OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Ecology & Diversity is 3. 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
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
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
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
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