The cover of this new issue shows a vegetated sandbar on the highly regulated Colorado River, Grand Canyon. Butterfield et al. demonstrate linkages between hydrological and climatic filtering of vegetation in this system.
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This post refers to the article Seed density is more effective than multi‐trait limiting similarity in controlling grassland resistance against plant invasions in mesocosms by Yannelli et al.…
Continue readingWe welcome Guillaume Decocq, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France, as a new Associate Editor of Applied Vegetation Science. Guillaume is not new to our team: he has served as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Vegetation Science for several years.…
Continue readingDr Karen Holl summarizes the results of the recent paper in the Applied Vegetation Science (https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12394) showing that measuring grass cover and canopy cover just a year after pasture abandonment can help to predict the rate of tropical forest recovery.…
Continue readingThe cover shows a forest-steppe landscape in northern Hungary, which relates to the Synthesis paper on Eurasian forest-steppe by Erdös et al.
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According to the biophilia hypothesis of Edward O. Wilson, certain biological patterns evoke positive feelings in humans. As a considerable part of our evolution took part in savannas, so the argument runs, we are genetically determined to enjoy ecosystems with a savanna-like mosaic pattern of trees and grasslands.…
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