Vegetation classification and vegetation mapping in the Himalayas

1996 ◽  
pp. 45-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Dobremez
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Vegetation Mapping ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Botanical Exploration ◽  
Central Nepal ◽  
History Of Vegetation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vegetation Maps ◽  
Vegetation Series

In the introduction the history of botanical exploration of the Himalayas is considered starting from the late XVIIIth century up to present time. The next part of the article is devoted to the history of vegetation mapping proper. Vegetation maps relating to the Himalayas as a whole and to its different parts are enumerated including the vegetation map of Nepal in 8 sheets at scale 1 : 2 500 000 by the author (1971 to 1985) and his two large-scale maps (1 : 50 000) covering small areas in Eastern and Central Nepal (1974 and 1977). The above vegetation maps have been constructed using the basic concepts of vegetation level and vegetation series by Gaussen and Ozenda along with the biogeographic concept taking into account the diversity of flora and vegetation. The concept of vegetation level reflects the altitudinal zonation of vegetation, 11 vegetation levels being distinguished in Central Himalayas. The other basic concept is that of vegetation series depicting the dynamics of vegetation cover with respect to human activity. One series includes all the vegetation types which terminate, by natural evolution, in one climax vegetation type (potential vegetation). For Nepal about 100 vegetation series have been described and mapped.

The progress in geobotanical mapping for 50 years (1950—2000) in the Laboratory of ecology and geobotany in the Central Siberian Botanical Garden

2007 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
E. I. Lapshina
Keyword(s):  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Vegetation Mapping ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Vegetation Map ◽  
Schematic Sketch ◽  
History Of Vegetation ◽  
South Of Siberia ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vegetation Maps ◽  
Methodological Problems

The history of vegetation mapping of Siberia in the second half of XX century has been presented from compiling of the first regional vegetation maps to creating of survey small-scale maps of large regions. The most significant cartographic works such as Vegetation map of Novosibirsk region (S 1 : 500 000) and Ecological-phytocoenotical map of the South of Siberia (S 1 : 1 000 000) have been characterized. Present state of cartographic study of the territory is reflected at schematic sketch. The tasks and methodological problems of vegetation mapping in the region have been formulated.

Vegetation mapping in China

1996 ◽  
pp. 55-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Hongkang
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Vegetation Mapping ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Vegetation Map ◽  
Remote Sensing Technique ◽  
North East ◽  
History Of Vegetation ◽  
Extensive Field ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vegetation Maps

The article gives the brief outline of the history of vegetation mapping in China. Three periods in the development of Chinese vegetation cartography are distinguished. 1. The primary period (before 1957) is characterized by schematic, mostly regionalization, small-scale maps based on a physiognomic approach with few divisions of the legend. An example is the Vegetation Map of China at 1 : 18 000 000, published in 1957 which showed basic reguliarities of the geographic distribution of vegetation in China, its legend having included 13 numbers. 2. The period of maturation (from 1958 up to 1979). The extensive field investigations and rapid development of theory and methodology promoted the creation of some important cartographic works. The most significant of them are: Vegetation Map of China at 1 : 10 000 000 (Hou Hsiohyu et al., 1965), Vegetation Regionalization Map of China (Hou Hsiohyu, 1965), Vegetation Map of People s Republic of China at 1 : 4 000 000 (Hou Hsiohyu at al., 1980). These maps are notable for a great deal of various data involved, the hierarchic complex legends of almost two hundred divisions, the application of some new scientific approaches: showing the latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal differentiation, the edaphic variation of and the dynamic phenomena in vegetation. In this period some regional maps were published as well: vegetation maps of North-East China at 1 : 500 000 and of Zun Ge Er at 1 : 2 000 000. 3. The period of rapid and intensive development (after 1980). Owing to remote sensing technique numerous small-scale maps were prepared and published. The basic one is the Vegetation Map of China at 1 : 1 000 000. For its preparing a great deal of field materials, satellite images and literature data were involved. About 300 researches took part in this work.

Ethnography in the reconstruction of African land use histories: a Sierra Leone example

Africa ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Endre Nyerges
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Forest Change ◽  
The Road ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
History Of Vegetation ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe history of vegetation and land use in western Africa includes a pattern of environmental change that can best be described as gradual, subtle, and difficult to measure accurately. As compared, for example, with the process of large-scale felling in Amazonia, deforestation in this context is not readily amenable to analysis and quantification. Local ethnographic, ecological, and ethnohistorical techniques, however, can be used to develop the information required to advance our understanding of the processes of land use and forest change in the region. In this article, research into the contemporary ecology and ethnography of one swidden fanning group, the Susu of Sierra Leone, is combined with historical reconstruction and ethnohistorical documentation of the area, beginning with the visit of the Portuguese Jesuit Priest Fr Balthazar Barreira in 1516. Later documentary sources include the journal of the British_staff sergeant Brian O'Beirne, who explored the road from Freetown to the Fouta Jallon in 1821, and an account of a regional tour by the colonial traveller Frederick Migeod in 1922. These and other data are used to determine how present production systems cause processes of forest change, to assess the extent to which present production systems reflect the past, and to determine how past systems have affected the environment and changed and evolved over time.

