Project information
Formalized classification of the semi-natural grassland vegetation of the Czech Republic

Investor logo
Project Identification
GA206/02/0957
Project Period
1/2002 - 12/2004
Investor / Pogramme / Project type
Czech Science Foundation
MU Faculty or unit
Faculty of Science
Cooperating Organization
Institute of Botany of the ASCR, v. v. i.

The project will make use of large phytosociological database and recently developed computer-based methods of formalized vegetation classification for making a survey of the semi-natural grasslands of the Czech Republic. The main classification algorithm will be COCKTAIL (Bruelheide 1995), as implemented in software package JUICE (Tichy 2001). This approach will yield a classification which has clearly defined classification criteria and is close to the traditional phytosociological approach. The numerical classification will be supervised by experts in order to achieve a compromise between formal definition and practical applicability of the vegetation units. Vegetation units distinguished will be parametrized by the values of measured environmental variables, indicator values and using GIS overlays. Each vegetation unit will be documented by synoptic tables and distribution maps. Diagnostic, constant and dominant species will be defined by formal numerical algorithms. The output of th

Publications

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.

More info