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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 01/10/2026

🎉 The 34th European Vegetation Survey Conference has wrapped up in Clermont-Ferrand! 👏Big congratulations to Lina Rinne, for their poster. 🙌They will receive a complimentary publication in a @pensoft.net-published journal of their choice.

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 01/10/2026

🌿 The VCS Editors' Choice for Q3 2026 goes to Riccardo Guarino and colleagues for their revision of the syntaxonomy of broom-dominated #shrublands in Sicily, including a new alliance. ➡ Full open-access study: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.... ➡ News: vcs.pensoft.net/news/1478 #plants

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🌿 Two new plant communities dominated by Carex panormitana, a rare endemic sedge, have been identified and described from Mediterranean watercourses in Sardinia. Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.196138

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 23/09/2026

📍 We're featured at @pensoft.net's booth at #SMCC2026, running this week in Sofia! 📚 This Thursday and Friday, come and find out more about the scope of our journal and how we can support your research in small mammal conservation. #SmallMammalConservation @habitatfoundation.bsky.social

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 17/09/2026

🌿🏔️New study maps acidophilous #shrublands across N. Sicily's Nebrodi & Peloritani mountains. Researchers describe several new #plant associations and a new alliance, refining how we classify these broom-heath communities in the Mediterranean. Full open-access study: doi.org/10.3897/VCS....

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 08/09/2026

🎉 We were delighted to welcome Lukas Petrulaitis to @pensoft.net's booth at #NeoBiota2026! 👉 Lukas is an author in our journal! Check out their short #database report "KELVEG – Roadside Vegetation of Lithuania" in our journal: doi.org/10.3897/VCS....

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026

🙌 It was a pleasure to welcome Juri Nascimbene to the @pensoft.net stand at #IAL10 today! ➡️ Professor Nascimbene is an author in our journal - you can access his co-authored paper here: vcs.pensoft.net/article/85083/ #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste #IALichenology

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 23/07/2026

🌿 We were delighted to attend a fascinating talk on the Ecosystem Services of the grasslands of Velež Mountain, identified through the use of medicinal plants, by Armin Macanović. 🎤 This talk was presented during Session 5 of #EGC2026, chaired by our Editor-in-Chief, Idoia Biurrun.

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 22/07/2026

🎉 We were delighted to have attended yesterday's poster session at #EGC2026, which included editorial board member Arkadiusz Nowak's poster, titled: ⛰️ On the verge of change: low occurrence of alien species in endemic-rich grasslands of the mountains of Central Asia - global biodiversity hotspot

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 21/07/2026

🗣️ This afternoon at #EGC2026, we attended Anna Kuzemko's presentation on the impact of military actions on the steppe ecosystems of Ukraine. ✍️ Kuzemko also published an article in our journal last year on Epiphytic lichen communities, which can be accessed here: vcs.pensoft.net/article/1491...

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 21/07/2026

🗣️ It was an absolute pleasure to attend Jürgen Dengler's presentation at the 21st Eurasian Grassland Conference, which focused on grassland diversity and composition change across Europe. 🙌 Don't forget to stop by the @pensoft.net booth today if you haven't already! #EGC2026 #IAVS

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 21/07/2026

🌿 We are delighted to have attended Denys Vynokurov's presentation at the 21st Eurasian Grassland Conference, where he introduced cocktailr - a new open source R package that implements Cocktail clustering in a fast, reproducible and transparent way. #EGC2026 #IAVS

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 20/07/2026

🌿 We are delighted to welcome Arkadiusz Nowak, Editorial Board Member of our journal, to the @pensoft.net booth at the 21st Eurasian Grassland Conference! ➡️ You can check out one of his most recent co-authored research papers here: vcs.pensoft.net/article/1026... #EGC2026 #IAVS

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 08/07/2026

We're at #BEeS2026, the @lifewatcheric.bsky.social Biodiversity and Ecosystem eScience Conference, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 7-10 July! Swing by @pensoft.net's booth to explore our journal focused on plant community ecology, classification systems and vegetation science worldwide.

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 07/07/2026

It was lovely meeting two of our authors at #ECCB2026 - and Martina Viti and Annika Zuleger both from the @idiv-research.bsky.social!🌿 📄 Martina published in VCS: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.... 📄 Annika published a #data paper in @bdj.pensoft.net: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... @society4conbio.bsky.social

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 30/06/2026

🙌Last week at #IAVS2026, we had the pleasure of welcoming Susan Wiser, President of #IAVS, and Anna Kuzemko (@anyameadow.bsky.social), Vice-President of IAVS, to the @pensoft.net's booth to discuss our ongoing publishing collaboration. 📚 @iavs5.bsky.social, @wgvc-iavs.bsky.social #vegetationscience

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 26/06/2026

🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of bringing our editorial board together at the 68th Annual International Association for #Vegetation Science #IAVS2026. 🌱A wonderful reminder, once again, of just how vital our community is to the journal's growth and direction. @iavs5.bsky.social

