Behind the paper post for the paper published by Rouf et al. "The Hidden Regulators of the Forest: How Soil Fungi Shape Tree Life and Death" in the JVS vegsciblog.org/2026/03/31/h... @iavs5.bsky.social

Update: Twin Special Issue “History of Vegetation Science” extended call for abstracts till April 30, 2026! Please don't hesitate to prepare a preliminary abstract for the Journal of Vegetation Science or Vegetation Classification and Survey. vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t... @iavs5.bsky.social

VCS: Volume 6 (2025) completed, and Volume 7 started vegsciblog.org/2026/02/16/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Beyond the paper: lessons learned from managing invasions in extreme ecosystems. Behind the paper post by Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo and colleagues, published in @jvs-avs.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2026/01/28/b... @iavs5.bsky.social

Behind the paper post "From field trip to first paper: the colorful arable fields of Lemnos, Greece", written by Lina Rinne about their paper in the Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

"An island, a classification, and a handful of botanists" is a Behind the paper post by Riccardo Guarino and colleagues, about the recent paper in the Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/a... @iavs5.bsky.social

Twin Special Issue "History of Vegetation Science" in the Journal of Vegetation Science and Vegetation Classification and Survey - call for abstracts vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the fourth quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/12/27/v...

Palaearctic Grasslands 65 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/12/03/p...

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

Invitation to contribute to a Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology” in the Journal of Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2025/10/30/s... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the third quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/10/23/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Plain language summary of the paper "A comparative study of lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in central California" published in the @jvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/10/15/l... @iavs5.bsky.social

Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/07/31/s... @iavs5.bsky.social

"Twelve years with DiffVal and TDV: the making of a method" by Tiago Monteiro-Henriques is the Behind the paper post of his latest article in VCS vegsciblog.org/2025/07/26/t... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/07/25/v...

Fire regimes in sub-Mediterranean areas negatively affect deciduous shrub and tree species while favouring Mediterranean herbs & low shrubs, blurring the differences between Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas. See post by Sabina Burrascano: vegsciblog.org/2025/07/25/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

VCS is looking for new members of the Editorial Board vegsciblog.org/2025/07/13/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) got its first Impact Factor vegsciblog.org/2025/06/23/v...

Palaearctic Grasslands 64 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/06/09/p... @iavs5.bsky.social

Plain language summary of the paper by Zuñe et al. in the @jvegsci.bsky.social "From Disturbance to Recovery: Unveiling the Role of Goats and Ecological Drivers on Vegetation Dynamics of Trindade Island, South Atlantic, Brazil" vegsciblog.org/2025/05/29/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

Does the use of ordinal cover scales bias biodiversity metrics?Behind the paper post for paper by Dembicz & Dengler in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/05/21/o... @iavs5.bsky.social

Plain language summary of the paper in VCS by Joelson et al. "Floristic patterns in the Andes of northern Patagonia's forests, Argentina: towards integrating ecological responses with expert-based and unsupervised classification methods" vegsciblog.org/2025/05/05/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

Plain language summary of the paper by G.G.Revenis et al. "Large boulders provide refuge for browse-sensitive species and reveal a legacy of overbrowsing and shifting baselines" from @applvegsci.bsky.social vegsciblog.org/2025/05/05/l... @iavs5.bsky.social

Naqinezhad et al. in Vegetation Classification and Survey: Advancing vegetation classification of grassland ecosystems across Asia: current status and way forward vegsciblog.org/2025/04/25/c... @iavs5.bsky.social

What happens if you measure traits and coordinates for every plant individual in a grassland? De Benedictis et al. found non-random trait patterns at scales of few centimetres, and large intraspecific variability. Check here: vegsciblog.org/2025/04/23/i... @iavs5.bsky.social @jvegsci.bsky.social

Mean ecological indicator values: which system and which weighting approach to use - a paper published in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/04/03/m... @iavs5.bsky.social

Plain language summary of the paper by Teixeira et al. published in @jvegsci.bsky.social, entitled "How does fire exclusion affect the belowground biomass of tropical open ecosystems?" vegsciblog.org/2025/03/21/f... @iavs5.bsky.social

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

Vegetation Classification and Survey: five years and looking ahead vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/v...

Palaearctic Grasslands 63 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/p... @iavs5.bsky.social

Capybaras shape vegetation in the Iberá Wetlands by grazing, promoting plant diversity. Reintroducing jaguars could change grazing patterns, impacting plant communities and benefiting biodiversity. @applvegsci.bsky.social paper by Avila et al. vegsciblog.org/2025/03/11/c... @iavs5.bsky.social

Plain language summary for the recent @jvegsci.bsky.social article by Zeidler et al. Response of subalpine plant vegetation to snow cover duration quantified by in situ repeat photography vegsciblog.org/2025/02/27/r... @iavs5.bsky.social

Plain language summary of the article by Amir Talebi et al. (2024) entitled "Vegetation of the southern slopes of Mt. Damavand, Iran: a comprehensive phytosociological classification" published in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/02/06/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

IranVeg, the first national vegetation database of Iran. Explore its potential and see how you can contribute or benefit! 🌍 🌱 Paper by Ramzi et al. (2024) published in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/02/06/i... @iavs5.bsky.social

Deadline extended for VCS Special Collection “Vegetation classification of islands and archipelagos” vegsciblog.org/2025/02/06/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

VCS Editors’ Award for 2024 vegsciblog.org/2025/01/27/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the fourth quarter of 2024 vegsciblog.org/2025/01/20/v... @iavs5.bsky.social

Behind the paper post for the paper by Guuroh et al. (2024) published in Vegetation Classification and Survey: African vegetation studies: introduction to a Special Collection vegsciblog.org/2025/01/08/e... @iavs5.bsky.social

On the use of taxon names in community ecology vegsciblog.org/2025/01/04/o... @applvegsci.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social

JVS and AVS Editors' Awards for 2024 vegsciblog.org/2024/12/29/j... @iavs5.bsky.social

Results of the Photo Contest for JVS/AVS 2025 cover pictures vegsciblog.org/2025/01/01/r... @iavs5.bsky.social

Palaearctic Grasslands 62 is published vegsciblog.org/2024/12/21/p... @iavs5.bsky.social

Communication Officer for @applvegsci.bsky.social and @jvegsci.bsky.social needed vegsciblog.org/2024/12/20/c... @iavs5.bsky.social

Do you study seed banks? And do you have a green thumb? No? Then you need to learn how to identify seeds! Behind the paper post for the @jvegsci.bsky.social article by Alida A. Hábenczyus and colleagues vegsciblog.org/2024/11/22/d... @iavs5.bsky.social