Tag: AVS

An introduction to human impact indicators

Posted on March 21, 2021March 28, 2021 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Jack Zinnen, Jeffrey W. Matthews & Greg Spyreas

The areas in North America (left) and Europe (right) where the three human impact indicator values are used. Adapted from Fig. 1 in the paper (Zinnen et al. 2021).

Unmanned aerial systems‐based monitoring of the eco‐geomorphology of coastal dunes through spectral Rao’s Q

Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 by David Zeleny

Marco Malavasi, Manuele Bazzichetto, Jan Komárek, Vítězslav Moudry, Duccio Rocchini, Simonetta Bagella, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta & Maria Laura Carranza

Optical data collected by the drone and elaborated computing Rao’s Q diversity index allowed describing the study sites’ bio-physical heterogeneity and assessing the dune systems’ integrity.

A invasão por Acacia é facilitada pela permeabilidade da paisagem: O papel da degradação de habitat e da rede rodoviária

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 by David Zeleny

Preparado por Gustavo Heringer, Jan Thiele, Cibele H. Amaral, João A. A. Meira-Neto, Fabio A. R. Matos, Jan R. K. Lehmann, Tillmann K. Buttschardt & Andreza V. Neri

Ecossistema de Mussununga do tipo savana arenosa rodeada por Mata Atlântica (esquerda) e *Acacia mangium* no ecossistema de Mussununga (direita).

Acacia invasion is facilitated by landscape permeability: The role of habitat degradation and road networks

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Gustavo Heringer, Jan Thiele, Cibele H. Amaral, João A. A. Meira-Neto, Fabio A. R. Matos, Jan R. K. Lehmann, Tillmann K. Buttschardt & Andreza V. Neri

Sandy-savanna Mussununga ecosystem surrounded by Atlantic Forest (left) and *Acacia mangium* on Mussununga ecosystem (right).

Broad-scale classification of Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation relies on forest structure for high ranks

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Gianmaria Bonari

*Pinus brutia* forest understory in the surroundings of Yamanlar, Turkey, 2019. Photo credit Milan Chytrý.

This Behind the paper post refers to the article Classification of the Mediterranean lowland to submontane pine forest vegetation by Gianmaria Bonari and colleagues, published in Applied Vegetation Science (https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12544…

Plant communities, populations and individuals have distinct responses to short-term warming and neighbour biomass removal in two montane grasslands

Posted on January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 by David Zeleny

By Travis Britton, Mark J. Hovenden, Meagan Porter, Rose Brinkhoff, Anna Flittner & Margaret M. Mayfield

Experimental warming chamber with a *Ranunculus nanus* flower in the foreground at Silver Plains field site, Tasmania, Australia (42.090254, 147.087945). Photo credit: Travis Britton.

Understanding how plant communities respond to environmental change is critical in the face of projected climate change.…

Results of the Photo Competition for JVS/AVS 2021 cover pictures

Posted on January 10, 2021January 11, 2021 by Milan Chytry

The winners of the Photo Competition for JVS/AVS 2021 cover pictures are Hsun-Hung Chu and Adrián Purkart. The forerunners are Gianmaria Bonari, Nenad Jasprica and Ricarda Pätsch.

Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all the colleagues who submitted their pictures .…

Heterogeneity decreases as time since fire increases in a South American grassland

Posted on January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Luis López-Mársico, Felipe Lezama & Alice Altesor

In a sub‐humid Uruguayan grassland community, dominated by a tall tussock grass (*Saccharum angustifolium*), a large amount of standing dead biomass accumulates. Patchy and asynchronous field burns are a traditional practice among ranchers to removes above‐ground biomass of the dominant species and to promote tender forage for the livestock.

JVS/AVS Editors’ Awards for 2020

Posted on January 8, 2021February 17, 2021 by Milan Chytry

The JVS and AVS Editor’s Awards for 2020 go to Sabrina Gavini and Lise Maciejewski. Congratulations!

Sabrina Gavini with colleagues explored whether local-scale biotic interactions affect biodiversity also at larger spatial scales (Gavini et al. 2020). A top-down view has often been used (regional richness is affecting local biodiversity).…

The last printed issue of the IAVS journals

Posted on December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 by Milan Chytry

The just-published 2020/4 issue of Applied Vegetation Science is the last printed issue of the IAVS journals. From 2021 onwards, all the IAVS journals will be published online only.