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Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science - vegsciblog.org Posted by Jürgen Dengler (Chair of the Guest Editors) Outline: Scaling laws are ubiquitous in ecology. Ignoring them can lead

Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2025/10/30/s... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2025 - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) In the third quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/10/23/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

A comparative study of lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in central California - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Michael Mulroy and Nishanta Rajakaruna Lichens and bryophytes may be small, but they are among the dominant life

Plain language summary of the paper "A comparative study of lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in central California" published in the @jvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/10/15/l... @iavs5.bsky.social

Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey - vegsciblog.org The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Chief Editor of Vegetation Classification and Survey) The IAVS Working Group European Vegetation Survey

Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/07/31/s... @iavs5.bsky.social

Twelve years with DiffVal and TDV: the making of a method - vegsciblog.org The post provided by Tiago Monteiro-Henriques This post refers to the article TDV-optimization: A novel numerical method for phytosociological tabulation

"Twelve years with DiffVal and TDV: the making of a method" by Tiago Monteiro-Henriques is the Behind the paper post of his latest article in VCS vegsciblog.org/2025/07/26/t... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025 - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) In the second quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/07/25/v...

From picking wild asparaguses to studying vegetation responses to fire regimes - vegsciblog.org The post provided by Sabina Burrascano This post refers to the article “Transiently richer but profoundly changed: fire regime triggers

Fire regimes in sub-Mediterranean areas negatively affect deciduous shrub and tree species while favouring Mediterranean herbs & low shrubs, blurring the differences between Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas. See post by Sabina Burrascano: vegsciblog.org/2025/07/25/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

VCS is looking for new members of the Editorial Board - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), the gold open-access journal of

VCS is looking for new members of the Editorial Board vegsciblog.org/2025/07/13/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) got its first Impact Factor - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) We are glad to announce that Vegetation Classification and Survey

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) got its first Impact Factor vegsciblog.org/2025/06/23/v...

Palaearctic Grasslands 64 is published - vegsciblog.org The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Deputy Chief Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands) The new issue of Palaearctic Grasslands is out,

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From Disturbance to Recovery: Unveiling the Role of Goats and Ecological Drivers on Vegetation Dynamics of Trindade Island, South Atlantic, Brazil - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Felipe Zuñe, Márcia Gonçalves Rogério, Ruy José Válka Alves & Nílber Gonçalves da Silva Trindade Island is a

Plain language summary of the paper by Zuñe et al. in the @jvegsci.bsky.social "From Disturbance to Recovery: Unveiling the Role of Goats and Ecological Drivers on Vegetation Dynamics of Trindade Island, South Atlantic, Brazil" vegsciblog.org/2025/05/29/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

Does the use of ordinal cover scales bias biodiversity metrics? - vegsciblog.org The post provided by Iwona Dembicz & Jürgen Dengler This post refers to the article Should we estimate plant cover

Does the use of ordinal cover scales bias biodiversity metrics?Behind the paper post for paper by Dembicz & Dengler in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/05/21/o... @iavs5.bsky.social

Floristic patterns in the Andes of northern Patagonia's forests, Argentina: towards integrating ecological responses with expert-based and unsupervised classification methods - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Natalia Zoe Joelson, Alois Simon, Friedemann von Lampe, Gabriel Ángel Loguercio, Stefan Zerbe, Christoph Leuschner, and Helge Walentowski

Plain language summary of the paper in VCS by Joelson et al. "Floristic patterns in the Andes of northern Patagonia's forests, Argentina: towards integrating ecological responses with expert-based and unsupervised classification methods" vegsciblog.org/2025/05/05/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

Large boulders provide refuge for browse-sensitive species and reveal a legacy of overbrowsing and shifting baselines - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Gillian G. Revenis, Ryan Utz, Rose-Marie Muzika, Thomas P. Diggins, and Walter P. Carson Throughout the Eastern United

Plain language summary of the paper by G.G.Revenis et al. "Large boulders provide refuge for browse-sensitive species and reveal a legacy of overbrowsing and shifting baselines" from @applvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/05/05/l... @iavs5.bsky.social

Advancing vegetation classification of grassland ecosystems across Asia: current status and way forward - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Alireza Naqinezhad, Idoia Biurrun, Victor Chepinoga, Jürgen Dengler, and Arkadiusz Nowak Grasslands are open landscapes mostly covered by

Naqinezhad et al. in Vegetation Classification and Survey: Advancing vegetation classification of grassland ecosystems across Asia: current status and way forward vegsciblog.org/2025/04/25/c... @iavs5.bsky.social

Measuring them all: Individual-based functional spatial patterns in mountain grasslands - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Luciano L. M. De Benedictis, Stefano Chelli, Roberto Canullo, and Giandiego Campetella What happens if you measure traits

What happens if you measure traits and coordinates for every plant individual in a grassland? De Benedictis et al. found non-random trait patterns at scales of few centimetres, and large intraspecific variability. Check here: vegsciblog.org/2025/04/23/i... @iavs5.bsky.social @jvegsci.bsky.social

