forests of Korea	40
Rare‐Species Loss Reduces Gannan Grassland Ecosystem Functional Redundancy and Stability	34
Along the river: Longitudinal patterns of functional and taxonomic diversity of plants in riparian forests	33
Contribution of soil seed banks to vegetation resilience in coastal freshwater wetlands of subtropical Australia	28
Spatial Patterns of Woody Plants and Tree‐Tree Interactions in an Indian Mesic Savanna	28
Occupancy model reveals limited detectability of lichens in a standardised large‐scale monitoring	27
Effect of changing precipitation in different periods on precipitation use efficiency in a semi‐arid grassland	20
Environmental correlates of tree functional diversity with different leaf habits across subtropical evergreen broadleaved forests	17
Vegetation Changes in Temperate Floodplain Forests: Temporal Scale Matters	16
Beta diversity of restored river dike grasslands is strongly influenced by uncontrolled spatio‐temporal variability	14
A Virulent Soil Pathogen Alters Temperate Rain Forest Understorey Sapling Population Dynamics and Successional Trajectories	14
Plant Community Responses to Climate Change: The Importance of Ecological Context Dependencies	14
Testing of Drivers for Plant Species Diversity Along Elevational Gradients on Seven Mountainous Islands in the Subtropics	14
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Species–Habitat Associations in a Sri Lankan Dipterocarp Forest	13
Topographic conditions as governing factors of mire vegetation types analyzed from drone‐based terrain model	12
Phorophyte Leaf Phenology Affects Phorophyte—Vascular Epiphyte Networks in a Cloud Forest in Central Mexico	11
Climate change drives substantial decline of understorey species richness and abundance in Norway spruce forests during 32 years of vegetation monitoring	11
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How does trait variance partitioning help us to understand plant community assembly? The example of pond communities in the Kerguelen Islands	11
Effects of biological and environmental filtering on the community assembly of two grasslands in southern Mexico	10

A Novel Method for Monitoring Above‐ and Belowground Microclimates in Mountain Ecosystems Year‐Round	10
Responses of leaf biomechanics and underlying traits to rangeland management differ between graminoids and forbs	10
Leaf It Alone: Environmental Factors Outweigh Herbivory as Determinants of Plant Traits in a Mediterranean Mountain	10
Climatic disequilibrium in tree cover is frequent in protected areas worldwide — implications for conservation and restoration	10
Drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen richness in grasslands along a precipitation gradient (central Apennines, Italy)	10
Vertical and horizontal light heterogeneity along gradients of secondary succession in cool‐ and warm‐temperate forests	9
Rarity and Sparseness in Plant Communities: Impact of Minor Species Removal on Beta Diversity and Canonical Ordination	9
An Exploration of Plant Biomass–Species Richness Relationships in Three Subalpine Grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	9
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Degradation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: A Mechanism Underlying Cynodon dactylon Invasion in Grasslands?	9
Coexistence Beyond Equilibria: Testing the Ecological Buffering Mechanisms Theory in Mixed Communities	9
Three decades of understorey vegetation change in Quercus‐dominated forests as a result of increasing canopy mortality and global change symptoms	9
Topographic gradient influences vascular epiphyte occurrence in a small watershed covered by a mature coniferous/broadleaf evergreen mixed forest in Japan	9
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Forest Composition Drives Bryophyte Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen Storage in the Boreal‐Temperate Ecotone	8
Stronger legacy effects of cropland than of meadows or pastures on soil conditions and plant communities in French mountain forests	8
Square‐grid sampling support to reconcile systematicity and adaptivity in periodic spatial surveys of natural populations	8
Seedling recruitment in response to stand composition, interannual climate variability, and soil disturbance in the boreal mixed woods of Canada	8
Sapling root ecological stoichiometric characteristics of dominant species in three forests in Yunnan, China, and their relationship with soil physicochemical factors	8
Environment shapes tree community traits in China's forests	8
Presettlement Tree Distributions and Forest Types of Northeast Ohio, USA, Mapped With Species Distribution Models	8
Neighbourhood Effects on Tree Seedlings Differ by Mycorrhizal Symbiont Type in a Mixed Dipterocarp Forest	8
Vegetation Dynamics on a Boreal Raised Bog: Changes in Carpets, Lawns and Hummocks Towards Wetter Conditions Over a 34‐Year Period	8
