<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">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 (<italic>Bulletin of the Eurasian Dry Grassland</italic>) was transformed into a peer-reviewed international journal, called <italic>Palaearctic Grasslands</italic>, 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 <italic>Tuexenia</italic> and <italic>Hacquetia</italic>, and contributed with eight chapters to the book <italic>Grasslands of the World: Diversity, Management and Conservation</italic>. 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.</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.

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

Vegetation Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)

Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

Plant Ecology, Bayreuth Center for Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER)

German Centre for Integrated Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Institute of Botany aft. A.L. Takhtajyan NAS RA/ Department of Geobotany and Plant Eco-Physiology

Terrestrial Ecology Research Group, Department for Ecology and Ecosystem Management

Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology

Botanical Garden Center for Biological Diversity Conservation in Powsin

Department of Plant Ecology and Environmental Conservation, Faculty of Biology

Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Department of Forestry, Wood and Design Sciences

Hacquetia

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This report summarises the activities and achievements of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) from January 2018 through July 2019. During the reported...

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

Publicado en línea: 20 jul 2019

Páginas: 147 - 154

Recibido: 28 jun 2019

Aceptado: 28 jun 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0010

Palabras clave
biodiversity, conservation, Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG), grassland, Palaearctic Grasslands

© 2019 Jürgen Dengler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Publicado en línea: 20 jul 2019

Páginas: 147 - 154

Recibido: 28 jun 2019

Aceptado: 28 jun 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0010

Palabras clavebiodiversity, conservation, Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG), grassland, Palaearctic Grasslands

© 2019 Jürgen Dengler et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
biodiversity, conservation, Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG), grassland, Palaearctic Grasslands