Editor's Award

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.

Journal of Vegetation Science
2007
Easdale, T.A., Gurvich, D.E., Sersic, A.N. & Healey, J.R. 2007. Tree morphology in seasonally dry montane forest in Argentina: Relationships with shade tolerance and nutrient shortage. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 313-326.

2006
Carlyle, C.N. & Fraser, L.H. 2006. A test of three juvenile plant competitive response strategies. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 11-18.

2005
Désilets, P. & Houle, G. 2005. Effects of resource availability and heterogeneity on the slope of the species-area curve along a floodplain-upland gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science 16: 487-496.

2004
Barboni, D., Harrison, S.P., Bartlein, P.J., Jalut, G., New, M., Prentice, I.C., Sanchez-Goñi, M.-F., Spessa, A., Davis, B., Stevenson, A.C. 2004. Relationships between plant traits and climate in the Mediterranean region: a pollen data analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 15: 635-646

2003, joint:
Bakker, E.S. & Olff, H. 2003. Impact of different-sized herbivores on recruitment opportunities for subordinate herbs in grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 14: 465-474.
Walker, S., Wilson, J.B., Steel, J.B., Rapson, G.L., Smith, B., King, W.McG. & Cottam, Y.H. 2003. Properties of ecotones: evidence from five coastal ecotones. Journal of Vegetation Science 14: 579-590.

2002
Adema, E.B., Grootjans, Ab P., Petersen, J. & Grijpstra, J. 2002. Alternative stable states in a wet calcareous dune slack in the Netherlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 107-114.

2001
Palmer, M.W. & Rusch, G.M. 2001. How fast is the carousel? Direct indices of species mobility with examples from an Oklahoma grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science, 12, 305-318.

Applied Vegetation Science
2007
Hartman, K.M. & McCarthy, B.C. 2007. A dendro-ecological study of forest overstorey productivity following the invasion of the non-indigenous shrub Lonicera maackii. Applied Vegetation Science 10: 3-14.

2006
Castro, J., Zamora, R. & Hódar, J.A. 2006. Restoring Quercus pyrenaica forests using pioneer shrubs as nurse plants. Applied Vegetation Science 9: 137-142.

2005
Fynn, R.W.S., Morris, C.D. & Edwards, T.J. 2005. Long-term compositional responses of a South African mesic grassland to burning and mowing. Applied Vegetation Science 8: 5-12.

2004
Hunt, R.; Hodgson, J.G.; Thompson, K.; Bungener, P.; Dunnett, N.P. & Askew, A.P. 2004. A new practical tool for deriving a functional signature for herbaceous vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science 7: 163-170

2003
Hölzel, N. & Otte, A. 2003. Restoration of a species-rich flood meadow by topsoil removal and diaspore transfer with plant material. Applied Vegetation Science 6: 131-140.

2002
Moog, M., Poschlod, P., Kahmen, S. & Schreiber, K.-F. 2002. Comparison of species composition between different grassland management treatments after 25 years. Applied Vegetation Science 5: 99-106.