Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
@borjajimalf.bsky.social
Plant Ecology | Vegetation | Biogeography | Professor of Botany | University of Oviedo | Biodiversity Research Institute CSIC | Jardin Botánico Atlántico de Gijón | IAVS
Last-minute folks, good news: the IAVS2026 abstract deadline has been extended to February 17 - you’ve got one extra week to submit!
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
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ABSTRACTS | 68th IAVS Symposium Gijón, Spain - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
Symposium topics Ecosystem-focused topics Cold-driven ecosystems: Alpine, arctic, and mountain vegetationDrought-driven ecosystems: Arid, semi-arid, and seasonally dry vegetationFire-prone ecosystems:...
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Last-minute folks, good news: the IAVS2026 abstract deadline has been extended to February 17 - you’ve got one extra week to submit!
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
Last-minute folks, good news: the IAVS2026 abstract deadline has been extended to February 17 - you’ve got one extra week to submit!
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
ABSTRACTS | 68th IAVS Symposium Gijón, Spain - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
Symposium topics Ecosystem-focused topics Cold-driven ecosystems: Alpine, arctic, and mountain vegetationDrought-driven ecosystems: Arid, semi-arid, and seasonally dry vegetationFire-prone ecosystems:...
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Last-minute folks, good news: the IAVS2026 abstract deadline has been extended to February 17 - you’ve got one extra week to submit!
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
Both abstract submissions and registration are now open! Looking forward to seeing you all in Gijón
🌿Join the 68th IAVS Annual Symposium.🌿
⌛️ Early bird registrations are now open.
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with fellow vegetation scientists!
Take advantage of the early bird rates. Location: Gijón, Spain.
Apply here—https://2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/.
⌛️ Early bird registrations are now open.
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with fellow vegetation scientists!
Take advantage of the early bird rates. Location: Gijón, Spain.
Apply here—https://2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/.
IAVS 2026 - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
IAVS 2026 68th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Both abstract submissions and registration are now open! Looking forward to seeing you all in Gijón
Reposted by Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
Want to know a bit more about our newest recipient of IAVS Honorary Membership? 📖
Meet Milan Chytrý, founder of European Vegetation Archive & a leading figure in vegetation science
Discover his outstanding contributions to #vegetationscience in our newly published #IAVS bulletin—
shorturl.at/Sdutp
Meet Milan Chytrý, founder of European Vegetation Archive & a leading figure in vegetation science
Discover his outstanding contributions to #vegetationscience in our newly published #IAVS bulletin—
shorturl.at/Sdutp
December 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Want to know a bit more about our newest recipient of IAVS Honorary Membership? 📖
Meet Milan Chytrý, founder of European Vegetation Archive & a leading figure in vegetation science
Discover his outstanding contributions to #vegetationscience in our newly published #IAVS bulletin—
shorturl.at/Sdutp
Meet Milan Chytrý, founder of European Vegetation Archive & a leading figure in vegetation science
Discover his outstanding contributions to #vegetationscience in our newly published #IAVS bulletin—
shorturl.at/Sdutp
Reposted by Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
📢 Thinking about presenting at #IAVS2026?
Abstract submissions are opening on 1 Dec 2025
Submit one 250-word abstract (talk or poster) via the online portal.
Prepare your #vegetation science & #ecology research—more info on website - gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
#Vegetation #symposium
Abstract submissions are opening on 1 Dec 2025
Submit one 250-word abstract (talk or poster) via the online portal.
Prepare your #vegetation science & #ecology research—more info on website - gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
#Vegetation #symposium
ABSTRACTS | IAVS 2026 - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
Symposium topics Ecosystem-focused topics Cold-driven ecosystems: Alpine, arctic, and mountain vegetationDrought-driven ecosystems: Arid, semi-arid, and seasonally dry vegetationFire-prone ecosystems:...
gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
📢 Thinking about presenting at #IAVS2026?
Abstract submissions are opening on 1 Dec 2025
Submit one 250-word abstract (talk or poster) via the online portal.
Prepare your #vegetation science & #ecology research—more info on website - gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
#Vegetation #symposium
Abstract submissions are opening on 1 Dec 2025
Submit one 250-word abstract (talk or poster) via the online portal.
