Journal of Vegetation & Applied Vegetation Science
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Scientific journal publishing articles on aspects of plant community ecology and vegetation macroecology. Official journal of the International Association of Vegetation Science.
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🌾 Invasion & coexistence traits. Csecserits et al. show that persistence trait similarity promotes coexistence with the perennial invader Asclepias syriaca but not with the annual Conyza canadensis, suggesting functional traits shape invasion outcomes 🌱💡.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🌾 Invasion & coexistence traits. Csecserits et al. show that persistence trait similarity promotes coexistence with the perennial invader Asclepias syriaca but not with the annual Conyza canadensis, suggesting functional traits shape invasion outcomes 🌱💡.
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🌾 Invasion under drought. Ravetta et al. reveal that imposed drought conditions enhance the establishment of invasive species across an aridity gradient, highlighting how water stress may predispose systems to invasion 🌿☀️.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🌾 Invasion under drought. Ravetta et al. reveal that imposed drought conditions enhance the establishment of invasive species across an aridity gradient, highlighting how water stress may predispose systems to invasion 🌿☀️.
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🌿 Miholcsa et al. assess the impact of Xeranthemum cylindraceum—a neophyte for Romania—on grassland communities in its new range. They find no conservation concerns, but evidence that the species benefits from grazing disturbance.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🌿 Miholcsa et al. assess the impact of Xeranthemum cylindraceum—a neophyte for Romania—on grassland communities in its new range. They find no conservation concerns, but evidence that the species benefits from grazing disturbance.
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📘 Preislerová & Chytrý identify 343 high-rank syntaxa missing from the EuroVegChecklist. This curated list offers a valuable resource for vegetation scientists and may support future updates.
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
📘 Preislerová & Chytrý identify 343 high-rank syntaxa missing from the EuroVegChecklist. This curated list offers a valuable resource for vegetation scientists and may support future updates.
🌱 Survey skill matters. Moser et al. show that experienced observers detect significantly more liverworts and small bryophyte species in vegetation surveys, highlighting the value of expertise for fine‑scale diversity data 🌿💡.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🌱 Survey skill matters. Moser et al. show that experienced observers detect significantly more liverworts and small bryophyte species in vegetation surveys, highlighting the value of expertise for fine‑scale diversity data 🌿💡.
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🌱 Forest understory dynamics. Vallé et al. demonstrate that the impact of drought on woodland herb‑layer diversity is modulated by land‑use history and local site factors, with older forest components showing greater resistance 🌳📉.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🌱 Forest understory dynamics. Vallé et al. demonstrate that the impact of drought on woodland herb‑layer diversity is modulated by land‑use history and local site factors, with older forest components showing greater resistance 🌳📉.
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🌿 Grassland early dynamics. Rowley et al. reveal that soil nutrients and disturbance jointly shape early intra‑annual community responses in a tilled tallgrass prairie, with nutrient levels influencing vegetation change after disturbance 🌱📈.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🌿 Grassland early dynamics. Rowley et al. reveal that soil nutrients and disturbance jointly shape early intra‑annual community responses in a tilled tallgrass prairie, with nutrient levels influencing vegetation change after disturbance 🌱📈.
🌳 Post‑fire forest dynamics. Feitosa et al. demonstrate that Central Amazonian black‑water floodplain forests need decades to regain species diversity and biomass after fire, with younger stands still below late‑successional levels even after 36 years 🔥📈.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🌳 Post‑fire forest dynamics. Feitosa et al. demonstrate that Central Amazonian black‑water floodplain forests need decades to regain species diversity and biomass after fire, with younger stands still below late‑successional levels even after 36 years 🔥📈.
🌿 Forest dynamics under stress. Biswas et al. reveal how chronic disturbance and climate‑related water deficit together alter tree species composition in India’s Western Ghats, reducing evergreen trees in favour of more drought‑tolerant deciduous ones 🌱☀️.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🌿 Forest dynamics under stress. Biswas et al. reveal how chronic disturbance and climate‑related water deficit together alter tree species composition in India’s Western Ghats, reducing evergreen trees in favour of more drought‑tolerant deciduous ones 🌱☀️.
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🍃 Leaf it alone: Environmental factors outweigh herbivory as determinants of plant traits in a Mediterranean mountain-a new paper by Garcia et al. ⬇️
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Leaf It Alone: Environmental Factors Outweigh Herbivory as Determinants of Plant Traits in a Mediterranean Mountain
This study evaluated how red deer herbivory pressure (measured by population density and feeding time), tree cover, altitude, and northness affect plant communities in a Mediterranean mountain.…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🍃 Leaf it alone: Environmental factors outweigh herbivory as determinants of plant traits in a Mediterranean mountain-a new paper by Garcia et al. ⬇️
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Lichens and bryophytes are an often overlooked, yet dominant component of rock outcrops and other lithic habitats. Mulroy et al. compare lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in Central California.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Lichens and bryophytes are an often overlooked, yet dominant component of rock outcrops and other lithic habitats. Mulroy et al. compare lichen and bryophyte communities on sandstone and ultramafic bedrocks along a maritime gradient in Central California.
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Mudrák et al. explore the intraspecific trait variability of closely related Carex species growing over across different habitats in an attempt to disentagle it from intraspecific trait variability. Chech out their new paper! ⬇️
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December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mudrák et al. explore the intraspecific trait variability of closely related Carex species growing over across different habitats in an attempt to disentagle it from intraspecific trait variability. Chech out their new paper! ⬇️
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de Cruz et al explore how community functional traits differ among vegetation types at the large transition zone between the Amazon forest and Cerrado savanna biogeographic domains. Check out their results ⬇️
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December 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
de Cruz et al explore how community functional traits differ among vegetation types at the large transition zone between the Amazon forest and Cerrado savanna biogeographic domains. Check out their results ⬇️
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What's common between reindeer grazing 🦌 and soil moisture💧? They both interact to drive tundra plant community structure in Northern Sweden, a new paper by Gemal et al. states. Researching the🔗 between them can help predict climate change impacts.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What's common between reindeer grazing 🦌 and soil moisture💧? They both interact to drive tundra plant community structure in Northern Sweden, a new paper by Gemal et al. states. Researching the🔗 between them can help predict climate change impacts.
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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!⬇️
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December 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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!⬇️
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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.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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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.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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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.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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A new paper by Mologni et al. demonstrates that plant invasions 📉 reduce the degree of nestedness 🪹 on warm temperate islands. 🏝️
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November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A new paper by Mologni et al. demonstrates that plant invasions 📉 reduce the degree of nestedness 🪹 on warm temperate islands. 🏝️
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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.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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.
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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.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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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.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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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.
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Key Factors Influencing Post‐Fire Vegetation Recovery in Pinus halepensis Forests: Divergent Effects for Canopy and Shrub Species
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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November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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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.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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.
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