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Special Collection 'Vegetation classification of islands and archipelagos'
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Edited by Jorge Capelo (Portugal), Jürgen Dengler (Switzerland) and Riccardo Guarino (Italy)

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Special Collection on the vegetation of islands and archipelagos worldwide in IAVS’ gold open access journal Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS). According to the scope of VCS, contributions either need to develop or to apply a vegetation classification framework of any type. For example, this can be a phytosociological classification system, the International Vegetation Classification (IVC), habitat types, formations, or biomes. We envisage particularly the following types of contributions:

-        Classification of selected vegetation types occurring on islands

-        Vegetation maps of islands

-        Synthetic overviews of all vegetation types of an island or archipelago

-        Conservation assessment of vegetation types of an island or archipelago

-        Quantifying vegetation change in terms of turnover of vegetation types

Apart from Research Papers, also Reviews and Syntheses and Forum Papers as well as Long Database Reports and Nomenclatural Proposals are welcome. All contributions are expected to address the peculiarity of the island situation.

Procedure and deadlines:

-        Until 31 January 2025: Please submit your (preliminary) abstract to Jürgen Dengler (dr.juergen.dengler@gmail.com). The abstract must follow the VCS Author Guidelines.

-        Until 20 February 2025: Authors will be notified whether their planned work is eligible for submission.

-        Until 31 May 2025: Submission of invited papers, which will then undergo peer review.

-        End of 2025 or early 2026: Completion of the Special Collection with the publication of an Editorial by the Guest Editors.

Please note that VCS is a gold open access journal where authors are normally required to pay article processing charges (APCs). Thanks to the generous support by IAVS, APCs for IAVS members from high- and medium-income countries are strongly subsidized, while IAVS members from low-income countries can publish for free. For submissions until the end of 2024, even lower APCs apply. If you therefore intend to submit the full manuscript still in 2024, please contact Jürgen Dengler to discuss a special arrangement (outside the regular deadlines).

We look forward to receiving your contributions and hope that you will join us in making this Special Collection a valuable resource for the IAVS community.

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