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Global Overview of the Application of the Braun-Blanquet Approach in Research

Forests
Environmental classifications are of paramount importance for assessing the impacts of land-use changes, for prioritizing conservation efforts, and for developing effective management strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of human activities. The aim of our research was to provide as complete an analysis as possible of the studies that have been ...
Natalya S Ivanova
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Formalized Hierarchically Nested Expert System for Classification of Mesic and Wet Grasslands in Poland

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2021
The goal of this study was to propose a hierarchically nested classification system comprising four principal levels of the Braun-Blanquet system for Polish grasslands of the class Molinio-Arrhenatheretea. Using the Cocktail method, we defined consistent
Zygmunt Kącki, Grzegorz Swacha, Attila Lengyel, Joanna Korzeniak   +3 more
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Contribution to the Knowledge of Rocky Plant Communities of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula

Plants, 2021
The rocky habitats of southern Portugal are ecosystems with extreme xericity conditions, associated with special abiotic strains. In these unstable ecological conditions, a considerable diversity of plant communities occurs.
Ricardo Quinto Canas, Ana Cano-Ortiz, Giovanni Spampinato, Sara del Río, Mauro Raposo, José Carlos Piñar Fuentes, Carlos Pinto Gomes   +6 more
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Transcaucasian Vegetation Database – a phytosociological database of the Southern Caucasus [PDF]

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), 2023
The Caucasus is a hotspot of global biodiversity. However, even in the era of big data, this region remains underrepresented in public vegetation-plot databases.
Pavel Novák, Veronika Kalníková, Daniel Szokala, Alla Aleksanyan, Ketevan Batsatsashvili, George Fayvush, Sandro Kolbaia, George Nakhutsrishvili, Vojtěch Sedláček, Tadeáš Štěrba, Dominik Zukal   +10 more
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The structure of plant communities on the example of an oak-pine forest (Pino-Quercetum) in Ratanica Valley (Carpathian Foothills) 1. The homotoneity of a forest floor vegetation in terms of the frequency and co-occurence of species

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2014
Mathematical methods of uniformity analysis were used to evaluate the results of classification of plant communities by the Braun-Blanquet method.
Elżbieta Pancer-Kotejowa, Wojciech Różański   +1 more
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Climate Change and Wetland Ecosystems: The Effects on Halophilous Vegetation Diversity in Il-Ballut ta’ Marsaxlokk Natura 2000 Site (Malta)

Land, 2023
Climate change poses a fundamental threat to the wetlands. The Mediterranean basin is a biodiversity hotspot, and wetlands are important for maintaining this status.
Gianmarco Tavilla, Arthur Lamoliere, James Gabarretta, Vincent Attard, Jonathan Henwood, Darrin T. Stevens, Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo, Pietro Minissale, Veronica Ranno, Maria Adamo, Valeria Tomaselli, Saverio Sciandrello, Sandro Lanfranco   +12 more
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The vegetation of the farms Ingleside and Welgedacht of the Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2005
South Africa is well known for its semi-arid lowland areas that have a distinct flora and species composition. Because ecosystems react differently to different management practices, it is important that a description and classification of the vegetation
L.R. Brown, H. Bezuidenhout
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Floristic patterns of the neotropical forests, savannas and scrublands with Trithrinax campestris (Arecaceae) in central Argentina [PDF]

Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS), 2021
Aims: Trithrinax campestris is one of the palm species with the southernmost distribution in the Neotropics. Despite that the vegetation types in which T.
Sebastián R. Zeballos, Marcelo R. Cabido, Juan J. Cantero, Alicia T.R. Acosta, M. Virginia Palchetti, Juan Argarañaz, Paula I. Marcora, Paula A. Tecco, Ana Ferreras, Guillermo Funes, Victoria M. Vaieretti, Georgina Conti, Melisa A. Giorgis   +12 more
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Plant communities of the Soutpansberg Arid Northern Bushveld

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2009
The Soutpansberg Arid Northern Bushveld is one of eight major vegetation types (MVT) described for the Soutpansberg-Blouberg region. The plant communities of this MVT are described in detail.
Theo H.C. Mostert, George J. Bredenkamp, Rachel E. Mostert   +2 more
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Classification of alpine grasslands in the western Tian Shan Mountains (Kyrgyzstan, Middle Asia)

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2023
In this paper, we present the first syntaxonomic classification of alpine grasslands in the western Tian Shan Mountains (Kyrgyzstan) with some remarks on its environmental gradients. A total of 251 relevés were sampled in 2015-2022 using the seven-degree
Grzegorz Swacha, Sebastian Świerszcz, Sylwia Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Arkadiusz Nowak   +4 more
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