Is biocrust community structure predicted by vascular plant species? Which vascular plant traits influence biocrust community structure? Find out more in the new paper by Bustos et al.!.

Increasing ⬆️temperatures,🌞 drought, grazing cessation and nitrogen deposition amount to tough times for vulnerable dry grasslands. A three-decade long case study in Germany by Horka et al. gives us more insights on the changes these communities face.

From disturbance to recovery: Unveiling the role of goats and ecological drivers on vegetation dynamics of Trindade Island, South Atlantic, Brazil. -A new paper by Zuñe et al.

❓How have Nardus grasslands in Germany 🇩🇪changed in recent decades? Is eutrophication driven by a recovery of soil pH after acidification? Check out a new paper by Peppler-Lisbach et al. to gain an insight into these questions!.

Special Issue on Island Plant Communities: Neotropical maritime inselbergs show a distinct flora from continental inselbergs due to their geographic isolation and climatic factors. A new contribution by Sabino et al.

Spatial scale terms can blur actual study size in plant community ecology publications. A new contribution by Hung et al.:

Allerton et al. assessed the short- and long-term impacts of fire in Caribbean tropical dry forests with limited burn history to determine their resilience and identify functional traits predicting postfire resprouting strategies.

Contrasting patterns of α-diversity but similar patterns of β-diversity between woody and herbaceous vegetation across a tropical rainfall gradient in Mudumalai National Park, India. A new paper by Radhamoni et al.

Propagule pressure and soil disturbance  undermine the ability of plant communities to resist non-native plant invasions. An experimental study by Murillo & Wagner across three habitat types in central Canada. #jvs.special.Issue, #BiologicalInvasions.

Successful 👽alien plant species exhibit functional dissimilarity from natives under varied climatic conditions ☀️🌤️🌦️🌧️⛈️but not under increased nutrient availability. A new research article by Milanović et al.

De Benedictis et al. found non-random functional patterns in grasslands below 10 cm, an almost unexplored scale range in any vegetation. Check our their new paper ”Measuring them all: Individual-based functional spatial pattern in mountain grasslands”.

An new Editorial by Michalet et al. reflects on contributions to the Special Issue on “Plant community responses to climate change”.

A new paper by Schrader et al. reports on A-Islands, a vascular dataset for biodiversity research and species monitoring on Australian continental islands.

Alonso-Crespo et al. explore priority and year effects on plant diversity, productivity and vertical root 𖣂 distribution. Read about their insights from a grassland field experiment.🌿.

A new paper by Elliott et al: A virulent 🦠soil pathogen alters temperate rain forest understory sampling population dynamics and successional trajectories.

Korrensalo et al. quantify short-term changes in species and trait composition in a boreal peatland and examine the associated uncertainty at the local and study area scales.

A new paper by Anadon-Rosell et al. aims to determine the causes of the varying drought responses observed in Calluna vulgaris in the Baltic island of Hiddensee after an extreme drought.

Enemy behind the gates? Predicted climate change and land-use intensification likely speed up C4 grass invasions in Europe.- A new paper by Díaz Cando et al.

Tsamba et al. illuminate the fine scale patterns and drivers of native and invasive plant species diversity on a Sub-Antarctic Island. Check their new paper!.

🌿Check out a new paper by La Montagna et al.-Shrubs as nurse species for plant communities in arid environments: a case study from Socotra Island (Yemen).