Tag: VCS

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2023

Posted on August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of all VCS Chief Editors)

Example of an illustration of one “geocomplex biome” (Montane evergreen and seasonal Andean forest geocomplex) from the Editors’ Choice article by Navarro et al. 2023.

Among these, the Chief Editors selected the contribution by Navarro et al (2023) as the Editors’ Choice article.…

Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales?

Posted on August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Jürgen Dengler & Iwona Dembicz

How much does species x cover in the plot? Two vegetation scientists estimating plant covers in a steppe of Southern Ukraine during the 15th EDGG Field Workshop. (Photo Credit: Jürgen Dengler).

Vegetation-plot records (relevés) containing a full list of species with cover information on each of them are the main source of information in vegetation science.…

Modeling the potential distribution of floristic assemblages of high Andean wetlands dominated by Juncaceae and Cyperaceae in the Argentine Puna

Posted on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 by David Zeleny

Prepared by Elvira Casagranda & Andrea E. Izquierdo

View of the “Acay Sur” *vega* during one of the vegetation sampling campaigns. Photo credits: A.E. Izquierdo

Plant communities are the main biological factor determining the functional ecosystem processes of the systems. In the Puna, a highland desert from the Andes, vegas are important wetlands representing real oases in the arid soil matrix.…

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the first quarter of 2023

Posted on April 16, 2023April 18, 2023 by David Zeleny

The post provided by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of all VCS Chief Editors)

Argentinian *vega* vegetation with motifs from the Editors’ Choice article by Casagranda and Izquierdo (2023).

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) has completed the first quarter of the fourth volume, containing five articles (see list below).…

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) completed its third volume

Posted on January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 by David Zeleny

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Cover of Volume 3 (2022) of Vegetation Classification and Survey with motifs from the Editors’ Award article by Liu et al. 2022 on the classification of Chinese steppes).

EIVE 1.0 – The largest system of ecological indicator values in Europe is now available

Posted on January 21, 2023February 14, 2023 by David Zeleny

The post was provided by Jürgen Dengler, Florian Jansen & François Gillet

Geographic coverage of the 31 ecological indicator value systems that entered the calculation of the consensus system of EIVE 1.0 (image from the original article).

This Behind the paper post refers to the article Ecological Indicator Values for Europe (EIVE) 1.0 by Jürgen Dengler, Florian Jansen, Olha Chusova, Elisabeth Hüllbusch, Michael P.…

VCS is looking for new members of the Editorial Board

Posted on January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 by David Zeleny

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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.…

VCS: new members of the Editorial Board

Posted on January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 by David Zeleny

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We are pleased to announce that five new vegetation scientists from various countries have joined the Editorial Board of Vegetation Classification and Survey as of 1 January 2023.…

VCS: Important news

Posted on January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 by David Zeleny

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CiteScoreTracker of Vegetation Classification and Survey in December 2022.

With the third year of Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), IAVS’ gold open access journal, coming to a successful end, the Chief Editors have two important announcements:

First, Thanks to the generosity of IAVS, articles from first authors who are IAVS members remain exempt from article processing charges (APCs) until 30 June 2023.…