Journal of Vegetation Science

In 2001 it was decided to initiate an Editors' Award for outstanding papers, or as the Editors-in-Chief put it: ' Occassionally ... we see a paper that is ground-breaking, that introduces a new approach, that debunks an old myth, or that just does everything very well.' They further wrote: 'The choice of paper will sometimes be difficult. We shall hope we do not offend those who wrote excellent papers that did not catch our eye. The intention is to give one example of the kinds of paper that the Editors especially welcome.

The recipient of the 2009 Journal of Vegetation Science Editors' Award is Francesco de Bello for the paper 'Partitioning of functional diversity reveals the scale and extent of trait convergence and divergence'.

Read the full list of recipients since 2001 here.

In April 2010, Applied Vegetation Science and Journal of Vegetation Science produced an online only virtual issue comprised of 16 papers focused on 'Vegetation Surveys'. For a limited period, this cross journal virtual issue is available to download for free.

There are more virtual issues planned for later this year.