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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Within- and between-crown leaf variation of a tropical small tree Eugenia hiemalis in response to light	27
Responses to spring rainfall and shading in moonworts: trait variability and the dynamics of a genus community	27
Resistance without trade-offs: wood density drives survival while potential size constrains early growth in tropical forest restoration	22
How shade impacts the fitness of Euterpe edulis saplings, a palm tree from the Atlantic Forest biome	21
Evaluation of heterotoxicity and identification of allelochemicals of leaf extract of invasive Senna spectabilis (D.C.) H. S. Irwin and Barneby	19
Long-term monitoring confirms limitations of recruitment and facilitation and reveals unexpected changes of the successional pathways in a glacier foreland of the Central Austrian Alps	19
Individual fruit and crop size effects on seed dispersal differ between plant species offering contrasting rewards	17
Changes in stand biomass accumulation and wood NPP during secondary succession: insights from a 23-year study of forest dynamics in a cool-temperate secondary deciduous forest	16
Effectiveness and limitations of fencing on the conservation of the grassland specialists in a semi-natural grassland degraded by increased large herbivores	15
Identifying alternative stable states in a tropical landscape using remote sensing	14
Quality varies among host species, but diet mixing provides no benefit to the generalist parasite, Cuscuta gronovii	14
Invasion by the non-native tree Vachellia farnesiana alters the understory composition of plants and soil properties in a managed forest in the subtropical region of Pakistan	13
Mapping sagebrush volatile chemotypes along an elevational gradient	13
Perennial grass seed bank in litter patches. Co-occurrence with forb and annual grass seed banks constraints the reestablishment in disturbed Patagonian Monte rangelands	12
Performance of Johnsongrass and switchgrass from seeds and rhizome fragments in a mature switchgrass stand	12
A meta-analysis of the impacts of nitrogen addition on plant multiple-element contents in natural ecosystems	12
Do chill hours and soil moisture limit the germination of Elaeagnus angustifolia?	12
Site dependence of local variations in taxonomic and functional diversity of plant communities in semi-natural dry grasslands	11
Projected niche shifts of invasive Prunus cerasifera under climate change scenarios and its consequences	11
Selective mortality of seedlings in response to predation by the slug Arion vulgaris (Mollusca: Arionidae)	11
The invasive annual grass, Microstegium vimineum, is associated with reduced native species seed predation by small mammals in eastern deciduous forests	10
Tree species richness influence productivity and anatomical characteristics in mixed fir-pine-beech forests	10
Can saline preconditioning enhance plant survival in degraded soils? Physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses in Casuarina glauca saplings	10
Potential distribution and ecological niche of Quercus mongolica under different climate scenarios	10
Translocations of threatened plants in the Mediterranean Basin: current status and future directions	10

Restoration through trenches does not demand organic fertilization and sawdust coverage on plant establishment	10
Native soil addition increases the growth of an endangered plant (Phacelia argillacea) propagated in a greenhouse	10
Combined analysis of potential distribution prediction and phenotypic data of Polygonatum sibiricum in China	10
Correction: Restoration through trenches does not demand organic fertilization and sawdust coverage on plant establishment	9
Family legacy: contrasting diversity–elevation relationships on a coastal Atlantic Forest mountain system	9
Increasing temperatures negatively affect seed hydration memory during the germination of two cactus species under water deficit condition	9
Unravelling population variability in Valeriana wallichii DC. through multivariate morphometric analysis: insights into adaptability and conservation strategies	9
Moisture moderate the effects of urbanization pressure on the growth of rare Cercidiphyllum Japonicum in a loess plateau reserve	8
Ecohydrogeochemistry of the Slikken van Flakkee, a former tidal wetland in the Netherlands	8
Quantifying functional trait assembly along a temperate successional gradient with consideration of intraspecific variations and functional groups	8
Impact of anthropogenic disturbance on storage and flux of carbon in tropical dry deciduous forest of Chhattisgarh	8
Phenological behaviour of Ageratina adenophora compared with native herb species across varied habitats in the Kumaun Himalaya	8
Prediction of potentially suitable distribution areas of Thesium chinense Turcz. in China against the background of climate change	8
Needle and bark specialised metabolites of Norway spruce depend on forest site type and stand composition	8
Herbivory intensity and plant species traits interact with tree canopy cover to drive seedling survival in Neotropical savannas	8
Multigenerational invasive plant competition causes greater root than shoot trait shifts in a perennial grass	7
Impact of mycorrhization with Laccaria bicolor on physiological responses of jack pine (Pinus banksiana) and white spruce (Picea glauca) seedlings to novel oil sands tailing	7
Does seed dispersal mode matter?	7
Shrub encroachment of coastal ecosystems depends on dune elevation	7
Germination behaviour and traits variability among nineteen graminoids of subtropical region of China	7
Community-level impacts of plant invasion in tropical forests of Northeast India	7
Do nurse plant effects strengthen over time? Results from 12 years of desert habitat restoration	7
Reduced intraspecific competition in introduced plant populations suggests a role for self-limitation in invasion success	7
Burn severity in Araucaria araucana forests of northern Patagonia: tree mortality scales up to burn severity at plot scale, mediated by topography and climatic context	7
Fire effects on diversity patterns of the understory communities of Araucaria-Nothofagus forests	7
Contrasting pine species of different conservation status coexisting in a subtropical environment exhibit inter-specific climate sensitivity	7
Ecological strategies of young trees with different leaf habitats: branch growth and bud composition in a seasonal tropical forest	7
Influence of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens Linnaeus (1758) on the taxonomic and functional diversity of woody plants in Atlantic Forest fragments	7
Online herbaria databases allow testing the minimum residence time among invasive and non-invasive alien species	6
