Skip to main content

Vegetation Section

The Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America

Vegetation Section News

Welcome!

The Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America seeks to encourage research and foster communication in all aspects of vegetation ecology. To highlight recent high quality research that advances theory, methods, or applications of vegetation ecology, the Section annually gives the Robert P. McIntosh Award to the best nominated paper published in the previous year.

At the ESA Annual Meeting, the Section sponsors symposia, contributed oral and poster sessions, workshops, and field excursions; we also give the Ton Damman Award for the best student oral presentation. In addition to the annual national meeting we facilitate participation in international vegetation science meetings. The Section coordinates activities with the North American Section of the International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS), including combined business meetings and occasional newsletters.

Meet a Vegetation Ecologist

Meet a Vegetation Ecologist

Check out Christina Alba, PhD, our featured Vegetation Ecologist, and her education and career paths and current projects in the area of vegetation ecology.

Read more
Robert P. McIntosh Award

Robert P. McIntosh Award

This award is given annually to the best paper in vegetation ecology published in the previous year that was nominated by a section member. Check out the latest award winners here.

Read more
Ton Damman Award

Ton Damman Award

This student award is given each year for the best oral presentation in vegetation science at the ESA Annual Meeting by a graduate student (or recent post-graduate). Check out the latest winners of the award here.

Read more
Governance

Governance

Check out our current section governance team, or explore who were our past section officers since 1984!

Read more
Photo of the Month

Photo of the Month

This month's photo is brought to us by Dr. Alyssa Young, the winner of 2023 Robert P. McIntosh award for the best paper in vegetation ecology. The photo shows North Carolina Longleaf Pine Savanna where >500 undergraduate students investigated the effects of heatwaves on dominant understory grasses in a series of greenhouse experiments as a part of the Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE).

Read more
News

News

Learn about the latest events and news at the Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America!

Read more

Latest Twitter Activity

Career Opportunities