scholarly journals Rescuing and Sharing Historical Vegetation Data for Ecological Analysis: The California Vegetation Type Mapping Project

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggi Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Type Mapping ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Vegetation Maps ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
Technological Improvements

Research efforts that synthesize historical and contemporary ecological data with modeling approaches improve our understanding of the complex response of species, communities, and landscapes to changing biophysical conditions through time and in space. Historical ecological data are particularly important in this respect. There are remaining barriers that limit such data synthesis, and technological improvements that make multiple diverse datasets more readily available for integration and synthesis are needed. This paper presents one case study of the Wieslander Vegetation Type Mapping project in California and highlights the importance of rescuing, digitizing and sharing historical datasets. We review the varied ecological uses of the historical collection: the vegetation maps have been used to understand legacies of land use change and plan for the future; the plot data have been used to examine changes to chaparral and forest communities around the state and to predict community structure and shifts under a changing climate; the photographs have been used to understand changing vegetation structure; and the voucher specimens in combination with other specimen collections have been used for large scale distribution modeling efforts. The digitization and sharing of the data via the web has broadened the scope and scale of the types of analysis performed. Yet, additional research avenues can be pursued using multiple types of VTM data, and by linking VTM data with contemporary data. The digital VTM collection is an example of a data infrastructure that expands the potential of large scale research through the integration and synthesis of data drawn from numerous data sources; its journey from analog to digital is a cautionary tale of the importance of finding historical data, digitizing it with best practices, linking it with other datasets, and sharing it with the research community.

Materials for the history of the gospel-Baptist movement in Ukraine

1996 ◽  
pp. 4-15
Author(s):  
S. Golovaschenko ◽  
Petro Kosuha
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Theological Seminary ◽  
National Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Evangelical Christians ◽  
Evangelical Christian ◽  
First Results ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fruitful Cooperation ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The report is based on the first results of the study "The History of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists in Ukraine", carried out in 1994-1996 by the joint efforts of the Department of Religious Studies at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Odessa Theological Seminary of Evangelical Christian Baptists. A large-scale description and research of archival sources on the history of evangelical movements in our country gave the first experience of fruitful cooperation between secular and church researchers.

Large-scale vegetation mapping of the Pinega river valley (the surroundings of Golubino village, Arkhangelsk oblast)

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
M. A. Makarova
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Indicator Species ◽  
Dominant Species ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Vegetation Mapping ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Floodplain Forests ◽  
Floodplain Vegetation ◽  
Wet Meadows ◽  
Arkhangelsk Oblast

Geobotanical survey of floodplain natural complexes near gypsum outcrops in the Pinega river valley was done in 2015. Large-scale geobotanical map of the key polygon (scale 1 : 30 000) was composed. Typological units of vegetation were selected on the basis of the composition of dominant species and groups of indicator species. Homogeneous and heterogeneous territorial units of vegetation (serial series, combinations, environmental series) were used. 53 mapped unit types (25 homogeneous types and 28 heterogeneous types) were recognized. The floodplain vegetation consists of 17 homogeneous types of plant communities, 3 series, 14 combinations and 6 ecological series. The sites of old floodplain forests, such as willow forests with Urtica sondenii rare in the Arkhangelsk region and oxbow wet meadows with Scolochloa festucacea were identified.

(A review) Atlas of especially protected natural areas of Saint Petersburg / Ed. in chief V. N. Khramtsov, T. V. Kovaleva, N. Yu. Natsvaladze. St. Petersburg, 2013. 176 p.

2014 ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
Z. V. Karamysheva
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Natural Protected Areas ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Natural Processes ◽  
Original Illustrations ◽  
Vegetation Maps ◽  
Protected Natural Areas

The review contains detailed description of the «Atlas of especially protected natural areas of Saint Petersburg» published in 2013. This publication presents the results of long-term studies of 12 natural protected areas made by a large research team in the years from 2002 to 2013 (see References). The Atlas contains a large number of the historical maps, new satellite images, the original illustrations, detailed texts on the nature of protected areas, summary tables of rare species of vascular plants, fungi and vertebrates recorded in these areas. Special attention is paid to the principles of thematic large-scale mapping. The landscape maps, the vegetation maps as well as the maps of natural processes in landscapes are included. Reviewed Atlas deserves the highest praise.

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

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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