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Vegetation science during hectic times
2020; Wiley; Volume: 32; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/jvs.12965
ISSN1654-1103
AutoresMeelis Pärtel, Alessandro Chiarucci, Valério D. Pillar, Milan Chytrý,
Tópico(s)Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
ResumoThe environmental crisis is deepening and ecological knowledge is more important than ever before to mitigate human suffering, the loss of biodiversity and the effects of changes in natural processes. All terrestrial ecosystems depend on vegetation, and to proceed sustainably, humankind have to improve their understanding of how plant communities are structured and how they function. Humans themselves are also part of ecosystems. The year 2020 was much different than all others due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a severe impact on society, including universities and research institutions (Corlett et al., 2020). A study from the USA shows that COVID-19 transmission was much slower in regions where urban areas included more vegetation, even if baseline infection level and population density were considered (You & Pan, 2020). Thus, the expertise of vegetation scientists might be needed much more broadly than usually thought, and the Journal of Vegetation Science is the central medium to advance this scientific field. From 2021, the Journal of Vegetation Science follows many other scientific periodicals and adopts two major changes. The first is moving to online-only publishing. Print issues have gradually decreased over the past years, and a huge majority of readers access articles through the web. Online-only publishing allows free color images. We encourage authors to use this advantage (including images of the study sites). Colors are particularly warranted when they facilitate the delivery of ideas, but they should be selected with respect to color-blind readers. The second change is continuous publishing. A paper, after acceptance, gets a unique article code — eLocator — and is published electronically in its final version shortly after proofing. Thus, the final publication is considerably quicker without the intermediate EarlyView stage. Papers are readily citable by the eLocator. However, we are still making the accepted manuscripts available just a few days after the decision to reveal new scientific findings with almost no delay. Journal of Vegetation Science has published different categories of papers. The most common have been Research Articles. We also have Syntheses to give an overview on a specific topic (e.g. E-Vojtkó et al., 2020). A shorter opinion paper can be published as a Forum (e.g. Aubin et al., 2020). Information on new data sources, research initiatives or other similar things can be published as a Report (e.g. Mendieta-Leiva et al., 2020). Now we add a new paper category, Methods in Vegetation Science. Here we expect papers which provide new methods, adopt methods from other scientific disciplines to vegetation science, or compare performance of different methods on plant communities. We have a long tradition of publishing methodological papers, and now they can be more easily located. Synthesis, Forum and Methods papers are also found in special online collections called Spotlights. You can find links from the journal web page (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/16541103). What changes can be expected in our journal in the future? Journal of Vegetation Science is an official publication of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), which has a contract with Wiley to publish the journal. The publishing landscape is currently undergoing rapid changes, and some funding agencies and governments are strongly recommending scientists to publish in open-access journals. This means that authors, their institutions or funding agencies must pay to publish a paper, which is then freely downloadable by everyone. It also means that research funds used so far by libraries to subscribe to journals will be gradually relocated to cover publishing fees. Some funding agencies, research institutions and even countries have already established special agreements with Wiley to cover publishing fees for their affiliated scientists. Many vegetation scientists still do