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Zaal Kikvidze is affiliated with Ilia State University in Georgia. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist has a robust publication record with 2,024 works in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 357 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and 207 in Medicine.

Their specialized work includes the following subfields of study:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Food Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Forestry

Kikvidze's main research topics cover a range of botanical and biochemical subjects with a notable emphasis on ethnobotanical and medicinal plants. The primary topics include:

  • Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies

The scientist's recent notable publications are as follows:

  • Unity in diversity-food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus (2021), published in Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • From the sea to the mountains - plant use in Ajara, Samegrelo and Kvemo Svaneti, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus (2020), published in Ethnobotany Research and Applications
  • An ethnobotany of Upper Imereti, Ukana Pshavi, Meshketi and Pankisi gorge, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus (2021), published in Bocconea
  • An ethnobotany of Kakheti and Kvemo Kartli, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus (2020), published in Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Kikvidze has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Rainer W. Bussmann
  • Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
  • Ketevan Batsatsashvili
  • Manana Khutsishvili
  • Inesa Maisaia

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in several specialized publication venues, mainly:

  • Ethnobotany Research and Applications
  • Bocconea
  • Botanica Serbica
  • Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Kikvidze is also the author of a book titled Ethnobotany of Northern Africa and Levant, published by Springer International Publishing in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Positive interactions among alpine plants increase with stress.

    Ragan M. Callaway;R. W. Brooker;Philippe Choler;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

    Rob W. Brooker;Fernando T. Maestre;Ragan M. Callaway;Christopher L. Lortie

  • A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus

    Rainer W. Bussmann;Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana;Shalva Sikharulidze;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Do biotic interactions shape both sides of the humped-back model of species richness in plant communities?

    Richard Michalet;Robin W. Brooker;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Wine, Beer, Snuff, Medicine, and Loss of Diversity - Ethnobotanical travels in the Georgian Caucasus

    Rainer W Bussmann;Narel Y Paniagua Zambrana;Shalva Sikharulidze;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Rethinking plant community theory

    Christopher J. Lortie;Rob W. Brooker;Phillipe Choler;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Ethnobotany of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

    Rainer W Bussmann;Paniagua Zambrana;Y Narel;Shalva Sikharulidze

  • Plant and fungal use in Tusheti, Khevsureti, and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

    Rainer W. Bussmann;Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana;Shalva Sikharulidze;Zaal Kikvidze

  • The importance of importance

    Rob Brooker;Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Rob W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Bradley J. Cook

  • Importance: an overlooked concept in plant interaction research

    Rob W. Brooker;Zaal Kikvidze

  • LINKING PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES: A GLOBAL STUDY

    Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire;Robin W. Brooker;Philippe Choler

  • Plants in the spa – the medicinal plant market of Borjomi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus

    Rainer W Bussmann;Zambrana Paniagua;Y Narel;Shalva Sikharulidze

  • Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

    B. J. Butterfield;L. A. Cavieres;R. M. Callaway;B. J. Cook

  • Facilitation by unpalatable weeds may conserve plant diversity in overgrazed meadows in the Caucasus Mountains

    Ragan M. Callaway;Zaal Kikvidze;David Kikodze

  • Seasonal shifts in competition and facilitation in subalpine plant communities of the central Caucasus

    Zaal Kikvidze;Liana Khetsuriani;David Kikodze;Ragan M. Callaway

  • Don't diss integration: a comment on Ricklefs's disintegrating communities.

    Rob W. Brooker;Ragan M. Callaway;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Zaal Kikvidze;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Hydraulic lift: soil processes and transpiration in the Mediterranean leguminous shrub Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss

    Iván Prieto;Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs.

    Christian Schöb;Richard Michalet;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Francisco I. Pugnaire

  • The Use of “Use Value”: Quantifying Importance in Ethnobotany

    Jasmine Zenderland;Robbie Hart;Rainer W. Bussmann;Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  • Facilitation in subnival vegetation patches

    Zaal Kikvidze;Georgi Nakhutsrishvili

  • PERSPECTIVE Do biotic interactions shape both sides of the humped-back model of species richness in plant communities?

    Richard Michalet;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer W. Bussmann
Rainer W. Bussmann Ilia State University
Francisco I. Pugnaire
Francisco I. Pugnaire Spanish National Research Council
Ragan M. Callaway
Ragan M. Callaway University of Montana
Richard Michalet
Richard Michalet University of Bordeaux
Rob W. Brooker
Rob W. Brooker James Hutton Institute
Christopher J. Lortie
Christopher J. Lortie York University
Lohengrin A. Cavieres
Lohengrin A. Cavieres University of Concepción
Cristina Armas
Cristina Armas Spanish National Research Council
Philippe Choler
Philippe Choler Grenoble Alpes University

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