In this new article, I trace the history of European vegetation-plot databases, from the handwritten relevés stored in the filing cabinets of phytosociologists to the millions of vegetation plots now held in the European Vegetation Archive. www.sci.muni.cz/botany/chytr...

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🌎Can foundation models improve forest mapping? Our new study compares Sentinel-2 time series, AlphaEarth Foundations embeddings, and their fusion for forest type classification and tree cover estimation. isprs-annals.copernicus.org/articles/XI-...

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Our new study analysed 5,423 forest vegetation plots across Italy and found that protected areas are especially important for conserving understory forest plant diversity.

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We are honoured to celebrate @jcsvenning.bsky.social who received the Alexander von Humboldt medal for Excellence in Vegetation Science at the #IAVS2026! He is subject editor at NJB and Deputy Editor-in-Chief at @ecography.bsky.social. @nordicoikos.bsky.social @iavs5.bsky.social

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Neulich auf einem Thüringer Steppenrasen. Das fruchtende Federgras hat schon eine besondere Ästhetik, wenn die Grannen in der Nachmittagssonne leuchten. Leider sind diese floristisch & entomologisch extrem wertvollen Standorte massiv durch die durch Koppelschafweide geförderte Bromisierung bedroht.⬇️

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