OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Ecology is 4. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Plant age affects intraspecific variation in functional traits	28
Functional traits, growth patterns, and litter dynamics of invasive alien and co-occurring native shrub species of chir pine forest in the central Himalaya, India	24
The effect of fire on seed germination of campo rupestre species in the South American Cerrado	19
Effect of leaf water extracts of four Asteraceae alien invasive plants on germination performance of Lactuca sativa L. under acid deposition	18
Herbaceous plant diversity in forest ecosystems: patterns, mechanisms, and threats	18
Superior performance of invasive grasses over native counterparts will remain problematic under warmer and drier conditions	18
Dark septate endophyte improves the drought-stress resistance of Ormosia hosiei seedlings by altering leaf morphology and photosynthetic characteristics	18
Decoupling of nitrogen and phosphorus in dominant grass species in response to long-term nitrogen addition in an Alpine Grassland in Central Asia	17
Reintroduction of large herbivores restored plant species richness in abandoned dry temperate grassland	16
Salinity thresholds for understory plants in coastal wetlands	16
Continuous grazing disrupts desert grass-soil seed bank composition under variable rainfall	14
Climatic and anthropogenic factors affect Ailanthus altissima invasion in a Mediterranean region	14
A global review and network analysis of phytophagous insect interactions with ferns and lycophytes	14
Linking responses of native and invasive plants to hurricane disturbances: implications for coastal plant community structure	12
The interactions among fire, logging, and climate change have sprung a landscape trap in Victoria’s montane ash forests	12
The global invader Ligustrum lucidum accumulates beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a novel range	12
Variation in floristic and trait composition along environmental gradients in the herb layer of temperate forests in the transition zone between Central and SE Europe	11
Seedling recruitment in response to artificial gaps: predicting the ecological consequence of forest disturbance	11
Structural changes of vegetation and its association with microclimate in a successional gradient of low thorn forest in northeastern Mexico	10
Edaphic characteristics drive functional traits distribution in Amazonian floodplain forests	10
Factors involved in the biogeography of the honey locust tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) invasion at regional scale: an integrative approach	10
Grass competition is more important than fire for suppressing encroachment of Acacia sieberiana seedlings	10
The intermediate dispersal hypothesis: seed dispersal is maximized in areas with intermediate usage by hoarders	10
Spatio-temporal distribution of broad-leaved Quercus semecarpifolia indicates altitudinal shift in northwestern Himalayas	9
Spatially structured soil properties and climate explain distribution patterns of herbaceous-shrub species in the Cerrado	9

Initial succession after wildfire in dry boreal forests of northwestern North America	9
Enhancement of photosynthetic parameters and growth of Zelkova serrata by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under simulated sulfuric acid rain	9
Predicting distribution and range dynamics of Trillium govanianum under climate change and growing human footprint for targeted conservation	9
Leaf functional traits and monodominance in Southern Amazonia tropical forests	9
Winners and losers in the predicted impact of climate change on cacti species in Baja California	9
The leaf anatomical trade-offs associated with plant ecological strategy variation	9
Changes in the resilience of resprouting juvenile tree populations in temperate forests due to coupled severe drought and fire	9
Nonsampling error in vegetation surveys: understanding error types and recommendations for reducing their occurrence	9
Plant size of the alpine cushion Thylacospermum caespitosum affects soil amelioration at different elevations	9
Exotic insect pollinators and native pollination systems	8
Effects of grazing on plant communities and successional processes vary along an aridity gradient at a northern temperate grassland	8
Plant species over-occupancy indicates river valleys are natural corridors for migration	8
Historical links between climate and fire on species dispersion and trait evolution	8
Translocations of threatened plants in the Mediterranean Basin: current status and future directions	8
Reproductive strategies involving biomass allocation, reproductive phenology and seed production in two Asteraceae herbs growing in karst soil varying in depth and water availability	8
Variations in temperate forest stem biomass ratio along three environmental gradients are dominated by interspecific differences in wood density	8
Climate change impacts on migration of Pinus koraiensis during the Quaternary using species distribution models	8
Investigating pollination strategies in disturbed habitats: the case of the narrow-endemic toadflax Linaria tonzigii (Plantaginaceae) on mountain screes	7
Forever young: arrested succession in communities subjected to recurrent fires in a lowland tropical forest	7
How common and dispersal limited are ant-dispersed plants in eastern deciduous forests?	7
Growth plasticity in response to shading as a potential key to the evolution of angiosperm herbs	7
Preventing inbreeding depression in Anacamptis coriophora (Orchidaceae) as a model of food-rewarding orchid	7
Friend or foe? The role of biotic agents in drought-induced plant mortality	7
Monitoring time of conservation-driven and mitigation-driven plant translocations in Europe	7
Stigmas arrangement, reproductive system, and maternal reproductive success in two species of Stigmaphyllon (Malpighiaceae): does pollinator size matter?	7
Assessment of climate change effects on alpine summit vegetation in the transition of tropical to subtropical humid climate	7
Fern and lycophyte niche displacement under predicted climate change in Honduras	7
Gender-biased nectar targets different behavioural traits of flower visitors	7
Effect of species environment on host preference of Cuscuta campestris	7
Invasive nitrogen-fixing plants increase nitrogen availability and cycling rates in a montane tropical grassland	7
Impacts of moderateness and cobalancedness in seed mass and coat thickness on seed dispersal effectiveness of Quercus variabilis by rodents	7
