Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey

The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Chief Editor of Vegetation Classification and Survey)

Diversity of European vegetation types (Photo credit: I. Biurrun and J.A. Campos)

The IAVS Working Group European Vegetation Survey and the IAVS’ gold open access journal “Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS)” are proud to launch a joint Special Collection dedicated to the broad-scale classification of European vegetation.…

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Twelve years with DiffVal and TDV: the making of a method

The post provided by Tiago Monteiro-Henriques

Hay meadows and woodlands in Campo Benfeito in the spring of 2016. Photo credit: Tiago Monteiro-Henriques.

This post refers to the article TDV-optimization: A novel numerical method for phytosociological tabulation by Tiago Monteiro-Henriques published in Vegetation Classification and Survey (https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.140466…

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From picking wild asparaguses to studying vegetation responses to fire regimes

The post provided by Sabina Burrascano

Sampling of vegetation in recently burnt areas. Photo credit: Lorenzo Caucci

This post refers to the article “Transiently richer but profoundly changed: fire regime triggers physiognomic changes in sub-Mediterranean vegetation” by Lorenzo Caucci, Francesca Napoleone and colleagues, published in the Journal of Vegetation Science (https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70047…

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025

Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor)

In the second quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) has published six articles (see list below). Among these, the Chief Editors selected the contribution by Monteiro-Henriques (2025) as the Editors’ Choice article.…

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VCS is looking for new members of the Editorial Board

Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor)

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), the gold open-access journal of IAVS dedicated to developing and applying vegetation typologies as well as to ecoinformatics of vegetation, is growing. With its first Journal Impact Factor of 3.0 released a few weeks ago, its attractiveness to both authors and readers has further grown.…

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From Disturbance to Recovery: Unveiling the Role of Goats and Ecological Drivers on Vegetation Dynamics of Trindade Island, South Atlantic, Brazil

Prepared by Felipe Zuñe, Márcia Gonçalves Rogério, Ruy José Válka Alves & Nílber Gonçalves da Silva

Vegetation recovery on Trindade Island over three decades. Left: the island with severely reduced vegetation in 1994 (photo by Ruy José Valká Alves). Right: the same landscape in 2024, showing substantial regrowth of native plant cover (photo by Márcia Gonçalves Rogério).
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Does the use of ordinal cover scales bias biodiversity metrics?

The post provided by Iwona Dembicz & Jürgen Dengler

Schema illustrating how the use of ordinal cover scales introduces an additional error to the analytical data on top of the unavoidable estimation error in the field. When estimating cover directly in percent, the final error in the data is just the estimation error from the field, while in the case of ordinal scales it is the estimation error plus the error from the double translation (from cover to ordinal scale and back from ordinal scale to cover).
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Large boulders provide refuge for browse-sensitive species and reveal a legacy of overbrowsing and shifting baselines

Prepared by Gillian G. Revenis, Ryan Utz, Rose-Marie Muzika, Thomas P. Diggins, and Walter P. Carson

Large boulder with nearby deer fence included in our sampling for our study in the Huron Mountains Club Forest, US. Photo credit: Gillian Revenis

Throughout the Eastern United States, white-tailed deer populations have risen far beyond historical sizes.…

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