Tag: JVS

Observer-driven pseudoturnover in vegetation monitoring is context-dependent but does not affect ecological inference

Posted on September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Steffen Boch, Helen Küchler, Meinrad Küchler, Angéline Bedolla, Klaus T. Ecker, Ulrich H. Graf, Tobias Moser, Rolf Holderegger & Ariel Bergamini

Photo of a permanent 10 m² vegetation plot marked with Swiss flags located in the Canton of Valais (Photo credit: S.

Call for Abstracts: Journal of Vegetation Science Special Issue “Plant community responses to climate change”

Posted on September 14, 2022November 10, 2022 by Milan Chytry

Guest Editors

Richard Michalet, University of Bordeaux, France (Receiving Editor) – richard.michalet@u-bordeaux.fr
Jiri Dolezal, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic – jiriddolezal@gmail.com
Jonathan Lenoir, CNRS, Jules Verne University of Picardy, France – jonathan.lenoir@u-picardie.fr
Peter C. le Roux, University of Pretoria, South Africa – peter.leroux@up.ac.za
Sabine Rumpf, University of Basel, Switzerland – sabine.rumpf@unibas.ch
Sonia Wipf, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Switzerland – sonja.wipf@slf.ch

Description of the Special Issue

An increasing number of climate change studies are showing the need to take into account local and regional contexts if we want to improve our predictions of plant community responses to changing climate.…

Short-term effects of experimental goose grazing and warming differ in three low-Arctic coastal wetland plant communities

Posted on September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Ryan T. Choi, Matteo Petit Bon, A. Joshua Leffler, Katharine C. Kelsey, Jeffrey M. Welker & Karen H. Beard

Experimental goose grazing and summer warming elicit compositional changes in three distinct low-Arctic coastal wetland plant communities of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.

JVS and AVS are looking for new members of the Editorial Review Boards

Posted on September 3, 2022December 13, 2022 by Milan Chytry

The Journal of Vegetation Science (JVS) and Applied Vegetation Science (AVS) are seeking colleagues interested in serving on the Editorial Review Boards of the journals. We welcome all vegetation scientists with experience in international scientific publishing, and as we aim at diverse and dynamic Editorial Review Boards, we particularly encourage people based outside Europe, early-career researchers and women to apply.…

Functional traits and propagule pressure explain changes in the distribution and demography of non-native trees in Spain

Posted on May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 by David Zeleny

By Carlos Lara-Romero, Paloma Ruiz-Benito & Pilar Castro-Díez

Old plantation of Australian blue gum (*Eucalyptus globulus*) in Cíes Island (National Park of the Atlantic Islands, Galicia, Spain). Photo credit: Pilar Castro-Díez.

Non-native tree species (NNT) have been planted worldwide to provide different types of benefits, from resources, such as wood, tannins, or fiber, to ornamental assets.…

The merits of studying oceanic island floras in a team of early career researchers

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by David Zeleny

The post is provided by Dagmar Martina Hanz

View of the Tabaibal-Cardonal vegetation zone with focus on a dragon tree (*Dracaena draco*) near El Palmar on La Palma, Canary Islands (Photo credit: Dagmar Hanz).

This post refers to the article “High species turnover and low intraspecific trait variation in endemic and non-endemic plant species assemblages on an oceanic island” by Hanz et al.,…

Virtual Special Issue: Macroecology of vegetation

Posted on March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Meelis Pärtel

Tropical rain forest near Kourou (French Guiana) in 2006. Photo credit: Meelis Pärtel.

Vegetation science has a long history in broad-scale approaches that range from mapping vegetation types and vegetation properties to using plant geographical data to calculate regional properties of plant assemblages.…

Viktoria Wagner becomes a new Chief Editor of JVS/AVS

Posted on March 5, 2022March 6, 2022 by Milan Chytry

We welcome Viktoria Wagner as a new Chief Editor of the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science! Viktoria replaces Meelis Pärtel, who has decided to step down as a Chief Editor after 13 years of service.