Author: David Zeleny

Long-term exclosure of sheep-grazing from an ancient wood: vegetation change after a sixty-year experiment

Posted on December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Ian Rotherham & Ondřej Vild

The area in front of the fence has been heavily grazed at least since the 18th century. The area behind the fence was protected from domesticated stock since 1955. Yarncliff Wood, Peak District National Park, England.

Survey shows little support for AVS going Gold Open Access

Posted on November 14, 2020November 15, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Peter Minchin (IAVS Vice President and Chair of the Publications Committee)

This Commentary is a part of the series asking the question: should Applied Vegetation Science, the journal owned by IAVS and published by Wiley, become Gold Open Access?…

To go open access or not to go?

Posted on November 14, 2020November 15, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Jan Lepš

This Commentary is a part of the series asking the question: should Applied Vegetation Science, the journal owned by IAVS and published by Wiley, become Gold Open Access? For the context and link to other Commentaries, please visit Editorial.…

Statement of the IAVS Latin American and African sections on the possible adoption of article processing charges of IAVS journals

Posted on November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Glenda Mendieta-Leiva, Miguel Alvarez, Susan Aragon, Jaime Bernal-Hadad, Marius Bottin, Adalgisa Chaib, Dylan Craven, Gabriella Damanesco, Lucas Enrico, Federico Gallego, Melisa A. Giorgis, Reginald T. Guuroh, Lucrecia Lipoma, Luis López-Mársico, Cloe X. Perez-Valladares, Juliana Texeira & Florencia Yannelli

Geographical definition of Global South (red countries) and Global North (blue countries).

JVS/AVS Chief Editors’ opinion on Open Access

Posted on November 14, 2020November 15, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Milan Chytrý, Alessandro Chiarucci, Meelis Pärtel and Valério Pillar (Chief Editors, JVS/AVS)

Milan Chytrý, Alessandro Chiarucci, Meelis Pärtel and Valério Pillar (from top left, clockwise)

This Commentary is a part of the series asking the question: should Applied Vegetation Science, the journal owned by IAVS and published by Wiley, become Gold Open Access?…

Editorial: About the possibility of Applied Vegetation Science going Gold Open Access

Posted on November 14, 2020January 8, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by David Zelený (Editor of the Vegetation Science Blog and Associate Editor in JVS)

Some time ago, IAVS was put in front of quite an important decision. Two of our journals, the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science, are currently distributed under the hybrid open-access model, when readers pay, and authors publish for free (while allowing publishing also open access articles for an extra cost).…

Sampling multi-scale and multi-taxon plant diversity data in the subalpine and alpine habitats of Switzerland: Report on the 14th EDGG Field Workshop

Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by David Zeleny

By Jürgen Dengler, Beata Cykowska-Marzencka, Timon Bruderer, Christian Dolnik, Patrick Neumann, Susanne Riedel, Hallie Seiler, Jinghui Zhang & Iwona Dembicz

Sampling an acidic subalpine grassland at Alp Glivers, canton of Grisons, Switzerland, with the nested-plot methodology of EDGG. Photo credit: Jürgen Dengler.

Palaearctic Grasslands 47 is published

Posted on November 8, 2020November 12, 2020 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (Deputy Chief Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands)

The new issue of Palaearctic Grasslands, EDGG’s scientific journal and magazine is out, and you can read the complete issue here. On 75 richly illustrated pages, it contains reports and announcements from EDGG activities, a long Scientific Report on the 14th EDGG Field Workshop, three Photo Stories, two Glimpses of a Grassland, Short Contributions and a Book Review.…

How does the Kalahari vegetation response to seasonal climate and herbivory?

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Ute Schmiedel

One of our permanent plots in the Kalahari, South Africa, at the peak of the growing season during an average rainfall season (2013) and after several years of very low rainfall (2015). The grazing herbivores removed most of the grass biomass and provided vegetation gaps for the new plants to grow.

Endozoochory of the same community of plants lacking fleshy fruits by storks and gulls

Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 by David Zeleny

By Víctor Martín-Vélez, Ádám Lovas-Kiss, Marta I. Sánchez and Andy J. Green

Sampling bird faeces and regurgitates from a dyke alongside recently harvested ricefields in Doñana, south-west Spain. Photo credit: Andy J. Green.

We teach our children that seeds disperse in different manners according to their morphology, and how only those inside berries and other fleshy fruits are able to disperse inside birds, a process known as “endozoochory”.…