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A comparative framework for broad-scale plot-based vegetation classification

Autoři	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 Francois JANSEN Florian JIMÉNEZ ALFARO GONZÁLEZ Francisco De Borja KRESTOV Pavel LANDUCCI Flavia LENGYEL Attila LOIDI Javier MUCINA Ladislav PEET Robert K. ROBERTS Dave W. ROLEČEK Jan SCHAMINÉE Joop H.J. SCHMIDTLEIN Sebastian THEURILLAT Jean-Paul TICHÝ Lubomír WALKER Donald A. WILDI Otto WILLNER Wolfgang WISER Susan K.
Rok publikování	2015
Druh	Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj	Applied Vegetation Science
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU	Přírodovědecká fakulta
Citace
www	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/avsc.12179/abstract
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12179
Obor	Ekologie - společenstva
Klíčová slova	Assignment rule; Braun-Blanquet approach; Classification system; Consistent classification section; EcoVeg approach; Phytosociology; Vegetation continuum; Vegetation type; Vegetation-plot database
Popis	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.
Související projekty:	Generalized supervised classification in community ecology