Standardized hierarchical vegetation classification : Mexican and global patterns /: Mexican and global patterns. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alejando Velázquez [and others].
• Other Names: Velázquez, Alejandro; García, Consuelo Medina; Medina, Elvira Durán; Amador, Alfredo; Merino, Luis Fernando Gopar
• Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; Prologue; 1 Historical Survey; Introduction; Approaches to the Study of Vegetation; Botanical; Plant Geography; Geobotanical; Phytosociological; Vegetation Ecology; Cartography of Vegetation; Corollary of Approaches Worldwide; Predominant Approaches in Mexico; Pre-Columbian Era; Colonial Era Through the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; Contemporary Period; References; 2 Background on Vegetation Classification Systems; Introduction; Broad-Scope Vision Classification Systems. Approaches to Vegetation ClassificationPhysiognomic; Structural; Functional; Floristic; Landscape; Predominant Approaches in Mexico; The Physiognomic-Structural-Floristic Approach; Phytosociological Approach; The Challenge of Producing an Integrative and Inclusive Proposal; References; 3 Proposal for a Standardized Hierarchical System for the Classification of Vegetation in Mexico; Introduction; Criteria; Secondary Vegetation; Hierarchical Levels in Secondary Vegetation; Use of Abbreviations in Vegetation-Type Names; Mexican Vegetation Types Based on SECLAVEMEX; References. 4 The Inclusive Nature of SECLAVEMEXIntroduction; How SECLAVEMEX Corresponds with Previous Systems in Mexico; Correspondence Between SECLAVEMEX and Current International Systems; Relationship with the Phytosociological Approach; Relationship Between SECLAVEMEX and International Proposals; Operative Strategies of the Proposed System; Pre- and Post-Fieldwork Research Phases; Preparative Phase for Field Work; Sampling Strategy; Diagnostic or Descriptive Phase; Analysis and Synthesis Phase; The Raw Table; Partial Tables; The Arranged Table; References. 5 SECLAVEMEX Aimed at Integrating Land-cover and Vegetation MappingIntroduction; Conceptual Framework; Vegetation; Land Cover; Land Use; Vegetation and Land-Cover Maps; Discussion; Outreach and Implications; References; Epilogue; Appendices; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (161 pages)
• Subjects: 580; Life sciences; Vegetation classification; Botany; Applied Ecology; Environmental management; Conservation biology; NATURE -- Plants -- General; Vegetation classification; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Applied ecology; Environmental management; Conservation of the environment; Physical geography & topography; Biogeography; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Botany & plant sciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319412221; 3319412221; 3319412213; 9783319412214
• Related ISBNs: 9783319412214
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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