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Spatial assessment of ecological health of riverine forest ecosystem using Floristic Quality Index [PDF]
Scientific ReportsField based ecological studies are efficient tools enabling decision makers to keep an eye on the health of forest ecosystem especially under anthropogenic stress.
Saima Khalid +4 more
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Effectiveness of different metrics of floristic quality assessment: The simpler, the better? [PDF]
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Vascular plants are good environmental indicators. Thus, floristic inventories have a high potential in environmental management since they reflect the current and past status of the environment.
Tiberio Fiaschi +11 more
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Floristic Quality Assessment: a critique, a defense, and a primer [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2019 Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) measures have become extraordinarily influential ecological metrics in North America over the past 20 yr. Government agencies, conservation organizations, land managers, and researchers alike utilize this plant‐based ...
Greg Spyreas
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) metrics are used to assess the conservation value of natural areas based on the composition of their plant communities. FQA is based on coefficients of conservatism (C-values).
Jack Zinnen +3 more
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The “full species list” fallacy in Floristic Quality Assessment
EcosphereBiological assessments typically involve field surveys that are time‐consuming and require taxonomic expertise. Floristic Quality Assessment, a popular bioassessment method for wetlands and other ecosystems, generally assumes a comprehensive or ...
Suneeti K. Jog, Jason T. Bried
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Ecology of Floristic Quality Assessment: testing for correlations between coefficients of conservatism, species traits and mycorrhizal responsiveness. [PDF]
AoB Plants, 2018 Many plant species are limited to habitats relatively unaffected by anthropogenic disturbance, so protecting these undisturbed habitats is essential for plant conservation. Coefficients of conservatism (C values) were developed as indicators of a species' sensitivity to anthropogenic disturbance, and these values are used in Floristic Quality ...
Bauer JT, Koziol L, Bever JD.
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Evaluations ecosystem health-based field studies can assist decision-makers in formulating more targeted conservation policies to better manage ecosystems and landscape.
Shiekh Marifatul Haq +4 more
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Diversity, 2023 This study aimed to show the influence of cultural landscape structure on species richnessand the conservation value of vascular flora.The analyses are based on 3201 original floristic lists (relevés) and 83,875 floristic data collected since 1994 within
Julian Chmiel
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The Great Lakes Botanist, 2023 Plaster Creek, a tributary of the Grand River, drains a 58-square mile watershed in Kent County, Michigan. Its headwaters originate in the agriculturally dominated southwestern portion of the county, and then it meanders through residential, commercial ...
David P. Warners +2 more
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Ecosphere, 2023 Globally, temperate deciduous forests are threatened by invasion of non‐native (exotic) plant species. In the eastern United States, Rosa multiflora is a dominant shrub invader in forests, which often forms dense thickets that reduce sunlight ...
Eric Moore +2 more
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