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Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of plant diversity in steppe grasslands of the Central Alborz Mts., Iran

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Amir Talebi, Farideh Attar, Alireza Naqinezhad, Iwona Dembicz & Jürgen Dengler

A thorn-cushion community in the alpine zone of Mt. Damavand at 3400 m a.s.l., dominated by *Onobrychis cornuta*. Photo credit by Amir Talebi.

More than half of the Iranian plateau is covered by mountains, of which the highest point reaches more than 5000 m a.s.l.…

ausplotsR: A new R package to download and analyse vegetation and soil data collected by Australia’s most comprehensive ecosystem monitoring program

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 by David Zeleny

This post was provided by Samantha Munroe

TERN monitoring plot locations as generated within the *ausplotsR* package coded by percent fractional green cover. Image credit: Munroe et al. (2021).

This Behind the paper post refers to the article “ausplotsR: An R package for rapid extraction and analysis of vegetation and soil data collected by Australia’s Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network” by Samantha Munroe et al.…

Palaearctic Grasslands 49 is published

Posted on June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Chief Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands)

This post refers to the new issue 49 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.…

Predictive mapping of plant diversity in an arid mountain environment (Gebel Elba, Egypt)

Posted on June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Maged M. Abutaha, Ahmed A. El-Khouly, Norbert Jürgens & Jens Oldeland

Evergreen vegetation (*Olea* woodland) at higher elevations of Gebel Elba, south-eastern Egypt. Left: Mahmoud Ali, right: Maged Abutaha. Photo credit: Maged Abutaha.

Gebel Elba, the core of the largest national park in Egypt (Gebel Elba National Park), is situated in the southeast corner of Egypt, nearly 15 km west of the Red Sea coast.…

Together we stand, divided we fall: Effects of livestock grazing on vegetation patches in a desert community

Posted on May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Yamila Ivón Pelliza, Anahi Rocío Fernandez, Hugo Saiz & Mariana Tadey

Grazed area under study in Patagonian Monte Desert, Neuquén province, Patagonia, Argentina. Photo credit: Ivón Pelliza.

Dryland vegetation structure and ecosystem functioning are mainly driven by the interactions among plant species.…

A big data approach for detecting macroscale vegetation patterns

Posted on May 28, 2021June 20, 2021 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Buntarou Kusumoto & Yasuhiro Kubota

Vegetation survey on a computer. Credit: Buntarou Kusumoto.

This Behind the paper post refers to the article Community dissimilarity of angiosperm trees reveals deep-time diversification across tropical and temperate forests by Kusumoto et al.…

Mowing machinery and migratory sheep herds are complementary dispersal vectors for grassland species

Posted on May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Yves P. Klinger, Rolf Lutz Eckstein, Wiebke Hansen, Till Kleinebecker, Annette Otte & Kristin Ludewig

Migratory sheep grazing in the study area, the nature reserve “Lange Rhön”. Dung samples were collected weekly over a three month period (July to September).

Synthesizing tree biodiversity data to understand global patterns and processes of vegetation

Posted on May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Gunnar Keppel, Dylan Craven, Patrick Weigelt, Stephen A. Smith, Masha T. van der Sande, Brody Sandel, Sam C. Levin, Holger Kreft & Tiffany M. Knight

Key aspects of biodiversity and the major global databases with relevant information. (Figure 1 from the published paper.)

Jodi Price becoming a new Chief Editor of JVS and AVS

Posted on May 5, 2021June 25, 2021 by Milan Chytry

We welcome Jodi Price as a new Chief Editor of the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science! Jodi is replacing Alessandro Chiarucci who decided to step down after serving as a Chief Editor for 15 years.