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The International Association for Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social · Oct 22
📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain

Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide!

📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025
👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org
#IAVS2026
IAVS Symposium 2026, Thematic 'Understanding Ecosystems Through Vegetation'.
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🌿 Forest composition matters. Cemin & Jean show that the mix of tree species drives bryophyte biomass as well as carbon and nitrogen storage in the boreal–temperate transition zone, highlighting links between canopy identity and moss‑layer ecosystem roles 🌱💚.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🌲 Rewilding old plantations. Bricca et al. demonstrate that canopy shade, elevation and environmental conditions interact to shape diversity across tree, shrub, herb and juvenile layers in former pine plantations 🌱💚.
📘 DOI: 10.1111/jvs.70085
#ForestRestoration
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🌿 Soil drives plant strategies. Paiva et al. show that soil conditions and nutrients shape the distribution of CSR strategies in an ironstone montane ecosystem 🌱🔍.
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#PlantEcology #TraitEcology
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January 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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🌱 Two journals, one voice.
Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science have joined forces on social media. Follow our combined account for the latest papers and research highlights ⬇️
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January 4, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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🌾 Invasion & coexistence traits. Csecserits et al. show that persistence trait similarity promotes coexistence with the perennial invader Asclepias syriaca but not with the annual Conyza canadensis, suggesting functional traits shape invasion outcomes 🌱💡.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🏙️ Productivity and disturbance shape urban grasslands. Pouta et al. show that productive areas host taller, fast-growing plants, whereas frequently disturbed patches favor low-growing, stress-tolerant species 🌿📊.
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#UrbanEcology #PlantCommunities
December 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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🌱 Climbing plant phenology decoded. Seger et al. show that phylogeny alone poorly predicts timing for individual species, but evolutionary history strongly influences community-level responses to daylength and environmental gradients 🌿📈.
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#PlantEcology
December 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the fourth quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/12/27/v...
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the fourth quarter of 2025 - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) In the fourth quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification
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December 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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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
December 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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🎅🎄 Another Christmas present from VED! Check the paper on wetland classification and revitalisation monitoring by using drone data 👇
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Wetland classification and revitalisation monitoring by using drone data
Wetlands are essential ecosystems increasingly threatened by human activities and climate change. This study presents a method for classifying and monitoring wetland habitats in the Čiližská Radvaň pr...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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The website for the 68th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science has been launched:
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Getting ready for the #IAVS2026 Symposium? Become an #IAVS member and make the most of it!

Discounts on registration + field excursions
Eligibility for awards & #travelgrants

👉Join the community shaping the future of #vegetationscience - www.iavs.org/page/JoinIAVS

#ecology #vegetationecology
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to
develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐

Applications due Feb 5
Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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👋 One small change, more vegetation science!
We’ve merged the social media outreach of Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science. Follow our joint account to keep up with new papers and highlights ⬇️
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December 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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I am planning to for the next IAVS! It will be hosted in Gijón, Spain!
Are you working with #fossilpollen? Sign up! There will be a session about vegetation history😉
milanchytry.bsky.social Milan Chytrý @milanchytry.bsky.social · 15d
The website for the 68th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science has been launched:
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org
Many thanks to Borja Jiménez-Alfaro and his colleagues for this invitation.
See you in June in Gijón, on the northern coast of Spain.
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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The website for the 68th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science has been launched:
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org
Many thanks to Borja Jiménez-Alfaro and his colleagues for this invitation.
See you in June in Gijón, on the northern coast of Spain.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🌿 Miholcsa et al. assess the impact of Xeranthemum cylindraceum—a neophyte for Romania—on grassland communities in its new range. They find no conservation concerns, but evidence that the species benefits from grazing disturbance.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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🌾 Invasion under drought. Ravetta et al. reveal that imposed drought conditions enhance the establishment of invasive species across an aridity gradient, highlighting how water stress may predispose systems to invasion 🌿☀️.
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#Ecology #ClimateStress
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🌱 Survey skill matters. Moser et al. show that experienced observers detect significantly more liverworts and small bryophyte species in vegetation surveys, highlighting the value of expertise for fine‑scale diversity data 🌿💡.
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#Ecology
December 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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📘 Preislerová & Chytrý identify 343 high-rank syntaxa missing from the EuroVegChecklist. This curated list offers a valuable resource for vegetation scientists and may support future updates.
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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🌱 Forest understory dynamics. Vallé et al. demonstrate that the impact of drought on woodland herb‑layer diversity is modulated by land‑use history and local site factors, with older forest components showing greater resistance 🌳📉.
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#ForestEcology
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December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Wetland species cover, soil variables and topography explain non-native plant invasions in the U.S. Piedmont region. A new paper by Tarasi & Peet in the Special Issue on Biological Invasions in Plant Communities.
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Relationship of Exotic Species Establishment to Environmental Site Characteristics in Plant Communities of the Piedmont of Southeastern USA
Questions Although communities may be differentially susceptible to establishment of exotics, broad predictions of community invasibility remain elusive. Here we have addressed which abiotic and bio...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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A new paper by Chen et al proposes a one-dimensional aggregation index (quadrat nearest neighboring distance) for detecting & comparing species spatial distribution patterns.
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Measuring Two‐Dimensional Distributional Aggregation Pattern of Species Through One‐Dimensional Approximation
The correlation between one-dimensional quadrat nearest neighboring distance (QNN) and Clark and Evans’ R metric for measuring two-dimensional distributional patterns of the 188 tree species in Barro...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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A new paper by Jo et al. explores multi-species invasions and their impacts on functional plant composition. Special Issue on Biological invasions in Plant Communities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Multi‐Species Plant Invasions in Temperate Successional Grasslands Drive Changes in Community Functional Composition
We examine how multi-species plant invasions shape temperate grassland function in New Zealand. Non-native species richness is positively associated with the most abundant non-native species cover, b...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM