Author: David Zeleny

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Posted on November 2, 2019March 3, 2020 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Mareike Roeder

The highest forest fragment of the study is on top of the cliff, Yinshan near Menglun town. The landscape is changing; the left photo is from 2014, when a rubber plantation was established, while the right photo is from 2017, when the cultivation changed to banana and was extended.

Diversity of functional trade-offs enhances survival after fire in Neotropical savanna species

Posted on October 9, 2019January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Marina Corrêa Scalon, Fabricius Maia Chaves Bicalho Domingos, Wesley Jonatar Alves da Cruz, Ben Hur Marimon Júnior, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon & Imma Oliveras

Figure 1. Photos representing the four resprouting categories of Cerrado trees after fire: (a) aerial, (b) stem, (c) basal, and (d) underground.

Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island

Posted on September 7, 2019January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Steffen Boch, Anabela Martins, Sara Ruas, Susana Fontinha, Palmira Carvalho, Fábio Reis, Ariel Bergamini & Manuela Sim-Sim

The unique laurel forest of Madeira island is a bryophyte and lichen diversity hotspot. Photo credit: Ariel Bergamini.

Madeira Island belongs to the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal) and is located 600 km northwest of the Western African coast in the Atlantic Ocean.…

Unifying facilitation and recruitment networks

Posted on September 5, 2019January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Julio M. Alcántara, José L. Garrido, Alicia Montesinos‐Navarro, Pedro J. Rey, Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet and Miguel Verdú

The legume tree *Prosopis laevigata* facilitating a group of cacti: *Myrtillocactus geometrizans*, *Opuntia pilifera*, and several species of *Mammillaria* in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico.

Diverging shifts in spring phenology in response to biodiversity loss in a subtropical forest

Posted on August 24, 2019January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Yanjun Du, Bo Yang, Si‐Chong Chen & Keping Ma

The first author, Yanjun Du (right), monitoring phenology in one of the experimental plots in the Biodiversity-Ecosystem Functioning Experiment of China (BEF-China), located in Jiangxi Province, China (117°55′E, 29°60′N). Photo credit: Bo Yang.

Celebrating the first anniversary of our JVS-AVS blog

Posted on August 23, 2019November 4, 2019 by David Zeleny

Prepared by David Zelený, Viktoria Wagner and Peter Minchin (editors)

Geographical distribution of users across the World accessing our blog during the past year (from August 23, 2018 till August 22, 2019). Note that although the highest number of users seems to come from China, most of them accessed the website during a single day after a post by Chinese authors has been published and shared on WeChat.

Pollination and dispersal trait spectra recover faster than growth form spectrum during the spontaneous succession in sandy old-fields

Posted on August 9, 2019January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Edy Fantinato, Judit Sonkoly, Giulia Silan, Orsolya Valkó, Béla Tóthmérész, Balázs Deák, András Kelemen, Tamás Miglécz, Silvia Del Vecchio, Francesca Bettiol, Gabriella Buffa & Péter Török

Forest-steppe mosaic in the Kiskunság sand region, Hungary. Photo credit: Balázs Deák.

The widespread abandonment of agricultural areas and croplands is making large areas available to test techniques for the restoration of grassland habitats.…

Alien plants alter the growth form ratio and structure of Australian grasslands

Posted on July 26, 2019January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Greg R. Guerin, Irene Martín‐Forés, Samantha E.M. Munroe, Ben Sparrow & Andrew J. Lowe

Mokota Conservation Park, a remnant grassland in the mid-north region of South Australia (approximately 160 km north of Adelaide). Photo by Greg Guerin.

Loads of evidence suggests particular invasive weed species wreak havoc in native plant communities by out-competing, or rendering the local environment unsuitable for, natives.…

Hedgerow age affects the species richness of herbaceous forest plants

Posted on May 22, 2019January 30, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Kathrin Litza & Martin Diekmann

Hedgerows of different ages in the agricultural landscape of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Photo credit: Kathrin Litza.

Hedgerows are narrow strips of wooded habitats that are known to provide refuge habitat for forest species, such as herbaceous forest plants, in agricultural landscapes.…

From natural forests to urban weeds

Posted on April 14, 2019March 3, 2020 by David Zeleny

Post provided by Kun Song, Ying-Ji Pan & Yi-Chong Cui

Weed communities in urban area, Shanghai. An invasive species, *Solidago canadensis* (the individuals with yellow flowers in the photo), was the dominant species with few other species living together. Photo credit: Yi-Chong Cui.

Author: David Zeleny

Cut cut cut

Diversity of functional trade-offs enhances survival after fire in Neotropical savanna species

Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island

Unifying facilitation and recruitment networks

Diverging shifts in spring phenology in response to biodiversity loss in a subtropical forest

Celebrating the first anniversary of our JVS-AVS blog

Pollination and dispersal trait spectra recover faster than growth form spectrum during the spontaneous succession in sandy old-fields

Alien plants alter the growth form ratio and structure of Australian grasslands

Hedgerow age affects the species richness of herbaceous forest plants

From natural forests to urban weeds

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