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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Modelled potential changes in the climate-related geographic distribution of species of the Passiflora genus in Brazil	21
Herbivory and vegetation openness in a pre-farming European landscape	12
Changes in climate, grazing pressure and nutrient inputs affect the structural integrity and functioning of Andean shrublands	11
Changes in rainfall amount and seasonality modulate taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in a gypsophilous plant community in the Chihuahuan Desert	10
Thermal tolerance and growth responses to in situ soil water reductions among alpine plants	10
Plant affinity to extreme soils and foliar sulphur mediate species-specific responses to sheep grazing in gypsum systems	9
The potential adaptive and genetic impacts of habitat creation and enhancement using wildflower species: a case study of red campion ( Silene dioica )	9
Performance of pollinators of the tropical bromeliad Tillandsia stricta Sol. (Bromeliaceae) in the Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro	8
South American mountain ecosystems and global change – a case study for integrating theory and field observations for land surface modelling and ecosystem management	7
The postglacial history of Euphrasia micrantha in Scotland: evidence from genome skimming	7
Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica	6
Root colonisation and spore numbers of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in subalpine grasslands vary depending on the host shrub species	6
Stuck in a bauplan: architectural uniformity underlies growth form diversity in the tropical forest understorey plant genus Thottea	6
Phylogeography of Arctic plants: where are we after 35 years, and where to go?	6
Rethinking the relationship between desiccation-tolerant vascular plants and water deficit	5
Birds and ants can favour the germination of an endemic Neotropical magnolia	5
Sown and self-seeding species in planted wildflower meadows increase floral abundance and richness in a Scottish semi-natural coastal grassland	5
Grassland plant diversity and ecosystem condition assessment in the hen harrier programme, Ireland, a results-based agri-environment scheme	5
Green and blue-green infrastructure – benefits, trade-offs, and optimisation of ecosystem services: an overview with perspectives for research and management	4
Influence of distance from conspecific and heterospecific co-flowering plants on pollination and fecundity in the nectarless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina	4
Species persistence and climatic stability have shaped plant communities of the Atlantic forest biodiversity hotspot	4
Ecology and management of invasive plants in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions: evidence and synthesis from Macquarie Island	4
Introduction to special issue: the ecology and evolution of plants in extreme environments	4
Biotic and abiotic drivers of seedling density in Polylepis rugulosa forests across east- and west-facing slopes in the Peruvian Andes	3
Hybrids in Cactaceae: current distribution and potential range of hybrids compared with parental species	3

Early colonisation of modern building surfaces	3
Evaluation of biomass, carbon storage capability, tree-ring and cork-ring growth of Quercus suber : a review	3
Dormancy, germination and desiccation sensitivity in the seeds of Podocarpus drouynianus , a species growing in a seasonally hot and dry Mediterranean environment	3
Multigenerational invasive exposure leads to divergent native plant root allocation response to differing resource availability	3
Fire and herbivory control shrub encroachment and restore herbaceous vegetation in mesic grasslands of South Africa	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
Plant speciation in the Namib Desert: potential origin of a widespread derivative species from a narrow endemic	2
Modelling the future distribution of rare bryophytes in Scotland: the importance of the inclusion of habitat loss	2
Contrasting genetic structure, mode of reproduction and clonal characteristics in established and newly colonised populations of Carex salina Wahlenb. (C	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
The remarkable species richness of the urban flora of Scotland	2
Ecohydrological niche segregation among desert shrubs in a gypsum-calcareous formation, north-western Iran	2
The invasive Tradescantia zebrina does not inhibit germination of the native Hymenaea courbaril but does modulate its growth	2
Multiple global change factors cause declines of a temperate bryophyte	2
Three decades of above-ground biomass dynamics in subtropical Andean forests	2
Relationship between plant diversity and community stability and invasibility in the heterogeneous landscape of urban habitats undergoing Solidago canadensis invasion	2
Habitat preference and vulnerability to drought of three Hypericum species of the páramo	2