Functional‐trait contrasts between terrestrial and epiphytic ferns in Taiwanese subtropical cloud forests	8
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Associational effects, landscape context, and plant height affect white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browse selectivity in oak woodlands	8
Drivers of forest change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem	7
Loss of native herbivores triggers diversity decline of ephemeral plant communities	7
Unraveling the Influence of Soil Properties on CSR Strategies in an Ironstone Montane Ecosystem in Southeast Brazil	7
Transiently Richer but Profoundly Changed: Fire Regime Triggers Physiognomic Changes in Sub‐Mediterranean Vegetation	7
Detecting Subtle Change in Species and Trait Composition and Quantifying Its Uncertainty in a Boreal Peatland	7
Experimental Warming Affects Salt Marsh Litter Decomposition Through Changes in Plant Species Assemblage	7
Long‐Term Warming and Dominant Species Removal Alter Plant Community Composition in Invaded Alpine Tussock Grasslands in New Zealand	7
Holocene climate–fire–vegetation feedbacks in tropical savannas: Insights from the Marura sinkhole, East Arnhem Land, northern Australia	7
Effects of dispersal and geomorphology on riparian seed banks and vegetation in a boreal stream	7
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Effects of neighbor shrub propagules and soils from shrubby patches on perennial grass germination in arid rangelands of the Patagonia Monte, Argentina	6
Prediction of coastal barren plant species richness and functional diversity by environmental variability across scales	6
The Apple Does Not Fall Far From the Tree and How This Affects the Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Juvenile Trees	6
Habitat loss and isolation threaten specialist flora in Baltic coastal meadows	6
Differentiation of the Seed Regeneration Niche Along a Small‐Scale Plant Zonation in Mediterranean Temporary Ponds	6
Small‐scale heterogeneity shapes grassland diversity in low‐to‐intermediate resource environments	6
The Alpine Germination Syndrome Differs Between Temperate and Mediterranean Habitats	6
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Intraspecific Trait Variation Drives Functional Shifts in Grass Communities Under Grazing in the Scottish Uplands	5
Grass trait–abundance relationships and the role of the functional composition of the neighboring community	5
Vapor pressure deficit drives the mortality of understorey woody plants during drought recovery in the Atlantic Forest	5
Under the Crown of Scattered Beech (Fagus sylvatica): Impact on Plant Community, Soil Resources, and Fungal Diversity	5
Exploring Priority and Year Effects on Plant Diversity, Productivity and Vertical Root Distribution: First Insights From a Grassland Field Experiment	5

Variation in CSR plant strategies along soil and climate gradients: A comparison between rocky outcrops and nearby rangelands	5
Solid as a rock: The main drivers of changes in natural, rocky plant communities	5
Response of Subalpine Vegetation to Snow Cover Duration Quantified by In Situ Repeat Photography	5
Climatically Driven Stability in the Alpine/Moorland Boundary on Three Mountains in Southwest Lutruwita/Tasmania 1986–2020	5
The need for a strict delimitation of early tree life stages in vegetation ecology	5
Fluctuations and trends in spatio‐temporal patterns of plant species and diversity in a sandy pasture	5
Grass layer limits tree seedling survival but not tree seedling growth in African and South American savannas	5
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Multi‐Species Plant Invasions in Temperate Successional Grasslands Drive Changes in Community Functional Composition	5
Dry Soils Increase the Impact of Experimental Warming on Plant Community Composition in an Australian Subalpine Meadow	5
Lianas rapidly colonize early stages of tropical forests, presumably through leaf trait diversification	5
The main factors that drive plant dieback under extreme drought differ among Mediterranean shrubland plant biotypes	5
How Does Fire Exclusion Affect the Belowground Biomass of Tropical Open Ecosystems?	5
Seed‐predation and dispersal by ants determine plant‐species dominance and diversity in a semi‐arid grassland	5
Human Activities and Native Vegetation Properties Drive Plant Invasion in Arid Agricultural Regions of Northwest China	5
How to Mitigate the Effect of Observer Error When Unraveling Species‐Environment Associations? A Case Study With Tropical Tree Communities From Western Central Africa	5
A causal trait model for explaining foliar water uptake capacity	5
The use of ecological niche models improves biogeographic regionalization of the Balsas Depression, Mexico	5
Intraspecific trait variation of grassland species in response to grazing depends on resource acquisition strategy	5
climenv: Download, extract and visualise climatic and elevation data	5