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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Modelled potential changes in the climate-related geographic distribution of species of the Passiflora genus in Brazil	17
Herbivory and vegetation openness in a pre-farming European landscape	11
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	9
Thermal tolerance and growth responses to in situ soil water reductions among alpine plants	9
Plant affinity to extreme soils and foliar sulphur mediate species-specific responses to sheep grazing in gypsum systems	8
Performance of pollinators of the tropical bromeliad Tillandsia stricta Sol. (Bromeliaceae) in the Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro	7
The potential adaptive and genetic impacts of habitat creation and enhancement using wildflower species: a case study of red campion ( Silene dioica )	7
South American mountain ecosystems and global change – a case study for integrating theory and field observations for land surface modelling and ecosystem management	6
The postglacial history of Euphrasia micrantha in Scotland: evidence from genome skimming	6
Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica	6
Fertiliser application modulates the impact of interannual climate fluctuations and plant-to-plant interactions on the dynamics of annual species in a Mediterranean grassland	5
Root colonisation and spore numbers of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in subalpine grasslands vary depending on the host shrub species	5
Disturbance and biomass removal enhance population reinforcement of a plant species of European conservation concern	5
Stuck in a bauplan: architectural uniformity underlies growth form diversity in the tropical forest understorey plant genus Thottea	5
Birds and ants can favour the germination of an endemic Neotropical magnolia	5
Grassland plant diversity and ecosystem condition assessment in the hen harrier programme, Ireland, a results-based agri-environment scheme	5
Phylogeography of Arctic plants: where are we after 35 years, and where to go?	5
Simulated precipitation change drives plant diversity and biomass change in the desert steppe	4
Rethinking the relationship between desiccation-tolerant vascular plants and water deficit	4
Species persistence and climatic stability have shaped plant communities of the Atlantic forest biodiversity hotspot	4
Early colonisation of modern building surfaces	3
Ecology and management of invasive plants in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions: evidence and synthesis from Macquarie Island	3
Sown and self-seeding species in planted wildflower meadows increase floral abundance and richness in a Scottish semi-natural coastal grassland	3
Multigenerational invasive exposure leads to divergent native plant root allocation response to differing resource availability	3

Influence of distance from conspecific and heterospecific co-flowering plants on pollination and fecundity in the nectarless orchid Dactylorhiza sambucina	3
Green and blue-green infrastructure – benefits, trade-offs, and optimisation of ecosystem services: an overview with perspectives for research and management	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
Introduction to special issue: the ecology and evolution of plants in extreme environments	3