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 26/06/2026

💬 He also gave a presentation titled “The Vegetation and Flora of the Mediterranean Region: A Historical and Ecological Approach,” in which he examined the #ecomorphological and #evolutionary characteristics of the Mediterranean region’s flora and #vegetation through a historical lens. #IAVS2026

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 26/06/2026

It was fantastic to meet Prof. Javier Loidi at the @pensoft.net' booth at #IAVS2026, he is among the most prolific authors of VCS. 📓 You can read some of his research in our #open-access journal: ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/VCS/... ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/VCS.... ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/VCS.... @iavs5.bsky.social

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 25/06/2026

🌱Meet the VCS Editorial Board at #IAVS2026! Join the editorial board of Vegetation Classification and Survey for an open conversation with Editors-in-Chief: Idoia Biurrun, Jürgen Dengler, and Wolfgang Willner 🕠 25.06 at 18:40 - 20:00 (UTC+2) 📍 Jardín Botánico Atlántico We'd love to see you there!

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 25/06/2026

🙌We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Denys Vynokurov at #IAVS2026 at the @pensoft.net's stand. ✍️He's an active contributor and an Associate Editor who has published many articles in our #OA journal and two data papers in the Biodiversity Data Journal (@bdj.pensoft.net) #vegetationscience

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 24/06/2026

🙌Great to see Dr. Jorge Capelo (@jcapelo.bsky.social), subject editor at Vegetation Classification and Survey stopping by the @pensoft.net booth at #IAVS2026! #vegetationscience

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 24/06/2026

Did you catch the talk by our Editor-in-Chief Idoia Biurrun (@idoiabiurrun.bsky.social) at #IAVS2026 yesterday? 🌿 "The power of scale: uncovering #biodiversity patterns and environmental drivers in riparian forests" #VegetationScience (1/3)

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 23/06/2026

🙌 Delighted to welcome Editor-in-Chiefs of our journal, Jürgen Dengler and Wolfgang Willner, to @pensoft.net's booth at the 68th IAVS Symposium! 🌱 Come chat with the Pensoft team to find out more about our open-access, peer-reviewed journal. #Gijón2026 #IAVS2026

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 23/06/2026

🌿 Yesterday, Associate Editor of our journal Florian Jansen presented an exciting update at #IAVS2026 - introducing EIVE 1.5, the latest version of the Ecological Indicator Values for Europe database. 👉 This research builds on an earlier publication in our journal: doi.org/10.3897/VCS....

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 22/06/2026

🗣️At #IAVS2026, our Editor-in-Chief Jürgen Dengler presented findings from 8,108 Swiss #grassland plots. 💡 It turned out that some neophytes did reduce native #plant diversity, while others were associated with more of it. Therefore, further #research would need more evidence-based approaches.

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 22/06/2026

📍 After yesterday's excursion and welcome reception at the Jardín Botánico Atlántico, the 68th IAVS Symposium has started in Gijon! 🙌 We are delighted to have attended an opening speech by #IAVS president, Susan Wiser, and head of the local organising committe, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro. (1/2)

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 03/06/2026

🌿 That’s a wrap on the 11th Conference of the European Committee for the Conservation of Bryophytes in Cagliari! 🏆 Huge congratulations to Dr. Alberto Aleffi for winning Pensoft Publishers' Best Oral Presentation competition at the event.

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 10/03/2026

🌾 𝐄𝐆𝐂 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐚, 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 Join us 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟑 for the 21st Eurasian Grassland Conference! 🌿 📅 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: • Mar 31: Early-bird Registration • May 10: Abstract Submission 🎓 Keynotes from global experts in grassland ecology. 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 🔗 edgg.org/egc2026 #EGC2026 #Grasslands

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 25/02/2026

⏳ Only 2 days left! Stop by the @pensoft.net booth at #ECTE2026 before the 26th. Let’s get your research published and your questions answered before the conference wraps up. See you there! 📝 @soctropecol.bsky.social, @unipassauresearch.bsky.social #tropical #ecology #conference

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 24/02/2026

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)

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 30/12/2025

A comprehensive sampling approach in Sicily, including non-vascular taxa, and all vascular species, revealed much higher alpha, and beta diversity in Mediterranean grasslands than previously thought → doi.org/10.3897/VCS....

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 19/12/2025

The first comprehensive analysis of agrestal vegetation on an Aegean island focuses on the distribution, ecological preferences, and land-use requirements of these communities on Lemnos, Greece. ➡ See more here: doi.org/10.3897/VCS.... @uni-goettingen.de

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 01/10/2025

Researchers present the first overview of the Colchic ravine forests in Georgia. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/VCS....

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 28/07/2025

We are no longer posting on X, so follow us here to stay up to date with the latest research from our journal! 🔵

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Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) @vcs.pensoft.net · 18/07/2025

Our latest newsletter is out, featuring several exciting updates from our journal! 🔗 Read it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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