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Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Palaearctic grasslands: global change, conservation, management and restoration” in Applied Vegetation Science

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Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (Chair of the Guest Editors)

In conjunction with the Eurasian Grassland Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, in July 2026, the IAVS Working Group EDGG (https://edgg.org/) is organising a Special Feature on global change and applied topics in grasslands throughout the Palaearctic biogeographic realm in the journal Applied Vegetation Science (AVS).…

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Road Disturbance Shapes the Functional Composition of Native Plant Species but Not That of Non-Natives in the Arid Andes

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Prepared by María Alisa Alvarez, Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Valeria Aschero, Lorena de Jesús Bonjour & Agustina Barros

Members of the PIBAS-CONICET team (Plants, Invasions, and Biodiversity of the Andes) collecting plant leaves at the highest elevation points surveyed for this project in Cordón del Plata Provincial Park.
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Large boulders provide refuge for browse-sensitive species and reveal a legacy of overbrowsing and shifting baselines

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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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Multiple effects of capybaras on vegetation suggest impending impacts of jaguar reintroduction

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Prepared by Ana Belen Avila, María Jose Corriale, Debora Di Francescantonio, Pablo I. Picca, Emiliano Donadio, Mario S. Di Bitetti, Agustín Paviolo, and Carlos De Angelo

Vegetation surveys on one of the excluded plots on San Alonso Island, Iberá National Park (Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes) (28°18’23.2 “S, 57°27’15.9 “W).
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On the use of taxon names in community ecology

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Vegetation science and community ecology focus on ecosystems composed of multiple species and other taxonomic ranks, such as subspecies. Scientific work in these fields requires accurate identification of these taxa in the field and recording them using standardized scientific names. However, the Editors of the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science frequently encounter manuscripts where authors misunderstand taxonomic nomenclature, leading to errors and making articles challenging for readers to follow.…

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Results of the Photo Contest for JVS/AVS 2025 cover pictures

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The winners of the Photo Contest for JVS/AVS 2025 cover pictures are Lucia Čahojová and Markus Neupert. Here are the new journal covers with their photographs. The forerunners are Kryštof Chytrý, Veradina Nacheva, Denys Vynokurov and Anaclara Guido.

The alpine grassland on Mount Raduha in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps (Slovenia) occurs on limestone with a significant admixture of siliceous minerals, resulting in a species-rich plant community consisting of both acidophilous and basiphilous plants.
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Communication Officer for AVS and JVS needed

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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.…

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