OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Plant Ecology & Diversity is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in climate, grazing pressure and nutrient inputs affect the structural integrity and functioning of Andean shrublands	41
Thermal tolerance and growth responses to in situ soil water reductions among alpine plants	12
Modelled potential changes in the climate-related geographic distribution of species of the Passiflora genus in Brazil	8
Environmental heterogeneity compensates the potential homogenising effect of abandonment of grazing in a sub-Mediterranean mountain landscape	7
Plant affinity to extreme soils and foliar sulphur mediate species-specific responses to sheep grazing in gypsum systems	7
The postglacial history of Euphrasia micrantha in Scotland: evidence from genome skimming	6
Performance of pollinators of the tropical bromeliad Tillandsia stricta Sol. (Bromeliaceae) in the Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro	6
Changes in rainfall amount and seasonality modulate taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in a gypsophilous plant community in the Chihuahuan Desert	6
Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica	5
Flowering segregation and pollinator distinctiveness contribute to coexistence in an extremely generalist plant group	5
South American mountain ecosystems and global change – a case study for integrating theory and field observations for land surface modelling and ecosystem management	5
Simulated precipitation change drives plant diversity and biomass change in the desert steppe	4
Fertiliser application modulates the impact of interannual climate fluctuations and plant-to-plant interactions on the dynamics of annual species in a Mediterranean grassland	4
Influence of distance from conspecific and heterospecific co-flowering plants on pollination and fecundity in the nectarless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina	4
Disturbance and biomass removal enhance population reinforcement of a plant species of European conservation concern	4
Epipelic diatom diversity as a bioindicator in River Aturukuku, Eastern Uganda	4
Species persistence and climatic stability have shaped plant communities of the Atlantic forest biodiversity hotspot	4
Out of the shadows: ecology of open ecosystems	4
Birds and ants can favour the germination of an endemic Neotropical magnolia	4
Introduction to special issue: the ecology and evolution of plants in extreme environments	4
Rethinking the relationship between desiccation-tolerant vascular plants and water deficit	4
Sown and self-seeding species in planted wildflower meadows increase floral abundance and richness in a Scottish semi-natural coastal grassland	4
Differences in plant-dispersal mechanisms between contrasting Brazilian savanna habitats	3
Hybrids in Cactaceae: current distribution and potential range of hybrids compared with parental species	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
Ecology and management of invasive plants in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions: evidence and synthesis from Macquarie Island	3
Quantifying cardinal temperatures and thermal time for seed germination of Papaver dubium and P. rhoeas	3
The invasive Tradescantia zebrina does not inhibit germination of the native Hymenaea courbaril but does modulate its growth	2
Evaluation of biomass, carbon storage capability, tree-ring and cork-ring growth of Quercus suber : a review	2
Plant speciation in the Namib Desert: potential origin of a widespread derivative species from a narrow endemic	2
Biogeographic connections between the flora of the Arctic and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: building on the legacy of Richard Abbott	2
Fire and herbivory control shrub encroachment and restore herbaceous vegetation in mesic grasslands of South Africa	2
Biotic and abiotic drivers of seedling density in Polylepis rugulosa forests across east- and west-facing slopes in the Peruvian Andes	2
Habitat preference and vulnerability to drought of three Hypericum species of the páramo	2
Three decades of above ground biomass dynamics in subtropical Andean forests	2
Dormancy, germination and desiccation sensitivity in the seeds of Podocarpus drouynianus , a species growing in a seasonally hot and dry Mediterranean environment	2
Determinants of above-ground carbon stocks and productivity in secondary forests along a 3000-m elevation gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes	2
Multiple global change factors cause declines of a temperate bryophyte	2
Ecohydrological niche segregation among desert shrubs in a gypsum-calcareous formation, north-western Iran	1
Modelling the future distribution of rare bryophytes in Scotland: the importance of the inclusion of habitat loss	1
White bark in birch species as a warning signal for bark-stripping mammals	1
The deceptive pollination of Anacamptis morio : generalised food deception or an initial step towards adaptive mimicry?	1
Influence of free-floating plant species richness and composition on water quality improvement	1
The remarkable species richness of the urban flora of Scotland	1
Relationship between plant diversity and community stability and invasibility in the heterogeneous landscape of urban habitats undergoing Solidago canadensis invasion	1
Turnover and change in the street flora of Cambridge, UK	1
Constraints, crashes and conservation: were historical African savanna elephantsLoxodonta africanadensities relatively high or lower than those seen in protected areas today?	1
Visual function of red staminal filaments in a bee-pollinated plant	1
Homoploid hybrid speciation: advancements and challenges	1
Genetic diversity and population structure of Salix alba across river systems in Turkey and their importance in conservation management	1
Integrating morphology, niche modelling, and molecular data to disentangle taxonomic challenges in a species complex of Calibrachoa (Solanaceae)	1