التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Vegetation Mapping |
| المؤلفون: |
Tierney, D.A., Powell, Timothy, Eriksson, C.E. |
| المصدر: |
Ecology |
| بيانات النشر: |
Oxford University Press |
| سنة النشر: |
2017 |
| الوصف: |
Vegetation maps are critical for understanding biodiversity patterns through space and time and underpin biodiversity management and planning from local to global scales. Maps are based on two essential elements; a classification of vegetation and a spatial attribution of that classification. Miguel de Cáceres covers “Vegetation Classification” in his Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology article; therefore, this article focuses on the spatial attribution of vegetation patterns. Mapping of vegetation has progressed from the earliest geographical approaches to the development of systematic methods based on a “naturalists’” understanding of observable patterns to highly technical modeling approaches. The trade-off of increased efficiency in data processing and rapidity of mapping over large scales for a potential lower point accuracy and loss of an intimate understanding of vegetation patterns is an unresolved issue. How vegetation is mapped today is therefore a critical issue, and mapping is undertaken using a huge diversity of approaches and for a diversity of purposes. Standardized mapping approaches are thus often advocated, but standardization also brings with it a potential bias in accuracy among differing vegetation types. However, in general, the wise use of emerging technologies and thoughtful standardization of mapping approaches holds significant promise for the management of vegetation and ecosystems into the future. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
book part |
| اللغة: |
unknown |
| DOI: |
10.1093/obo/9780199830060-0176 |
| الإتاحة: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199830060-0176Test |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.30188A4A |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
