VCSjournal

Peer-reviewed, OA journal of plant community ecology, publishing new vegetation typologies & applied studies. Now on Bsky:

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We are moving to Bluesky! Keep up to date with the latest research from our journal over on Bluesky and Facebook. 🔵

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Call to contribute to a Special Collection “Broad-scale classification of European vegetation” in @VCSjournal https://t.co/BYYxNy9Fm0 via @IAVS5

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Join the VCS Editorial Board!

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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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Our latest newsletter is out, featuring several exciting updates from our journal!

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We'll be at the @ESA_org annual meeting in Baltimore. U.S., in August! Come say hi to our team at @Pensoft'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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Vegetation Classification and Survey has received its first ever Journal Impact Factor.

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Vegetation Classification and Survey achieves improved Scopus CiteScore and climbs to Q1 across three categories.

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Registration opens for the 20th Eurasian Grassland Conference in Oulu, Finland.

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Part of: Special Collection "Classification and diversity of European forests and forest fringes"

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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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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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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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🌿 Got vegetation science research to share?
Submit your work to one of IAVS journals!
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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.

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Researchers introduce KELVEG, the first nationwide database of roadside vegetation in Lithuania 🇱🇹 628 plots, 490 taxa, tracking biodiversity and the spread of alien plants.

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TDV-optimization: A novel numerical method for phytosociological tabulation.

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Naqinezhad et al. in @VCSjournal: Advancing vegetation classification of grassland ecosystems across Asia: current status and way forward https://t.co/7uOL4YmGKw @IAVS5