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Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

@borjajimalf

Plant Ecology | Vegetation | Biogeography | Professor of Botany | University of Oviedo | Biodiversity Research Institute CSIC | Jardin Botánico Atlántico de Gijón | IAVS

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ABSTRACTS | 68th IAVS Symposium Gijón, Spain - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain Symposium topics Ecosystem-focused topics Cold-driven ecosystems: Alpine, arctic, and mountain vegetationDrought-driven ecosystems: Arid, semi-arid, and seasonally dry vegetationFire-prone ecosystems:...

Last-minute folks, good news: the IAVS2026 abstract deadline has been extended to February 17 - you’ve got one extra week to submit!
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...

09.02.2026 19:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ABSTRACTS | 68th IAVS Symposium Gijón, Spain - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain Symposium topics Ecosystem-focused topics Cold-driven ecosystems: Alpine, arctic, and mountain vegetationDrought-driven ecosystems: Arid, semi-arid, and seasonally dry vegetationFire-prone ecosystems:...

Last-minute folks, good news: the IAVS2026 abstract deadline has been extended to February 17 - you’ve got one extra week to submit!
2026gijon.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...

09.02.2026 19:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Both abstract submissions and registration are now open! Looking forward to seeing you all in Gijón

14.01.2026 08:36 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Want to know a bit more about our newest recipient of IAVS Honorary Membership? 📖
Meet Milan Chytrý, founder of European Vegetation Archive & a leading figure in vegetation science
Discover his outstanding contributions to #vegetationscience in our newly published #IAVS bulletin—
shorturl.at/Sdutp

26.12.2025 07:29 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
ABSTRACTS | IAVS 2026 - 68th IAVS Annual Symposium - Gijón, Spain Symposium topics Ecosystem-focused topics Cold-driven ecosystems: Alpine, arctic, and mountain vegetationDrought-driven ecosystems: Arid, semi-arid, and seasonally dry vegetationFire-prone ecosystems:...

📢 Thinking about presenting at #IAVS2026?
Abstract submissions are opening on 1 Dec 2025
Submit one 250-word abstract (talk or poster) via the online portal.
Prepare your #vegetation science & #ecology research—more info on website - gijon2026.iavs-meetings.org/abstracts/#c...
#Vegetation #symposium

19.11.2025 17:06 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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VEGETATION & BIODIVERSITY LAB Vegetation & Biodiversity Lab

We offer a postdoc position for developing global analyses on seed germination data using SEEDARC. See the job alert on our website and contact us!
www.jimenezalfaro.net

03.06.2025 09:39 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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We just activated the field work campaign for habitat mapping in Vojvodina (Serbia) for the Twinning EU SONATA project. Great excursions visiting Pannonian grasslands and super-rich forests! Project info in sonata-nbs.com

16.05.2025 08:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What a wonderful recogition from my plant-interested colleagues 🌴🌿🌸🍂🌳🌐🍃 #vegetationscience #IAVS #humboldt

03.04.2025 11:40 👍 75 🔁 4 💬 10 📌 0

And many congrats to Meelis and the DarkDivNet core group for leading this! It was a pleasure to be one of the sampling groups.

03.04.2025 10:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The first paper from #darkdivnet is out now! Huge thank you to all our >200 co-authors who helped to reveal dark diversity in different parts of the world! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

03.04.2025 06:41 👍 18 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 3
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Combining Hierarchical Distribution Models With Dispersal Simulations to Predict the Spread of Invasive Plant Species Aim Predicting the future distribution of invasive species is a current challenge for biodiversity assessment. Species distribution models (SDMs) have long been the state-of-the-art to evaluate suit...

Just published! A new approach to model invasive species combining SDMs and dispersal, a major output from the Juan de la Cierva project led by Adrián Lázaro-Lobo in our group
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

26.03.2025 10:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Junto con @borjajimalf.bsky.social desarrollamos el capítulo de los bosques templados caducifolios, donde tanto la renaturalización pasiva como la intervención directa son herramientas complementarias de restauración.
@universidadoviedo.bsky.social

07.03.2025 15:30 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Front entrance of the "Jardín Botánico Atlántico" de Gijón, below, an group of students observing the organization of the botanical garden (looking into a map).

Front entrance of the "Jardín Botánico Atlántico" de Gijón, below, an group of students observing the organization of the botanical garden (looking into a map).

Mature individuals of Polypodium cf. cambricum (one of the most common species of Polypodium in the botanical garden) growing along a branch of a centennial Quercus tree. The branch is covered in moss in its upper side.

Mature individuals of Polypodium cf. cambricum (one of the most common species of Polypodium in the botanical garden) growing along a branch of a centennial Quercus tree. The branch is covered in moss in its upper side.

Individuals of four species growing on the lower trunk of a Populus. There are moss patches and the back site is some sort of crevice. Three maple (Acer sp.) seedlings were observed, but the individuals of the other species (Polypodium cf. cambricum, Cymbalaria muralis and perhaps a Viola) do not seem to be juveniles.

Individuals of four species growing on the lower trunk of a Populus. There are moss patches and the back site is some sort of crevice. Three maple (Acer sp.) seedlings were observed, but the individuals of the other species (Polypodium cf. cambricum, Cymbalaria muralis and perhaps a Viola) do not seem to be juveniles.

A healthy individual of the tree Prunus laurocerasus (cherry laurel) growing on the main crotch of a Quercus ruber.

A healthy individual of the tree Prunus laurocerasus (cherry laurel) growing on the main crotch of a Quercus ruber.

Fun visit to the Atlantic Botanical Garden of Gijón with @borjajimalf.bsky.social and a #botany class.

At least eight species of plants 🪴🏵️ growing as #accidental #epiphytes.

Quercus full of surprises! I wonder if this counts towards the value of centenary #Quercus for #biodiversity.

02.03.2025 01:04 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0