OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Vegetation Science is 6. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats	183
International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 4th edition	180
Alien flora across European coastal dunes	42
Classification of the European marsh vegetation (Phragmito‐Magnocaricetea) to the association level	37
Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation	35
About the link between biodiversity and spectral variation	30
Weed control, large seeds and deep roots: Drivers of success in direct seeding for savanna restoration	24
Evaluating structural and compositional canopy characteristics to predict the light‐demand signature of the forest understorey in mixed, semi‐natural temperate forests	24
Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe	23
The relationship between species and spectral diversity in grassland communities is mediated by their vertical complexity	23
Native parasitic plants: Biological control for plant invasions?	20
Which optical traits enable an estimation of tree species diversity based on the Spectral Variation Hypothesis?	20
Optimal transformation of species cover for vegetation classification	19
Long‐term vegetation changes in Nardus grasslands indicate eutrophication, recovery from acidification, and management change as the main drivers	18
Land‐use history determines stand structure and tree diversity in vanilla agroforests of northeastern Madagascar	17
Vegetation of the European mountain river gravel bars: A formalized classification	17
Grazing by wild red deer maintains characteristic vegetation of semi‐natural open habitats: Evidence from a three‐year exclusion experiment	16
Acacia invasion is facilitated by landscape permeability: The role of habitat degradation and road networks	16
Native plant community recovery after Carpobrotus (ice plant) removal on an island — results of a 10‐year project	15
Heathland plant species composition and vegetation structures reflect soil‐related paths of development and site history	15
Temporal and environmental correlates of carbon stocks in a regenerating tropical forest	14
Grassland management and land use history shape species composition and diversity in Transylvanian semi‐natural grasslands	14
Impacts of rock climbing on cliff vegetation: A methods review and best practices	13
Clear‐cutting triggers regeneration of abandoned secondary forests but risks alternative successional trajectories with high deer density	12
Identifying substitute host tree species for epiphytes: The relative importance of tree size and species, bark and site characteristics	11

Expanding the invasion footprint: Ventenata dubia and relationships to wildfire, environment, and plant communities in the Blue Mountains of the Inland Northwest, USA	11
Effects of livestock grazing on plant species diversity vary along a climatic gradient in northeastern Iran	11
Response of grassland vegetation composition to different fertilizer treatments recorded over ten years following 64 years of fertilizer applications in the Rengen Grassland Experiment	11
Livestock browsing affects the species composition and structure of cloud forest in the Dhofar Mountains of Oman	10
Fine‐grained sediment deposition alters the response of plant CSR strategies on the gravel bars of a highly regulated river	10
Long‐term farming systems and last crop sown shape the species and functional composition of the arable weed seed bank	10
Revegetation of degraded ecosystems into grasslands using biosolids as an organic amendment: A meta‐analysis	10
Perennial plant patches are sinks for seeds in semi‐arid woodlands in varying condition	10
Long‐term Pinus plantations reduce the bud bank in Cerrado areas	10
The perspective of unmanned aerial systems in forest management: Do we really need such details?	9
Plant quality and primary productivity modulate plant biomass responses to the joint effects of grazing and fertilization in a mesic grassland	9
Giving recipient communities a greater head start and including productive species boosts early resistance to invasion	9
Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) eradication in arid central Australia enhances native plant diversity and increases seed resources for granivores	9
Long‐term trends in the distribution, abundance and impact of native “injurious” weeds	9
Establishment of a desert foundation species is limited by exotic plants and light but not herbivory or water	9
Implementing the formal language of the vegetation classification expert systems (ESy) in the statistical computing environment R	9
Seedling recruitment in mountain grassland restoration: Effects of soil preparation and grazing	9
Integrating knowledge of ecological succession into invasive alien plant management: A case study from Portugal	8
Grassland restoration by local seed mixtures: New evidence from a practical 15‐year restoration study	8
Forb community response to prescribed fire, livestock grazing, and an invasive annual grass in the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie	8
Two sides of one medal: Arable weed vegetation of Europe in phytosociological data compared to agronomical weed surveys	8
Diversity of wet and mesic grasslands along a climatic gradient on the southern margin of the Pannonian Basin	8
A functional assessment of the impact of changing grazing management of upland grassland mosaics	8
Expert‐based measures of human impact to vegetation	8
Anthropogenic disturbance modifies long‐term changes of boreal mountain vegetation under contemporary climate warming	7
Post‐fire changes in plant growth form composition and diversity in Andean páramo grassland	7
Distribution shifts, potential refugia, and the performance of protected areas under climate change in the Araucaria moist forests ecoregion	7
Do common assumptions about the wetland seed bank following invasive plant removal hold true? Divergent outcomes following multi‐year Phragmites australis management	7
Fertilization and overseeding legumes on native grasslands leads to a hardly reversible degraded state	7
Impact of adjacent land use on the ecological condition of riparian habitats: The relation between condition and vegetation properties	7
Effect of inter‐annual meteorological fluctuations and wild boar disturbance on the vegetation of Mediterranean temporary ponds	7
Site types revisited: Comparison of traditional Russian and Finnish classification systems for European boreal forests	7
Environmental filtering and spatial processes shape the beta diversity of liana communities in a valley savanna in southwest China	7
Different management practices influence growth of small plants in species‐rich hay meadows through shading	6
Soil phosphorus availability determines the contribution of small, individual grassland remnants to the conservation of landscape‐scale biodiversity	6
Effects of topography and climate on Neotropical mountain forests structure in the semiarid region	6
Vegetation unit assignments: phytosociology experts and classification programs show similar performance but low convergence	6
Unmanned aerial systems‐based monitoring of the eco‐geomorphology of coastal dunes through spectral Rao's Q	6
Neighboring edges: Interacting edge effects from linear disturbances in treed fens	6
Plant community context controls short‐ versus medium‐term effects of pre‐emergent herbicides on target and non‐target species after fire	6
Forest patch size predicts seed bank composition in urban areas	6
Relative contribution of ancient woodland indicator and non‐indicator species to herb layer distinctiveness in ancient semi‐natural, ancient replanted, and recent woodland	6
Decrease in species richness and diversity, and shrub encroachment in Cerrado grasslands: A 20 years study	6
Conservation of endangered and rare plants requires strategies additional to deer‐proof fencing for conservation of sub‐alpine plant diversity	6
Fire slightly decreases the competitive effects of a thorny cushion shrub in a semi‐arid mountain steppe in the short term	6
Road verges facilitate exotic species’ expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands	6
Microclimate shapes vegetation response to drought in calcareous grasslands	6
Stand density of co‐existing species regulates above‐ground biomass along a local‐scale elevational gradient in tropical forests	6
Temporal changes in the ground vegetation in spruce forests in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) — bryophytes are better indicators of the impact of liming and of sulphur and nitrogen deposition than the	6
Transferability of vegetation recovery models based on remote sensing across different fire regimes	6

Classification of forest and shrubland vegetation in Mediterranean Turkey	6
Hierarchy of environmental factors driving restoration of dry grasslands: A multi‐site analysis	6