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Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Vegetation of the Balkan Peninsula” in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2026/08/01/s... @iavs5.bsky.social
Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Vegetation of the Balkan Peninsula” in Vegetation Classification and Survey - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler, Erwin Bergmeier and Urban Šilc We are pleased to announce the upcoming Special Collection on the
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Even the highest mountain summits are changing. A 21-year study from the Central Alps documents increasing plant diversity, thermophilization, and rapid ecological change on a nival summit. Plain-language summary of JVS paper by Westrich et al.: vegsciblog.org/2026/07/18/r... @iavs5.bsky.social
Rapid Change and Thermophilization of Summit Plant Communities in the Central Eastern Alps (Italy) - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Friederike Westrich Mountain ecosystems are among the environments most strongly affected by climate warming. Plants growing at high
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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): new journal metrics released vegsciblog.org/2026/07/18/v... @iavs5.bsky.social
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): new journal metrics released - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) In June 2026, both the Web of Science and Scopus
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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) in the first and second quarter of 2026 vegsciblog.org/2026/07/18/v... @iavs5.bsky.social
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) in the first and second quarter of 2026 - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) In the first and second quarters of its 7th volume,
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[Update] Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2026/07/18/s... @iavs5.bsky.social
[Update] 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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Local context matters: site-dependent functional and ecological responses to woody encroachment. Plain language summary of the paper by Sara Sánchez-Carmona and colleagues in the Journal of Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2026/06/08/l... @iavs5.bsky.social
Local context matters: site-dependent functional and ecological responses to woody encroachment - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Sara Sánchez-Carmona, Juan Antonio Campos, Itziar García-Mijangos & Asun Berastegi European semi-natural grasslands are being reduced by the
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Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Palaearctic grasslands: global change, conservation, management and restoration” in Applied Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2026/05/24/s... @iavs5.bsky.social
Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Palaearctic grasslands: global change, conservation, management and restoration” in Applied Vegetation Science - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (Chair of the Guest Editors) In conjunction with the Eurasian Grassland Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, in
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Plain language summary of the paper by Kirpatrick and colleagues "Climatically Driven Stability in the Alpine/Moorland Boundary on Three Mountains in Southwest Lutruwita/Tasmania 1986–2020" published in the Journal of Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2026/04/15/c... @iavs5.bsky.social
Climatically Driven Stability in the Alpine/Moorland Boundary on Three Mountains in Southwest Lutruwita/Tasmania 1986–2020 - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jamie Kirpatrick, Jayne Balmer, Mick Brown, Jenny Styger, and Jennie Whinam Climate warming is often expected to push
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Behind the paper post for the paper published by Rouf et al. "The Hidden Regulators of the Forest: How Soil Fungi Shape Tree Life and Death" in the JVS vegsciblog.org/2026/03/31/h... @iavs5.bsky.social
The Hidden Regulators of the Forest: How Soil Fungi Shape Tree Life and Death - vegsciblog.org
The post provided by Wanwan Yu and Yu Liu This post refers to the article Tree Demography Exhibits a Strong
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Update: Twin Special Issue “History of Vegetation Science” extended call for abstracts till April 30, 2026! Please don't hesitate to prepare a preliminary abstract for the Journal of Vegetation Science or Vegetation Classification and Survey. vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t... @iavs5.bsky.social
Twin Special Issue "History of Vegetation Science" - call for abstracts - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Sandra Mesquita, Valério Pillar, and Wolfgang Willner Update: the deadline for submission of the preliminary abstract has been
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VCS: Volume 6 (2025) completed, and Volume 7 started vegsciblog.org/2026/02/16/v... @iavs5.bsky.social
VCS: Volume 6 (2025) completed, and Volume 7 started - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) has successfully completed its 6th
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Beyond the paper: lessons learned from managing invasions in extreme ecosystems. Behind the paper post by Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo and colleagues, published in @jvs-avs.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2026/01/28/b... @iavs5.bsky.social
Beyond the paper: lessons learned from managing invasions in extreme ecosystems - vegsciblog.org
The post provided by Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo, Rafael Garcia, Jonas Lembrechts, and Anibal Pauchard This post refers to the article “Beyond
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Behind the paper post "From field trip to first paper: the colorful arable fields of Lemnos, Greece", written by Lina Rinne about their paper in the Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/f... @iavs5.bsky.social
From field trip to first paper: the colorful arable fields of Lemnos, Greece - vegsciblog.org
The post provided by Lina Rinne This post refers to the article Soil and season shape less intensively managed agro-ecosystems
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"An island, a classification, and a handful of botanists" is a Behind the paper post by Riccardo Guarino and colleagues, about the recent paper in the Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/a... @iavs5.bsky.social
An island, a classification, and a handful of botanists - vegsciblog.org
The post provided by Riccardo Guarino, Thomas Becker, Iwona Dembicz & Jürgen Dengler This post refers to the article Dry
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Twin Special Issue "History of Vegetation Science" in the Journal of Vegetation Science and Vegetation Classification and Survey - call for abstracts vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t... @iavs5.bsky.social
Twin Special Issue "History of Vegetation Science" - call for abstracts - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Sandra Mesquita, Valério Pillar, and Wolfgang Willner This Special Issue, dedicated to the history of vegetation science, consists
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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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Plain language summary of the paper by Thuy Hang Le and colleagues published in @applvegsci.bsky.social "Microscale Plant Diversity in Traditional Wood-Pastures" vegsciblog.org/2025/11/28/m... @iavs5.bsky.social
Microscale Plant Diversity in Traditional Wood-Pastures - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Thuy Hang Le, Stefan Zerbe, Adrian Indreica, Alessandro Bricca, Gabriel Tofan, Johann Nikolaus Janssen, Martin Sauerwein & Gianmaria
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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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