Myrtaceae richness and distribution across the Atlantic Forest Domain are constrained by geoclimatic variables	6
Invasion intensity of invasive plants and community invasibility are significantly negatively correlated with the species number of plants under co-invasion	6
Divergent responses of leaf functional traits to light intensity between Chamaecyparis formosensis and C. obtusa var. formosana reflect their ecological niches	6
Pollinator visitation patterns are influenced by floral volatile profiles	6
Comparison of phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity of pitcher plant bogs in Georgia’s Coastal Plain	6
Multi-elements linear discriminant analysis of herbaceous and woody plants in southwest china karst region using orthogonal partial least squares model	6
No evidence of increased competitive ability among three widespread alien weeds in their introduced range	6
An exploration of how plant and soil characteristics shape the Hypericum perforatum microbiome in three habitats	6
Comparative study of asymbiotic seed germination and seedling development of Platanthera bifolia (Orchidaceae) under different factors	6
Correction: Salinity tolerance of two critically endangered endemic species and its implications for distribution and conservation of model microinsular Mediterranean species	6
The effect of intra- and inter-specific competition on growth of the invasive Carpobrotus edulis under different nutrient levels	6
Post-fire exposure to herbivory affects bunchgrass reproduction but not growth or survival	5
Differential investment in reproductive strategies among non-native populations of European dewberry (Rubus caesius)	5
Seed dispersal of the mistletoe Tristerix corymbosus: a comparative study in two biomes with different animal assemblages	5
Direct and indirect effects of landscape, forest patch and sampling site predictors on biotic interaction and seed process	5
Positive community effects of nurse-plant shrubs along a tropical alpine elevation gradient: are they linked with plant water relations?	5
Correction to: Size-biased compositional impacts of small mammal herbivores in an old-field plant community	5
The impacts of inter- and intra-seasonal burns on the terrestrial orchid Pterostylis curta	5
Germination niche of co-occurring threatened native and alien species: a case study in Lindernia procumbens and L. dubia	5
Vegetation shifts along an elevation gradient in the Western Carpathians over the last decades	5
Effect of burn season and grazing deferment on mountain big sagebrush plant communities	5

Effects of warming on litter decomposition and fungal communities in lake wetlands	5
Biomass allocation and growth strategies of tropical forage legumes under effects of nitrogen application at planting	5
Correction to: Interactive effects of elevation and canopy affect bilberry performance in a temperate coniferous region	5
Time since fire and soil depth shapes grass regeneration niche in Cerrado	5
Defoliation tolerance in Plantago seedlings varies with neighbour environment	5
Habitat loss and climate change threaten the survival of endangered Dyckia (Bromeliaceae) species in the Caatinga domain	5
Mycorrhizal status and type dominate global fine root C:N:P stoichiometry	5
Physical dormancy alleviation at room temperature storage is influenced by the initial moisture content of the seeds	5
Variation in seed number/mass trade-off for Pinus yunnanensis along a natural climate gradient in the mountains of Southwest China	5
Assessing the influence of invasion of Lantana camara on vegetation attributes and soil properties across varied disturbance gradients in semi-arid forests of Aravali hills, Delhi	5
Wildfires did not ignite boreal forest range expansion into tundra ecosystems in subarctic Yukon, Canada	5
Compound and simple leaf woody species of the Chilean matorral are equally affected by extreme drought	4
Light and plant mixtures jointly regulate soil stoichiometry in a Mangrove ecosystem	4
Floodplain habitats are likely to reduce the multifunctionality of desert–wetland ecosystems through the mass ratio effect	4
Predicting the impacts of climate change on potential suitability habitats of three Juniperus trees in Mexico	4
The effects of nucleation and species functional traits on tree seedling performance in the early stage of ecological restoration	4
Germination performance of alien and native species could shape community assembly of temperate grasslands under different temperature scenarios	4
Different adaptive strategies of three mangrove species to nutrient enrichment	4
Advances in plant conservation translocation	4
The enemy of my enemy is my friend: Trichoderma fungi reduce root rot disease symptoms caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi in Rhododendron	4
Changes in seed hydration memory expression in Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D. Rowley subsp. salvadorensis (Werderm.) Zappi (Cactaceae) seeds produced during rainy and dry season	4
The relevance of plant translocation as a conservation tool in France	4
Blowing in the wind: anemochory in blackbrush habitat of South Texas	4
The abundance of alien species is associated with the impact of Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze on aboveground vegetation and soil seed bank in Ile-Ife, (Nigeria)	4
Vegetative and reproductive phenology of dominant Mangrove species: a multi-parametric approach from Indian sundarbans	4
Tropical forest biomass assessment using LIDAR, DEM, and Sentinel-2 in the Daintree forest	4
Grab to fill the gap: key factors influencing Reynoutria japonica germination and seedling establishment in the secondary distribution range	4
Biotic interactions prior to seed dispersal determine recruitment probability of peyote (Lophophora diffusa, Cactaceae), a threatened species pollinator-dependent	4
Geographical and ecological distribution analysis of Dalbergia Calderonii Standl. (Fabaceae): implications for the conservation of this critically endangered rosewood	4
Effects of simulated fire and browsing on the resprouting of subtropical dune thicket shrubs in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region	4
Influence of environmental and intrinsic factors on the flowering success and petal morphology of Pulsatilla patens and the hybrid Pulsatilla patens × vernalis in Finland	4
Sites dominated by common fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia) support diverse plant-pollinator interactions	4
Contrasting functional traits explain differences in lianas between restored and native forests	4
Flowers colour in plant communities along an elevational gradient from the beach to the high mountains of the apennines	4
Small mammal granivory as a biotic filter for tree establishment beyond elevation range boundaries	4