OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Applied Vegetation Science is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
No species loss, but pronounced species turnover in grasslands in the Northern Alps over 25 years	84
Exploring seed density and limiting similarity to reduce invasive grass performance for grassland restoration purposes	50
Nontarget Plant Community and Biomass Responses in Northern Mixed Grassland Treated With Indaziflam for Invasive Annual Brome Control	30
Standardised Drone Procedures for Phytosociological Data Collection	24
Simulated effects of floodplain restoration on plant community types	22
On the Use of Taxon Names in Community Ecology	21
Effects of thinning on functional and phylogenetic diversity of regenerated woody plants in plantations over time	19
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Longleaf pine restoration on hydric sites: Understorey plant community responses to site preparation through 15 years	19
Classification of European bog vegetation of the Oxycocco‐Sphagnetea class	18
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The Role of Nurse Trees in the Plant Community of Park Grassland: A Case Study in Southern Brazil	16
Effects of slashing on native and invasive species, and community structure of a remnant natural grassland of South Australia	16
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Coping with changing plant–plant interactions in restoration ecology: Effect of species, site, and individual variation	15
Decadal vegetation changes in a subarctic‐alpine ecosystem: Can effects of Iceland's largest hydropower reservoir, climate change, and herbivory be detected?	14
Using priority effects for grassland restoration: Sequential sowing can promote subordinate species	13
AgriWeedClim database: A repository of vegetation plot data from Central European arable habitats over 100 years	12
Understorey vegetation response to post‐tornado salvage logging	12
The benefits of publishing in society‐owned scientific journals	11
Water management infrastructure alters plant species composition, functional diversity and soil condition in a livestock‐impaired mosaic of wetlands	11
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Road Disturbance Shapes the Functional Composition of Native Plant Species but Not That of Non‐Natives in the Arid Andes	11
Classification of forest and shrubland vegetation in central and eastern Euxine Turkey and SW Georgia	11

Soil Nutrients Mediate Initial Intraannual Community Dynamics in a Tilled Grassland	10
Seed Rain in Subtropical Grasslands Under Different Grazing Intensities	10
Effect of forest structure and management on the functional diversity and composition of understorey plant communities	10
Effects of foraging tunnels created by plateau zokors on plant above‐ground biomass and species richness of graminoids and forbs in alpine grasslands	9
External management effects on the stand structure of protected forest patches	9
Fire and grazing interaction in a subhumid grassland: Effects on a dominant tussock grass	9
Small rocky outcrops: Natural features to promote biodiversity in oak wood‐pastures	9
Mitigating invasive species using biochar derived from invasive plants in saline‐alkaline wetland plant communities dominated by Amaranthus palmeri	9
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Herbivores regulate native–alien plants dynamics in sub‐Antarctic beech (Nothofagus antarctica) forests of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina	8
Silicicolous lichen communities of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield	8
Soil seed bank development of smoke‐responsive plant species in a 23‐year restoration chronosequence and implications for resilience to fire	8
Grazing hay meadows: History, distribution, and ecological context	8
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains	7
Correction to “Beyond species richness and community composition: Using plant functional diversity to measure restoration success in jarrah forest” [Applied Vegetation Science, 24(3), e12607]	7
Assessing removal methods for controlling Dichrostachys cinerea encroachment and their impacts on plant communities in an East‐African savannah ecosystem	7
Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem	7
Species dominance rather than complementarity drives community digestibility and litter decomposition in species‐rich Mediterranean rangelands	7
Historic deforestation and non‐native plant invasions determine vegetation trajectories across an oceanic archipelago	7
The alien Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) impacts forest vegetation and regeneration on the southern slope of the European Alps	7
Reflecting on two and a half decades of restoration ecology in Applied Vegetation Science (1998–2023)	7
Evaluating the feasibility of using plant‐specific metabarcoding to assess forest types from soil eDNA	7
Modeling the Abundance of Boreal Foundation Species: The Impact of Forest Structure, Soils, and Legacy Effects on Ericaceous Shrubs	7
Restoration and management of plant communities in Applied Vegetation Science	6
Exotic species explain plant functional trait differences between seed mixes, restored and reference prairies	6
Early Competition From a Local Species Seed Mixture Limits Invasion by the Ornamental Shrub Buddleja davidii	6
Machine‐learning algorithms predict soil seed bank persistence from easily available traits	6
Carbon dioxide fluxes and soil carbon storage in relation to long‐term grazing and no grazing in Icelandic semi‐natural grasslands	6
Spatial patterns of stand structure and canopy disturbance in a fire‐maintainedPinus palustriswoodland	6
Burning the seed bank: Seed response of eight species to different fire intensities in Patagonian steppe	6
Nitrogen Deposition Increases Spontaneous Forest Establishment and Loss of Lichen Vegetation in Inland Dune Areas Across the Netherlands	6
Livestock grazing is an effective conservation tool for Californian coastal grassland ecology: An eight‐year study on vegetation dynamics	6
Effects of Panels and Management on Plant Community Composition in Southern French Solar Parks	6
Determinants of bryophyte assemblages in traditionally managed grasslands of the Carpathian Mts	6
Understory Plant Community Response to a Range of Restoration Scenarios in Northeast US Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) Barrens	6
