OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics is 2. 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
Drought response of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)—A review	110
Recent advances and future research in ecological stoichiometry	56
Carbon isotope composition of plant photosynthetic tissues reflects a Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) continuum in the majority of CAM lineages	31
Clonality as a key but overlooked driver of biotic interactions in plants	31
Hemiepiphytes revisited	27
Hawai‘i forest review: Synthesizing the ecology, evolution, and conservation of a model system	23
Response of clonal versus non-clonal herbs to disturbance: Different strategies revealed	23
Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation	21
Synergy among hypotheses in the invasion process of alien plants: A road map within a timeline	20
Evolution of stamen dimetrism in Melastomataceae, a large radiation of pollen flowers	19
Climate and landscape heterogeneity drive spatial pattern of endemic plant diversity within local hotspots in South-Eastern Alps	17
Origin, early expansion, domestication and anthropogenic diffusion of Cannabis, with emphasis on Europe and the Iberian Peninsula	16
Next-gen plant clonal ecology	15
Biogeographic transitions as a source of high biological diversity: Phylogenetic lessons from a comprehensive ecotone of South America	15
A case for studying biotic interactions in epiphyte ecology and evolution	14
Allocation to clonal growth: Critical questions and protocols to answer them	14
From continental Asia into the world: Global historical biogeography of the saltbush genus Atriplex (Chenopodieae, Chenopodioideae, Amaranthaceae)	14
Warming enhances growth but does not affect plant interactions in an alpine cushion species	13
Community assembly along climatic gradient: Contrasting pattern between- and within- species	12
Reaching similar goals by different means – Differences in life-history strategies of clonal and non-clonal plants	12
Beyond endemism, expanding conservation efforts: What can new distribution records reveal?	12
Functional trait space in cereals and legumes grown in pure and mixed cultures is influenced more by cultivar identity than crop mixing	11
Role of spatial and environmental factors in structuring vascular epiphyte communities in two neotropical ecosystems	11
Secretory structures of the Adesmia clade (Leguminosae): Implications for evolutionary adaptation in dry environments	10
Phylogenetic trajectories during secondary succession in a Neotropical dry forest: Assembly processes, ENSO effects and the role of legumes	10

Unknown sides of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) diversity in East Europe and North Asia or how hybridization explained old taxonomical puzzles	10
More species, less effort: Designing and comparing sampling strategies to draft optimised floristic inventories	10
Introducing ecosystem engineers for grassland biodiversity conservation: A review of the effects of hemiparasitic Rhinanthus species on plant and animal communities at multiple trophic levels	9
Plant water stress, not termite herbivory, causes Namibia’s fairy circles	9
Climate, and not fire, drives the phylogenetic clustering of species with hard-coated seeds in Mediterranean Basin communities	8
Clonal plants in disturbed mountain forests: Heterogeneity enhances ramet integration	8
Structure and evolution of polysporangiate anthers in Melastomataceae	8
Biological flora of Central Europe: Impatiens glandulifera Royle	7
A molecular perspective on the taxonomy and journey of Citrus domestication	6
Providing tools for the reassessment of Eupatorieae (Asteraceae): Comparative and statistical analysis of reproductive characters in South American taxa	6
Effect of clonal growth form on the relative performance of species in experimental communities over time	6
Biological flora of Central Europe: Utricularia intermedia Hayne, U. ochroleuca R.W. Hartm., U. stygia Thor and U. bremii Heer ex Kölliker	6
Prediction and evaluation of allelopathic plants species in Algerian Saharan ecosystem	6
Deceiving insects, deceiving taxonomists? Making theoretical sense of taxonomic disagreement in the European orchid genus Ophrys	6
Identification of clonemates and genetic lineages using next-generation sequencing (ddRADseq) guides conservation of a rare species, Bossiaea vombata (Fabaceae)	6
