Author: David Zeleny

An introduction to human impact indicators

Posted on March 21, 2021March 28, 2021 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Jack Zinnen, Jeffrey W. Matthews & Greg Spyreas

The areas in North America (left) and Europe (right) where the three human impact indicator values are used. Adapted from Fig. 1 in the paper (Zinnen et al. 2021).

Grassland with tradition: sampling across several scientific disciplines

Posted on March 19, 2021March 21, 2021 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Monika Janišová

This Video Summary, prepared by Monika Janišová, refers to the article by Monika Janišová, Anamaria Iuga, Cosmin Marius Ivascu and Martin Magnes Grassland with tradition: sampling across several scientific disciplines, published in Vegetation Classification and Survey (https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2021/60739…

Unmanned aerial systems‐based monitoring of the eco‐geomorphology of coastal dunes through spectral Rao’s Q

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 by David Zeleny

Marco Malavasi, Manuele Bazzichetto, Jan Komárek, Vítězslav Moudry, Duccio Rocchini, Simonetta Bagella, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta & Maria Laura Carranza

Optical data collected by the drone and elaborated computing Rao’s Q diversity index allowed describing the study sites’ bio-physical heterogeneity and assessing the dune systems’ integrity.

A invasão por Acacia é facilitada pela permeabilidade da paisagem: O papel da degradação de habitat e da rede rodoviária

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 by David Zeleny

Preparado por Gustavo Heringer, Jan Thiele, Cibele H. Amaral, João A. A. Meira-Neto, Fabio A. R. Matos, Jan R. K. Lehmann, Tillmann K. Buttschardt & Andreza V. Neri

Ecossistema de Mussununga do tipo savana arenosa rodeada por Mata Atlântica (esquerda) e *Acacia mangium* no ecossistema de Mussununga (direita).

Acacia invasion is facilitated by landscape permeability: The role of habitat degradation and road networks

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Gustavo Heringer, Jan Thiele, Cibele H. Amaral, João A. A. Meira-Neto, Fabio A. R. Matos, Jan R. K. Lehmann, Tillmann K. Buttschardt & Andreza V. Neri

Sandy-savanna Mussununga ecosystem surrounded by Atlantic Forest (left) and *Acacia mangium* on Mussununga ecosystem (right).

Palaearctic Grasslands 48 is published

Posted on March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by David Zeleny

Post provided by Jürgen Dengler (Deputy Chief Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands)

The new issue of Palaearctic Grasslands is out. Palaearctic Grasslands is the diamond open access journal of EDGG, the IAVS Working Group dealing with ecology and conservation of natural and semi-natural grasslands of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm, taking into account not only plants and vegetation, but also animals, fungi, soils, landscapes and land use.…

Successful first year of Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS)

Posted on March 1, 2021March 3, 2021 by David Zeleny

Post provided by Jürgen Dengler (VCS Chief Editor)

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), the new gold open access journal of IAVS devoted to vegetation classification and ecoinformatics, has completed a successful first year. We published a total of 22 articles with together 220 pages.…

Invitation for joint research in herbaceous vegetation

Posted on March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Martin Wassen

This invitation was published in the IAVS Bulletin 2021/1 (https://doi.org/10.21570/BUL-202101-5)

Hi, my name is Martin Wassen and I invite vegetation scientists to participate in joint research about plant diversity and nutrient availability.

My work focuses on herbaceous ecosystems and one of my passions is the relationships between plant diversity and nutrient stoichiometry.…

Broad-scale classification of Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation relies on forest structure for high ranks

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Gianmaria Bonari

*Pinus brutia* forest understory in the surroundings of Yamanlar, Turkey, 2019. Photo credit Milan Chytrý.

This Behind the paper post refers to the article Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation by Gianmaria Bonari and colleagues, published in Applied Vegetation Science (https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12544…