Can land use indicate wetland floristic quality and taxonomic distinctness?

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 331-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suneeti K. Jog ◽  
Jason T. Bried ◽  
Xiao Feng ◽  
Andrew R. Dzialowski ◽  
Monica Papeş ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Taxonomic Distinctness ◽  
Floristic Quality

scholarly journals Using Coefficients of Conservatism and the Floristic Quality Index to Assess the Potential for Serious and Irreversible Damage to Plant Communities

2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Catling
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Anthropogenic Disturbances ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Irreversible Damage ◽  
Floristic Quality ◽  
Floristic Quality Index ◽  
Potential Damage

Coefficients of Conservatism and the Floristic Quality Index can be used to assess potential damage to plants and plant communities as a result of anthropogenic disturbances. This has benefit because it may be more powerful than an opinion and more easily understood and trusted by non-botanists and land use decision-makers.

Hillslope Stability and Land Use

10.1029/wm011 ◽  
1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy C. Sidle ◽  
Andrew J. Pearce ◽  
Colin L. O'Loughlin
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Hillslope Stability
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