"Biomass fine-scale variation is predictive of functional composition and diversity in grazed grassland" - new research paper by Nicolas Caram et al. summarized at vegsciblog.org/2023/02/21/bio… via @jvsavsblog doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1…

A summary of a new paper in Applied Vegetation Science by Ebony Cowan et al. "The power of seeds: the resilience of a restored plant community to fire" vegsciblog.org/2023/02/14/res… via @jvsavsblog

An excerpt of the recent editorial by Chytrý et al. (2023) on "The benefits of publishing in society-owned scientific journals" vegsciblog.org/2023/01/21/pub… via @jvsavsblog

A summary of a new paper in Applied Vegetation Science by Ginevra Nota et al. (2022) Differences in population size structures characterize grass response to long-term livestock removal. vegsciblog.org/2023/02/04/gra… via @jvsavsblog

Congratulations to Leonie Mazalla and her co-authors on their AVS Editor Award 2022! Read more about their winning paper and the JVS/AVS Awards: vegsciblog.org/2023/01/11/jvs… via @jvsavsblog doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1…

Congratulations to Mario Klesczewski and Sharif A. Mukul, the winners of this year's JVS/AVS Photo Contest. Check out their gorgeous work on our new journal covers 👇

3/3 Ondřej Mudrák (Czech Republic), Alireza Naqinezhad (Iran, UK), Ricarda Pätsch (Czech Republic), Cord Peppler-Lisbach (Germany), Markus Wagner (UK), Jianshuang Wu (China)

2/3 Proud to have the following new Editorial Review Board members on board: Irena Axmanová (Czech Republic) Gianmaria Bonari (Italy), Leonor Calvo (Spain), Kwek Yan Chong (Singapore), Felícia M. Fischer (Spain), Hamid Gholizadeh (Iran), Anaclara Guido (Uruguay)

Welcome to our new Editorial Board members and our new Associate Editor, Robin Pakeman! We are looking forward to working with you! vegsciblog.org/2022/12/13/new… via @jvsavsblog

A behind the paper post on the recent publication by Glaser et al. "AgriWeedClim database – a new collection of data for the study of arable habitats" vegsciblog.org/2022/11/21/agr… via @jvsavsblog

(2/2) Photocontest deadline: 30 Nov 2022. You must be an IAVS member. Submit a max. of 3 photos in square format. Include a brief description, author's name & e-mail for each photo. Mention if photo relates to a JVS/ AVS paper (photos unrelated to a paper are acceptable).

JVS/AVS Photo contest for 2023 cover pictures: Would you like your photo to appear on the cover of the Journal of Vegetation Science or Applied Vegetation Science? Upload your photos here: tinyurl.com/3m5cu953 Eligibility and instructions: ... (1/2)

A behind the paper post on the recent publication by Krieger et al.: Controlling the abundance of a native invasive plant does not affect species richness or functional diversity of wet grasslands vegsciblog.org/2022/10/13/con… via @jvsavsblog

A behind the paper post on the recent AVS publication by Boch et al. Observer-driven pseudoturnover in vegetation monitoring is context-dependent but does not affect ecological inference vegsciblog.org/2022/09/30/obs… via @jvsavsblog

"Remote Sensing for Vegetation Science: A Virtual Special Issue on its Power and Challenges" New #VirtualIssue in @ApplVegSci is now available to read. ➡️ ow.ly/TF4050KT6XG @vegsciblog

A behind the paper post on the recent AVS publication by Frederik Van Daele et al.: Are historical land use patterns and chemical soil characteristics complementary for assessing the restoration potential of <i>Nardus</i> grassland? vegsciblog.org/2022/09/03/res… via @jvsavsblog

A behind the paper post on the recent publication by Dardo Rubén López et al.: Degradation influences equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics in rangelands: implications in resilience and stability vegsciblog.org/2022/09/03/deg… via @jvsavsblog

Check out our new Special Issue on Remote Sensing in vegetation science 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.111… Edited by Duccio Rocchini, Hannes Feilhauer, Jana Müllerová, Sebastian Schmidtlein

📣 📣 Open call: Applied Vegetation Science (AVS) is seeking early career/established scientists as new members for its Editorial Review Board. *Apply by 30 Sep 2022* More info here: 👉vegsciblog.org/2022/09/03/jvs…

Studying soil seed banks is time-consuming and labor-intensive. In our recent study published in @ApplVegSci we show that seed persistence in soil can be predicted from easily available traits using machine learning approach: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/av… Kudos to @_Max_Pichler

A behind the paper post on the recent AVS publication by Monika Janišová et al.: Focussed on bryophyte assemblages vegsciblog.org/2022/05/26/foc… via @jvsavsblog doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1…

Plain language summary of the paper of Garrote et al. Coping with changing plant-plant interactions in restoration ecology: Effect of species, site, and individual variation. In @ApplVegSci. vegsciblog.org/2022/03/29/cha… @IAVS5

A plain language summary for the paper by Chien-Fan Chen et al. (doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1…) twitter.com/vegsciblog/sta…

Call for papers: special issue on grazing effects in Applied Vegetation Science vegsciblog.org/2022/01/27/cal…

A plain-language summary for the paper of Cinthia Silva, Vinícius Londe, André D’Angioli, Marcos Scaranello, Bruno Bordron, Carlos Joly and Simone Vieira (doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1…). vegsciblog.org/2022/01/20/tes…

Results of the Photo Competition for JVS/AVS 2022 cover pictures vegsciblog.org/2022/01/09/res…

JVS/AVS Editors' Awards for 2021 vegsciblog.org/2022/01/06/jvs…

PHOTO COMPETITION: JVS/AVS 2022 COVER PICTURES! To participate, please upload a maximum of three square format photos to an online album at photos.app.goo.gl/xaYDWKwikuvaBP… by 30 November 2021. For each photo, provide a brief description, author's name and e-mail.

A plain-language summary for the paper of Butler and Sanderson (doi.org/10.1111/avsc.1…). vegsciblog.org/2021/10/06/met…

A plain-language summary for the paper of Rachel Standish, Aaron Gove, Andrew Grigg and Matthew Daws (doi.org/10.1111/avs.12…). vegsciblog.org/2021/08/22/pla…