Most cited papers in African Botany and Ecology Studies
What are the most cited papers in African Botany and Ecology Studies?
The most cited paper in African Botany and Ecology Studies is "Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes" (Sandra M. Díaz, Marcelo Cabido, 2001), with 3,305 citations. Next come "Phytochemical constituents of some Nigerian medicinal plants" (2,465) and "Determinants of woody cover in African savannas" (1,992).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 405 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vive la différence: plant functional diversity matters to ecosystem processes Sandra M. Díaz, Marcelo Cabido · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Nov 2001 | 3,305 |
| 2 | Phytochemical constituents of some Nigerian medicinal plants Hilary O. Edeoga, D. E. Okwu, B. O. Mbaebie · AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY | May 2005 | 2,465 |
| 3 | Determinants of woody cover in African savannas Mahesh Sankaran et al. · Nature | Dec 2005 | 1,992 |
| 4 | Agroforestry for ecosystem services and environmental benefits: an overview Shibu Jose · Agroforestry Systems | 6 Apr 2009 | 1,769 |
| 5 | Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared Ben Phalan, Malvika Onial, Andrew P. Balmford et al. · Science | Sep 2011 | 1,704 |
| 6 | Ethnobotanical Studies of Reputed Aphrodisiac Plants Used in Traditional Medicine in Haut-Katanga in DR of Congo Dikala Otete François, Ngoy Kihuya Eddy, Maloba Mwinensenge James et al. · International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) | 19 Jun 2024 | 1,552 |
| 7 | Restoration of Degraded Tropical Forest Landscapes David Alex Lamb, Peter Damian Erskine, John A. Parrotta · Science | 8 Dec 2005 | 1,455 |
| 8 | A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests Lera Miles, Adrian C. Newton, Ruth DeFries et al. · Journal of Biogeography | 6 Feb 2006 | 1,421 |
| 9 | The Global Extent and Determinants of Savanna and Forest as Alternative Biome States A. Carla Staver, Sally A. Archibald, Simon A. Levin · Science | 13 Oct 2011 | 1,387 |
| 10 | Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire Daniel Curtis Nepstad, Adalberto Verssimo, Ane A. C. Alencar et al. · Nature | Apr 1999 | 1,365 |
| 11 | On the definition of ecological species groups in tropical rain forests M. D. Swaine, T. C. Whitmore · Plant Ecology | May 1988 | 1,313 |
| 12 | Castor oil: A vital industrial raw material David S. Ogunniyi · Bioresource Technology | 25 May 2005 | 1,115 |
| 13 | Biological and Phytochemical Screening of Plants Norman R. Farnsworth · Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Mar 1966 | 1,107 |
| 14 | The Chemical Basis of Heredity Howard B. Newcombe, W. D. McElroy, Bentley Glass · AIBS Bulletin | Nov 1957 | 1,041 |
| 15 | The useful plants of Tambopata, Peru: I. Statistical hypotheses tests with a new quantitative technique Oliver Lawrence Phillips, Alwyn H. Gentry · Economic Botany | 1993 | 1,017 |
| 16 | Tropical trees as living systems Laurence Roche · Forest Ecology and Management | 1979 | 985 |
| 17 | Positive Feedbacks in the Fire Dynamic of Closed Canopy Tropical Forests Mark A. Cochrane, Ane A. C. Alencar, Mark Schulze et al. · Science | 11 Jun 1999 | 929 |
| 18 | Patterns and processes in crop domestication: an historical review and quantitative analysis of 203 global food crops Rachel Sarah Meyer, Ashley E. DuVal, Helen R. Jensen · New Phytologist | 13 Aug 2012 | 910 |
| 19 | Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their relationship to climate Stefanie Herrmann, Assaf Anyamba, Compton J. Tucker · Global Environmental Change | 13 Nov 2005 | 881 |
| 20 | The disturbance of forest ecosystems: the ecological basis for conservative management Peter M. Attiwill · Forest Ecology and Management | Feb 1994 | 863 |
| 21 | Increasing human dominance of tropical forests Simon L. Lewis, David P. Edwards, David Roberto Galbraith · Science | 20 Aug 2015 | 861 |
| 22 | Fruits and frugivory. Pedro Jordano · CABI Publishing eBooks | 2000 | 854 |
| 23 | A Survey on Temperate Fruit Pests and their Importance in the Highland Areas of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Amha Besufkad, Yifru Worku, Fiseha Desalegn et al. · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) | 2011 | 850 |
| 24 | Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes - a review Teja Tscharntke, Yann Clough, Shonil Bhagwat et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology | 31 Jan 2011 | 817 |
| 25 | Agroforestry: a refuge for tropical biodiversity? Shonil Bhagwat, Katherine J. Willis, H. J. B. Birks et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 25 Mar 2008 | 804 |