Historical biogeography of Cannabis in the Iberian Peninsula: A probabilistic approach using palynological evidence	5
Fine-scale spatial structuring of genotypes and phenotypes in natural populations of Asclepias syriaca	5
Widespread, but less than assumed: Populations of Euphorbia amygdaloides (Euphorbiaceae) from western Asia represent two new cryptic species	5
Drivers of tree community assembly during tropical forest post-fire succession in anthropogenic savannas	5
Patterns of introduction, naturalisation, invasion, and impact differ between fleshy- and dry-fruited species of Myrtaceae	5
The Eurasian badger-generated seed rain drives the natural (re)colonization of vacant human-altered areas by a keystone pioneer palm	4
The origin of the Afro-Mediterranean cypresses: Evidence from genetic analysis	4
The ecosystem effects of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in northern Fennoscandia: Past, present and future	4
Volcanism rather than climatic oscillations explains the shared phylogeographic patterns among ecologically distinct plant species in the southernmost areas of the South American Arid Diagonal	4
Biological flora of Central Europe: Myricaria germanica (L.) Desv.	4
Differential elemental stoichiometry of two Mediterranean evergreen woody plants over a geochemically heterogeneous area	3
Biological flora of Central Europe: Marsilea quadrifolia L	3
A unique diploid – triploid contact zone provides insights into the evolutionary mechanisms of cytotype coexistence in flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)	3
Successful without sex – the enigmatic biology and evolutionary origin of coralroot bittercress (Cardamine bulbifera, Brassicaceae)	3
Physiological and molecular features predispose native and invasive populations of sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa L.) to colonization and restoration of drought degraded environments	3
Plant-functional traits drive insect herbivory in a tropical rainforest tree community	3
Inaccuracy patterns and precise pollination among distylous Palicourea and Psychotria (Rubiaceae)	3
Simultaneous competition and environmental filtering in woody communities of the understory of Eucalyptus plantations in the Cerrado	3
Biological flora of Central Europe – Lupinus polyphyllus Lindley	3
Sand termite herbivory causes Namibia´ s fairy circles – A response to	3
Assessment of weed invasion at bait sites in a Central European lower montane zone	3
Biological Flora of Central Europe: Chondrilla chondrilloides (Ard.) H. Karst	3
Higher risk for six endemic and endangered Lagochilus species in Central Asia under drying climate	3
A convoluted tale of hybridization between two Petunia species from a transitional zone in South America	3
Effects of habitat fragmentation on frugivorous birds and on seed removal from Pistacia lentiscus in two contrasting fruiting seasons	3
Root suckering promotes recruitment in two temperate rainforest trees with contrasting shade tolerance	2
Trait interactions effects on tropical tree demography depend on the environmental context	2
Contrasting dynamics of seed banks and standing vegetation of annuals and perennials along a rainfall gradient	2
Inbreeding depression changes with stress response over time in flooded Mimulus guttatus	2
Floral traits and community phylogenetic structure shape plant-pollinator interactions in co-occurring Rhododendrons in the Himalaya	2
Range expansion and contraction of Tillandsia landbeckii lomas in the hyperarid Chilean Atacama Desert indicates ancient introgression and geneflow	2
Evolutionary footprints of cold adaptation in arctic-alpine Cochlearia (Brassicaceae) – Evidence from freezing experiments and electrolyte leakage	2
Multiple responses of bryophytes in a chronosequence of burnt areas in non-fire prone subtropical cloud forests	2
Calyceraceae: Unexpected diversification pattern in the Southern Andes	2
Biogeography of intraspecific trait variability in matgrass (Nardus stricta): High phenotypic variation at the local scale exceeds large scale variability patterns	2

Phylogenetic structure as a predictive component of beta diversity: Lessons from a comprehensive Neotropical biogeographic transition	2
Sympetaly in the mimosoid clade (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae): An unusual trait in the rosid group	2
Natural enemies do not contribute to negative frequency-dependence in native and exotic grassland plants	2
Plant-soil interactions in the communities dominated by alien and native plants	2