Mean ecological indicator values: which system and which weighting approach to use - vegsciblog.org The post provided by Grzegorz Ostrowski, Severin Aicher, Agnieszka Mankiewicz & Jürgen Dengler This post refers to the article Mean

Mean ecological indicator values: which system and which weighting approach to use - a paper published in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/04/03/m... @iavs5.bsky.social

How does fire exclusion affect the belowground biomass of tropical open ecosystems? - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Juliana Teixeira, Lara Souza, Aline Bombo & Soizig Le Sradic Fire is key for the maintenance of open

Plain language summary of the paper by Teixeira et al. published in @jvegsci.bsky.social, entitled "How does fire exclusion affect the belowground biomass of tropical open ecosystems?" vegsciblog.org/2025/03/21/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

Grasslands change differently at different elevations - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Gianmaria Bonari, Alessandro Bricca, Davide Andreatta, and Francesco Maria Sabatini This Behind the paper post refers to the

Behind the paper post referring to the article "Grassland Changes in the Eastern Alps Over Four Decades: Unveiling Patterns Along an Elevation Gradient" by Gianmaria Bonari and colleagues, published in @applvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/03/12/g... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey: five years and looking ahead - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of all VCS Chief Editors) On occasion of the completion of the fifth annual

Vegetation Classification and Survey: five years and looking ahead vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/v...

Palaearctic Grasslands 63 is published - vegsciblog.org The post was provided by Idoia Biurrun (Deputy Chief Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands) This post refers to the new issue

Palaearctic Grasslands 63 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/p... @iavs5.bsky.social

Multiple effects of capybaras on vegetation suggest impending impacts of jaguar reintroduction - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Ana Belen Avila, María Jose Corriale, Debora Di Francescantonio, Pablo I. Picca, Emiliano Donadio, Mario S. Di Bitetti,

Capybaras shape vegetation in the Iberá Wetlands by grazing, promoting plant diversity. Reintroducing jaguars could change grazing patterns, impacting plant communities and benefiting biodiversity. @applvegsci.bsky.social paper by Avila et al. vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/c... @iavs5.bsky.social

Response of subalpine plant vegetation to snow cover duration quantified by in situ repeat photography - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Miroslav Zeidler, Jan Šipoš, Marek Banaš, and Tomáš Václavík Imagine a mountain landscape blanketed in snow. Beneath this

Plain language summary for the recent @jvegsci.bsky.social article by Zeidler et al. Response of subalpine plant vegetation to snow cover duration quantified by in situ repeat photography vegsciblog.org/2025/02/27/r... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation of the southern slopes of Mt. Damavand, Iran: a comprehensive phytosociological classification - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Amir Talebi, Denys Vynokurov, Farideh Attar, Jürgen Dengler, and Alireza Naqinezhad The Alborz Mountains, home to Damavand Peak—the

Plain language summary of the article by Amir Talebi et al. (2024) entitled "Vegetation of the southern slopes of Mt. Damavand, Iran: a comprehensive phytosociological classification" published in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/02/06/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

IranVeg – The Vegetation Database of Iran: Current status and the way forward - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Soghra Ramzi, Jalil Noroozi, Hamid Gholizadeh, Behnam Hamzeh’ee, Younes Asri, Amir Talebi, Halime Moradi, Parastoo Mahdavi, Seyedeh Saeedeh

IranVeg, the first national vegetation database of Iran. Explore its potential and see how you can contribute or benefit! 🌍 🌱 Paper by Ramzi et al. (2024) published in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/02/06/i... @iavs5.bsky.social

Deadline extended for VCS Special Collection “Vegetation classification of islands and archipelagos” - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jorge Capelo, Jürgen Dengler and Riccardo Guarino Following several requests, we extended the deadlines for the Special Collection

Deadline extended for VCS Special Collection “Vegetation classification of islands and archipelagos” vegsciblog.org/2025/02/06/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

VCS Editors’ Award for 2024 - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of all VCS Chief Editor) As in every year, we selected one of the

VCS Editors’ Award for 2024 vegsciblog.org/2025/01/27/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the fourth quarter of 2024 - vegsciblog.org Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of the VCS Chief Editor) Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) has completed the fourth

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the fourth quarter of 2024 vegsciblog.org/2025/01/20/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Enhancing our knowledge on African vegetation: The new Special Collection in Vegetation Classification and Survey - vegsciblog.org The post provided by Reginald T. Guuroh, Leslie Brown, Miguel Alvarez, Manfred Finckh, Ute Schmiedel, Gaolathe Tsheboeng This post refers

Behind the paper post for the paper by Guuroh et al. (2024) published in Vegetation Classification and Survey: African vegetation studies: introduction to a Special Collection vegsciblog.org/2025/01/08/e... @iavs5.bsky.social

On the use of taxon names in community ecology - vegsciblog.org Vegetation science and community ecology focus on ecosystems composed of multiple species and other taxonomic ranks, such as subspecies. Scientific

On the use of taxon names in community ecology vegsciblog.org/2025/01/04/o... @applvegsci.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social