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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in climate, grazing pressure and nutrient inputs affect the structural integrity and functioning of Andean shrublands	41
Modelled potential changes in the climate-related geographic distribution of species of the Passiflora genus in Brazil	11
Thermal tolerance and growth responses to in situ soil water reductions among alpine plants	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
Changes in rainfall amount and seasonality modulate taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in a gypsophilous plant community in the Chihuahuan Desert	6
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
South American mountain ecosystems and global change – a case study for integrating theory and field observations for land surface modelling and ecosystem management	5
Flowering segregation and pollinator distinctiveness contribute to coexistence in an extremely generalist plant group	5
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
Species persistence and climatic stability have shaped plant communities of the Atlantic forest biodiversity hotspot	4
Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica	4
Simulated precipitation change drives plant diversity and biomass change in the desert steppe	4
Epipelic diatom diversity as a bioindicator in River Aturukuku, Eastern Uganda	4
Sown and self-seeding species in planted wildflower meadows increase floral abundance and richness in a Scottish semi-natural coastal grassland	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
Rethinking the relationship between desiccation-tolerant vascular plants and water deficit	4
Introduction to special issue: the ecology and evolution of plants in extreme environments	4
Experimental warming outside the growing season and exclusion of grazing has a mild effect on upland grassland plant communities in the short term	3
Influence of distance from conspecific and heterospecific co-flowering plants on pollination and fecundity in the nectarless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina	3
The relationship between vegetation, plant functional diversity and environment on rock outcrops in the Western Ghats, India	3
Ecology and management of invasive plants in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions: evidence and synthesis from Macquarie Island	3
Differences in plant-dispersal mechanisms between contrasting Brazilian savanna habitats	3

Out of the shadows: ecology of open ecosystems	3
Hybrids in Cactaceae: current distribution and potential range of hybrids compared with parental species	3
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
Three decades of above ground biomass dynamics in subtropical Andean forests	2
Quantifying cardinal temperatures and thermal time for seed germination of Papaver dubium and P. rhoeas	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
Plant speciation in the Namib Desert: potential origin of a widespread derivative species from a narrow endemic	2
Fire and herbivory control shrub encroachment and restore herbaceous vegetation in mesic grasslands of South Africa	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
The remarkable species richness of the urban flora of Scotland	1
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
Influence of free-floating plant species richness and composition on water quality improvement	1
Edge effect and species richness modulate biomass stocks and change over time in secondary forest fragments in the subtropical Atlantic Forest	1
Visual function of red staminal filaments in a bee-pollinated plant	1
Relationship between plant diversity and community stability and invasibility in the heterogeneous landscape of urban habitats undergoing Solidago canadensis invasion	1
Integrating morphology, niche modelling, and molecular data to disentangle taxonomic challenges in a species complex of Calibrachoa (Solanaceae)	1
Genetic diversity and population structure of Salix alba across river systems in Turkey and their importance in conservation management	1
Constraints, crashes and conservation: were historical African savanna elephantsLoxodonta africanadensities relatively high or lower than those seen in protected areas today?	1
White bark in birch species as a warning signal for bark-stripping mammals	1
Turnover and change in the street flora of Cambridge, UK	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