🚀 Great #opportunity for early-career #vegetation scientists! 🌱
The IAVS ECS Grant supports MSc/PhD students and early Postdocs to boost their #career!
Grow your skills, network, and research! 🌿
Apply on our Website👇
www.iavs.org/page/YSCaree...
🌱 Eurasian Grassland Conference 2026
Sofia, Bulgaria | 19–23 July
Connect science & conservation for grassland sustainability 🔬🌾
More: edgg.org/egc2026
#EGC2026 #IAVS
Palaearctic Grasslands 66 is published vegsciblog.org/2026/02/27/p... @iavs5.bsky.social
We are hiring!
@unihohenheim.bsky.social
Our group is looking for a Senior Researcher (50%; TV-L 13) in vegetation ecology for 3+3 years 🌱🔍
The position includes a modest amount of teaching and strong support to develop third-party funded research.
Find more details: tinyurl.com/3v4ek64c
🌱 Reminder Grant Opportunity for ECRs in Asia!
The #IAVS Asian Regional Section has launched a Small #Grant Scheme to support MSc/PhD students & early career researchers in advancing high-quality #vegetation science.
🗓 Deadline: March 31, 2026 (23:59CET)
Apply now:
🔗 www.iavs.org/page/AsianRe...
🌿 Can canopy reflectance reveal species habitat preferences?
Löfgren et al. show grassland spectra on Öland track nitrogen and phosphorus preferences of plant species, linking remote sensing to ecology.
🌳 Where are rainforest refugia under climate change?
Dimon et al. identify persistent and recolonised areas in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia and project future range contraction to refugia and high altitudes.
🌱 Early bird registrations for #IAVS2026 are still open!
Join fellow vegetation scientists for discussions, learning, and connection at IAVS 2026 in Gijón.
🗓️ Early Bird: 1 January – 31 March 2026
🔗 Registration details: 2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/registration/
#IAVS2026 #Vegetation #Ecology
a flyer with the next two webinars: open vegetation data on march 13th and from a vegetation-plot database to a GBIF dataset on march 27th
We're back with more webinars!
Starting 2026 with two events co-hosted with European Vegetation Survey all about sharing and accessing open vegetation data.
Register here for the upcoming webinar on the 13th and follow our updates!
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔥 How resilient are cool rainforest remnants to fire?
Bale highlights that severe fire damaged Nothofagus moorei forests in New South Wales. Canopy loss and low genetic diversity may limit long-term recovery.
🍃 How we measure leaf traits matters.
Blázquez et al. report that protocols strongly affect estimates, especially for compound leaves. Including petiolar tissues improves comparability across studies.
Flyer with basic information about the iDiv Summer School
View of a male researcher making records on a tablet outdoors with small yellow flowers in the background
🌱 Apply now for the iDiv Summer School: “Passion for Collecting – Collection-Based Research in Plant Ecology”
Participants will learn how to work with living collections, seed banks, and herbaria to unlock ecological insights.
📅 24–28 Aug 2026 🗓️ Apply by 31 Mar 2026
🔗 www.idiv.de/events/summe...
We’re hiring! 🌿
Permanent E13 (100%) position in Plant Ecology & Biodiversity Research at Leibniz University Hannover.
Focus: vegetation ecology, field research, quantitative skills, teaching (BSc, German required).
Deadline: 15 April 2026
Details: www.uni-hannover.de/jobs/id/8379/
Open position as research associate in our Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation group @leuphana.bsky.social. Limited to 1 year, but an ideal chance to gain teaching experience and develop independent research 🍃🌳🗻🌱. Apply until March 26. Details: tinyurl.com/yc6dnr8p
🌴🔍 Observer error matters.
Klein et al. report that misidentifications weaken species–environment models, while using genus/family levels or excluding rare species can inflate results. Fine taxonomic resolution is recommended.
🔥🌿 Johnson et al. found that over 30 years in DuPage County, Illinois, burns homogenized plant traits, favoring herbaceous species and long-distance dispersal, but did not homogenize species composition.
How do alpine plants cope with multiday heat? Hanley et al. report that photosystem heat tolerance acclimated during field warming, but recovery was slow and strongly species-specific. These differences may shape future alpine community responses to heatwaves.
📊🌿 How has Applied Vegetation Science evolved over 27 years?
A data-driven review highlights restoration & reclamation, grassland management, and vegetation change as the journal’s leading themes.
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🌿🚧 How does road proximity affect vegetation?
A global meta-analysis shows roadside plots host 46% more non-native species, reduced structure, and compositional shifts toward ruderal plants.
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🔥Ghermandi et al. report that seasonal climate and disturbances like drought, wildfire, and volcanic ash strongly influence cover, richness, and recovery in semiarid grasslands in Patagonia, with faster rebound after fire than after drought or ash deposition.
📢 Position open! We are seeking a motivated researcher to drive the digitalization of forest management, focusing on developing and incorporating automated, cost-efficient methods for acquiring tree-level data to support precision forestry. www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
One of our authors, Dr. Maria Fungomeli (National Museums of Kenya) delivered a keynote at #ECTE2026.
🌍Her talk, "Biodiversity Patterns in the Kenyan Coastal Forests and Conservation Implications," highlighted critical research for one of East Africa's most threatened #ecosystems. (1/3)
🌿Meet the #IAVS2026 Plenary Speakers 🌿
An inspiring lineup covering vegetation dynamics, biodiversity, conservation, paleoecology and much more! ✨
Join us for the 68th IAVS Annual Symposium in Gijón, Spain
🔗 Registration details: 2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/registration/
#Vegetation #Ecology
Join the Vegetation Science Group at Masaryk University, Brno.
PhD position available in plant Ecology and possibility to work in the project "WetFlorVegChange: Floristic and Vegetation Changes in European Wetlands"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/407181
🐑🌱 What drives functional change in grazed grasslands?
Eshelman et al. report that increased grazing favours avoidance, resistance, and tolerance traits, with most trait shifts arising from intraspecific variation rather than species turnover.
🌊🌱 Floodplain reconnection enhances hydrochorous dispersal.
Schäfer et al. find increased deposition of pioneer and shoreline species, but floodplain forest development may be constrained by limited seed sources.
🌿 Erkelenz et al. report that functional diversity declines along south-facing slopes, and that canopy structure mediates elevational and aspect effects in mountain forests.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@joshua-erkelenz.bsky.social
🌳🌱 Neighbourhood effects in tropical forests depend on mycorrhizae.
Surendra et al. report that AM seedlings perform worse near conspecifics, while EcM dipterocarps tolerate them, helping explain their dominance.
🌿🌳 How does woody encroachment affect savanna ground layers?
Dalbeto et al. report rapid losses of small, sun-loving savanna plants, while shade-tolerant trees and climbers increase, signalling a shift toward forest conditions in the Cerrado.
The deadline for the @iavs5.bsky.social DEI Survey has been extended to 15 March 2026!
Many members have already responded — thank you! 🙌 We’d love to hear from even more of you to help strengthen diversity, equity & inclusion within our community.
📝 Take the survey (15 min, anonymous) 👇
