Effects of plot size on the ordination of vegetation samples

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F06%3A00016145" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/06:00016145 - isvavai.cz</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effects of plot size on the ordination of vegetation samples

Original language description

Questions: Do ordination patterns differ when based on vegetation samples recorded in plots of different size? If so, how large is the effect of plot size relative to the effects of data set heterogeneity and of using presence/absence or cover-abundancedata? Can we combine plots of different size in a single ordination? Methods: Two homogeneous and two heterogeneous data sets were sampled in Czech forests and grasslands. Coverabundances of plant species were recorded in series of five or six nested quadrats of increasing size (forest 49-961 m2; grassland 1-49 m2). Separate ordinations were computed for plots of each size for each data set, using either species presences/absences or cover-abundances recorded on an ordinal scale. Ordination patterns were compared with Procrustean analysis. Also, ordinations of data sets jointly containing plots of different size were calculated; effects of plot size were evaluated using a Monte Carlo test in constrained ordination. Results: The results

Czech name

Vliv velikosti plochy na ordinaci vegetačních snímků

Czech description

Questions: Do ordination patterns differ when based on vegetation samples recorded in plots of different size? If so, how large is the effect of plot size relative to the effects of data set heterogeneity and of using presence/absence or cover-abundancedata? Can we combine plots of different size in a single ordination? Methods: Two homogeneous and two heterogeneous data sets were sampled in Czech forests and grasslands. Coverabundances of plant species were recorded in series of five or six nested quadrats of increasing size (forest 49-961 m2; grassland 1-49 m2). Separate ordinations were computed for plots of each size for each data set, using either species presences/absences or cover-abundances recorded on an ordinal scale. Ordination patterns were compared with Procrustean analysis. Also, ordinations of data sets jointly containing plots of different size were calculated; effects of plot size were evaluated using a Monte Carlo test in constrained ordination. Results: The results

Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA206%2F05%2F0020" target="_blank" >GA206/05/0020: Vegetation of the Czech Republic: formalized typology, monograph and expert system</a><br>

Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2006

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Vegetation Science

ISSN

110-9233

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

SE - SWEDEN

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

465-472

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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