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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/2025/10/30/s... @iavs5.bsky.social
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
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October 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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/2025/10/23/v... @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
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October 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/10/23/v... @iavs5.bsky.social
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
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
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October 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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/2025/07/31/s... @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
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August 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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" 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
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
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July 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"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/2025/07/25/v...
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
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July 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/07/25/v...
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
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
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July 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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/2025/07/13/v... @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
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July 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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/2025/06/23/v...
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
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June 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) got its first Impact Factor vegsciblog.org/2025/06/23/v...
Palaearctic Grasslands 64 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/06/09/p... @iavs5.bsky.social
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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June 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Palaearctic Grasslands 64 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/06/09/p... @iavs5.bsky.social
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
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
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May 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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?Behind the paper post for paper by Dembicz & Dengler in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/05/21/o... @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
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May 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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
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
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
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May 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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
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
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
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May 6, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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
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
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
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April 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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
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
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
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April 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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 - a paper published in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/04/03/m... @iavs5.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
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April 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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
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
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
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March 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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
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
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
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March 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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/2025/03/11/v...
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
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March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Vegetation Classification and Survey: five years and looking ahead vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/v...
Palaearctic Grasslands 63 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/p... @iavs5.bsky.social
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
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March 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Palaearctic Grasslands 63 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/p... @iavs5.bsky.social
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
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,
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March 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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
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
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
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March 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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
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
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
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February 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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 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
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
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February 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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