OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Plant Ecology & Diversity 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Modelled potential changes in the climate-related geographic distribution of species of the Passiflora genus in Brazil	17
Changes in climate, grazing pressure and nutrient inputs affect the structural integrity and functioning of Andean shrublands	11
Herbivory and vegetation openness in a pre-farming European landscape	11
Thermal tolerance and growth responses to in situ soil water reductions among alpine plants	9
Changes in rainfall amount and seasonality modulate taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in a gypsophilous plant community in the Chihuahuan Desert	9
Plant affinity to extreme soils and foliar sulphur mediate species-specific responses to sheep grazing in gypsum systems	8
The potential adaptive and genetic impacts of habitat creation and enhancement using wildflower species: a case study of red campion ( Silene dioica )	7
Performance of pollinators of the tropical bromeliad Tillandsia stricta Sol. (Bromeliaceae) in the Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro	7
The postglacial history of Euphrasia micrantha in Scotland: evidence from genome skimming	6
Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica	6
South American mountain ecosystems and global change – a case study for integrating theory and field observations for land surface modelling and ecosystem management	6
Disturbance and biomass removal enhance population reinforcement of a plant species of European conservation concern	5
Stuck in a bauplan: architectural uniformity underlies growth form diversity in the tropical forest understorey plant genus Thottea	5
Birds and ants can favour the germination of an endemic Neotropical magnolia	5
Grassland plant diversity and ecosystem condition assessment in the hen harrier programme, Ireland, a results-based agri-environment scheme	5
Phylogeography of Arctic plants: where are we after 35 years, and where to go?	5
Fertiliser application modulates the impact of interannual climate fluctuations and plant-to-plant interactions on the dynamics of annual species in a Mediterranean grassland	5
Root colonisation and spore numbers of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in subalpine grasslands vary depending on the host shrub species	5
Rethinking the relationship between desiccation-tolerant vascular plants and water deficit	4
Species persistence and climatic stability have shaped plant communities of the Atlantic forest biodiversity hotspot	4
Simulated precipitation change drives plant diversity and biomass change in the desert steppe	4
Influence of distance from conspecific and heterospecific co-flowering plants on pollination and fecundity in the nectarless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina	3
Green and blue-green infrastructure – benefits, trade-offs, and optimisation of ecosystem services: an overview with perspectives for research and management	3
The relationship between vegetation, plant functional diversity and environment on rock outcrops in the Western Ghats, India	3
Experimental warming outside the growing season and exclusion of grazing has a mild effect on upland grassland plant communities in the short term	3

Introduction to special issue: the ecology and evolution of plants in extreme environments	3
Early colonisation of modern building surfaces	3
Ecology and management of invasive plants in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions: evidence and synthesis from Macquarie Island	3
Sown and self-seeding species in planted wildflower meadows increase floral abundance and richness in a Scottish semi-natural coastal grassland	3
Multigenerational invasive exposure leads to divergent native plant root allocation response to differing resource availability	3
Dormancy, germination and desiccation sensitivity in the seeds of Podocarpus drouynianus , a species growing in a seasonally hot and dry Mediterranean environment	2
Evaluation of biomass, carbon storage capability, tree-ring and cork-ring growth of Quercus suber : a review	2
The invasive Tradescantia zebrina does not inhibit germination of the native Hymenaea courbaril but does modulate its growth	2
Plant speciation in the Namib Desert: potential origin of a widespread derivative species from a narrow endemic	2
Biotic and abiotic drivers of seedling density in Polylepis rugulosa forests across east- and west-facing slopes in the Peruvian Andes	2
Hybrids in Cactaceae: current distribution and potential range of hybrids compared with parental species	2
Determinants of above-ground carbon stocks and productivity in secondary forests along a 3000-m elevation gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes	2
Biogeographic connections between the flora of the Arctic and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: building on the legacy of Richard Abbott	2
Three decades of above-ground biomass dynamics in subtropical Andean forests	2
Differences in plant-dispersal mechanisms between contrasting Brazilian savanna habitats	2
Fire and herbivory control shrub encroachment and restore herbaceous vegetation in mesic grasslands of South Africa	2
The remarkable species richness of the urban flora of Scotland	2
Habitat preference and vulnerability to drought of three Hypericum species of the páramo	2
Multiple global change factors cause declines of a temperate bryophyte	2