Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS)
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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal of plant community ecology, publishing new vegetation typologies and applied studies.
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New Special Collection: ‘Broad-scale classification of European vegetation’
To celebrate its first Journal Impact Factor, Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), in collaboration with the European Vegetation Survey (EVS), has launched a new Special Collection, titled: &ls...
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'𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,' our new Special Collection launched in collaboration with @euroveg.bsky.social, is open for submissions!
🔗 Learn more about it here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/958/
🔗 Learn more about it here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/958/
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Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Come to the Pensoft stand at the Kliments' Days 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria! Our Marketing and Sales manager @maria-kolesnikova.bsky.social is there to welcome you and tell you all about our open-access journals in biodiversity sciences!
Presenting the VCS Editors' Choice paper for the third quarter of 2025: vcs.pensoft.net/news/1003
Editors' Choice paper for the third quarter of 2025
Every three months, the VCS Chief Editors select an Editors’ Choice paper of the quarter. The winning papers are highlighted on the journal website and one will go on to win the Editors’ A...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Presenting the VCS Editors' Choice paper for the third quarter of 2025: vcs.pensoft.net/news/1003
Researchers present the first overview of the Colchic ravine forests in Georgia.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Researchers present the first overview of the Colchic ravine forests in Georgia.
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Presenting the new National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain and the Crown Dependencies: doi.org/10.3897/VCS....
A National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain
The GBNVPD (GIVD-code EU-GB-007) is the new centralised repository for the collection and storage of standardised vegetation plot data in Great Britain and the Crown Dependencies. The initial version ...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Presenting the new National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain and the Crown Dependencies: doi.org/10.3897/VCS....
'𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,' our new Special Collection launched in collaboration with @euroveg.bsky.social, is open for submissions!
🔗 Learn more about it here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/958/
🔗 Learn more about it here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/958/
New Special Collection: ‘Broad-scale classification of European vegetation’
To celebrate its first Journal Impact Factor, Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), in collaboration with the European Vegetation Survey (EVS), has launched a new Special Collection, titled: &ls...
vcs.pensoft.net
August 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
'𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,' our new Special Collection launched in collaboration with @euroveg.bsky.social, is open for submissions!
🔗 Learn more about it here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/958/
🔗 Learn more about it here: vcs.pensoft.net/news/958/
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🌄 The 67th Annual Symposium of the IAVS is officially open!
This morning, the Local Organizing Committee, led by Scott Franklin, and IAVS President Susan Wiser welcomed us warmly, joined by Dean Kamel Haddad from the University of Northern Colorado. 🌿
#IAVS2025 #VegetationScience
This morning, the Local Organizing Committee, led by Scott Franklin, and IAVS President Susan Wiser welcomed us warmly, joined by Dean Kamel Haddad from the University of Northern Colorado. 🌿
#IAVS2025 #VegetationScience
July 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🌄 The 67th Annual Symposium of the IAVS is officially open!
This morning, the Local Organizing Committee, led by Scott Franklin, and IAVS President Susan Wiser welcomed us warmly, joined by Dean Kamel Haddad from the University of Northern Colorado. 🌿
#IAVS2025 #VegetationScience
This morning, the Local Organizing Committee, led by Scott Franklin, and IAVS President Susan Wiser welcomed us warmly, joined by Dean Kamel Haddad from the University of Northern Colorado. 🌿
#IAVS2025 #VegetationScience
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Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/07/31/s...
Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey - vegsciblog.org
The post provided by Idoia Biurrun (Chief Editor of Vegetation Classification and Survey) The IAVS Working Group European Vegetation Survey
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July 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in Vegetation Classification and Survey vegsciblog.org/2025/07/31/s...
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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/07/25/v...
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025 - vegsciblog.org
Prepared by Jürgen Dengler (on behalf of VCS Chief Editor) In the second quarter of its 6th volume, Vegetation Classification
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July 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS): Editors’ Choice of the second quarter of 2025 vegsciblog.org/2025/07/25/v...
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July 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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New research from Argentina combines remote sensing and rapid field assessments to create a spatial tool that helps optimise livestock management while conserving native forests.
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Environmental spatial assessment at ranch scale: a tool for optimizing livestock management in Argentine forests
Question: Effective environmental management depends on accurate and efficient assessments of ecological conditions. This study introduces a method that combines remote sensing with a Rapid Assessment...
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July 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
New research from Argentina combines remote sensing and rapid field assessments to create a spatial tool that helps optimise livestock management while conserving native forests.
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Our Editors' Choice paper for Q2 of 2025 introduces a new method for vegetation classification, called TDV-optimization.
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Editors' Choice paper for the second quarter of 2025
Every three months, the VCS Chief Editors select an Editors’ Choice paper of the quarter. All of them are highlighted on the journal website and one of the four selected papers then gets the Edi...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Our Editors' Choice paper for Q2 of 2025 introduces a new method for vegetation classification, called TDV-optimization.
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Our latest newsletter is out, featuring several exciting updates from our journal!
🔗 Read it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Our latest newsletter is out, featuring several exciting updates from our journal!
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🔗 Read it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
We'll be at the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Baltimore. U.S., in August! Come say hi to our team at @pensoft.net's stand!
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2025 Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Baltimore, U.S.
The Pensoft team will take part in the upcoming 2025 Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Baltimore, U.S. Expecting over 3,800 participants from more than 40 countries, this year&rsquo...
