Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) 2022/I to 2022/III

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Forest-steppe vegetation in Khakassia, Siberia, belonging to the scope of the Special Collection ‘Classification of grasslands and other open vegetation types in the Palaearctic’ (Photo: J. Dengler).

During the first three quarters of 2022, Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) has published 16 contributions (see below). Among others, VCS could conclude its first Special Collection on ‘Classification of grasslands and other open vegetation types in the Palaearctic’, with the editorial and synthesis by Nowak et al. (2022). Apart from the editorial, the Special Collection contained seven research articles from diverse regions and open habitat types. Four other Special Collections are currently well on their way: ‘The “International Vegetation Classification” initiative: case studies, syntheses, and perspectives on ecosystem diversity around the globe’ (closed), ‘African vegetation studies’ and ‘Neotropical vegetation’ (both: invitations closed, but submissions ongoing and exceptionally suitable papers can be added) and ‘Grasslands of Asia’. For the latter the call is still open, and the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 31 January 2023. For details, see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366548928.

The Editors’ Choice of the first quarter goes to Alvarez & Luebert (2022), who provided a nice crosswalk of the vegetation types of Chile according to the Braun-Blanquet approach vs. the EcoVeg approach. The Editors’ Choice of the second quarter goes to Liu et al. (2022) for publishing one of the hitherto few plot-based classifications of Chinese vegetation in an international journal. The Editors’ Choice of the third quarter was awarded to Alessi et al. (2022) for an exemplary Long Database Report of a new plot database.

Volume 3, 1st quarter

  • Dengler, J., Biurrun, I., Jansen, F. & Willner, W. 2022. Vegetation Classification and Survey: development and diversification. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.80379
  • Guarino, R., Guccione, M. & Gillet, F. 2022. Plant communities, synusiae and the arithmetic of a sustainable classification. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 7–13. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.60951
  • Luebert, F. & Pliscoff, P. 2022. The vegetation of Chile and the EcoVeg approach in the context of the International Vegetation Classification project. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 15–28. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.67893
  • Comer, P.J., Hak, J.C., Dockter, D. & Smith, J. 2022. Integration of vegetation classification with land cover mapping: lessons from regional mapping efforts in the Americas. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 29–43. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.67537
  • Alvarez, M. & Luebert, F. 2022. Chilean vegetation in the context of the Braun-Blanquet approach and a comparison with EcoVeg formations. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 45–52. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.72194
  • Montenegro, Hoyos, A., Vega, N. & Linares-Palomino, R. 2022. Plant diversity and structure in desert communities of the Andean piedmont in Ica, Peru. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 53–66. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.68006
  • Świerkosz, K. & Reczyńska, K. 2022. Diversity of Mulgedio-Aconitetea communities in the Sudetes Mts. (SW Poland) in the Central European context. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 67–86. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.70200

Volume 3, 2nd quarter

  • Wells, A.F., Swingley, C.S., Ives, S.L., McNown, R.W. & Dissing, D. 2022. Vegetation classification for northwestern Arctic Alaska using an EcoVeg approach: tussock tundra and low and tall willow groups and alliances. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 87–117. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.65469
  • Argagnon, O., De Barros, G. & Noble, V. 2022. SIMETHIS-Flore-CBNMed – Database of Southeastern France vegetation. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 119–120. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.83889
  • Liu, C., Qiao, X., Guo, K., Zhao, L. & Pan, Q. 2022. Vegetation classification of Stipa steppes in China, with reference to the International Vegetation Classification. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 121–144. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.72875

Volume 3, 3rd quarter

  • Rodríguez-Guitián, M.A. & Amigo Vazquez, J. 2022. Proposal (29) to conserve the name Omphalodo nitidae-Coryletum avellanae Amigo, G. Azcárate et Romero 1994 with a conserved type. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 145–148. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.76387
  • Nowak, A., Biurrun, I., Janišová, M. & Dengler, J. 2022. Classification of grasslands and other open vegetation types in the Palaearctic – Introduction to the Special Collection. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 149–159. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.87068
  • Hunter, J.T., Lewis, D., Addicott, E., Luxton, S., Cowie, I., Sparrow, B. & Leitch, E. 2022. A plot-based analysis of the vegetation of the Northern Territory, Australia: a first assessment within the International Vegetation Classification framework. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 161–174. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.83045
  • Golovanov, Y. & Abramova, L. 2022. Database of anthropogenic vegetation of Urals and adjacent territories. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 175–176. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.82824
  • Alessi, N., Bruzzaniti, V., Buldrini, F., Centomo, E., Cervellini, M., Enea, M., Landi, S., Lelli, C., Montanari, I., Nascimbene, J., Pezzi, G., Virzí, G., Zannini, P. & Chiarucci, A. 2022. AMS-VegBank: a new database of vegetation plots for the Italian territory. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 187–189. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.85083
  • Loidi, J., Amigo, J., Bueno, A., Herrera, M. & Rodríguez-Guitián, M.A. 2022. Proposal (30) to conserve the name Polysticho setiferi-Fraxinetum excelsioris (Tüxen et Oberdorfer 1958) Rivas-Martínez ex Díaz et Fernández Prieto 1994 with a conserved type. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 187–189. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.86799