| Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function CP Carmona, CG Bueno, A Toussaint, S Träger, S Díaz, M Moora, ... Nature 597 (7878), 683-687, 2021 | 328 | 2021 |
| Environmental heterogeneity, species diversity and co‐existence at different spatial scales R Tamme, I Hiiesalu, L Laanisto, R Szava‐Kovats, M Pärtel Journal of Vegetation Science 21 (4), 796-801, 2010 | 326 | 2010 |
| Predicting species' maximum dispersal distances from simple plant traits R Tamme, L Götzenberger, M Zobel, JM Bullock, DAP Hooftman, A Kaasik, ... Ecology 95 (2), 505-513, 2014 | 310 | 2014 |
| A synthesis of empirical plant dispersal kernels JM Bullock, L Mallada González, R Tamme, L Götzenberger, SM White, ... Journal of Ecology 105 (1), 6-19, 2017 | 285 | 2017 |
| Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in M editerranean drylands E Valencia, FT Maestre, Y Le Bagousse‐Pinguet, JL Quero, R Tamme, ... New Phytologist 206 (2), 660-671, 2015 | 282 | 2015 |
| Erosion of global functional diversity across the tree of life CP Carmona, R Tamme, M Pärtel, F de Bello, S Brosse, P Capdevila, ... Science advances 7 (13), eabf2675, 2021 | 230 | 2021 |
| The reciprocal relationship between competition and intraspecific trait variation JA Bennett, K Riibak, R Tamme, RJ Lewis, M Pärtel Journal of Ecology 104 (5), 1410–1420, 2016 | 136 | 2016 |
| Habitat filtering determines the functional niche occupancy of plant communities worldwide Y Li, B Shipley, JN Price, V L Dantas, R Tamme, M Westoby, A Siefert, ... Journal of Ecology 106, 1001-1009, 2018 | 115 | 2018 |
| A negative heterogeneity–diversity relationship found in experimental grassland communities A Gazol, R Tamme, JN Price, I Hiiesalu, L Laanisto, M Pärtel Oecologia 173 (2), 545-555, 2013 | 95 | 2013 |
| Extinction of threatened vertebrates will lead to idiosyncratic changes in functional diversity across the world A Toussaint, S Brosse, CG Bueno, M Pärtel, R Tamme, CP Carmona Nature communications 12 (1), 5162, 2021 | 90 | 2021 |
| Landscape‐and small‐scale determinants of grassland species diversity: direct and indirect influences A Gazol, R Tamme, K Takkis, L Kasari, L Saar, A Helm, M Pärtel Ecography 35 (10), 944-951, 2012 | 90 | 2012 |
| Dark diversity in dry calcareous grasslands is determined by dispersal ability and stress‐tolerance K Riibak, T Reitalu, R Tamme, A Helm, P Gerhold, S Znamenskiy, ... Ecography 38 (7), 713-721, 2015 | 86 | 2015 |
| Microfragmentation concept explains non-positive environmental heterogeneity–diversity relationships L Laanisto, R Tamme, I Hiiesalu, R Szava-Kovats, A Gazol, M Pärtel Oecologia 171 (1), 217-226, 2013 | 85 | 2013 |
| Can dispersal investment explain why tall plant species achieve longer dispersal distances than short plant species? FJ Thomson, AD Letten, R Tamme, W Edwards, AT Moles New Phytologist 217 (1), 407-415, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass P Daleo, J Alberti, EJ Chaneton, O Iribarne, PM Tognetti, JD Bakker, ... Nature Communications 14 (1), 1809, 2023 | 67 | 2023 |
| Seeds tend to disperse further in the tropics SC Chen, R Tamme, FJ Thomson, AT Moles Ecology Letters 22 (6), 954-961, 2019 | 65 | 2019 |
| Within‐community environmental variability drives trait variability in species‐rich grasslands J Price, R Tamme, A Gazol, F Bello, K Takkis, J Uria Diez, L Kasari, ... Journal of Vegetation Science 28 (2), 303-312, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
| The functional assembly of experimental grasslands in relation to fertility and resource heterogeneity JN Price, A Gazol, R Tamme, I Hiiesalu, M Pärtel Functional Ecology 28 (2), 509-519, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity M Pärtel, R Tamme, CP Carmona, K Riibak, M Moora, JA Bennett, ... Nature, 1-8, 2025 | 49 | 2025 |
| Species pools, community completeness and invasion: disentangling diversity effects on the establishment of native and alien species JA Bennett, K Riibak, E Kook, Ü Reier, R Tamme, C Guillermo Bueno, ... Ecology letters 19 (12), 1496-1505, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
Meelis PärtelProfessor of Botany, University of TartuVerified email at ut.ee