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July 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We'll be at the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social annual meeting in Baltimore. U.S., in August! Come say hi to our team at @pensoft.net's stand!
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The annual meeting of the International Association for Vegetation Science is heading to Greeley, Colorado from 28 July to 3 August 2025.
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The 67th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science Heads to Colorado
The 2025 Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science will be held from 28 July to 3 August 2025 at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado, USA. The ...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The annual meeting of the International Association for Vegetation Science is heading to Greeley, Colorado from 28 July to 3 August 2025.
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Vegetation Classification and Survey has received its first ever Journal Impact Factor.
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Vegetation Classification and Survey Receives its First Journal Impact Factor
Vegetation Classification and Survey has received its first ever Journal Impact Factor, 3.0, five years since the journal’s foundation. With that, VCS is placed in the second quartile (Q2) of al...
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June 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Vegetation Classification and Survey has received its first ever Journal Impact Factor.
vcs.pensoft.net/news/918
vcs.pensoft.net/news/918
Vegetation Classification and Survey achieves improved Scopus CiteScore and climbs to Q1 across three categories.
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Vegetation Classification and Survey achieves improved Scopus CiteScore and climbs to Q1 across three categories
The 2024 Scopus CiteScore for Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) has been released, reporting a value of 3.6. Published in early June by Scopus and confirmed by the ARPHA Platform's indexi...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Vegetation Classification and Survey achieves improved Scopus CiteScore and climbs to Q1 across three categories.
vcs.pensoft.net/news/891
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Registration opens for the 20th Eurasian Grassland Conference in Oulu, Finland.
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Registration opens for the 20th Eurasian Grassland Conference in Oulu, Finland
The University of Oulu in Finland will host the Nordic region’s first ever EGC conference from the 6th - 10th July 2025.Hosted by the Biodiverse Anthropocenes programme, the conference will feat...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Registration opens for the 20th Eurasian Grassland Conference in Oulu, Finland.
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Hardwood riparian forests in northern Spain were classified into three types and shown to support high plant diversity, including endangered and endemic species, underscoring the need for clearer classification at the European level.
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Hardwood riparian forests in northern Iberian Peninsula: classification and diversity patterns
Aims: Temperate hardwood riparian forests constitute an endangered habitat occurring mostly on the floodplains of major European rivers, and included in habitat T13 of the European Nature Information ...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Hardwood riparian forests in northern Spain were classified into three types and shown to support high plant diversity, including endangered and endemic species, underscoring the need for clearer classification at the European level.
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Does the use of ordinal cover scales bias biodiversity metrics?
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Does the use of ordinal cover scales bias biodiversity metrics?
Post, originallly published to https://vegsciblog.org/, provided by Iwona Dembicz & Jürgen Dengler.When sampling vegetation plots, vegetation ecologists usually estimate the&nb...
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May 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Does the use of ordinal cover scales bias biodiversity metrics?
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Using ordinal instead of percent cover estimates in vegetation plots can systematically bias biodiversity indices and distort community rankings, especially with coarse scales like Hult-Sernander-Du Rietz.
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Should we estimate plant cover in percent or on ordinal scales? II – Diversity indices
Question: We asked whether ordinal cover scales cause biases in biodiversity indices derived from vegetation plots and, if so, whether a different back-translation of ordinal categories could improve ...
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May 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Using ordinal instead of percent cover estimates in vegetation plots can systematically bias biodiversity indices and distort community rankings, especially with coarse scales like Hult-Sernander-Du Rietz.
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LAURA is a long-term resurvey database documenting changes in forest vegetation across southwestern Poland, based on 842 relevés from 409 plots revisited after an average of 35 years.
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LAURA: a resurvey database of forest vegetation in southwestern Poland
The LAURA database is a resurvey dataset documenting long-term changes in forest vegetation across southwestern Poland. It currently includes 842 phytosociological relevés from 409 plots across 20 sit...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
LAURA is a long-term resurvey database documenting changes in forest vegetation across southwestern Poland, based on 842 relevés from 409 plots revisited after an average of 35 years.
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Publications - International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)
The IAVS Bulletin is the newsletter of the International Association for Vegetation Science. It contains items of potential interest to the membership and serves as the official record of IAVS meetings and activities. It is currently published in digital format with four issues per year.
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May 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🌿 Got vegetation science research to share?
Submit your work to one of the IAVS vegetation journals!
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Everything from theory to application to classification.
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Submit your work to one of the IAVS vegetation journals!
📝 @jvegsci.bsky.social | @applvegsci.bsky.social | @vcsjournal.bsky.social | Palaearctic Grasslands
Everything from theory to application to classification.
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Congratulations to Štěpánka Pustková of Masaryk University for winning the Best Poster award at the 33rd Conference of the European Vegetation Survey in Perugia, entitling her to a free publication in our journal.
vcs.pensoft.net/news/849
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Pensoft and VCS recognise talent at the 33rd Conference of the European Vegetation Survey in Perugia
The 33rd Conference of the European Vegetation Survey (EVS) was held in Perugia, Italy from the 28th April to the 2nd May. The conference was organised under the patronage of the Internation...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Congratulations to Štěpánka Pustková of Masaryk University for winning the Best Poster award at the 33rd Conference of the European Vegetation Survey in Perugia, entitling her to a free publication in our journal.
vcs.pensoft.net/news/849
vcs.pensoft.net/news/849