Prepare your #vegetation science & #ecology research—more info on website - gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
#Vegetation #symposium
We offer a postdoc position for developing global analyses on seed germination data using SEEDARC. See the job alert on our website and contact us!
www.jimenezalfaro.net
www.jimenezalfaro.net
VEGETATION & BIODIVERSITY LAB
Vegetation & Biodiversity Lab
www.jimenezalfaro.net
June 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We offer a postdoc position for developing global analyses on seed germination data using SEEDARC. See the job alert on our website and contact us!
www.jimenezalfaro.net
www.jimenezalfaro.net
We just activated the field work campaign for habitat mapping in Vojvodina (Serbia) for the Twinning EU SONATA project. Great excursions visiting Pannonian grasslands and super-rich forests! Project info in sonata-nbs.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We just activated the field work campaign for habitat mapping in Vojvodina (Serbia) for the Twinning EU SONATA project. Great excursions visiting Pannonian grasslands and super-rich forests! Project info in sonata-nbs.com
Reposted by Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
What a wonderful recogition from my plant-interested colleagues 🌴🌿🌸🍂🌳🌐🍃 #vegetationscience #IAVS #humboldt
🏅 Congratulations to Jens-Christian Svenning from Aarhus University, Denmark, on receiving the Alexander von Humboldt Medal! 🎉
His achievement will be celebrated at the 68th IAVS Symposium in 2026 in Gijón, Spain.
Join us at the upcoming IAVS symposia to hear the awardees' inspiring lectures!
His achievement will be celebrated at the 68th IAVS Symposium in 2026 in Gijón, Spain.
Join us at the upcoming IAVS symposia to hear the awardees' inspiring lectures!
April 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What a wonderful recogition from my plant-interested colleagues 🌴🌿🌸🍂🌳🌐🍃 #vegetationscience #IAVS #humboldt
Reposted by Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
The first paper from #darkdivnet is out now! Huge thank you to all our >200 co-authors who helped to reveal dark diversity in different parts of the world! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The first paper from #darkdivnet is out now! Huge thank you to all our >200 co-authors who helped to reveal dark diversity in different parts of the world! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just published! A new approach to model invasive species combining SDMs and dispersal, a major output from the Juan de la Cierva project led by Adrián Lázaro-Lobo in our group
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Combining Hierarchical Distribution Models With Dispersal Simulations to Predict the Spread of Invasive Plant Species
Aim Predicting the future distribution of invasive species is a current challenge for biodiversity assessment. Species distribution models (SDMs) have long been the state-of-the-art to evaluate suit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Just published! A new approach to model invasive species combining SDMs and dispersal, a major output from the Juan de la Cierva project led by Adrián Lázaro-Lobo in our group
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Reposted by Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
Junto con @borjajimalf.bsky.social desarrollamos el capítulo de los bosques templados caducifolios, donde tanto la renaturalización pasiva como la intervención directa son herramientas complementarias de restauración.
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Junto con @borjajimalf.bsky.social desarrollamos el capítulo de los bosques templados caducifolios, donde tanto la renaturalización pasiva como la intervención directa son herramientas complementarias de restauración.
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social
Reposted by Borja Jiménez-Alfaro
Fun visit to the Atlantic Botanical Garden of Gijón with @borjajimalf.bsky.social and a #botany class.
At least eight species of plants 🪴🏵️ growing as #accidental #epiphytes.
Quercus full of surprises! I wonder if this counts towards the value of centenary #Quercus for #biodiversity.
At least eight species of plants 🪴🏵️ growing as #accidental #epiphytes.
Quercus full of surprises! I wonder if this counts towards the value of centenary #Quercus for #biodiversity.
March 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Fun visit to the Atlantic Botanical Garden of Gijón with @borjajimalf.bsky.social and a #botany class.
At least eight species of plants 🪴🏵️ growing as #accidental #epiphytes.
Quercus full of surprises! I wonder if this counts towards the value of centenary #Quercus for #biodiversity.
At least eight species of plants 🪴🏵️ growing as #accidental #epiphytes.
Quercus full of surprises! I wonder if this counts towards the value of centenary #Quercus for #biodiversity.