Abstract:
With this Editorial, we introduce a series of articles devoted
to the classification of European grasslands that will appear
as a Virtual Special Feature (VSF). ‘Virtual’ means that
each paper accepted for this Special Feature will be published
separately in a standard journal issue, but when the
last paper is published, all of them will be presented as a
single Special Feature on the journal’s website, together
with a synthesis-and-outlook paper. This VSF is a joint initiative
of two Working Groups of the International Association
for Vegetation Science: the European Dry Grassland
Group (EDGG; www.edgg.org) and the European Vegetation
Survey (EVS; www.euroveg.org). By organizing this VSF,
we want to (1) initiate the preparation and publication of
international classifications for European grasslands and
(2) stimulate the necessary methodological developments
for producing such studies. |
