@svs-plant-geog
Account of the Swedish Phytogeographical Society (SVS). We promote research and outreach in plant ecology and geography. Based at Uppsala University, Sweden since 1923! https://sites.google.com/view/svsplantgeogr/home
🐝🌼Shifts in phenology influence synchrony of flowering plants and their pollinators along an elevation gradient
📷 Mikko Tiusanen
vist.ly/4tyzh
#PlantPollinatorInteractions #FloweringPhenology #PhenologyShift #NicheOverlap #ElevationGradient
Large-scale patterns of tropical forest embolism resistance mapped across space and angiosperm phylogeny.
Combining measurements across the Amazon with 100s of floristic samples, Julia Tavares & colleagues report remarkable variation in vulnerability to drought.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Auen sind artenreich und gefährdet. Heutige #Schutzgebiete werden aber nicht mehr genügen. Eine Studie der WSL zeigt, was seltene Arten wie der Flussregenpfeifer oder Deutsche Tamariske brauchen, um ein Zuhause finden. www.wsl.ch/de/news/auen...
#Artenschutz #Fluss #Flusslandschaft #Auenschutzpark
Pressemeddelelse vdr. vores nylige studie om de økologiske dynamikker i #rewilding arealet ved #Molslaboratoriet: Ved at koble fem års uafbrudt GPS-sporing med satellitbilleder påviser vi at vilde #heste og #kvæg skaber en mere robust & varieret #natur🐎🌿🐂 bio.au.dk/om-institutt...
🌲This study provides the first robust assessment of the fire resilience of mature black spruce stands, & raises concerns about their capacity to persist & maintain ecosystem services under the projected climate-driven increases in burned area & severity.
🔍 buff.ly/Dapzr2Y
🌴🔍 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.
Are you a researcher or practitioner working in applied ecology? 🌏
We're looking for new Associate Editors to join us with a range of expertise including...
🤝transdisciplinary approaches
🌊marine ecology
🧪new methods including AI
Find out more 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
The international AssociationFor Vegetation Science @iavs5.bsky.social plans a twin issue on the ”history of vegetation science”. There is now a call for abstracts that should be submissted before March 31.
vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t...
Are you a community ecologist interested in fire ecology? Come join our group! Postdoc position for project FEVER, that aims to understand how fire affects biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and biogeochemical cycles in Mediterranean forests @umramap.bsky.social.
Interested in a PhD in European wetland flora and vegetation? See details here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r5ob6...
New publication 🥳
I am very pleased to contribute with one of these dots, particularly as it is from an area overlooked for its many grassland habitats. #climate #biodiversity #grassland #carbon🌍🧪
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
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Snapshot of the Seminar we just had today: "From natural history to forest classification: biogeographic and evolutionary foundations of Mediterranean white oak forest", by Carlos Vila-Viçosa of Porto University, Portugal. Around 90 people attended. Thanks everyone!
Yesterday, I defended my PhD thesis at @univie.ac.at. Thanks @vvandvik.bsky.social and Bente Graae for reviewing it and Stefan Dullinger for supervising.
I tasted quite a bit of science during my Master's by leading 5 papers and doing lots of field research. But this was different. Extraordinary.
🌿📖 Bonari highlights the growing loss of plant identification expertise in vegetation science. The article calls for formal recognition of identification work through authorship statements and herbarium-linked DOIs.
Twin Special Issue "History of Vegetation Science" - call for abstracts vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t...
🌿📊Marcilio-Silva et al. map biodiversity, agriculture, and human well-being in Brazil’s Southern Atlantic Forest. Climate drives plant richness, infrastructure shapes crop revenue. Synergies exist, but trade-offs highlight the need for climate-smart planning.
More and more evidence is now appearing that climate change means significant changers in bog vegetation, resulting in less production of peat mosses, thus less carbon storage.
Oops! Also my computer insisted that it should Micronesian instead of Macaronesian. You have to be firm with the computer.
Classification has been a central activity in vegetation science history, please see the SI on the topic issued just now
Twin Special Issue "History of Vegetation Science" in the Journal of Vegetation Science and Vegetation Classification and Survey - call for abstracts vegsciblog.org/2026/01/13/t... @iavs5.bsky.social
Matsuo et al. explore trait-based community assembly during early tropical forest succession in Ghana. Their results highlight how dispersal, past land use, and environmental conditions interact to drive shifts from herbs to woody species.
🌾 Nasta et al. reveal that shrub–grass coexistence persists through buffering mechanisms at the patch scale: reduced life-forms rebound via increased population growth, largely driven by fecundity, even under grazing 🌿📈.
Portrait of Carl Linnaeus
Today marks 247 years since the death of Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778). His work underpins modern biology, from placing humans within the animal kingdom to establishing binomial nomenclature still used today (e.g. Homo sapiens). At the Linnean Society, we reflect on his enduring legacy.
Happy to see this @econovoau.bsky.social paper out in the new issue of Journal of Animal Ecology - higher herbivore activity is linked to greater herb diversity & plant functional redundancy besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#ECONOVO #Biodiversity #savanna #SouthAfrica #Rewilding
📖Published!
Grassland restoration is crucial for global biodiversity conservation and ecosystem function maintenance. Our work provides scientific insights into the factors influencing restoration effectiveness and specific optimal strategies for different biomes🌱
Read here:https://buff.ly/LQeJaa5
Next week we host the #TIBS2026 #biogeography conference @au.dk, welcoming ~400 biogeographers from around the world🌍Biogeography is vital for understanding the #biosphere & guiding planetary #stewardship. Looking forward to an inspiring week🌤️🌴https://conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-2026 #biodiversity
🌲 Rewilding old plantations. Bricca et al. demonstrate that canopy shade, elevation and environmental conditions interact to shape diversity across tree, shrub, herb and juvenile layers in former pine plantations 🌱💚.
📘 DOI: 10.1111/jvs.70085
#ForestRestoration
Living on the edge – physiological tolerance to frost and drought explains range limits of 35 European tree species vist.ly/4k79q #LT50 #P50 #SDM
Further evidence of the declining quality of endangered natural habitats has just been published in a new Preslia article on vegetation resurvey by Klára Friesová and collaborators.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.23855/pre...
Infographic by NotebookLM
♻️🆓: Loss, resilience and recovery of kelp forests in a region of rapid ocean warming
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...