We are ready to receive your votes for choosing the new steering committee! Please check your emails for the voting form. The election due date is on June 24th. We are looking forward to meeting the new committee! 🤓🌿🌻

Vegetation Classification and Survey achieves improved Scopus CiteScore and climbs to Q1 across three categories. vcs.pensoft.net/news/891

Early bird registration until 15 June!

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Travel Grants 🌍 Need support to attend #EGC2025? 🌱 Travel grants available for IAVS members with financial constraints. 📩 Apply by 15 June – early decisions possible for visa needs. More info + application form: edgg.org/egc2025 #IAVS #GrasslandScience

🌍 Can’t travel to Colorado for #IAVS2025? Join us online for a Virtual Session on Monday, 28 July! An inclusive opportunity to share your science & connect with the global vegetation community 🌱 📅 Save the date! 🔗shorturl.at/kUHSD #VegetationScience #VirtualEcology

🐦 Early-bird registration ends 15 June! Secure your spot for #EGC2025 in Oulu, Finland — a unique chance to explore boreal & Arctic-edge grasslands 🌾 Details + registration 👉 edgg.org/egc2025 #EDGG #GrasslandConference

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof. Sandro Pignatti —botanist, vegetation ecologist, and a pillar of our community. Former president of the IAVS, founder of the EVS Working Group and author of Flora d’Italia, he championed collaboration and mentored generations. He

Today is the deadline for early-bird registration for the Eurasian Grassland Conference. After that, there is still one week at the still very reasonable full-price. In any case, don't forget to complete your registration!

The invasive shrub Buddleja davidii can be outcompeted by local native species during the early stages of its invasion, especially when local seedlings benefit from a time advantage, regardless of their density. A new study by Dommanget et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/av…

Minervini Silva et al. evaluated how grazing with different intensities affects seed rain in subtropical Campos grasslands of southern Brazil. Their findings can guide grazing management strategies to enhance the dispersal of target species. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/av…

📢 Final call! 🗓️ Register for lodging & meals by June 30 for the 67th IAVS Annual Symposium (July 29–Aug 3, 2025) in Greeley, Colorado 🇺🇸 🌿 Explore the shortgrass steppe & Rocky Mountains in bloom! 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/3tvwkspb #IAVS2025 #VegetationScience #Ecology