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

Article	Citations
Changes in climate, grazing pressure and nutrient inputs affect the structural integrity and functioning of Andean shrublands	15
Modelled potential changes in the climate-related geographic distribution of species of the Passiflora genus in Brazil	10
Herbivory and vegetation openness in a pre-farming European landscape	8
The potential adaptive and genetic impacts of habitat creation and enhancement using wildflower species: a case study of red campion ( Silene dioica )	7
Thermal tolerance and growth responses to in situ soil water reductions among alpine plants	7
Plant affinity to extreme soils and foliar sulphur mediate species-specific responses to sheep grazing in gypsum systems	7
Changes in rainfall amount and seasonality modulate taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in a gypsophilous plant community in the Chihuahuan Desert	7
South American mountain ecosystems and global change – a case study for integrating theory and field observations for land surface modelling and ecosystem management	5
Performance of pollinators of the tropical bromeliad Tillandsia stricta Sol. (Bromeliaceae) in the Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro	5
The postglacial history of Euphrasia micrantha in Scotland: evidence from genome skimming	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	4
Introduction to special issue: the ecology and evolution of plants in extreme environments	4
Phylogeography of Arctic plants: where are we after 35 years, and where to go?	4
Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica	4
Birds and ants can favour the germination of an endemic Neotropical magnolia	4
Disturbance and biomass removal enhance population reinforcement of a plant species of European conservation concern	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	3
Green and blue-green infrastructure – benefits, trade-offs, and optimisation of ecosystem services: an overview with perspectives for research and management	3
Ecology and management of invasive plants in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions: evidence and synthesis from Macquarie Island	3
Influence of distance from conspecific and heterospecific co-flowering plants on pollination and fecundity in the nectarless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina	3
Species persistence and climatic stability have shaped plant communities of the Atlantic forest biodiversity hotspot	3
Simulated precipitation change drives plant diversity and biomass change in the desert steppe	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
Epipelic diatom diversity as a bioindicator in River Aturukuku, Eastern Uganda	3

The relationship between vegetation, plant functional diversity and environment on rock outcrops in the Western Ghats, India	3
Early colonisation of modern building surfaces	3
Hybrids in Cactaceae: current distribution and potential range of hybrids compared with parental species	2
Evaluation of biomass, carbon storage capability, tree-ring and cork-ring growth of Quercus suber : a review	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
Differences in plant-dispersal mechanisms between contrasting Brazilian savanna habitats	2
Quantifying cardinal temperatures and thermal time for seed germination of Papaver dubium and P. rhoeas	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
Dormancy, germination and desiccation sensitivity in the seeds of Podocarpus drouynianus , a species growing in a seasonally hot and dry Mediterranean environment	2
Fire and herbivory control shrub encroachment and restore herbaceous vegetation in mesic grasslands of South Africa	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
Multiple global change factors cause declines of a temperate bryophyte	2
Biotic and abiotic drivers of seedling density in Polylepis rugulosa forests across east- and west-facing slopes in the Peruvian Andes	2
White bark in birch species as a warning signal for bark-stripping mammals	1
Homoploid hybrid speciation: advancements and challenges	1
Integrating morphology, niche modelling, and molecular data to disentangle taxonomic challenges in a species complex of Calibrachoa (Solanaceae)	1
Application and pitfalls of the use of plant ID apps for urban flora and citizen science studies	1
The effects of climate change on cytotype distributions of endemic genera in the North American Coastal Plain	1
Influence of free-floating plant species richness and composition on water quality improvement	1
Traditional crofting management supports and maintains machair floral diversity	1
Contrasting genetic structure, mode of reproduction and clonal characteristics in established and newly colonised populations of Carex salina Wahlenb. (C	1
Relationship between plant diversity and community stability and invasibility in the heterogeneous landscape of urban habitats undergoing Solidago canadensis invasion	1
Visual function of red staminal filaments in a bee-pollinated plant	1
Plant reproductive phenology along an elevation gradient in the extreme environment of the Canadian High Arctic	1
The deceptive pollination of Anacamptis morio : generalised food deception or an initial step towards adaptive mimicry?	1
Structural diversity is a key driver of above-ground biomass in tropical forests	1
Modelling the future distribution of rare bryophytes in Scotland: the importance of the inclusion of habitat loss	1
Ecohydrological niche segregation among desert shrubs in a gypsum-calcareous formation, north-western Iran	1
Constraints, crashes and conservation: were historical African savanna elephantsLoxodonta africanadensities relatively high or lower than those seen in protected areas today?	1
Turnover and change in the street flora of Cambridge, UK	1
Introduction to the special issue: “Urban floras - a contribution to biodiversity and ecosystem services”	1
Edge effect and species richness modulate biomass stocks and change over time in secondary forest fragments in the subtropical Atlantic Forest	1