comparative framework for broad‐scale plot‐based vegetation classification

AIMS: Classification of vegetation is an essential tool to describe, understand, predict and manage biodiversity. Given the multiplicity of approaches to classify vegetation, it is important to develop international consensus around a set of general guidelines and purpose‐specific standard protocols...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied vegetation science Jg. 18; H. 4; S. 543 - 560
Hauptverfasser: De Cáceres, Miquel, Chytrý, Milan, Agrillo, Emiliano, Attorre, Fabio, Botta‐Dukát, Zoltán, Capelo, Jorge, Czúcz, Bálint, Dengler, Jürgen, Ewald, Jörg, Faber‐Langendoen, Don, Feoli, Enrico, Franklin, Scott B, Gavilán, Rosario, Gillet, François, Jansen, Florian, Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja, Krestov, Pavel, Landucci, Flavia, Lengyel, Attila, Loidi, Javier, Mucina, Ladislav, Peet, Robert K, Roberts, David W, Roleček, Jan, Schaminée, Joop H.J, Schmidtlein, Sebastian, Theurillat, Jean‐Paul, Tichý, Lubomír, Walker, Donald A, Wildi, Otto, Willner, Wolfgang, Wiser, Susan K, Scheiner, Sam
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Malden Opulus Press 01.10.2015
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Wiley
Schlagworte:
Alterra - Vegetatie, bos- en landschapsecologie
Alterra - Vegetation, forest and landscape ecology
Assignment rule
biodiversity
Biodiversity and Ecology
Botanics
Braun-Blanquet approach
Classification
Classification system
Consistent classification section
EcoVeg approach
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Sciences
guidelines
Life Sciences
Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology
Natuurbeheer en Plantenecologie
PE&RC
Phytosociology
Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation
Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer
SYNTHESIS
Vegetal Biology
Vegetatie, Bos- en Landschapsecologie
Vegetation
Vegetation continuum
Vegetation type
vegetation types
Vegetation, Forest and Landscape Ecology
Vegetation-plot database
Vegetation continuum
Classification system
Vegetation-plot database
Vegetation type
Braun-Blanquet approach
Consistent classification section
Phytosociology
Assignment rule
EcoVeg approach
ISSN:1402-2001, 1654-109X
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Zusammenfassung:AIMS: Classification of vegetation is an essential tool to describe, understand, predict and manage biodiversity. Given the multiplicity of approaches to classify vegetation, it is important to develop international consensus around a set of general guidelines and purpose‐specific standard protocols. Before these goals can be achieved, however, it is necessary to identify and understand the different choices that are made during the process of classifying vegetation. This paper presents a framework to facilitate comparisons between broad‐scale plot‐based classification approaches. RESULTS: Our framework is based on the distinction of four structural elements (plot record, vegetation type, consistent classification section and classification system) and two procedural elements (classification protocol and classification approach). For each element we describe essential properties that can be used for comparisons. We also review alternative choices regarding critical decisions of classification approaches; with a special focus on the procedures used to define vegetation types from plot records. We illustrate our comparative framework by applying it to different broad‐scale classification approaches. CONCLUSIONS: Our framework will be useful for understanding and comparing plot‐based vegetation classification approaches, as well as for integrating classification systems and their sections.
Bibliographie:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12179
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Iluka Chair (University of Western Australia)
ArticleID:AVSC12179
Masaryk University
Bolyai grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness - No. RYC-2012-11109
Czech Science Foundation - No. P505/11/0732
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ISSN:1402-2001
1654-109X
DOI:10.1111/avsc.12179