🌲 Native Pinus sylvestris forests in the Iberian Peninsula: a more complex history than expected 📄 The article is open access: 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new article in Science Advances, led by Gabriele Midolo, identifies the main factors driving changes in the species composition of plant communities across Europe: eutrophication, denser, more productive vegetation, and drying of wetlands. doi.org/10.1126/scia...

🌿How do Mediterranean plants respond to wildfires? 🔥 🌱https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/plb.70213?af=R

59th Italian Society of Vegetation Science conference in Palermo 4-6 June 2026

🌿 How many plant species live on Mediterranean islands? More than we think—and it depends on the database. 📄 Open access: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🌳As forests reclaim the land: Latitudinal variations in carbon-biodiversity trade-offs under natural forest expansion in Italy Forest Ecology and Management: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⛰️🌱 Topography and Soil Moisture Regulate the Temperature-Biodiversity Relationship of Forests Global Ecology and Biogeography: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🦌🌿Browsing impact on Mediterranean forests: The role of introduced deer and implications for conservation Biological Conservation: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌿 One year of Vegetation Ecology and Diversity (VED) Editorial 2026 ved.arphahub.com/article/1850...

🌳How will Italian forests of the future look? Our latest paper in GEB suggests that accurately predicting the effects of climate change on biodiversity requires accounting for the interplay between climate and local factors. OA paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌲 Rewilding old plantations. Bricca et al. demonstrate that canopy shade, elevation and environmental conditions interact to shape diversity across tree, shrub, herb and juvenile layers in former pine plantations 🌱💚. 📘 DOI: 10.1111/jvs.70085 #ForestRestoration

🌿 Le et al. explore how solitary trees shape plant communities in traditional wood-pastures. Canopy shade filters species composition and facilitates woody seedlings, creating distinct microscale habitats 🌳

The website for the 68th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science has been launched: 2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org

🌿34th European Vegetation Survey Conference in Clermont-Ferrand (France) from 7th – 11th (13th) September 2026 34evs2026.org?fbclid=IwY2x...

Plain language summary of the paper by Thuy Hang Le and colleagues published in @applvegsci.bsky.social "Microscale Plant Diversity in Traditional Wood-Pastures" vegsciblog.org/2025/11/28/m... @iavs5.bsky.social

🌿My two (botanical)-cents🔍 In this forum paper, I reflect on the value of plant-identification expertise and offer a few ideas on how we can better highlight the role of botanists and their knowledge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In this study, published in Journal of Vegetation Science, we focused on the passive rewilding of old-established pine forests. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @iavs5.bsky.social

📢 68th #IAVS Symposium: Understanding #Ecosystems through #Vegetation | 22-26 June 2026, Spain Join us to explore how vegetation shapes #biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide! 📅 Call for Special Session proposals is now open: 15 Oct – 15 Nov 2025 👉 Details: gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org #IAVS2026

A wonderful day celebrating the legacy of Sandro Pignatti. At the end of the event, a tree was planted by the Director of the Botanical Garden of Rome, Prof. Fabio Attorre, in memory of Prof. Pignatti. @iavs5.bsky.social #EVS

The event "Celebration the legacy of Sandro Pignatti" is now happening at the Botanical Garden of Rome organised by La Sapienza University of Rome @iavs5.bsky.social #EVS

The problem of oak decline in southern Italy. VED new article addresses this topic and evaluates environmental and climate parameters for modelling purposes ➡️ ved.arphahub.com/article/1601...

Read the new article from VED entitled "Multi-faceted short-term dynamics of plant understory across forest regeneration stages". 👉 ved.arphahub.com/article/1578...

Check the new national and regional Annex I Habitat records (from #139 to #147) 👇 ved.arphahub.com/article/1605...

ITV-net: leveraging intraspecific trait variability to bridge vegetation science and trait-based research in Italy ved.arphahub.com/articles.php... The ‘manifesto’ of our initiative is out in @vegecoldiv.bsky.social! If you have itv-level data and you want to share them read the paper and dm me!

