Open access movement: noble intend – questionable outcome (and what different stakeholders can do about that)
The post is provided by Jürgen Dengler
Restoration of invaded temperate grasslands: species phenology adds to microsite and seed availability
Prepared by Cecilia D. Molina, Pedro M. Tognetti and Pamela Graff
Conserving plant diversity in temperate grasslands faces significant challenges due to biological invasions.…
Continue readingVegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): IAVS members can still publish for free
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of all VCS Chief Editor)
At the IAVS Symposium in Coffs Harbour this summer, the IAVS Council decided to continue the financial support for its gold open-access journal Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS). Accordingly, papers first authored by IAVS members and submitted until the end of 2023 remain fully exempt from article processing charges (APCs).…
Continue readingNew Special Collection on “Classification and diversity of European forests and forest fringes” launched by VCS
The post provided by Idoia Biurrun and Wolfgang Willner (Chief Editors of Vegetation Classification and Survey) and Pavel Novák (Guest Editor of the Special Collection)
This post refers to the call for the new Special Collection on “Classification and diversity of European forests and forest fringes” launched by VCS.…
Continue readingVegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2023
The post provided by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of all VCS Chief Editors)
Among these, the Chief Editors selected the contribution by Navarro et al (2023) as the Editors’ Choice article.…
Continue readingPalaearctic Grasslands 57 is published
The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Chief Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands)
This post refers to the new issue 57 of Palaearctic Grasslands, which you can read here.
This new issue comes with the results of the elections for the new EDGG Executive Committee 2023-2025 together with a presentation of the new chairs and their responsibilities in the Committee, and the goodbye and thank you to our former members Anna Kuzemko and Iwona Dembicz.…
Continue readingShould we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales?
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler & Iwona Dembicz
Vegetation-plot records (relevés) containing a full list of species with cover information on each of them are the main source of information in vegetation science.…
Continue readingUpdate to Availability of Financial Support for Open Access Publishing in IAVS Journals
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. …
Continue readingArid community responses to nitrogen and carbon addition depend on dominant species traits and are decoupled between above- and below-ground biomass
Prepared by Sofía Campana, María Fernanda Reyes and Martín R. Aguiar
Woody plant encroachment in granite barrens on the Frontenac Arch, eastern Ontario, Canada
Prepared by Michelle Cohen and Ryan K. Danby
Granite barrens are sparsely treed bedrock outcrops that can be found across the Frontenac Arch ecoregion in eastern Ontario, Canada.…
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