Vegetation recording in forests: Comparison of the Chinese and European approaches
The field approach underlying a vegetation study influences the results of biodiversity assessments. In our paper we compared two main field survey approaches for forest vegetation recording, the Chinese and the European (“phytosociological”) one, for their differences and efficiency when applied...
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doaj-f55b9ae1912a45cc96400c1d59dd4e892020-11-24T23:24:35ZengUniversity of Belgrade, University of Novi SadArchives of Biological Sciences0354-46642011-01-0163246947610.2298/ABS1102469ZVegetation recording in forests: Comparison of the Chinese and European approachesZhang Qiao-MingWang De-XiangFischer AntonThe field approach underlying a vegetation study influences the results of biodiversity assessments. In our paper we compared two main field survey approaches for forest vegetation recording, the Chinese and the European (“phytosociological”) one, for their differences and efficiency when applied to the plant communities of temperate forests. The Chinese approach uses a design with different plot sizes for recording the tree, shrub and herb layer species, respectively, while the European one uses the same plot size for recording all layers and species. The two approaches result in significant differences in species richness (Simpson’s diversity index and the Shannon-Wiener index), while there is no difference in the evenness index. The European approach has the ability to survey the number of different species more precisely than the Chinese one. For detecting the general patterns of diversity, however, the two approaches have the same ability, demonstrated here for the altitudinal gradient.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2011/0354-46641102469Z.pdfApproaches for vegetation recordingChinese approachphytosociological releveespecies diversity |
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Vegetation recording in forests: Comparison of the Chinese and European approaches |
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Vegetation recording in forests: Comparison of the Chinese and European approaches |
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Vegetation recording in forests: Comparison of the Chinese and European approaches |
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Vegetation recording in forests: Comparison of the Chinese and European approaches |
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Vegetation recording in forests: Comparison of the Chinese and European approaches |
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vegetation recording in forests: comparison of the chinese and european approaches |
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University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad |
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Archives of Biological Sciences |
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2011-01-01 |
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The field approach underlying a vegetation study influences the results of biodiversity assessments. In our paper we compared two main field survey approaches for forest vegetation recording, the Chinese and the European (“phytosociological”) one, for their differences and efficiency when applied to the plant communities of temperate forests. The Chinese approach uses a design with different plot sizes for recording the tree, shrub and herb layer species, respectively, while the European one uses the same plot size for recording all layers and species. The two approaches result in significant differences in species richness (Simpson’s diversity index and the Shannon-Wiener index), while there is no difference in the evenness index. The European approach has the ability to survey the number of different species more precisely than the Chinese one. For detecting the general patterns of diversity, however, the two approaches have the same ability, demonstrated here for the altitudinal gradient. |
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Approaches for vegetation recording Chinese approach phytosociological relevee species diversity |
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