| 26 | Satellite remote sensing of total herbaceous biomass production in the senegalese sahel: 1980–1984 Compton J. Tucker, C.L. Vanpraet, M.J. Sharman et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment | Jun 1985 | 795 |
| 27 | Expansion and Contraction of the Sahara Desert from 1980 to 1990 Compton J. Tucker, H. E. Dregne, Wilbur W. Newcomb · Science | 19 Jul 1991 | 779 |
| 28 | Functional Extinction of Birds Drives Rapid Evolutionary Changes in Seed Size Mauro Galetti, Roger Guevara, Marina Corrêa Côrtes et al. · Science | 30 May 2013 | 778 |
| 29 | ARE FUNCTIONAL TRAITS GOOD PREDICTORS OF DEMOGRAPHIC RATES? EVIDENCE FROM FIVE NEOTROPICAL FORESTS Lourens Poorter, S. Joseph Wright, Horacio Paz et al. · Ecology | Jul 2008 | 767 |
| 30 | Achieving mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa Cheikh Mbow, Pete Smith, David Lewis Skole et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | 12 Oct 2013 | 743 |
| 31 | Fifty years of deforestation and forest fragmentation in Madagascar Grady Harper, Marc K. Steininger, Compton J. Tucker et al. · Environmental Conservation | Dec 2007 | 742 |
| 32 | Interactions among Amazon land use, forests and climate: prospects for a near-term forest tipping point Daniel Curtis Nepstad, Claudia M. Stickler, Britaldo Soares Filho et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 11 Feb 2008 | 730 |
| 33 | Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia Hans ter Steege, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Oliver Lawrence Phillips et al. · Nature | Sep 2006 | 729 |
| 34 | Medicinal plants of the caatinga (semi-arid) vegetation of NE Brazil: A quantitative approach Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Alyson Luiz Santos de Almeida et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 20 Aug 2007 | 716 |
| 35 | Evergreen Agriculture: a robust approach to sustainable food security in Africa Dennis P. Garrity, Festus Kehinde Akinnifesi, Oluyede C. Ajayi et al. · Food Security | 27 Aug 2010 | 702 |
| 36 | Do European agroforestry systems enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services? A meta-analysis Mario Torralba, Nora Fagerholm, Paul Burgess et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 16 Jun 2016 | 692 |
| 37 | Carbon Sequestration in Agroforestry Systems P. K. R. Nair, Vimala D. Nair, B. Mohan Kumar et al. · Advances in agronomy | 2010 | 683 |
| 38 | Rainforest fragmentation kills big trees William Frederick Laurance, Patricia Delamônica, Susan G. W. Laurance et al. · Nature | 20 Apr 2000 | 680 |
| 39 | Influences of Trees on Savanna Productivity: Tests of Shade, Nutrients, and Tree‐Grass Competition A. Joy Belsky · Ecology | Jun 1994 | 679 |
| 40 | Tree–grass coexistence in savannas revisited – insights from an examination of assumptions and mechanisms invoked in existing models Mahesh Sankaran, Jayashree Ratnam, Niall P. Hanan · Ecology Letters | 19 Apr 2004 | 672 |
| 41 | Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea Inga Hedberg | 1996 | 667 |
| 42 | Nutrition, ecology and nutritional ecology: toward an integrated framework David Raubenheimer, Steven J. Simpson, David Mayntz · Functional Ecology | 16 Jan 2009 | 654 |
| 43 | Traditional Medicines in Africa: An Appraisal of Ten Potent African Medicinal Plants Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally · Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 2013 | 646 |
| 44 | Medicinal Properties of Neem Leaves: A Review Rajamanickam Subapriya, Siddavaram Nagini · Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry | Mar 2005 | 640 |
| 45 | Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cardiac diseases in the south-east region of Morocco (Tafilalet) Mohamed Eddouks, Mhamed Maghrani, Ahmed Lemhadri et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology | Oct 2002 | 619 |
| 46 | An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Zay people in Ethiopia Mirutse Giday, Zemede Asfaw, Thomas Elmqvist et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 12 Feb 2003 | 609 |
| 47 | Agroforestry solutions to address food security and climate change challenges in Africa Cheikh Mbow, Meine van Noordwijk, Eike Luedeling et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | 17 Nov 2013 | 597 |
| 48 | Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by people in Zegie Peninsula, Northwestern Ethiopia Tilahun Teklehaymanot, Mirutse Giday · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | 14 Mar 2007 | 588 |
| 49 | Germination Value: An Index Combining Speed and Completeness of Pine Seed Germination Felix J. Czabator · Forest Science | Dec 1962 | 576 |
| 50 | Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation Florence Pendrill et al. · Science | 8 Sep 2022 | 569 |
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