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Quantifying landscape change with actual vs. potential natural vegetation maps
Phytocoenologia, 2003This paper deals with landscape change in central Italy. Landscape abandonment is analyzed integrating a transition matrix approach with a symphytosociological method. A transition matrix brings the complete description of the temporal dynamics of a particular landscape over a given time period.
CARRANZA, Maria Laura +3 more
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Quantifying the Impact of Global Climate Change on Potential Natural Vegetation
Climatic Change, 1999Impacts of climate change on vegetation are often summarized in biome maps, representing the potential natural vegetation class for each cell of a grid under current and changed climate. The amount of change between two biome maps is usually measured by the fraction of cells that change class, or by the kappa statistic. Neither measure takes account of
Sykes, M., Prentice, I., Laarif, F.
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A simulated map of the potential natural forest vegetation of Switzerland
Journal of Vegetation Science, 1993AbstractUsing empirical data (ca. 7500 phytosociological releves), a simple, probabilistic ‘vegetation‐site’ model was developed, to simulate geographical distribution of 71 forest community types, representing the potential natural vegetation (PNV) of Switzerland. The model was interfaced to a geographic information system (GIS) and used to generate a
Bogdan Brzeziecki +2 more
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An outline and map of the potential natural vegetation of Ireland
Applied Vegetation Science, 1998Abstract. A map of the potential natural vegetation of Ireland with an outline description of the vegetation units is presented. The vegetation of Ireland has a distinctive and highly oceanic character as a result of its location on the northwestern extremity of the Eurasian landmass and its recent geological and vegetation history.
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The TRM Model of Potential Natural Vegetation in Mountain Forests
Folia Geobotanica, 2013Due to advances in spatial modeling and improved availability of digital geodata, traditional mapping of potential natural vegetation (PNV) can be replaced by ecological modeling approaches. We developed a new model to map forest types representing the potential natural forest vegetation in the Bavarian Alps.
Birgit Reger, Tim Häring, Jörg Ewald
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Long‐term vegetation stability and the concept of potential natural vegetation in the
AbstractWhen vegetation trends over time are analysed from an appropriate long‐term perspective using palaeoecological records, the concept of potential natural vegetation (PNV) is unsupported because of continual vegetation changes driven by natural or anthropic forcings. However, some palaeoecological records show long‐lasting (i.e.
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Geobotanical mapping, 2002
In the past 20 years, several metrics have been developed to quantify various aspects of landscape structure and diversity in space and time, and most have been tested on grid- based thematic maps. Once landscape patterns have been quantified, their effects on ecological functions can be explained if the expected pattern in the absence of specific ...
RICOTTA, Carlo +3 more
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In the past 20 years, several metrics have been developed to quantify various aspects of landscape structure and diversity in space and time, and most have been tested on grid- based thematic maps. Once landscape patterns have been quantified, their effects on ecological functions can be explained if the expected pattern in the absence of specific ...
RICOTTA, Carlo +3 more
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Potential Natural Vegetation Distribution
Journal of Forest Research, 1997Change in potential natural vegetation (PNV) distribution associated with climate change due to the doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide (2×CO2) was estimated with a global natural vegetation mapping system based on the modified Kira scheme to the globe and the continents.
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Multi-model assessment of potential natural vegetation to support ecological restoration
Journal of Environmental ManagementEcological restoration is imperative for controlling desertification. Potential natural vegetation (PNV), the theoretical vegetation succession state, can guides near-natural restoration. Although a rising transition from traditional statistical methods to advanced machine learning and deep learning is observed in PNV simulation, a comprehensive ...
Ci, Mengtao +5 more
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The nature conservation potential of the vegetation of Dandenong Valley Metropolitan Park
2022This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
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