Topic · Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Most cited papers in Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

What are the most cited papers in Botany and Plant Ecology Studies?

The most cited paper in Botany and Plant Ecology Studies is "A TWO‐STAGE TECHNIQUE FOR THE IN VITRO DIGESTION OF FORAGE CROPS" (J. M. A. Tilley, R. A. Terry, 1963), with 6,625 citations. Next come "THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES‐RICHNESS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGENERATION NICHE" (4,457) and "A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide" (4,148).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 522 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	A TWO‐STAGE TECHNIQUE FOR THE IN VITRO DIGESTION OF FORAGE CROPS J. M. A. Tilley, R. A. Terry · Grass and Forage Science	Jun 1963	6,625
2	THE MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES‐RICHNESS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGENERATION NICHE P. J. Grubb · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review	Feb 1977	4,457
3	A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide J. H. C. Cornelissen, Sandra Lavorel, Éric Garnier et al. · Australian Journal of Botany	13 Aug 2003	4,148
4	Plant Ecological Strategies: Some Leading Dimensions of Variation Between Species Mark Westoby, Daniel Stein Falster, Angela T. Moles et al. · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics	Nov 2002	3,129
5	Refugia, differentiation and postglacial migration in arctic‐alpine Eurasia, exemplified by the mountain avens ( Dryas octopetala L.) Inger Skrede, Pernille Bronken Eidesen, Rosalía Piñeiro et al. · Molecular Ecology	13 Apr 2006	2,748
6	POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ORGANISMS AS PHYSICAL ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS Clive G. Jones, John Hartley Lawton, Moshe Shachak · Ecology	Oct 1997	2,344
7	Occupancy Estimation and Modeling. Inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence Nigel G. Yoccoz · Wildlife Biology Open access	Dec 2006	2,336
8	An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. WILLIAM R. JUN. ANDERSON, Arthur Cronquist · Brittonia	Apr 1982	2,324
9	Plant Diversity and Productivity Experiments in European Grasslands Andy Hector et al. · Science	5 Nov 1999	2,143
10	Molecular evidence for glacial refugia of mountain plants in the European Alps Peter Schönswetter, Ivana Stehlik, Rolf Holderegger et al. · Molecular Ecology	10 Aug 2005	2,101
11	The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants Stefan Andreas Rensing et al. · Science	13 Dec 2007	1,887
12	Dominance and Diversity in Land Plant Communities ROBERT H. WHITTAKER · Science	15 Jan 1965	1,660
13	Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on the Species Richness of Grasslands Carly J. Stevens, Nancy B. Dise, J. O. Mountford et al. · Science	18 Mar 2004	1,567
14	Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities Ladislav Mucina et al. · Applied Vegetation Science Open access	Nov 2016	1,545
15	History and evolution of the arctic flora: in the footsteps of Eric Hultén Richard J. Abbott, Christian Brochmann · Molecular Ecology	16 Jan 2003	1,449
16	Phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated land by trees—a review Ian D. Pulford · Environment International	23 Apr 2003	1,401
17	STUDIES IN THE WATER RELATIONS OF THE COTTON PLANT Paul Egerton Weatherley · New Phytologist Open access	Mar 1950	1,334
18	Transformation of cover-abundance values in phytosociology and its effects on community similarity E. Maabel · Plant Ecology	May 1979	1,310
19	The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. James L. Luteyn, James C. Hickman · Brittonia	Oct 1993	1,300
20	The effects of air‐borne nitrogen pollutants on species diversity in natural and semi‐natural European vegetation Roland Bobbink, Michael Hornung, Jan G. M. Roelofs · Journal of Ecology	Oct 1998	1,273
21	Vegetation science concepts I. Initial floristic composition, a factor in old-field vegetation development with 2 figs. Frank E. Egler · Vegetatio	Nov 1954	1,203
22	Impact of invasive plants on the species richness, diversity and composition of invaded communities Martin Hejda, Petr Pyšek, Vojtĕch Jaros̆ı́k · Journal of Ecology	18 Feb 2009	1,187
