The Effects of Afforestation on Upland Plant Communities: An Application of the British National Vegetation Classification

Plant communities represent the integration of ecological and biological processes and they serve as an important component for the protection of biological diversity. To measure progress towards protection of ecosystems in the United States for various stated conservation targets we need datasets at the appropriate thematic, spatial, and temporal resolution. The recent release of the LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Data Products (2016 Remap) with a legend based on U.S. National Vegetation Classification allowed us to assess the conservation status of plant communities of the U.S. The map legend is based on the Group level of the USNVC, which characterizes the regional differences in plant communities based on dominant and diagnostic plant species. By combining the Group level map with the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US Ver 2.1), we quantified the representation of each Group. If the mapped vegetation is assumed to be 100% accurate, using the Aichi Biodiversity target (17% land in protection by 2020) we found that 159 of the 265 natural Groups have less than 17% in GAP Status 1&2 lands and 216 of the 265 Groups fail to meet a 30% representation target. Only four of the twenty ecoregions have > 17% of their extent in Status 1&2 lands. Sixteen ecoregions are dominated by Groups that are under-represented. Most ecoregions have many hectares of natural or ruderal vegetation that could contribute to future conservation efforts and this analysis helps identify specific targets and opportunities for conservation across the U.S.

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Phytosociology of Terricolous Lichen Vegetation in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1006/lich.2001.0322 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 331-351 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alan M. Fryday

Keyword(s):

Plant Communities ◽

Vascular Plant ◽

Vegetation Classification ◽

Lichen Species ◽

Small Scale ◽

High Fidelity ◽

Scottish Highlands ◽

Survey Techniques ◽

National Vegetation Classification ◽

Terricolous Lichen

AbstractThe results of an investigation into the lichen vegetation associated with vascular plant communities in the Scottish Highlands are presented. Most lichen species rarely occur in homogeneous stands of vascular plant vegetation, either occurring around the edges of recognized National Vegetation Classification (NVC) communities or in small-scale mosaics with them. However, some lichen species have a high fidelity to the more open NVC communities. The problems associated with applying NVC survey techniques to lichen assemblages are described and discussed.

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The relationship between the classification of Scottish ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and the National Vegetation Classification of British plant communities

Ecography ◽

10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03491.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 26 (5) ◽

pp. 602-616 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Shona Blake ◽

David I. McCracken ◽

Michael D. Eyre ◽

Adam Garside ◽

Garth N. Foster

Keyword(s):

Plant Communities ◽

Ground Beetle ◽

Vegetation Classification ◽

Beetle Assemblages ◽

National Vegetation Classification ◽

The Relationship

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Second international scientific conference «Present fundamental problems of vegetation classification» (Yalta, 15–20 September 2019)

Vegetation of Russia ◽

10.31111/vegrus/2019.37.135 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 135-142

Author(s):

K. V. Ivanova ◽

A. M. Lapina ◽

V. V. Neshataev

Keyword(s):

Plant Communities ◽

National Archive ◽

Botanical Garden ◽

Vegetation Classification ◽

Scientific Conference ◽

Scientific Journals ◽

Time Dynamics ◽

The Past ◽

Research Organizations

The 2nd international scientific conference «Fundamental problems of vegetation classification» took place at the Nikitskiy Botanical Garden (Yalta, Republic of Crimea, Russia) on 15–20 September 2019. There were 56 participants from 33 cities and 43 research organizations in Russia. The conference was mostly focused on reviewing the success in classification of the vegetation done by Russian scientists in the past three years. The reports covered various topics such as classification, description of new syntaxonomical units, geobotanical mapping for different territories and types of vegetation, studies of space-time dynamics of plant communities. The final discussion on the last day covered problems yet to be solved: establishment of the Russian Prodromus and the National archive of vegetation, complications of higher education in the profile of geobotany, and the issue of the data leakage to foreign scientific journals. In conclusion, it was announced that the 3rd conference in Nikitskiy Botanical Garden will be held in 2022.

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Classification of woody-shrub vegetation of the forest-steppe complex of Privolzhskaya Upland

Vegetation of Russia ◽

10.31111/vegrus/2009.15.27 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 27-53

Author(s):

A. Yu. Kudryavtsev

Keyword(s):

Plant Community ◽

Plant Communities ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Large Scale ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Vegetation Mapping ◽

Vegetation Classification ◽

Forest Steppe ◽

Mapping Data

Diversity of plant communities in the nature reserve “Privolzhskaya Forest-Steppe”, Ostrovtsovsky area, is analyzed on the basis of the large-scale vegetation mapping data from 2000. The plant community classification based on the Russian ecologic-phytocoenotic approach is carried out. 12 plant formations and 21 associations are distinguished according to dominant species and a combination of ecologic-phytocoenotic groups of species. A list of vegetation classification units as well as the characteristics of theshrub and woody communities are given in this paper.

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