In January 2021, EDGG had 1,340 members from 64 countries. Anyone who is interested in natural and semi-natural grasslands in the Palaearctic realm can become a member of the EDGG without any obligation or fee. Please simply write an e-mail including your complete address to Idoia Biurrun, (idoia.biurrun@ehu.es), who handles the membership list.
Please follow the links below to find detailed information about the current executive committee, past members of the committee, our bylaws and the editorial team of the homepage.
According to the EDGG Bylaws, the Executive Committee normally consists of seven members, elected for a term of two years. Information about the current eight members of the EDGG Executive Committee and their responsibilities is given below.
ALLA ALEKSANYAN
Responsibilities
within EDGG:
Editor-in-Chief
of homepage
Deputy
coordinator
of conferences
Contact:
Department of Geobotany
and Plant Eco-Physiology
Institute of Botany
aft. A.L. Takhtajyan NAS RA
Acharyan 1, 0040, Yerevan
ARMENIA
E-mail: alla.alexanyan@gmail.com
Research interests:
Vegetation classification, invasion biology, nature conservation, climate change, population dynamics, grassland biodiversity
DİDEM AMBARLI
Responsibilities within EDGG:
Coordinator of Conferences,
Debuty Editor of Homepage
Contact:
Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences
Düzce University
Konuralp Campus
81620 Düzce
TURKEY
E-mail: didem.ambarli@gmail.com
Research interests:
Community ecology, conservation science, vegetation dynamics, grassland birds and insects, vegetation classification, systematic conservation planning.
IDOIA BIURRUN
Responsibilities within EDGG:
Membership Administrator
Deputy Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands
Deputy Field Workshop Coordinator
Contact:
Department of Plant Biology and Ecology
University of the Basque Country
Apdo. 644
E-48080 Bilbao
SPAIN
E-mail: idoia.biurrun@ehu.es
Research interests:
Classification and diversity patterns of dry grasslands, their dynamics and their relationships with forests and scrublands.
IWONA DEMBICZ
Responsibilities within EDGG:
Field Workshop Coordinator
Contact:
Center for Biological Diversity
Conservation in Powsin
Botanical Garden of PAS
ul. Prawdziwka 2, 02-973 Warsaw,
POLAND
E-mail:i.dembicz@gmail.com
Research interests:
ecology and biodiversity patterns of grassland ecosystems,
impact of habitat fragmentation on grasslands, nature conservation,
ecological restoration
JÜRGEN DENGLER
Responsibilities within EDGG:
Secretary-General
Coordinator for Special Features
Deputy Editor of Palaearctic Grasslands
Contact:
E-mail: dr.juergen.dengler@gmail.com
Research interests:
semi-natural and natural grasslands, forest-edge, ruderal and tall-herb communities; phytosociological methodology; vegetation-plot databases;
vegetation classification; conservation and restoration; biodiversity patterns and species-area relationships; macroecology; theoretical ecology; floristics of vascular plants; bryophytes, and lichens; herpetofauna; grasshoppers.
ANNA KUZEMKO
Responsibilities within EDGG:
Chief Editor
of Palaearctic Grasslands
Facebook Group Administrator
Contact:
Herbaceous Plants Department
National Dendrological Park “Sofiyivka”
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
12a Kyivska str.,
Uman’, 20300
UKRAINE
E-mail:
Research interests:
grassland vegetation classification, ecology, dynamics, management and conservation.
PÉTER TÖRÖK
Responsibilities within EDGG:
IAVS Representative
Deputy Coordinator of Species Features
Deputy Secretary-General
Contact:
Department of Ecology
University of Debrecen
4032 Debrecen, Egyetem sqr.1, HUNGARY
E-mail: molinia@gmail.com
URL:
Research interests:
conservation and restoration of various plant communities, functional ecology of terrestrial and aquatic communities, vegetation dynamics and seed banks, dispersal ecology
STEPHEN VENN
Responsibilities within EDGG:
Deputy Coordinator
of Conferences
Deputy Facebook Group Administrator
Contact:
Department of Biosciences
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
P.O.Box. 65 (Viikinkaari 1), 00014 University of Helsinki
FINLAND
Phone: +358 (0)9 1915791
Fax: +358 (0)9 19157788
E-mail: Stephen.Venn@Helsinki.Fi
http://www.helsinki.fi/urbanecologyresearch/
members/venn.htm
http://www.helsinki.fi/urbanecologyresearch/
greenhance/meadows.htm
Research interests:
urban ecology, conservation biology, carabid beetles, dry grassland ecosystems, management of grasslands for the enhancement of biodiversity
We are grateful to our friends who worked for EDGG for several years previously:
MICHAEL VRAHNAKIS
Michael, one of the founders of the EDGG, does research on grassland ecology in Greece. He worked or the EDGG between 2008-2019. He was responsible for conference organization.
SOLVITA RUSINA
Solvita, one of the founders of the EDGG, does research on grassland ecology in Latvia. She worked for the EDGG between 2008 and 2012. She was responsible for homepage administration and conference organization.
MONIKA JANISOVA
Monika is a researcher interested in vegetation classification. She was one of the founders of EDGG, working as a chair between 2008 and 2015. During that time, she was the Chief Editor of the EDGG Bulletin, the predecessor of Palaearctic Grasslands.
All EDGG activities are executed by chairs according to the Bylaws composed of 12 Articles. Please click to download the latest version of EDGG Bylaws (23 September 2016).
Below you can find the most recent reports of EDGG as a working group of IAVS summarizing activities of EDGG.
Reports:
2019 Working Group Report
2018 Working Group Report
2017 Working Group Report
EDITORS:
Editor-in-chief: Alla Aleksanyan,alla.alexanyan@gmail.com, Institute of Botany aft. A.L. Takhtajyan NAS, Armenia
Deputy editor: Didem Ambarlı, didem.ambarli@gmail.com, Düzce University, Turkey
Editor of the Databases section: Jutta Kapfer, jutta.kapfer@nibio.no, NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway
Editor of the Grassplot Biodiversity Explorer: Remigiusz Pielech, remekpielech@gmail.com
WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR:
Falko Göckler, falko@namupro.de, Museum für Naturkunde, Germany
We are grateful to Falko Göckler for providing maintenance and server space free of charge.
LINGUISTIC EDITORS:
Dolores Byrne, byrne.dolores@itsligo.ie, Institute of Technology, Sligo
Jim Martin, jmartin@botanicalenvironmental.com, Ireland
Laura Sutcliffe, sutcliffe.laura@gmail.com, University of Göttingen, Germany
Lorna Marcham, lornamarcham@hotmail.com, UK
Magdalena Firganek-Fulcher, mf@magentastudio.co.uk, Magenta Studio, UK
Paul Goriup, paul.goriup@fieldfare.biz, UK
Steven Venn, stephen.venn@helsinki.fi, Helsinki University, Finland
Stuart Smith, stuart.smith@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru/Natural Resources Wales, UK
PHOTO EDITORS:
Jalil noroozi, jalil.noroozi@univie.ac.at, University of Vienna, Austria
Rocco Labadessa, rocco.labadessa@gmail.com, Centro Studi de Romita, Italy
Jutta Kapfer (only for the Databases section), jutta.kapfer@nibio.no, NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway