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Journal of Vegetation & Applied Vegetation Science
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Scientific journal publishing articles on aspects of plant community ecology and vegetation macroecology. Official journal of the International Association of Vegetation Science.
*non-profit & society-run*

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/16541103
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🍃 Leaf it alone: Environmental factors outweigh herbivory as determinants of plant traits in a Mediterranean mountain-a new paper by Garcia et al. ⬇️
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Leaf It Alone: Environmental Factors Outweigh Herbivory as Determinants of Plant Traits in a Mediterranean Mountain
This study evaluated how red deer herbivory pressure (measured by population density and feeding time), tree cover, altitude, and northness affect plant communities in a Mediterranean mountain.…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Lichens and bryophytes are an often overlooked, yet dominant component of rock outcrops and other lithic habitats. Mulroy et al. compare lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in Central California.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Mudrák et al. explore the intraspecific trait variability of closely related Carex species growing over across different habitats in an attempt to disentagle it from intraspecific trait variability. Chech out their new paper! ⬇️
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December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Corrado grasslands appear to benefit from both fire🔥 and rising ⬆️ temperatues, a new paper by Campos et al. states. However, their conversation is threatened by land conversion for agricultural and forestry purposes.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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de Cruz et al explore how community functional traits differ among vegetation types at the large transition zone between the Amazon forest and Cerrado savanna biogeographic domains. Check out their results ⬇️
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December 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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What's common between reindeer grazing 🦌 and soil moisture💧? They both interact to drive tundra plant community structure in Northern Sweden, a new paper by Gemal et al. states. Researching the🔗 between them can help predict climate change impacts.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Do insects🐛prefer to dine in tropical grasslands, savannas or gallery forests?🤔 According to Oliveira et it's the gallery forest plants growing on more fertile soils and thus having higher specific leaf area that are their favourite. Check it out!⬇️
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December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Is it easier for invasive plants like Eragrostis plana to conquer plant communities, experiencing water💧stress due to severe droughts🔅 ? de Lima et al work on uncovering the mistery in a case study in Eastern Uruguay grasslands.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Barker & Harms compare the groundcover plant and arthropod assemblages within stands of Pteridium aquilinum & Ilex glabra to the nearby bunchgrass areas and found significant differences in the plant🌿& arthropod🐜species richness and species composition.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A new paper by Attila Lengyel explores how several invasive species-Asclepias syriaca, Solidago gigantea and Solidago canadensis impact plant communities inidivually and whether their combined effect has stronger influence.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A new paper by Mologni et al. demonstrates that plant invasions 📉 reduce the degree of nestedness 🪹 on warm temperate islands. 🏝️
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November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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A new paper by de Tomás-Marín explores how tree canopy and soil nutrients shape the taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of sub-Mediterranean grasslands. Their results underline the need of management actions in their conservation.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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In a case study on a subalpine meadow in Tasmania Gerwin et al. highlight the crucial role the local soil moisture has in how climate change affects subalpine plant communities.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Neltuma juliflora was introduced to Botswana to combat desertification and bind sand dunes, but soon became invasive. Chilume et al. explore how it influences plant species richness and soil chemistry.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Paneghel et al. aimed to provide insight into how abiotic & biotic factors influence the 🔥 post-fire 🤕 recovery of🌲 Pinus halpensis forests and how their effects vary between the shrub layer and the canopy.
#wildfire #forests #recovery
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Key Factors Influencing Post‐Fire Vegetation Recovery in Pinus halepensis Forests: Divergent Effects for Canopy and Shrub Species
Rapid revegetation of burnt forest is essential for recovering ecosystem functioning, especially in the context of climate change-driven shifts in fire regime. We provide a field-based assessment of…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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If you have an interesting piece of GIS-related research you want to share with the world, you're welcome to submit to JVS. Link to our author guidelines below ⬇️
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November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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von Büren et al. propose a novel, low-cost, and effective method to monitor above- and belowground microclimate in mountain environments year-round that withstands large animals and snow pressure and is suitable for remote areas.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Halbritter et al. explore how the effects of climate warming🔅 , nitrogen and grazing 🐮 on plant functional traits differ between alpine and sub-alpine grasslands🌿 in western Norway.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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‼️ Call for papers!
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
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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November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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‼️ Call for papers!
We're looking forward to your submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology”
🌿First deadline for abstract submission: 30 November 2025
🌿Second deadline: Spring 2026
🌿Last deadline: Summer 2026
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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November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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The presence of alternative tree species in European beech forests drives change in functional diversity and composition of forest floor plant communities. A new paper by Bärmann et al.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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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
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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
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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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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