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Influence of Previous Coppice Management on Stand Structure and Vegetation Diversity of 9210* Habitat Beech Forests in the Central Apennines (Italy)	6
Grazing season regulates plant community structure and production by altering plant litter mass in a typical steppe	6
Drivers of species composition in arable‐weed communities of the Austrian–Hungarian borderland region: What is the role of the country?	6
Short‐term effects of the control of the invasive plant Asclepias syriaca: Secondary invasion of other neophytes instead of recovery of the native species	6
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Classification of rocky outcrops plant communities in the mountains of Central Argentina	5
Microclimate shapes vegetation response to drought in calcareous grasslands	5
Systematic reduction in seed rain of large‐seeded and endozoochorous species in pastures compared to forests along a tropical elevational gradient	5
Cryptogams and dwarf evergreen shrubs are vulnerable to nitrogen addition in a boreal permafrost peatland of Northeast China	5
Daily Fluctuating Flows Affect Riparian Plant Species Distributions From Local to Regional Scales	5
Effects of grazing on functional diversity along secondary succession in a tropical dry forest (Caatinga, Brazil)	5
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Using spectral diversity and heterogeneity measures to map habitat mosaics: An example from the Classical Karst	5

Pastoralism in the high tropical Andes: A review of the effect of grazing intensity on plant diversity and ecosystem services	5
MedGermDB: A seed germination database for characteristic species of Mediterranean habitats	5
Satellite‐derived prefire vegetation predicts variation in field‐based invasive annual grass cover after fire	5
Measuring plant functional specialization in urban environments with Grime's CSR strategies	5
Remote sensing for vegetation science: A virtual special issue on its power and challenges	5
Socioeconomic and environmental factors jointly shape beta diversity of woody species in eastern China	5
Structural and taxonomic diversity predict above‐ground biomass better than functional measures of maximum height in mixed‐species forests	4
Grassland Changes in the Eastern Alps Over Four Decades: Unveiling Patterns Along an Elevation Gradient	4
Facilitation by pioneer trees and herbivore exclusion allow regeneration of woody species in the semiarid ecosystem of central Chile	4
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How to measure flower ultraviolet reflectance using digital photography	4
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Promoting plant diversity and habitat heterogeneity through vineyard terracing	4
Testing collection‐time reduction in fine‐root biomass estimation in Atlantic Forests	4
About the link between biodiversity and spectral variation	4
What is a suitable management for Typha latifolia control in wet meadows?	4
Deferment associated to contrasting grazing intensities affects root/shoot biomass allocation in natural grasslands	4
A limited number of species is sufficient to assign a vegetation plot to a forest vegetation unit	4
Trait variation in juvenile plants from the soil seed bank of temperate forests in relation to macro‐ and microclimate	4
Efficacy and non‐target effects of herbicides in foothills grassland restoration are short‐lived	4
The impact of radioactive contamination on tree regeneration and forest development in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone	4
Grazing by semi‐feral cattle and horses supports plant species richness and uniqueness in grasslands	4
Using functional traits and species diversity to evaluate restoration success of coastal dunes	4
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Fire in Mexican grassy–pine ecosystems	3
Soil as a Critical Component of Vegetation Restoration on a Sub‐Alpine Mountain Summit in Acadia National Park	3
Comparing grass biomass estimation methods for management decisions in a semi‐arid landscape	3
Two sides of one medal: Arable weed vegetation of Europe in phytosociological data compared to agronomical weed surveys	3
Variable effects of long‐term livestock grazing across the western United States suggest diverse approaches are needed to meet global change challenges	3
Biomass fine‐scale variation is predictive of functional composition and diversity in grazed grassland	3
Abundant Species Drive Changes in Functional Quality of Field Margins	3
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Transient shifts in composition of degraded temperate native grassland following grazing exclusion	3
Rapid functional but slow species diversity recovery of steppe vegetation on former arable fields in southern Ukraine	3
Prediction of species richness and diversity in sub‐alpine grasslands using satellite remote sensing and random forest machine‐learning algorithm	3
Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Generate Grazing Lawns and Maintain Plant Diversity in Neotropical Savanna	3
A deep‐learning framework for enhancing habitat identification based on species composition	3
Seasonal Dynamics of Dominant Macrophyte Community Seed Banks in a Yangtze River‐Connected Floodplain Wetland: Implications for Restoration	3
Response of ground macrolichens to site factors, co‐existing plants and forestry in boreal forests	3
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Large Boulders Provide Refuge for Browse‐Sensitive Species and Reveal a Legacy of Overbrowsing and Shifting Baselines	3
Increasing abundance of an invasive C₄grass is associated with larger community changes away than at home	3
Vegetation dynamics following three decades of trophic rewilding in the mesic grasslands of Oostvaardersplassen	3
Assessment of habitat connectivity in a highly fragmented ecosystem: The seasonal tropical dry forest in Ecuador	3
Standardized indices to estimate sensitivity to drought across ecosystems	3
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Using multiple plant functional types to assess response to prescribed burn season in Mediterranean‐climate vegetation	3
Exploring Sentinel‐2‐Based Spectral Variability for Enhancing Grassland Diversity Assessments Across Germany	3
Interactive effects of fire and grazing on vegetation structure and plant species composition in subtropical grasslands	3
Effects of grazing versus mowing on the vegetation of wet grasslands in the northern Pre‐Alps, Switzerland	3