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

dc.contributor.authorDe Cáceres, Miquel
dc.contributor.authorChytrý, Milan
dc.contributor.authorAgrillo, Emiliano
dc.contributor.authorAttorre, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorBotta-Dukát, Zoltán
dc.contributor.authorCapelo, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorCzúcz, Bálint
dc.contributor.authorDengler, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorEwald, Jörg
dc.contributor.authorFaber-Langendoen, Don
dc.contributor.authorFeoli, Enrico
dc.contributor.authorFranklin, Scott B.
dc.contributor.authorGavilán, Rosario
dc.contributor.authorGillet, François
dc.contributor.authorJansen, Florian
dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Alfaro, Borja
dc.contributor.authorKrestov, Pavel
dc.contributor.authorLanducci, Flavia
dc.contributor.authorLengyel, Attila
dc.contributor.authorLoidi Arregui, Javier
dc.contributor.authorMucina, Ladislav
dc.contributor.authorPeet, Robert K.
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, David W.
dc.contributor.authorRoleček, Jan
dc.contributor.authorSchaminée, Joop H.J.
dc.contributor.authorSchmidtlein, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorTheurillat, Jean-Paul
dc.contributor.authorTichý, Lubomír
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Donald A.
dc.contributor.authorWildi, Otto
dc.contributor.authorWillner, Wolfgang
dc.contributor.authorWiser, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T08:17:47Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T08:17:47Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-13
dc.description.abstractAims: 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.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe views expressed in this paper result from the exchange of ideas among its authors during a workshop organized by the Vegetation Classification Committee of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), held in Rome in April 2013, and subsequent discussions. The International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) supported the workshop leading to this contribution. Additional funding to M.D.C. came from Masaryk University and from a fellowship of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (RYC‐2012‐11109). M.C. and L.T. were supported by the Czech Science Foundation (P505/11/0732). R.G. was supported by REMEDINAL3‐CM (S2013/MAE‐2719), B.C. by the Bolyai grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and L.M. acknowledges the Iluka Chair (University of Western Australia).ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12179
dc.identifier.issn1402-2001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69891
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherWileyca_ES
dc.publisherInternational Association for Vegetation Scienceca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12179ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Vegetation Science, 2015, vol. 18, núm. 4, p. 543-560ca_ES
dc.rights(c) International Association for Vegetation Science, 2015ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.subjectBraun‐Blanquet approachca_ES
dc.subjectClassification systemca_ES
dc.subjectConsistent classification sectionca_ES
dc.subjectPhytosociologyca_ES
dc.subjectVegetation continuumca_ES
dc.subjectVegetation typeca_ES
dc.subjectVegetation‐plot databaseca_ES
dc.subjectAssignment ruleca_ES
dc.titleA comparative framework for broad‐scale plot‐based vegetation classificationca_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionca_ES
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