Category: Announcements

Communication Officer for AVS and JVS needed

Posted on December 20, 2024January 11, 2025 by David Zeleny

By Viktoria Wagner (on behalf of the Chief Editor team)

Dear IAVS members,

Applied Vegetation Science and Journal of Vegetation Science are looking for a Communication Officer to help disseminate their content on social media (X, Bluesky). The communication officer will work under the supervision of the Chief Editors and prepare and post summaries of newly published articles, and thus help to build the journals’ visibility in the community.…

Grant opportunity for early-career researchers

Posted on April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 by David Zeleny

Provided by the Steering committee of the IAVS Young Scientists

Joice Klipel (second from right to left) sampling root traits during the practical part of the international course “Species Traits” in Valencia, Spain, December 2022. Photo by Alison Munson

Receiving a grant can influence both scientific production and researchers’ career paths, especially at the beginning of a career.…

Cutting vEdge tools: an upcoming series of free practical seminars organised by the IAVS EcoInformatics

Posted on February 2, 2024February 6, 2024 by David Zeleny

Prepared by the IAVS EcoInformatics Working group

Join us to exchange & get updates on analytical tools in vegetation science!

These practical seminars promote exchange and knowledge on the state of the art of analytical tools in vegetation science. Join us, spread the info and feel free to propose a speaker, give a talk, or propose a subject of interest.…

Update to Availability of Financial Support for Open Access Publishing in IAVS Journals

Posted on July 31, 2023November 26, 2023 by David Zeleny

Dear IAVS members,

On 29 June, as Chair of the IAVS Publications Committee and on behalf of the IAVS Governing Board, I sent an e-mail to all current and past members of IAVS about financial support that may be available to assist you in publishing your work as an Open Access article in our IAVS-owned journals. …

Availability of Financial Support for Open Access Publishing in IAVS Journals

Posted on June 29, 2023August 14, 2023 by David Zeleny

Dear IAVS members,

I am writing as Chair of the IAVS Publications Committee and on behalf of the IAVS Governing Board to make sure that you are aware of the financial support that may be available to assist you in publishing your work as an Open Access article in our IAVS-owned journals.

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

Posted on September 14, 2022November 10, 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. le Roux, 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.…

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.…