not have this option, and some of them are working without any grant or active affiliation. IAVS is currently discussing with Wiley whether fully open access is an acceptable option for the Journal of Vegetation Science in the future. Evidently the decreasing number of subscribing libraries may make the current subscription-based publishing model economically unsustainable. IAVS is carefully weighing the pros and cons, but for the moment, the IAVS Council decided that both the Journal of Vegetation Science and its sister journal Applied Vegetation Science will continue to be published following the traditional subscription-based model. If you want to express your views, you are welcome to contact the officers of the society (see www.iavs.org). In our annual editorials, we traditionally look back to the previous year and select a paper for the Editors’ Award. We admit that the selection is always subjective, and we value all >100 papers which we published last year. Nevertheless, the winner for 2020 is Sabrina S. Gavini from Argentina (Gavini et al., 2020). She with colleagues explored whether local-scale biotic interactions affect biodiversity also at larger spatial scales. A top-down view has often been used (regional richness is affecting local biodiversity). But there can also be bottom-up influences. Gavini with colleagues explored the nursing effect of cushion plants in the Andes. At the local scale, it is well known how facilitation can support biodiversity. With more than 2,000 plant community descriptions from different mountain ranges, different altitudes, and different vegetation types, they estimated how many species might be in the region without cushion plants. The result is striking — local-scale facilitation enables 40% more species to exist at the regional scale. Thus, when acting jointly, small local “charity actions” can have a huge impact. Thus, the species pool concept (Zobel, 2016) can be complemented with biotic interactions to have a more complete picture of biodiversity influences. We also mention two forerunners. Dagmar Egelkraut with colleagues aimed at separating different grazing effects on tundra vegetation in northern Norway (Egelkraut et al., 2020). Reindeer influence plant communities through defoliation, fertilization and trampling. In this work, a five-year experiment was run with different treatments combining plant removal, addition of reindeer pellets, and simulated trampling by dropping a pointy wooden pole to the ground. The intensities of these imitation effects were selected to be comparable to natural grazing in that region. If grazing is often associated mainly with the removal of plant biomass, trampling had the strongest individual effect on vegetation in this study. In particular, the relative cover of dwarf shrubs decreased in trampling treatments. Is this perhaps an overlooked factor which can counteract the widely observed expansion of shrubs in the Arctic during climate warming? Another paper we discussed was written by Milton H. Diaz-Toribio and colleagues (Diaz-Toribio et al., 2020). They explored pine savannas in Florida, an ecosystem which has been linked to frequent natural fires. Nowadays, however, fire is often suppressed to prevent harm to human properties. This is causing dramatic changes in species composition. Diaz-Toribio explored the fire suppression effect on plant functional trait composition, which is the best way to “ask vegetation” which mechanism leads to the disassembly of the original community. Several functional traits were measured in situ to explore interspecific variability. Fire suppression decreased richness but even more dramatically functional diversity due to non-random loss of species with specific characteristics. This study is a good example on how taxonomic and functional diversity and composition can be explored in parallel to get a comprehensive view of vegetation change and underlying processes. Journal of Vegetation Science has occasionally published Special Features — collections of papers on a single topic, edited by a team of Guest Editors. Such paper collections can give a fuller overview of the current state of research and approaches used to study a specific topic. Last year we were happy to publish two Special Features. The first one was on permanent plots (de Bello et al., 2020). Resampling the same spot to reveal vegetation dynamics has been used in vegetation science for more than a century. This Special Feature is providing contemporary examples on how we can advance our understanding on vegetation by using permanent plots. In the face of global changes in climate and land use, this knowledge is highly valuable. Another Special Feature explored plant dispersal and establishment in the context of plant communities and their dynamics (Török et al., 2020). Dispersal is one of four general processes which describe the formation of all ecological communities (others being speciation, selection and drift; Vellend, 2010). Another Special Feature on historical ecology of vegetation appears at the beginning of the year 2021, and more are in preparation. With continuous publishing, Special Feature papers appear gradually right after acceptance. However, all of these papers carry a specific banner with the Special Feature name on the title page. In addition, these papers are collected on a separate web page as a Virtual Special Issue. You can find the links from our main journal web page. Our journal is a product of all of us. We thank all authors who submitted to the Journal of Vegetation Science, all editors who handled submissions, all referees who provided their reports (see Appendix) and constructive criticism, and all our readers. Vegetation scientists had hectic times due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The IAVS annual symposium was cancelled, lab and sometimes also fieldwork was seriously hindered. If usually people expect something new from a new year, this time we instead would like to return to a normal year, as it was before the COVID-19 outbreak. We wish all scientists working with plant communities rewarding fieldwork, good results in labs, productive meetings, fruitful teaching and learning, successful grant applications, but also time to think and enjoy life. We thank the referees who served the Journal of Vegetation Science from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020. *Those who reviewed more than two times are indicated by asterisks. Julian Ahlborn Masahiro Aiba Juha Alatalo Juan Alberti* Katharina Albrich Josu Alday Hamada Elsayed Ali Emilia Allevato O. Roger Anderson José Luis Andrade Fabien Anthelme Joseph Antos Roxana Aragón Cris Armas Juan Armesto Carlos Arnillas Paul Ashton Rafael Assis Alistair Auffret Tala Awada Francisco Azcarate Maaike Bader* Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet Yuxuan Bai Lauren Baldarelli Luc Barbaro Doris Barboni Chelsea R. Barreto Isabel Barrio Ceres Barros David Bart Maik Bartelheimer Carol Baskin Tyler Bassett Bruno Baur Karen Beard Raquel Benavides Blas Benito Jonathan Bennett* Miguel Berdugo* Maud Bernard-Verdier* Bernd Blossey Michał Bogdziewicz Fidèle Bognounou Bazartseren Boldgiv William Bond* Fabian Borghetti Edward Bork Gudrun Bornette* Ruksan Bose Richard Bradshaw Kari Anne Bråthen James Brock Rob Brooker Alissa Brown Cliff Bueno de Mesquita Marcelo Bueno* Sabina Burrascano David F.R.P. Burslem Maxime Burst Richard Busing Bradley Butterfield Chaeho Byun Isabel Caçador Joaquin Calatayud Leonor Calvo Marco Cantonati Marta Carboni* Marcos Carlucci* Cameron Carlyle Carlos Carmona Maria Laura Carranza Bárbara Carvalho Bastien Castagneyrol Lohengrin Cavieres Cynthia Chang Tristan Charles-Dominique Bao-Ming Chen Jian Guo Chen Si-Chong Chen Paolo Cherubini Kwek Yan Chong Marcus Cianciaruso Jennifer Clear Elsa Cleland Adam Coates Ana J. Cobar-Carranza Luis Coelho Scott Collins* Luisa Conti Alix Conway Garry Cook Jonathan Coop William Cornwell Mihai Costea Dylan Craven Thomas Crist Anikó Csecserits Ricardo Dalagnol Virginia Dale James W. Dalling Alain Danet Mark Davis Thomas Dawes Erik de Boer Miquel De Cáceres Nathan De Jager Melinda de Jonge Enrique de la Riva Jorge De Las Heras Pedro de Miranda Luiza de Paula Balázs Deák Katherine Dearborn Vanderlei Debastiani Daan Dekeukeleire Pierre Denelle Jianming Deng Jürgen Dengler Julian Di Stefano Martin Diekmann Yi Ding Jiří Doležal Martin Dovciak William Downing Chika Egawa David Eldridge* Tatiana Elumeeva* Francisca Ely Thaise Emilio Adrián Escudero Anu Eskelinen Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert Jörg Ewald Amy Eycott Jose Facelli Fabian