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View article: Spatiotemporal Diversification of Forest Understorey Species Reveals the Existence of Multiple Pleistocene Forest Refugia in Central Europe
Spatiotemporal Diversification of Forest Understorey Species Reveals the Existence of Multiple Pleistocene Forest Refugia in Central Europe Open
During Pleistocene cold stages, European temperate forests were not only restricted to refugia in the southern European peninsulas. Rather, there is increasing evidence for the survival of trees also in isolated patches further north, term…
View article: Report 4 of the Committee for Change and Conservation of Names (CCCN)
Report 4 of the Committee for Change and Conservation of Names (CCCN) Open
We report the decisions of the GPN assembly in 2025 regarding previous recommendations of the Committee for Change and Conservation of Names (CCCN) and we discuss three Requests for a binding decision and four nomenclatural Proposals. Reco…
View article: Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union
Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union Open
The Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas is one of the main tools for area‐based conservation in the European Union (EU), yet its role in preserving plant biodiversity requires better understanding. We examined data kept in the Eur…
View article: EUNIS-ESy: Expert system for automatic classification of European vegetation plots to EUNIS habitats
EUNIS-ESy: Expert system for automatic classification of European vegetation plots to EUNIS habitats Open
EUNIS-ESy is an expert system for automatic classification of European vegetation plots to habitat types of the EUNIS Habitat Classification. The EUNIS classification and the principles of the expert system are described by Chytrý et al. (…
View article: Annual Vegetation of Saline Seasonal Wetlands ( <i>Crypsietea aculeatae</i> ) in Europe
Annual Vegetation of Saline Seasonal Wetlands ( <i>Crypsietea aculeatae</i> ) in Europe Open
Aims The class Crypsietea aculeatae comprises pioneer ephemeral dwarf‐graminoid vegetation occurring in periodically flooded saline habitats. Although numerous regional studies have described this vegetation, a unified classification acros…
View article: Spatiotemporal diversification of forest understorey species reveals the existence of multiple Pleistocene forest refugia in Central Europe
Spatiotemporal diversification of forest understorey species reveals the existence of multiple Pleistocene forest refugia in Central Europe Open
During Pleistocene cold stages, European temperate forests were not only restricted to refugia in the southern European peninsulas. Rather, there is increasing evidence for survival of trees also in isolated patches further north, termed “…
View article: Advancing the <scp>EcoVeg</scp> approach as a terrestrial ecosystem typology: From global biomes to local plant communities
Advancing the <span>EcoVeg</span> approach as a terrestrial ecosystem typology: From global biomes to local plant communities Open
The goal of the EcoVeg approach is to fully describe and classify the diversity of the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems based on vegetation and ecological processes. The EcoVeg approach was used to develop the International Vegetation Classi…
View article: Biodiversity Within and Beyond the Native Distribution of Tree Species: The Case of <i>Pinus nigra</i> Forests in Europe
Biodiversity Within and Beyond the Native Distribution of Tree Species: The Case of <i>Pinus nigra</i> Forests in Europe Open
Aim Forests dominated by non‐native trees are becoming increasingly common. However, their impact on biodiversity remains uncertain, with a debate on whether they represent ‘green deserts’ or secondary habitats for biodiversity. We address…
View article: Vegetation Classification and Survey: five years and looking ahead
Vegetation Classification and Survey: five years and looking ahead Open
This editorial opens the sixth volume of Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), a gold open access journal of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS). On occasion of the fifth anniversary of the start of the journa…
View article: The GrassPlot dataset EU-R sampled during the 18th EDGG Field Workshop 2024 in the south-western inner-alpine valleys in France and Italy
The GrassPlot dataset EU-R sampled during the 18th EDGG Field Workshop 2024 in the south-western inner-alpine valleys in France and Italy Open
The 18th Field Workshop of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) was conducted from 1 to 11 June 2024 in the inner-alpine valleys of the south-western Alps in France and Italy. The Field Workshop was a continuation of a series of Field W…
View article: Report 3 of the Committee for Change and Conservation of Names (CCCN)
Report 3 of the Committee for Change and Conservation of Names (CCCN) Open
We report the decisions made by the Assembly of the Group of Phytosociological Nomenclature (GPN) in 2023 on previous recommendations of the Committee for Change and Conservation of Names (CCCN). Further, we discuss eight Requests for a bi…
View article: Peri‐Carpathian Forest‐Steppe Grasslands: Distribution, Indicator Species and Extreme Species Richness
Peri‐Carpathian Forest‐Steppe Grasslands: Distribution, Indicator Species and Extreme Species Richness Open
Aim We aim to refine the definition of peri‐Carpathian forest‐steppe grasslands, provide an updated distribution map, identify consensus indicator species and summarise data on their extreme species richness. Location East‐Central Europe (…
View article: <scp>FloraVeg</scp>.<scp>EU</scp> — An online database of European vegetation, habitats and flora
<span>FloraVeg</span>.<span>EU</span> — An online database of European vegetation, habitats and flora Open
This article describes FloraVeg.EU, a new online database with open‐access information on European vegetation units (phytosociological syntaxa), vegetated habitats, and plant taxa. It consists of three modules. (1) The Vegetation module in…
View article: Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe
Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe Open