📢New VED article presents the DALIA database: DAtabase of tree, shrub and LIAna taxa recorded in the Functional Urban Area of Campobasso (Italy) 🧑‍💻 Check It here! 👇 ved.arphahub.com/article/1552...

🌳 A systematic review of Europe’s Traditional Agroforestry Systems: where nature and culture Meet 🌾 #Agroforestry #Biodiversity #SustainableFarming #CulturalHeritage #Conservation #Europe #traditionallandscapes link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The members of the European Vegetation Survey are warmly welcome to the one-day seminar "Celebrating the Legacy of Sandro Pignatti" in Rome on 21 October. Registration form: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

#MAP-Rezia data collection is almost done! 🌺🌱 Thanks to @sonja, Angel & @gianmariabonari.bsky.social for completing botanical surveys between Stelvio & Swiss NP using the #ORCHAMP protocol. Now collecting remote sensing data✈️📡🛰️—will we detect the same biodiversity? Stay tuned for more…

🚨New article entitled "Vegetation classification and conservation aspects of Atlantic dune pine forests in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula". Ready it at the following link 👇 ved.arphahub.com/article/1429...

Biodiversity is the solution. #NBFC

European Vegetation Survey excursion to Colfiorito wetlands, the high plains of Monti Sibillini (Castelluccio di Norcia) and Norcia led by Corrado Marcenò, Riccardo Guarino, and Alessandro Silvestre Gristina

🌲 Our latest research looked at understory plant diversity in black pine forests within and outside their native range in Europe. 📚 Read more in our full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #Macroecology #Biodiversity #Conservation #PinusNigra #NonNativeForests

Behind the paper post referring to the article "Grassland Changes in the Eastern Alps Over Four Decades: Unveiling Patterns Along an Elevation Gradient" by Gianmaria Bonari and colleagues, published in @applvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/03/12/g... @iavs5.bsky.social

🌿 Grasslands in the Alps are changing—what’s happening? 🌿 🔎 Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Biodiversity #GrasslandsChange #Conservation

We are happy to announce that is now published an Editorial to introduce the new journal 🎉🍾 Read "Introducing Vegetation Ecology and Diversity (VED)" through the following link 👉 ved.arphahub.com/article/1466...

☘ The first Editorial of the open-access society-owned Vegetation Ecology and Diversity (VED) journal is finally out! We introduce the Editorial Board, Social Media Team, Topical Collections, and initiatives for young researchers. ved.arphahub.com/article/1466... @vegecoldiv.bsky.social

🌿 How do nature & humans shape Mediterranean coastal dunes? Our study shows that shoreline erosion indirectly drives biodiversity loss, while human activities shift plant communities, favoring ruderal species over typical dune plants. 🌊🏖️ #Biodiversity #Conservation #Dunes

The website of the European Vegetation Survey conference in Perugia, Italy, 28 Apr - 2 May 2025, has been launched: vnr.unipg.it/33evsperugia... @iavs5.bsky.social

🌳New study published: Vegetation diversity of pinus pinaster forests in the Italian Peninsula 🌿 #Ecology #Biodiversity #Conservation #MediterraneanForests #VegetationScience #PinusPinaster 🔗 Read the paper here: vcs.pensoft.net/article/1180...

Dear EVS Members, We are pleased to announce the roles of the new European Vegetation Survey (EVS) Steering Committee for the term 2024-2028 🧵 below

🌱 Join Us for the BayCEER Colloquium 🌿 📅 05/12/2024, at 12:15 p.m. Dr. Gian-Maria Bonari will present: "Grassland changes in the Alps over the last four decades" Explore how global changes have transformed Alpine grasslands and discover elevation-specific biodiversity trends.

New study in @natureecoevo.bsky.social comes to a surprising conclusion: Plant species can fulfil different functions within an #ecosystem, even if they are closely related to each other. Study led by Georg Hähn @Unibo and @HelgeBruelheide. More: bit.ly/3Vn9QyB