Detailed Information on Publication Record
2018
National vegetation classification of the Czech Republic: a summary of the approach
CHYTRÝ, Milan and Lubomír TICHÝBasic information
Original name
National vegetation classification of the Czech Republic: a summary of the approach
Authors
CHYTRÝ, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Phytocoenologia, 2018, 0340-269X
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 1.750
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/18:00101637
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000431268500003
Keywords in English
Cocktail method; Czech Republic; expert system; phytosociology; vegetation classification; vegetation-plot database; vegetation survey
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 23/4/2024 14:04, Mgr. Michal Petr
Abstract
V originále
Aim: To describe the classification approach and protocols that were used in the project Vegetation of the Czech Republic and relate them to the comparative framework for broad-scale plot-based vegetation classification proposed by De Caceres et al. (2015). This description should facilitate comparison of this national vegetation classification with vegetation classifications in other countries. - Location: Czech Republic. - Methods: The project Vegetation of the Czech Republic, realized from 1997 to 2013, was based on the analyses of vegetation-plot records from the Czech National Phytosociological Database. Associations were defined as the basic hierarchical level using formal definitions created with the Cocktail method. These formal definitions were included in a computer expert system for automatic identification of associations. Evaluation and characterization of associations were based on the groups of plot records assigned to the particular associations by the expert system. Higher classification levels were classified by type-based grouping of associations. A novel statistical method for determining diagnostic species of vegetation types was developed within the project. All the analytical procedures used and developed for the project were included in the JUICE program. - Results: The national vegetation classification system was published in a four-volume monograph from 2007 to 2013. It consists of five hierarchical levels with nested vegetation types, including 9 formations, 39 classes, 138 alliances, 496 associations and for some associations also variants. At the same time the project infrastructure, including the expert system and the JUICE program, was published online. - Conclusions: The national vegetation classification of the Czech Republic provided novel classification approach and protocols. Several elements of these protocols have been subsequently applied in other countries. At the national level, the classification has found various applications both in nature conservation and in basic research.
Links
| GA17-15168S, research and development project |
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