23	THE ECOLOGY OF ARCTIC AND ALPINE PLANTS William Dwight Billings, H.A. Mooney · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Review	Nov 1968	1,134
24	TURBOVEG, a comprehensive data base management system for vegetation data S.M. Hennekens, J.H.J. Schaminée · Journal of Vegetation Science Open access	24 Feb 2001	1,092
25	Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America Pamela S. Soltis, Ashley B. Morris, JASON S. McLACHLAN et al. · Molecular Ecology Open access	14 Nov 2006	1,090
26	Secondary Succession and the Pattern of Plant Dominance Along Experimental Nitrogen Gradients David Tilman · Ecological Monographs	Sep 1987	1,084
27	Export of organic carbon from peat soils Chris Freeman, Chris Evans, Don Monteith et al. · Nature	23 Aug 2001	1,065
28	Plant diversity in mediterranean-climate regions Richard M. Cowling, Philip W. Rundel, Byron B. Lamont et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review	Sep 1996	1,056
29	Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties B. Saugier · Plant Science	Sep 2001	1,005
30	Effects of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) on terrestrial vegetation: a review S.V. Krupa · Environmental Pollution	24 Apr 2003	998
31	Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications – a synthesis Juul Limpens, Frank Berendse, C. Blodau et al. · Biogeosciences Open access	31 Oct 2008	987
32	Some general principles of landscape and regional ecology Richard T. T. Forman · Landscape Ecology	Jun 1995	983
33	Recent Plant Diversity Changes on Europe’s Mountain Summits Harald Pauli et al. · Science Open access	19 Apr 2012	981
34	A method for assessing changes in the abundance of butterflies E. Pollard · Biological Conservation	Sep 1977	971
35	A new scenario for the Quaternary history of European beech populations: palaeobotanical evidence and genetic consequences Donatella Magri, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Bernard Comps et al. · New Phytologist	17 May 2006	940
36	PEATMAP: Refining estimates of global peatland distribution based on a meta-analysis Jiren Xu, Paul J. Morris, Junguo Liu et al. · CATENA ReviewOpen access	23 Sep 2017	937
37	Cryptic northern refugia and the origins of the modern biota John R. Stewart, Adrian M. Lister · Trends in Ecology & Evolution Review	Nov 2001	936
38	JUICE, software for vegetation classification Lubomír Tichý · Journal of Vegetation Science	2002	927
39	Impact of several common tree species of European temperate forests on soil fertility Laurent Augusto, Jacques J. Ranger, Dan Binkley et al. · Annals of Forest Science Open access	Apr 2002	898
40	The underappreciated potential of peatlands in global climate change mitigation strategies Jens Leifeld, Lorenzo Menichetti · Nature Communications Open access	8 Mar 2018	875
41	International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 3rd edition Heinrich E. Weber, J. Moravec, Jean‐Paul Theurillat · Journal of Vegetation Science	9 Apr 2000	864
42	The Biological Aspects of Rare Plant Conservation. James W. Grimes, Hugh Synge · Brittonia	Apr 1982	850
43	Potential Natural Vegetation of the Conterminous United States A. W. Küchler · Soil Science	May 1965	842
44	Biological monitoring: lichens as bioindicators of air pollution assessment — a review Marcelo Enrique Conti, G Cecchetti · Environmental Pollution	Oct 2001	823
45	Improved conditions and new data for identification of lichen products by standardized thin-layer chromatographic method Chicita F. Culberson · Journal of Chromatography A	1972	822
46	Species indicator values as an important tool in applied plant ecology – a review Martin Diekmann · Basic and Applied Ecology	2003	820
47	How Sphagnum bogs down other plants N. van Breemen · Trends in Ecology & Evolution ReviewOpen access	Jul 1995	818
48	Determination of diagnostic species with statistical fidelity measures Milan Chytrý, Lubomír Tichý, Jason Holt et al. · Journal of Vegetation Science	Feb 2002	817
49	Current approaches to the revegetation and reclamation of metalliferous mine wastes George M. Tordoff, Alan J. M. Baker, Alyson Willis · Chemosphere	Jul 2000	806
50	The Eocene North Atlantic land bridge:its importance in Tertiary and modern phytogeography of the Northern Hemisphere Bruce H. Tiffney · Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Open access	1985	797

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