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🌿Join the 68th IAVS Annual Symposium.🌿
⌛️ Early bird registrations are now open.
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with fellow vegetation scientists!
Take advantage of the early bird rates. Location: Gijón, Spain.
Apply here—https://2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/.
IAVS 2026 - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain
IAVS 2026 68th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science
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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.
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - M/F Postdoctorat projet FEVER: Fire effects on vegetation productivity and nutrient fluxes in Mediterranean ecosystems
Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler
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February 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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🌱 Karban & Munson examine how photovoltaic panels alter microclimates in the Mojave Desert, influencing annual plant diversity in soil- and vegetation-specific ways. ☀️🌵
February 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Interested in a PhD in European wetland flora and vegetation? See details here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r5ob6...
February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Does fencing out livestock guarantee forest recovery? 🌳 In the Dry Chaco, Trigo et al. show that 9 years of exclusion led to contrasting, species-specific regeneration responses and no overall gains in sapling diversity.
February 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Postdoc research position in forest inventory and stand assessment using laser scanning data at LignoSilva in Slovakia. @3dforecotech.bsky.social 🌳🌲
Postdoctoral researcher - Forest inventory and stand assortments using laser scanning data - LignoSilva
Postdoctoral researcher in forest inventory and stand assortments using laser scanning data The National Forest Centre Zvolen, Forest Research Institute (NFC – FRI) is looking for the Centre of Excell...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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🌿 von Lampe et al. examine decades of change in standing waters and demonstrate that macrophyte richness and functional diversity have declined despite protection, driven by ongoing eutrophication. 🌊
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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🌿 McQuillan et al. explore how satellite-derived phenology captures differences between native, restored, and non-native temperate grasslands. Peak-season metrics closely align restored sites with remnant grasslands. 📡
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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We are recruiting a postdoc to study wetland plant-soil-microbe interactions using isotope labeling in our greenhouse at LLNL with me and Erin Nuccio as part of a multidisciplinary project. Experience with wetland plants and SIP a plus. Please share!
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February 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs

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February 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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🌿 Pollo et al. examine two decades of change in Western Alpine mires and demonstrate that warming and drying are reshaping plant communities, leading to losses of Sphagnum and other mire specialists. 🟢
February 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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The Tielbörger lab at @unituebingen.bsky.social is offering TWO PHD POSITIONS in rangeland ecology, as part of the sage-centre.org. It is about tipping points in Middle Eastern rangelands. A large interdisciplinary project with unique long-term experiments!
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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🌿 Kuo et al. examine how drought and warming jointly affect alpine plant communities in Taiwan. Their results indicate stronger declines in productivity and diversity under combined stress, with losses of mesic and cold-adapted species. 🏔️
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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🌿 Espinoza et al. demonstrate that habitat fragmentation and edge effects strongly facilitate alien plant invasion in native kānuka shrublands, with smaller fragments and open canopies most vulnerable.🌱
February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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🌳 Schubert et al. examine how restoration approaches influence spatial patterns of tree recruitment after nearly two decades. Their findings indicate that planting facilitates dispersal-limited, large-seeded species. 🌱
Restoration Method Influences Spatial Patterns of Tree Seedling and Sapling Recruitment in the Second Decade of Tropical Forest Recovery
We used data from a full census of nearly two-decade-old tropical forest restoration plots to compare the spatial heterogeneity of tree recruitment in tree plantations, applied nucleation plantings,…
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February 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
🌱 Early bird registrations for the 68th IAVS Annual Symposium are still open!
Join fellow vegetation scientists for discussions, learning, and connection at IAVS 2026 in Gijón.
🗓️ Early Bird registration: 1 January – 31 March 2026
🔗 Registration details: 2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/registration/
February 2, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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🎉 The 2025 Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) Editors’ Award is here!

This annual honor recognizes the most impactful research published in our latest volume, chosen from our quarterly "Editors’ Choice" selections.

Check out the research⤵️

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Editors’ Award 2025 goes to a study uncovering the floristic patterns in northern Patagonia’s forests    
For a fifth year in a row, the Chief editors at the Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) journal awarded one of the publications in the last completed journal annual volume for its out...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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📣 PhD position at Leuphana University (Germany) 🌳🍃🪴
Join the DIVERSA project on climate change effects on forest ecosystems. Fieldwork, laser scanning, experiments & data analysis in an international ecology team.
Apply by 20 Feb 2026 👉https://tinyurl.com/3ac4fewx
#Ecology #Biodiversity #Traits
January 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.
January 31, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Dear colleagues, we are searching for candidates to fill a Full W3 Professorship for Plant #Ecology at the University of Regensburg, Germany. For details, see www.nature.com/naturecareer... 🌐 🌎 #AcademicJobs
Professorship W3 for Plant Ecology - Regensburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with Universität Regensburg | 12851147
UNIVERSITÄT REGENSBURG   The Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine invites applications for a   Full Professorship W3 for Plant Ecology   Th...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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🌡️ Climate warming affects forest layers differently.
Caron et al. compare adults and juveniles across 2,200+ European plots and report faster thermophilisation in juveniles, driven mainly by gains of warm-adapted species.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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🌲 Fuentes-Lillo et al. reveal that removing invasive Pinus contorta improves microclimate but does not trigger short-term recovery of native plant diversity in Patagonian ecosystems, highlighting strong invasion legacies 🌿
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January 30, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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🐂🌱 How does seasonal grazing affect alpine meadow regeneration?
Wang & Hou report that grazing during seed set disrupts seed rain and soil seed banks, potentially shifting plant reproduction toward vegetative strategies.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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🌊🌿 What happens to specialist plant species after decades of environmental change?
Rimondini, Lindgren & Cousins report strong declines, local extinctions, and signals of long-standing extinction debt even in some continuously managed meadows.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Paid Summer Internships...
Join us for a summer of ecological research at the Holden Arboretum.
Opportunities in restoration ecology, population ecology, plant ecophysiology, forest health, and more.
On-site housing available at low cost.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM