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Data-processing in phytosociology

Report on the activities of the Working Group for data-processing in phytosociology of the International society for vegetation science, 1969–1978

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Editors:
  1. Eddy Maarel

    1. Division of Geobotany, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  2. László Orlóci

    1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

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  3. Sandro Pignatti

    1. Istituto ed Orto Botanico, Trieste, Italy

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Part of the book series: Advances in Vegetation Science (AIVS, volume 1)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-6
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  2. Introduction

    • Eddy Van Der Maarel
    Pages 7-8

  3. Data-Processing in Phytosociology: Retrospect and Anticipation

    • Eddy van der Maarel, László Orlóci, Sandro Pignatti
    Pages 9-16

  4. TRGRPS—An Interactive Algorithm for Group Recognition with an Example from Spartinetea

    • László Orlóci
    Pages 17-20

  5. Deux Applications en Phyto-Écologie de la Notion de Limite ‘Optimale’

    • J. L. Guillerm, B. Gauthier, F. Romane
    Pages 21-31

  6. A System for Coding Plant Species for Data-Processing in Phytosociology

    • Sandro Pignatti
    Pages 33-42

  7. A Numerical Classification of European Spartina Communities

    • Wil M. Kortekaas, Eddy van der Maarel, Wim G. Beeftink
    Pages 43-52

  8. Une Utilisation Possible de L’arbre De Portée Minimale En Phyto-Écologie

    • F. Romane, J. L. Guillerm, G. Waksman
    Pages 53-60

  9. On the Resolving Power of Principal Component Analysis in Plant Community Ordination

    • Enrico Feoli
    Pages 61-67

  10. A Criterion for Monothetic Classification of Phytosociological Entities on the Basis of Species Ordination

    • Enrico Feoli
    Pages 69-74

  11. The Concept of Structure in Phytosociology with References to Classification of Plant Communities

    • M. Rejmánek
    Pages 75-81

  12. Delimitation and Ranking of Floristic-Sociological Units on the Basis of Relevé Similarity

    • Robert Neuhäusl
    Pages 83-90

  13. Application of Constancy-Species Groups for Numerical Ordering of Phytosociological Tables-The Synoptic Table Version

    • Jaroslav Moravec
    Pages 91-100

  14. Ranking Species Based on the Components of Equivocation Information

    • László Orlóci
    Pages 101-103

  15. A Phytosociological Survey of the Irish Molinio-Arrhenatheretea Using Computer Techniques

    • J. J. Moore, A. M. O’Sullivan
    Pages 105-109

  16. Tabord: A Program for Structuring Phytosociological Tables

    • E. van der Maarel, J. G. M. Janssen, J. M. W. Louppen
    Pages 111-124

  17. Automatic Classification of Phytosociological Data on the Basis of Species Groups

    • W. Holzner, M. J. A. Werger, G. A. Ellenbroek
    Pages 125-132

  18. Transformation of Cover-Abundance Values in Phytosociology and its Effects on Community Similarity

    • E. van der Maarel
    Pages 133-150

  19. Relevé Ranking Based on a Sum of Squares Criterion

    • Enrico Feoli, Laura Feoli Chiapella
    Pages 151-153

  20. Hierarchical Classification of European Salt Marsh Vegetation Based on Numerical Methods

    • Duilio Lausi, Enrico Feoli
    Pages 155-168
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(RANKIN) of equivocation information (1-:) and interaction information (M). The method is described in the present paper for I: and in a previous paper (Orloci, 1976) for M. The results presented in this paper suggest that for Species Rank order Information Percentage of total* species to be weighted according to their suitability to I· M I M r M characterize isolated groups of releves in a phytosociolo­ 5 7 54.15 2.31 17.97 0.82 gical table, the equivocation information may serve as a 9 5 49.86 23.19 16.55 8.22 3 3 9 47.79 0.56 15.86 0.20 suitable weight. The appropriate formulations are derived 6 4 8 36.18 1.18 12.01 0.42 4 5 3 24.36 59.34 8.09 21.03 and computed for some data from a salt marsh community. 8 6 4 24.25 39.04 8.05 13.84 10 7 I 21.96 71.17 7.29 25.23 7 8 2 18.67 69.01 6.20 24.46 9 10 18.40 6.11 10 6 5.64 16.31 1.87 5.78 References Total 301.00* 282.11 * 100.00 100.00 Feoli, E. 1973. An index for weighing characters in monothetic classifications. (Italian with English summary). Giorn. Bot. Ita!' 107: 263-268. Gower, J.e. 1967. A comparison of some methods of cluster is a monotone, increasing function of sample size if .. ).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Geobotany, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Eddy Maarel

  • Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    László Orlóci

  • Istituto ed Orto Botanico, Trieste, Italy

    Sandro Pignatti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Data-processing in phytosociology

  • Book Subtitle: Report on the activities of the Working Group for data-processing in phytosociology of the International society for vegetation science, 1969–1978

  • Editors: Eddy Maarel, László Orlóci, Sandro Pignatti

  • Series Title: Advances in Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9194-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dr. W. Junk bv Publishers, The Hague 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6193-608-4Due: 31 October 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9196-5Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9194-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 226

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Ecology

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