OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Vegetation Science 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicted scarcity of suitable habitat for alpine plant communities in northern Japan under climate change	58
Soil seed bank development of smoke‐responsive plant species in a 23‐year restoration chronosequence and implications for resilience to fire	34
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Climate‐mediated shifts toward bunchgrass dominance 40 years after grazing cessation in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA	25
No species loss, but pronounced species turnover in grasslands in the Northern Alps over 25 years	18
Socioeconomic and environmental factors jointly shape beta diversity of woody species in eastern China	17
Diversity patterns in high‐latitude grasslands	13
Systematic reduction in seed rain of large‐seeded and endozoochorous species in pastures compared to forests along a tropical elevational gradient	12
Exploring seed density and limiting similarity to reduce invasive grass performance for grassland restoration purposes	12
Abundance‐ and incidence‐based estimation of total number of rare species in under‐sampled sites	12
Global change, novel ecosystems and the ecological restoration of post‐industrial areas: The case of a former brown coal mine in Søby, Denmark	12
Are historical land‐use patterns and chemical soil characteristics complementary for assessing the restoration potential of Nardus grassland?	11
Standardized indices to estimate sensitivity to drought across ecosystems	11
Remote sensing for vegetation science: A virtual special issue on its power and challenges	10
Increased diversity of the species pool via seeding augments establishment of native species in experimental vacant‐lot restorations	10
Rangeland resilience to droughts: Changes across an intensification gradient	10
Reflecting on two and a half decades of restoration ecology in Applied Vegetation Science (1998–2023)	10
Best practice—Is natural revegetation sufficient to achieve mitigation goals in road construction?	10
The impact of livestock grazing and canopy gaps on species pool and functional diversity of ground flora in the Caspian beech forests of Iran	9
Livestock grazing promotes legume abundance under increased nutrient loads: Mechanistic evidence from a temperate grassland	9
Silicicolous lichen communities of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield	9
Grassland reclamation of a copper mine tailings facility: Long‐term effects of biosolids on plant community responses	8
Vegetation change in acidic dry grasslands in Moravia (Czech Republic) over three decades: Slow decrease in habitat quality after grazing cessation	8
EcoFloVCS: An eco‐physiognomic‐floristic vegetation classification system	8
Fertilization and overseeding legumes on native grasslands leads to a hardly reversible degraded state	8

Do neighbours matter? The effect of single‐ and mixed‐species sowing density on seed germination of annual wetland plants	8
Variation in characteristics and conservation values of plant communities on abandoned agricultural lands with and without fires	8
Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem	7
Linking trends of habitat types and plant species using repeated habitat mapping data	7
Simulated effects of floodplain restoration on plant community types	7
Seasonal optimisation of drone‐based photogrammetry in a heterogeneous boreal landscape	7
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains	7
Herbivores regulate native–alien plants dynamics in sub‐Antarctic beech (Nothofagus antarctica) forests of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina	7
Grazing by semi‐feral cattle and horses supports plant species richness and uniqueness in grasslands	7
A deep‐learning framework for enhancing habitat identification based on species composition	7
Pastoralism in the high tropical Andes: A review of the effect of grazing intensity on plant diversity and ecosystem services	7
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Trait variation in juvenile plants from the soil seed bank of temperate forests in relation to macro‐ and microclimate	6
Using multiple plant functional types to assess response to prescribed burn season in Mediterranean‐climate vegetation	6
Effects of extensive grazing and mowing compared to abandonment on the biodiversity of European grasslands: A meta‐analysis	6
Interactive effects of fire and grazing on vegetation structure and plant species composition in subtropical grasslands	6
Response of ground macrolichens to site factors, co‐existing plants and forestry in boreal forests	6
Two sides of one medal: Arable weed vegetation of Europe in phytosociological data compared to agronomical weed surveys	6
Rock climbing disturbance severity and abiotic gradients interact to determine cryptogam diversity and community structure	6
Effect of inter‐annual meteorological fluctuations and wild boar disturbance on the vegetation of Mediterranean temporary ponds	6
Restoration of invaded temperate grasslands: species phenology adds to microsite and seed availability	6
Living on the edge: Plant diversity in the Iberian chionophilous vegetation	6
Radiation use efficiency of the herbaceous layer of dry Chaco shrublands and woodlands: Spatial and temporal patterns	6
Enjoying tranquility — Development of ground vegetation after cessation of management in forests on loamy soils in Flanders (Belgium)	6
Neighboring edges: Interacting edge effects from linear disturbances in treed fens	5
Using functional traits and species diversity to evaluate restoration success of coastal dunes	5
The biodiversity of birch stands in agricultural landscapes of Estonia is associated with past land use, restoration approach, site and landscape variables	5
Crop type and management are key filtering factors of functional traits in the weed communities of regions with contrasting soils and climates	5
The alien Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) impacts forest vegetation and regeneration on the southern slope of the European Alps	5
Historic deforestation and non‐native plant invasions determine vegetation trajectories across an oceanic archipelago	5
Syntaxonomy and biogeography of the Irano‐Turanian mires and springs	5
Variable effects of long‐term livestock grazing across the western United States suggest diverse approaches are needed to meet global change challenges	5
Longleaf pine restoration on hydric sites: Understorey plant community responses to site preparation through 15 years	5
Drivers of species composition in arable‐weed communities of the Austrian–Hungarian borderland region: What is the role of the country?	5
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How to measure flower ultraviolet reflectance using digital photography	4
Phytosociological survey of the desert vegetation of Sinai, Egypt	4
Anthropogenic disturbance modifies long‐term changes of boreal mountain vegetation under contemporary climate warming	4
Fire slightly decreases the competitive effects of a thorny cushion shrub in a semi‐arid mountain steppe in the short term	4
Effects of thinning on functional and phylogenetic diversity of regenerated woody plants in plantations over time	4
Assessing removal methods for controlling Dichrostachys cinerea encroachment and their impacts on plant communities in an East‐African savannah ecosystem	4
Deferment associated to contrasting grazing intensities affects root/shoot biomass allocation in natural grasslands	4
Disentangling the effects of phosphorus, nitrogen and species identity on the vegetation reflectance spectrum	4
On the Use of Taxon Names in Community Ecology	4
Do common assumptions about the wetland seed bank following invasive plant removal hold true? Divergent outcomes following multi‐year Phragmites australis management	4
Experimental assessment of endozoochorous dispersal of Prosopis flexuosa seeds by domestic ungulates	4
Post‐fire succession of seeding treatments in relation to reference communities in the Great Basin	4
Effects of long‐term mowing on species diversity, biomass and composition of plant community in a semi‐arid grassland in northeastern China	4
Evaluating the feasibility of using plant‐specific metabarcoding to assess forest types from soil eDNA	4

Identifying substitute host tree species for epiphytes: The relative importance of tree size and species, bark and site characteristics	4
Hierarchy of environmental factors driving restoration of dry grasslands: A multi‐site analysis	4
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Classification of European bog vegetation of the Oxycocco‐Sphagnetea class	4
Species dominance rather than complementarity drives community digestibility and litter decomposition in species‐rich Mediterranean rangelands	4
Win some, lose some: Mesocosm communities maintain community productivity despite lower phosphorus availability because of increased species diversity	4
Grassland management and land use history shape species composition and diversity in Transylvanian semi‐natural grasslands	4
Grassland restoration by local seed mixtures: New evidence from a practical 15‐year restoration study	4