Journal of Vegetation Science
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Scientific journal on plant community ecology and vegetation macroecology. Published by the Internation. Assoc. of Vegetation Science: society-run, non-profit
Joined August 2016
Do insects🐛prefer to dine in tropical grasslands, savannas or gallery forests?🤔 According to Oliveira et it's the gallery forest plants growing on more fertile soils and thus having higher specific leaf area that are their favourite. Check it out!⬇️ https://t.co/hevGY2wINc
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Is it easier for invasive plants like Eragrostis plana to conquer plant communities, experiencing water💧stress due to severe droughts🔅 ? de Lima et al work on uncovering the mistery in a case study in Eastern Uruguay grasslands. https://t.co/lXjF4dipu2
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Aim Under climate change scenarios, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in some regions, influencing the likelihood of successful biological invasion in ecosystems. We evaluate...
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Barker & Harms compare the groundcover plant and arthropod assemblages within stands of Pteridium aquilinum & Ilex glabra to the nearby bunchgrass areas and found significant differences in the plant🌿& arthropod🐜species richness and species composition. https://t.co/ml5doAiPFk
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In a southeastern USA pine savanna, groundcover patches dominated by bracken ferns or gallberry shrubs have lower diversity relative to native bunchgrass areas. We hypothesize that relative to one...
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A new paper by Attila Lengyel explores how several invasive species-Asclepias syriaca, Solidago gigantea and Solidago canadensis impact plant communities inidivually and whether their combined effect has stronger influence. https://t.co/zWAvLZFwXG
#invasivespecies
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Sandy old-fields in Hungary are threatened by multiple invasive alien plant species. This study examines how the co-invasion of Asclepias syriaca and Solidago spp. affect several aspects of communi...
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A new paper by de Tomás-Marín explores how tree canopy and soil nutrients shape the taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of sub-Mediterranean grasslands. Their results underline the need of management actions in their conservation. https://t.co/YgTw5wPB1G
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Question How do tree canopy cover and soil nutrients shape the taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity of sub-Mediterranean grasslands? Location Valdebezana's valley (Burgos, Northern Sp...
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In a case study on a subalpine meadow in Tasmania Gerwin et al. highlight the crucial role the local soil moisture has in how climate change affects subalpine plant communities. https://t.co/8fE7z9e26M
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We experimentally assessed the impact of combined warm, drought and heatwave conditions on Australian subalpine vegetation. Persistent warming of 1.6°C rapidly altered the community composition, and...
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Neltuma juliflora was introduced to Botswana to combat desertification and bind sand dunes, but soon became invasive. Chilume et al. explore how it influences plant species richness and soil chemistry. https://t.co/OVBKI6RhYI
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We explored the plant species composition and soil physicochemical properties of plots with and without the invasive woody species Neltuma juliflora in Gantsi District Botswana. Presence of N....
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von Büren et al. propose a novel, low-cost, and effective method to monitor above- and belowground microclimate in mountain environments year-round that withstands large animals and snow pressure and is suitable for remote areas. https://t.co/u4p5qY3LZL
#monitoring
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Aim The role of microclimate in influencing range limits and vegetation shifts, especially in topographically heterogeneous mountain ecosystems, has gained attention in recent years. However,...
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If you have an interesting piece of GIS-related research you want to share with the world, feel free to submit to JVS. Link to our author guidelines below ⬇️ 🔗 https://t.co/eQfWtFhBtu
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A new paper by Mologni et al. demonstrates that plant invasions 📉 reduce the degree of nestedness 🪹 on warm temperate islands. 🏝️ https://t.co/1MCo6LN3e4
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Using field surveys and published data for 1543 native and non-native plant species, we quantified nested patterns across 264 islands off northern New Zealand. Plant communities are mostly nested,...
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Halbritter et al. explore how the effects of climate warming🔅 , nitrogen and grazing 🐮 on plant functional traits differ between alpine and sub-alpine grasslands🌿 in western Norway. https://t.co/NTrpmMvJZK
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We studied how warming, nitrogen addition, and grazing affected plant traits in alpine and sub-alpine grasslands. Warming and nitrogen increased plant size, especially in alpine communities. Under...
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Paneghel et al. aimed to provide insight into how abiotic & biotic factors influence the 🔥 post-fire 🤕 recovery of🌲 Pinus halpensis forests and how their effects vary between the shrub layer and the canopy. #wildfire #forests #recovery
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Rapid revegetation of burnt forest is essential for recovering ecosystem functioning, especially in the context of climate change-driven shifts in fire regime. We provide a field-based assessment of...
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‼️ Call for papers! We’re inviting submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology.” 1️⃣ First deadline for abstract submission: 30 Nov 2025 2️⃣ Second deadline: Spring 2026 3️⃣ Final deadline: Summer 2026 🔗
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‼️ Call for papers! We’re inviting submissions to our Special Feature on “Scaling laws in (vegetation) ecology.” 1️⃣ First deadline for abstract submission: 30 Nov 2025 2️⃣ Second deadline: Spring 2026 3️⃣ Final deadline: Summer 2026 🔗
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The presence of alternative tree species in European beech forests drives change in functional diversity and composition of forest floor plant communities. A new paper by Bärmann et al. https://t.co/LfZq04g0rl
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Admixing alternative tree species in European beech forests is associated with changes in the functional diversity and composition of forest floor vegetation. Higher functional richness and diverge...
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A new paper by Jo et al. explores multi-species invasions and their impacts on functional plant composition. Special Issue on Biological invasions in Plant Communities.
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We examine how multi-species plant invasions shape temperate grassland function in New Zealand. Non-native species richness is positively associated with the most abundant non-native species cover,...
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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
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Prepared by Michael Mulroy and Nishanta Rajakaruna Lichens and bryophytes may be small, but they are among the dominant life
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A new paper by Chen et al proposes a one-dimensional aggregation index (quadrat nearest neighboring distance) for detecting & comparing species spatial distribution patterns. https://t.co/kXbBt6XJko
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The correlation between one-dimensional quadrat nearest neighboring distance (QNN) and Clark and Evans’ R metric for measuring two-dimensional distributional patterns of the 188 tree species in...
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