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Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Mélanie K. Rich
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2
Yunpeng Zhao
University of Helsinki
3
S. Coubray
Unknown
4
Marie Henniges
Queen Mary University of London
5
Chao‐Chen Hu
Tianjin University
6
Gabriele Midolo
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
7
Joannie Beaulne
Université du Québec à Montréal
8
Giacomo Potente
University of Zurich
9
Danyan Su
Nanjing Normal University
10
Klára Klinkovská
Masaryk University

Papers

1
Global distribution and drivers of relative contributions among soil nitrogen sources to terrestrial plants
Nature Communications|2024
53 cit.
2
Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation
Journal of Vegetation Science|2024
41 cit.
3
Étude paléobotanique des macrorestes végétaux provenant de Ischia
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II|2025
33 cit.
4
Plant–microbe interactions underpin contrasting enzymatic responses to wetland drainage
Nature Climate Change|2024
32 cit.
5
Publication in Biological Conservation (2024) [20 citations, W4392876467]
Biological Conservation|2024
20 cit.
6
Publication in Global Change Biology (2025) [15 citations, W4406807844]
Global Change Biology|2025
15 cit.
7
Plant functional traits couple with range size and shape in European trees
Global Ecology and Biogeography|2024
10 cit.
8
Publication in Nature Geoscience (2025) [4 citations, W4414848880]
Nature Geoscience|2025
4 cit.
9
Publication in Landscape Ecology (2025) [3 citations, W4406337833]
Landscape Ecology|2025
3 cit.
10
Warming enhances soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands
Nature Ecology & Evolution|2026
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jens Pallas
University of Münster
2
Baocheng Qu
Dalian Ocean University
3
Iwona Dembicz
University of Warsaw
4
Esther Bäumler
Union Bank of Switzerland
5
Chen Gu
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
6
Lixiang Zhu
Henan University of Technology
7
Denys Vynokurov
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
8
Claudia Biţǎ‐Nicolae
Academia Oamenilor de Știință din România
9
Lars Götzenberger
Sewanee: The University of the South
10
Serge Molchanoff
Florida State University

Papers

1
Floral and reproductive traits are an independent dimension within the plant economic spectrum of temperate central Europe
New Phytologist|2022
60 cit.
2
Climatic definitions of the world’s terrestrial biomes
Vegetation Classification and Survey|2022
53 cit.
3
Phylogenetic diversity is a weak proxy for functional diversity but they are complementary in explaining community assembly patterns in temperate vegetation
Journal of Ecology|2023
41 cit.
4
Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales?
Vegetation Classification and Survey|2023
35 cit.
5
Environment and space drive the community assembly of Atlantic European grasslands: Insights from multiple facets
Journal of Biogeography|2022
22 cit.
6
Long‐term and year‐to‐year stability and its drivers in a Mediterranean grassland
Journal of Ecology|2022
21 cit.
7
The biogeographical kingdoms and regions of the world
Mediterranean Botany|2024
14 cit.
8
Reproductive Biology and Pollination Ecology of Fritillaria michailovskyi Fomin (Liliaceae), Endemic to East Anatolia (Turkey)
Diversity|2023
12 cit.
9
A vector map of the world’s terrestrial biotic units: subbiomes, biomes, ecozones and domains
Vegetation Classification and Survey|2023
11 cit.
10
Distribution and Conservation Status of the Mountain Wetlands in the Romanian Carpathians
Sustainability|2022
8 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Milan Chytrý
Masaryk University
2
Petr Pyšek
Charles University
3
Yoshinori Asakawa
Tokushima Bunri University
4
Hendrik Poorter
Wageningen University & Research
5
Lubomír Tichý
Masaryk University
6
J.H.J. Schaminée
Wageningen University & Research
7
Jürgen Dengler
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
8
Joachim W. Kadereit
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
9
Christian Brochmann
University of Oslo
10
Tim R. Moore
McGill University

Papers

1
A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide
Australian Journal of Botany|2003
4k cit.
2
The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants
Taxon|2005
2.8k cit.
3
Refugia, differentiation and postglacial migration in arctic‐alpine Eurasia, exemplified by the mountain avens (<i>Dryas octopetala</i> L.)
Molecular Ecology|2006
2.7k cit.
4
Scientists' warning on invasive alien species
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society|2020
2.1k cit.
5
Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities
Applied Vegetation Science|2016
1.5k cit.
6
Alien plants in checklists and floras: towards better communication between taxonomists and ecologists
Taxon|2004
1.5k cit.
7
A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and environment
Global Change Biology|2011
1.4k cit.
8
Invasive Species, Environmental Change and Management, and Health
Annual Review of Environment and Resources|2010
1.4k cit.
9
Photosynthetic acclimation of plants to growth irradiance: the relative importance of specific leaf area and nitrogen partitioning in maximizing carbon gain
Plant Cell & Environment|2001
1.2k cit.
10
Plant invasions: merging the concepts of species invasiveness and community invasibility
Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment|2006
1.2k cit.

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