Fassnacht Adeline Fayolle Annamária Fenesi* Rod Fensham Nicole Fenton José Fernández-Palacios Afonso Figueiredo Filho Alessandro Filazzola* Felícia M. Fischer* Camilla Fløjgaard Hudson Fontenele Dale Forrister* Yu Fukasawa Rosalina Gabriel Thomas Galland Matteo Garbarino Gonzalo García-Baquero Letícia Garcia Carol Garzon-Lopez Antonio Gazol* Renato Gerdol David Gibson Brice Giffard Khatuna Gigauri François Gillet Frank Gilliam Marina Golivets Marina Gonzalez Polo Sofía Gonzalez Lars Götzenberger Sanne Govaert Sabine Greulich Jake Grossman John-Arvid Grytnes Ke Guo Michal Hájek Paul Hanson Sean R. Haughian Jin-Sheng He Ramona Heim Anne-Maarit Hekkala Aveliina Helm Kenny Helsen Andreas Hemp Bruno Herault Tomáš Herben Maximilian Hesselbarth Pedro Higuchi David Horák Michael Hoffman Florian Hofhansl Jeňýk Hofmeister James Hogan Norbert Hölzel Jürgen Homeier John Householder Mark Hovenden Cynthia Huebner Milan Janda Monika Janišová Lucas Jardim Bogdan Jaroszewicz Lin Jiang Borja Jiménez-Alfaro David Johnson David A. Kaplan Jakub Kašpar* Stefan Kaufmann Gunnar Keppel Janez Kermavnar Becky Kerns Miklós Kertész Michael Kessler Kevin Kirkman Thomas Kitzberger Michael Kleyer Jitka Klimešová Martin Kopecký Yasuhiro Kubota Asumo Kuroda Buntarou Kusumoto* Emma Ladouceur Eric Lamb William Lauenroth Peter le Roux Joshua Leffler Attila Lengyel Jan Lepš Eryuan Liang* Ryan Limb Kathrin Litza Luis Daniel Llambí Kertu Lõhmus Priscilla Loiola Jørn Olav Løkken Ramiro P. Lopez Gianalberto Losapio Xiao-Tao Lü Balázs Lukács Felipe Machado Renan Maestri Vincent Maire Marco Malavasi Vinícius Marcílio-Silva Marcia Marques Maria Amélia Martins-Loução* Valéria Martins Jhonny Massante* Klécia Massi Joe McAuliffe Crystal McMichael Pierre Meerts Eric Menges Luis Merino-Martín Richard Michalet Franco Miglietta Pat Mitchell Stein Moe Dharmalingam Mohandass* Rafael Molina-Venegas* Chiara Molinari Zsolt Molnár Vincent Montade Pierre Montpied Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato Javier Morente-Lopez John Morgan Akira Mori Craig Morris Gabriel Moulatlet Ondřej Mudrák Sandra Müller Rodrigo Muñoz Aviles Thomas Nagel Gabriel Nakamura Lena Neuenkamp* Josep Ninot Sugrañes* Kechang Niu Anna Norberg Akana E. Noto Erik Öckinger* Arvid Odland Martín Oesterheld Siri Lie Olsen Vladimir Onipchenko André Padial Josep Padullés Cubino Wanxia Peng Cord Peppler-Lisbach Denilson Peralta Tomáš Peterka Megan L. Peterson Agnieszka Piernik Sanna Piilo Natashi Pilon Marco Aurélio Pizo János Podani Marco Porceddu Rita Portela Simon Power Karel Prach Francisco Pugnaire Sara Puijalon Wei Qi José Quero Sorenson Quinn* Carolina Ramos Kurt Reinhart Triin Reitalu Haiyan Ren José Rey Benayas Katia Ribeiro Dave Roberts* Duccio Rocchini Pascale Ropars Sergey Rosbakh Christiane Roscher Milena Fermina Rosenfield Davi Rodrigo Rossatto Eszter Ruprecht Arne Saatkamp Francesco Sabatini* Hugo Saiz Takehiro Sasaki Marina Scalon Joop Schaminée Daniel Scherrer Christian Schöb Nick Schultz Gene Schupp Andreas Schweiger Timothy Seastedt Guilherme Seger Colleen Seymour Julia Sfair Zhanhuan Shang Ashley Shaw Bill Shipley Lauren Shoemaker Frances Siebert Bruno Silva Fernando Silveira Andrea Silveirs Minerva Singh Tommaso Sitzia* Annabel Smith Imelda Somodi Judit Sonkoly Grégory Sonnier* Alexandre Souza Marko J. Spasojevic Daniel Spitale Vanessa Staggemeier Christian Storm Suresh Subedi Grzegorz Swacha Nathan Swenson Krzysztof Świerkosz Krista Takkis Malin Talle Anna Talucci Riin Tamme* Zhiyao Tang Shinichi Tatsumi Martin Theuerkauf Jean-Paul Theurillat Dominik Thom Kenneth Thompson Lubomír Tichý Csaba Tölgyesi* Kyle Tomlinson Péter Török* Iván Torres Béla Tóthmérész Diego Trindade Karol Ujházy Werner Ulrich* Edwin Urmi Milan Valachovič Elena Valdes-Correcher Orsolya Valkó* Margaretha Van Rooyen Anna Varga German Vargas Martin Večeřa Julia Vega-Álvarez Santiago Verón* Peter Vesk Ondřej Vild Leena Vilonen Xiang-tai Wang Xugao Wang Yun Wang Allen Warwick Camilla Wellstein Karsten Wesche* Kerstin Wiegand F. E. Wielgolaski Benjamin Wigley Kayla Wilkins John Williams Grant Williamson Marten Winter Justin Wright Jianshuang Wu* Sarah Wyse Chisato Yamashina Andrii Zaiats Jenny Zambrano Benjamin Zeeman David Zelený Rafael Zenni Tao Zhang Yuqing Zhang Gerhard Zotz Gabriela Zuquim
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