Dominant drivers of plant community assembly vary by soil type and time in reclaimed forests	7
Drought sensitivity of Empetrum nigrum shrub growth at the species’ southern lowland distribution range margin	7
Demographic processes underpinning post-fire resilience in California closed-cone pine forests: the importance of fire interval, stand structure, and climate	6
Endangered globose cactus Melocactus lanssensianus P. J. Braun depends on lizards for effective seed dispersal in the Brazilian Caatinga	6
Evidence of interpopulation variation in the germination of Eryngium maritimum L. (Apiaceae)	6
Soil resource availability, plant defense, and herbivory along a successional gradient in a tropical dry forest	6
Herbivore exclusion and water availability improve success across 76 translocations of 50 threatened plant species in a biodiversity hotspot with a Mediterranean climate	6
Achieving conservation outcomes in plant mitigation translocations: the need for global standards	6
High summer temperatures do not interact with fire to promote germination among seeds of Cistaceae: a reinterpretation of Luna (2020) with extra data on wet/dry conditions*	6
One large tree crown can be defined as a local hotspot for plant species diversity in a forest ecosystem: a case study in temperate old-growth forest	6
Construction of an ecological model of Sambucus javanica blume in China under different climate scenarios based on maxent model	6
Sphagnum and feather moss-associated N2 fixation along a 724-year chronosequence in eastern boreal Canada	6
Germination performance of alien and native species could shape community assembly of temperate grasslands under different temperature scenarios	6
Plant performance responds to intraspecific variation in soil inocula from individual Solidago clones	6
Potential extinction debt due to habitat loss and fragmentation in subalpine moorland ecosystems	6
Sheep grazing differentially affects the canopy attributes and functional diversity of shrubs and perennial grasses in arid rangelands	6
Impact of a native invasive weed (Microstegium ciliatum) on regeneration of a tropical forest	5
Fire regime and climate determine spatial variation in level of serotiny and population structure in a fire-killed conifer	5
Conspecific and heterospecific plant–soil biota interactions of Lonicera japonica in its native and introduced range: implications for invasion success	5

Both weather and resources influence masting in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.)	5
Seed bank dynamics of the annual halophyte Salicornia ramosissima: towards a sustainable exploitation of its wild populations	5
Post-dispersal seed predation in Patagonia temperate forest depends on habitat patchiness and seed species	5
Impacts of soil disturbance on plant diversity in a dry grassland	5
Unsuspected prevalence of Pinus cembra in the high-elevation sky islands of the western Alps	5
Close linkages between leaf functional traits and soil and leaf C:N:P stoichiometry under altered precipitation in a desert steppe in northwestern China	5
Endemism in recently diverged angiosperms is associated with polyploidy	5
Reproductive strategies of Xanthium italicum differ from those of native Xanthium sibiricum, and they are key to its invasiveness	5
Potential effects of domestication on non-native plant invasion risk	5
Dependence of the dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) on burrowing crayfish disturbance	5
Association of flower color with pollen reward may explain increased bumblebee visitation to the Scotch broom yellow morph	5
Mapping risk to plant populations from short fire intervals via relationships between maturation period and environmental productivity	5
Flowering phenology and reproduction of a forest understorey plant species in response to the local environment	5
Stage-dependent plasticity in biomass allocation and allometry in response to population density in Abutilon theophrasti: a step forward to understanding the nature of phenotypic plasticity	5
Contrasting climate influences on Nothofagus pumilio establishment along elevational gradients	5
Effects of warming and nutrient fluctuation on invader Chromolaena odorata and natives in artificial communities	5
Climate change might lead to substantial niche displacement in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world	5
Leaf trait integration mediates species richness variation in a species-rich neotropical forest domain	5
Fire season and canopy cover interact to affect reproduction of a pyrogenic bunchgrass, Aristida beyrichiana	5
The relevance of plant translocation as a conservation tool in France	4
Variation in plant–soil interactions among temperate forest herbs	4
Nectar secretion patterns are associated to nectar accessibility in a guild of crepuscular-nocturnal flowering plants	4
Implications of seed germination ecology for conservation of Camptotheca acuminata, a rare, endemic, and endangered species in China	4
Canopy cover size and establishment rate determine biotic resistance to Aster pilosus invasion: a priority effect	4
Soil sterilization and fertility impacts on urease and belowground mass specific phosphatase activity vary among Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera) populations	4
Foliar water uptake in the needles of Pinus torreyana	4
Quantifying functional trait assembly along a temperate successional gradient with consideration of intraspecific variations and functional groups	4
Impact of competition on the growth of Pinus tabulaeformis in response to climate on the Loess Plateau of China	4
Factors affecting germination and establishment success of an endemic cactus of the Chihuahuan Desert	4
Consequences of tropical dry forest conversion on diaspore fate of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Fabaceae)	4
Non-native Microstegium vimineum populations collapse with fungal leaf spot disease outbreak	4
Understorey light environment impacts on seedling establishment and growth in a typhoon-disturbed tropical forest	4
Seasonal soil moisture variability, not drought, drives differences in photosynthetic physiology of two C4 grass species	4
Applying simple genomic workflows to optimise practical plant translocation outcomes	4
Predicting biomass of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) using rank distribution and root-to-shoot ratio models	4
Environmental characterization of an Amazonian lake for Isoëtes cangae translocation	4