OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Applied Vegetation Science is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicted scarcity of suitable habitat for alpine plant communities in northern Japan under climate change	64
Soil seed bank development of smoke‐responsive plant species in a 23‐year restoration chronosequence and implications for resilience to fire	41
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Livestock grazing promotes legume abundance under increased nutrient loads: Mechanistic evidence from a temperate grassland	25
Climate‐mediated shifts toward bunchgrass dominance 40 years after grazing cessation in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA	18
Diversity patterns in high‐latitude grasslands	17
Socioeconomic and environmental factors jointly shape beta diversity of woody species in eastern China	17
Abundance‐ and incidence‐based estimation of total number of rare species in under‐sampled sites	15
Systematic reduction in seed rain of large‐seeded and endozoochorous species in pastures compared to forests along a tropical elevational gradient	15
Exploring seed density and limiting similarity to reduce invasive grass performance for grassland restoration purposes	14
Global change, novel ecosystems and the ecological restoration of post‐industrial areas: The case of a former brown coal mine in Søby, Denmark	14
Are historical land‐use patterns and chemical soil characteristics complementary for assessing the restoration potential of Nardus grassland?	14
Remote sensing for vegetation science: A virtual special issue on its power and challenges	13
Standardized indices to estimate sensitivity to drought across ecosystems	13
Rangeland resilience to droughts: Changes across an intensification gradient	13
Best practice—Is natural revegetation sufficient to achieve mitigation goals in road construction?	12
Grazing by semi‐feral cattle and horses supports plant species richness and uniqueness in grasslands	12
Variation in characteristics and conservation values of plant communities on abandoned agricultural lands with and without fires	11
The impact of livestock grazing and canopy gaps on species pool and functional diversity of ground flora in the Caspian beech forests of Iran	11
Simulated effects of floodplain restoration on plant community types	10
Reflecting on two and a half decades of restoration ecology in Applied Vegetation Science (1998–2023)	10
Grassland reclamation of a copper mine tailings facility: Long‐term effects of biosolids on plant community responses	10
Silicicolous lichen communities of the Ukrainian Crystalline Shield	10
Do neighbours matter? The effect of single‐ and mixed‐species sowing density on seed germination of annual wetland plants	10
Increased diversity of the species pool via seeding augments establishment of native species in experimental vacant‐lot restorations	10

Linking trends of habitat types and plant species using repeated habitat mapping data	9
Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem	9
A deep‐learning framework for enhancing habitat identification based on species composition	9
Seasonal optimisation of drone‐based photogrammetry in a heterogeneous boreal landscape	9
Pastoralism in the high tropical Andes: A review of the effect of grazing intensity on plant diversity and ecosystem services	8
EcoFloVCS: An eco‐physiognomic‐floristic vegetation classification system	8
Fertilization and overseeding legumes on native grasslands leads to a hardly reversible degraded state	8
The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains	8
No species loss, but pronounced species turnover in grasslands in the Northern Alps over 25 years	8
Vegetation change in acidic dry grasslands in Moravia (Czech Republic) over three decades: Slow decrease in habitat quality after grazing cessation	8
Interactive effects of fire and grazing on vegetation structure and plant species composition in subtropical grasslands	8
Herbivores regulate native–alien plants dynamics in sub‐Antarctic beech (Nothofagus antarctica) forests of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina	8
Nontarget Plant Community and Biomass Responses in Northern Mixed Grassland Treated With Indaziflam for Invasive Annual Brome Control	8
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Experimental assessment of endozoochorous dispersal of Prosopis flexuosa seeds by domestic ungulates	7
Effects of thinning on functional and phylogenetic diversity of regenerated woody plants in plantations over time	7
Response of ground macrolichens to site factors, co‐existing plants and forestry in boreal forests	7
Enjoying tranquility — Development of ground vegetation after cessation of management in forests on loamy soils in Flanders (Belgium)	7
Rock climbing disturbance severity and abiotic gradients interact to determine cryptogam diversity and community structure	7
Restoration of invaded temperate grasslands: species phenology adds to microsite and seed availability	7
Trait variation in juvenile plants from the soil seed bank of temperate forests in relation to macro‐ and microclimate	7
Identifying substitute host tree species for epiphytes: The relative importance of tree size and species, bark and site characteristics	7
How to measure flower ultraviolet reflectance using digital photography	6
Drivers of species composition in arable‐weed communities of the Austrian–Hungarian borderland region: What is the role of the country?	6
Biomass fine‐scale variation is predictive of functional composition and diversity in grazed grassland	6
Win some, lose some: Mesocosm communities maintain community productivity despite lower phosphorus availability because of increased species diversity	6
Syntaxonomy and biogeography of the Irano‐Turanian mires and springs	6
The alien Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) impacts forest vegetation and regeneration on the southern slope of the European Alps	6
Disentangling the effects of phosphorus, nitrogen and species identity on the vegetation reflectance spectrum	6
Effect of inter‐annual meteorological fluctuations and wild boar disturbance on the vegetation of Mediterranean temporary ponds	6
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Assessing removal methods for controlling Dichrostachys cinerea encroachment and their impacts on plant communities in an East‐African savannah ecosystem	6
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Longleaf pine restoration on hydric sites: Understorey plant community responses to site preparation through 15 years	6
Phytosociological survey of the desert vegetation of Sinai, Egypt	6
Hierarchy of environmental factors driving restoration of dry grasslands: A multi‐site analysis	6
Post‐fire succession of seeding treatments in relation to reference communities in the Great Basin	6
Neighboring edges: Interacting edge effects from linear disturbances in treed fens	6
Evaluating the feasibility of using plant‐specific metabarcoding to assess forest types from soil eDNA	6
Radiation use efficiency of the herbaceous layer of dry Chaco shrublands and woodlands: Spatial and temporal patterns	5
Crop type and management are key filtering factors of functional traits in the weed communities of regions with contrasting soils and climates	5
Anthropogenic disturbance modifies long‐term changes of boreal mountain vegetation under contemporary climate warming	5
Classification of European bog vegetation of the Oxycocco‐Sphagnetea class	5
Modeling the Abundance of Boreal Foundation Species: The Impact of Forest Structure, Soils, and Legacy Effects on Ericaceous Shrubs	5
Historic deforestation and non‐native plant invasions determine vegetation trajectories across an oceanic archipelago	5
Variable effects of long‐term livestock grazing across the western United States suggest diverse approaches are needed to meet global change challenges	5
Two sides of one medal: Arable weed vegetation of Europe in phytosociological data compared to agronomical weed surveys	5
Correction to “Beyond species richness and community composition: Using plant functional diversity to measure restoration success in jarrah forest” [Applied Vegetation Science, 24(3), e12607]	5
Using multiple plant functional types to assess response to prescribed burn season in Mediterranean‐climate vegetation	5
Do common assumptions about the wetland seed bank following invasive plant removal hold true? Divergent outcomes following multi‐year Phragmites australis management	5

Using functional traits and species diversity to evaluate restoration success of coastal dunes	5
Fire slightly decreases the competitive effects of a thorny cushion shrub in a semi‐arid mountain steppe in the short term	5
Grassland management and land use history shape species composition and diversity in Transylvanian semi‐natural grasslands	5
On the Use of Taxon Names in Community Ecology	5