The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2018–2019

Authors

  • Jürgen Dengler Vegetation Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Grüentalstr. 14, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
  • Alla Aleksanyan Institute of Botany aft. A.L. Takhtajyan NAS RA/ Department of Geobotany and Plant Eco-Physiology 0040, Acharyan 1, Yerevan, Armenia
  • Didem Ambarlı Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, Düzce University, 81620 Düzce, Turkey
  • Idoia Biurrun Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, P. O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
  • Iwona Dembicz Botanical Garden Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin, Polish Academy of Sciences, Prawdziwka St. 2, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland
  • Anna Kuzemko Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury St. 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
  • Péter Török MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group, Debrecen, Egyetem sqr 1, 4032 Hungary
  • Stephen Venn Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 11), 00014, Finland
  • Michael Vrahnakis Department of Forestry, Wood and Design Sciences, University of Thessaly, GR-43100, Karditsa, Greece

Keywords:

biotska pestrost, ohranjanje, Evrazijska skupina za suha travišča (EDGG), travišče, palearktična travišča

Abstract

This report summarises the activities and achievements of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) from January 2018 through July 2019. During the reported period, two Eurasian Grassland Conference (EGCs) took place: the 15th EGC in Sulmona, Italy, and the 16th EGC in Graz, Austria. The 11th and 12th EDGG Field Workshops studied vegetation diversity patterns in the inner alpine valleys of Austria and Switzerland, while the 13th Field Workshop was organised in Armenia. The formerly electronic newsletter of EDGG (Bulletin of the Eurasian Dry Grassland) was transformed into a peer-reviewed international journal, called Palaearctic Grasslands, which now is attracting both scientific and photographic contributions. Furthermore, the EDGG homepage was re-constructed with a new design and content management system. The EDGG has also finalised two grassland-related Special Features during the past 1.5 years in the international journals Tuexenia and Hacquetia, and contributed with eight chapters to the book Grasslands of the World: Diversity, Management and Conservation. The vegetation plot database GrassPlot, containing standardised multi-scale data from Palaearctic grasslands and closely connected with EDGG, has developed well, as did some other regional and national grassland-focused databases.

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Dengler, J., Aleksanyan, A., Ambarlı, D., Biurrun, I., Dembicz, I., Kuzemko, A., Török, P., Venn, S., & Vrahnakis, M. (2019). The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) in 2018–2019. Hacquetia, 18(2). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/hacquetia/article/view/7533

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