This dataset contains information on the occurrence of phytosociological alliances in European territorial units. The first version, including a description of the methods, was published by Preislerová et al. (2022). Version 2 of the datas…
View article: Nomenclatural revision of the syntaxa of European coastal dune vegetation
Nomenclatural revision of the syntaxa of European coastal dune vegetation Open
This manuscript provides a review of the phytosociological nomenclature of the European syntaxa included in the classes Ammophiletea arundinaceae , Honckenyo peploidis-Elymetea arenarii , and Koelerio glaucae-Corynephoretea canescentis . T…
View article: How to classify forests? A case study from Central Europe
How to classify forests? A case study from Central Europe Open
Aims : Inconsistent treatment of the vegetation layers is one of the main problems in the floristic classification of forests. In this study I investigate whether a classification based solely on woody species leads to units similar to the…
View article: Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well
Vegetation Classification and Survey is performing well Open
On the occasion of the completion of the fourth volume of Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), we have analysed the performance of the journal since its inception. The number of papers and pages show a moderate increase over the yea…
View article: Structural, ecological and biogeographical attributes of European vegetation alliances
Structural, ecological and biogeographical attributes of European vegetation alliances Open
The first comprehensive phytosociological classification of all vegetation types in Europe (EuroVegChecklist; Applied Vegetation Science , 2016, 19 , 3–264) contained brief descriptions of each type. However, these descriptions were not st…
View article: Evolutionary dynamics of <i>Euphorbia carniolica</i> suggest a complex <scp>Plio–Pleistocene</scp> history of understorey species of deciduous forest in southeastern Europe
Evolutionary dynamics of <i>Euphorbia carniolica</i> suggest a complex <span>Plio–Pleistocene</span> history of understorey species of deciduous forest in southeastern Europe Open
Deciduous forests form the dominant natural vegetation of Europe today, but were restricted to small refugia during Pleistocene cold stages, implying an evolutionary past shaped by recurrent range contractions and expansions. Cold‐stage fo…
View article: Proposal (31) to conserve the name Brachypodietalia pinnati Korneck 1974 as a nomen conservandum with a conserved type
Proposal (31) to conserve the name Brachypodietalia pinnati Korneck 1974 as a nomen conservandum with a conserved type Open
After a nomenclatural review of the available names for the order of mesoxeric grasslands within the class Festuco-Brometea , we propose the conservation of the name Brachypodietalia pinnati (with a conserved type) against the names Bromet…
View article: Post‐glacial range formation of temperate forest understorey herbs – Insights from a spatio‐temporally explicit modelling approach
Post‐glacial range formation of temperate forest understorey herbs – Insights from a spatio‐temporally explicit modelling approach Open
Aim Our knowledge of Pleistocene refugia and post‐glacial recolonization routes of forest understorey plants is still very limited. The geographical ranges of these species are often rather narrow and show highly idiosyncratic, often fragm…
View article: Evolutionary dynamics of Euphorbia carniolica suggest a complex Plio-Pleistocene history of understorey species of deciduous forest in southeastern Europe
Evolutionary dynamics of Euphorbia carniolica suggest a complex Plio-Pleistocene history of understorey species of deciduous forest in southeastern Europe Open
Deciduous forests form the dominant natural vegetation of Europe today, but were restricted to small refugia during Pleistocene cold stages, implying an evolutionary past shaped by recurrent range contractions and expansions. Cold-stage fo…
View article: Vegetation Classification and Survey in the third year
Vegetation Classification and Survey in the third year Open
We report on the completed third volume of Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS). VCS has been included in the Scopus bibliometric database and will receive its first CiteSore in mid-2023. We announce the 2022 Editors’ Award for a pap…
View article: Classification of European oak–hornbeam forests and related vegetation types
Classification of European oak–hornbeam forests and related vegetation types Open
Aims Oak–hornbeam forests and related vegetation types (phytosociological order Carpinetalia betuli ) are widespread in temperate western Eurasia. However, their national classification systems are poorly compatible, and a broad‐scale clas…
View article: Prof. Georg Grabherr (1946–2022), obituary
Prof. Georg Grabherr (1946–2022), obituary Open
Two of the IAVS journals, the Journal of Vegetation Science and Applied Vegetation Science, in recent years suffered from a pattern that is not easy to explain: a decline in manuscript submissions.And it seems that these journals are not a…
View article: Explanation of beta diversity in European alpine grasslands changes with scale
Explanation of beta diversity in European alpine grasslands changes with scale Open
The importance of environmental difference among sites and dispersal limitations of species to the explanation of diversity differs among biological systems and geographical regions. We hypothesized that climate and then dispersal limitati…
View article: Assessment of Drought-Tolerant Provenances of Austria’s Indigenous Tree Species
Assessment of Drought-Tolerant Provenances of Austria’s Indigenous Tree Species Open
(1) Background: Forestry will have to react to climate change because many tree species suffer. Mitigation can be realized either by planting non-native trees from regions with high climatic stress or by utilizing native tree provenances a…
View article: Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe
Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe Open
This is a database of the occurrence of 1105 phytosociological alliances in 82 European territorial units and distribution maps generated from this database. The data correspond to those published by Preislerová et al. (2022). This article…