Fidelity and diagnostic species concepts in vegetation classification in the Rocky Mountains, northern Utah, USA

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43410%2F12%3A00199122" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43410/12:00199122 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/B2012-033" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/B2012-033</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/B2012-033" target="_blank" >10.1139/B2012-033</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Fidelity and diagnostic species concepts in vegetation classification in the Rocky Mountains, northern Utah, USA

Original language description

The concepts of diagnostic species and fidelity have been used frequently in European phytosociology but rarely in North American vegetation classification. We developed a classification of the vegetation of a mountainous area of northern Utah and compared the diagnostic species approach with the indicator-species approach of habitat type classification sensu Daubenmire prevailing in the U.S. Interior West. A total of 157 forest and nonforested plots were described by vascular plants and basic environmental factors. Clustering with RandomForest classification and ordination reduced the original number of plots to 26 meaningful vegetation units. Of these 26 units, 22 were strong, having four or more faithful species. Four units were weak, having less than three faithful species. We identified species diagnostic of particular vegetation units that are potentially useful for recognition of these units in the field. We proposed vegetation types at the level of vegetation alliances and asso

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

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

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Botany

ISSN

1916-2790

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

90

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

CA - CANADA

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

678-693

UT code for WoS article

308350300004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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