Author: Milan Chytry

Call for Abstracts: Journal of Vegetation Science Special Issue “Plant community responses to climate change”

Posted on September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 by Milan Chytry

Guest Editors

Richard Michalet, University of Bordeaux, France (Receiving Editor) – richard.michalet@u-bordeaux.fr
Jiri Dolezal, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic – jiriddolezal@gmail.com
Jonathan Lenoir, CNRS, Jules Verne University of Picardy, France – jonathan.lenoir@u-picardie.fr
Peter C. Leroux, University of Pretoria, South Africa – peter.leroux@up.ac.za
Sabine Rumpf, University of Basel, Switzerland – sabine.rumpf@unibas.ch
Sonia Wipf, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Switzerland – sonja.wipf@slf.ch

Description of the Special Issue

An increasing number of climate change studies are showing the need to take into account local and regional contexts if we want to improve our predictions of plant community responses to changing climate.…

Remote Sensing for Vegetation Science – a new Special Issue in AVS

Posted on September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 by Milan Chytry

A new Special Issue in Applied Vegetation Science focuses on the applications of remote sensing in vegetation science. Edited by Duccio Rocchini, Hannes Feilhauer, Jana Müllerová and Sebastian Schmidtlein.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1654-109X.remote-sensing-for-vegetation-science
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JVS and AVS are looking for new members of the Editorial Review Boards

Posted on September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 by Milan Chytry

The Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS) and Applied Vegetation Science (AVS) are seeking colleagues interested in serving on the Editorial Review Boards of the journals. We welcome all vegetation scientists with experience in international scientific publishing, and as we aim at diverse and dynamic Editorial Review Boards, we particularly encourage people based outside Europe, early-career researchers and women to apply.…

Viktoria Wagner becomes a new Chief Editor of JVS/AVS

Posted on March 5, 2022March 6, 2022 by Milan Chytry

We welcome Viktoria Wagner as a new Chief Editor of the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science! Viktoria replaces Meelis Pärtel, who has decided to step down as a Chief Editor after 13 years of service.

Viktoria is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada.…

Results of the Photo Competition for JVS/AVS 2022 cover pictures

Posted on January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 by Milan Chytry

The winners of the Photo Competition for JVS/AVS 2022 cover pictures are Gianmaria Bonari and Rense Haveman. The forerunners are Chien-Fan Chen, Anaclara Guido, Luis López-Mársico and Ricarda Pätsch.

Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all the colleagues who submitted their pictures.…

JVS/AVS Editors’ Awards for 2021

Posted on January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 by Milan Chytry

JVS Editors’ Award goes to Stephan Getzin and colleagues for the paper “Definition of “fairy circles” and how they differ from other common vegetation gaps and plant rings“.

AVS Editors’ Award goes to Sofía Campana and Laura Yahdjian for the paper “Plant quality and primary productivity modulate plant biomass responses to the joint effects of grazing and fertilization in a mesic grassland“.…

New Editors of JVS and AVS

Posted on November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 by Milan Chytry

We welcome new Associate Editors of our journals.

Journal of Vegetation Science

Jonathan Bennett, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Antonio Gazol, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Zaragoza, Spain
Yasuhiro Kubota, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan
Attila Lengyel, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
Francesco Maria Sabatini, University of Bologna, Italy

Applied of Vegetation Science

Erwin Bergmeier, University of Göttingen, Germany
Giselda Durigan, Forestry Institute of São Paulo State, Brazil
Lena Neuenkamp, University of Bern, Switzerland
Orsolya Valkó, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary

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JVS/AVS Photo Competition

Posted on November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 by Milan Chytry

Do you want to have your photo on the 2022 cover of the Journal of Vegetation Science or Applied Vegetation Science? We invite IAVS members to submit photos, of which one will be selected for the 2022 cover of each journal.…

JVS Editors’ Choice: Beyns et al. 2021

Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Milan Chytry

The Journal of Vegetation Science introduces Editors’ Choice to emphasize papers of outstanding quality or novelty, containing innovative approaches or significant conclusions. The papers selected by the Chief Editors of the journal will be listed here.

The first Editors’ Choice is the paper Beyns et al.…

Virtual Special Issue “Historical Vegetation Ecology”

Posted on June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 by Milan Chytry

This virtual special issue of the Journal of Vegetation Science was prepared by the IAVS working group Historical Vegetation Ecology and guest-edited by Radim Hédl, Sara Cousins, Guillaume Decocq, Péter Szabó and Monika Wulf. It brings eight research articles published free to read.…