In temperate forests, herbs comprise up to 90% of species richness yet received less attention, and their community structure, diversity patterns, driving mechanisms still remain understudied. We provide a phytosociological overview herb stratum develop vegetation model characterize designate groups interpret distribution patterns. Multivariate analyses – classification (TWINSPAN) ordination (i...

biodiversity plays a crucial role in stability and productivity of natural ecosystem. the main goal of this research was to classify ecological groups in steppe rangeland and investigate their relationships with plant diversity indices. therefore, fifty different land unit tracts (lut) were identified in khod-neuk basin, yazd province, iran, in 2010. vegetation and soil samples were taken in th...

growth and productivity of plants are mainly affected by various environmentalfactors in different ecosystems and natural habitat in the world. this research aims to studythe existing relationships between the phytosociology characteristics of thymuskotschyanus and environmental factors in order to find the most important factorsgoverning development of the species in middle taleghan rangelands...

Plant group classification relation to soil environmental characteristics was monitored in Hangzhou Bay coastal wetland, China. 18 taxa, belonging to 17 genus and 7 family were recorded, and classified into five groups by TWINSPAN viz A, Scirpus mariqueter group, B, Spartina alterniflora group, C, Phragmites communis group, D, Tamarix chinensis P. communis group, and E, Salix matsudana Imperata...

Aim: Vegetation types of Mediterranean thermophilous pine forests dominated by Pinus brutia, halepensis, pinaster and pinea were studied in various areas. However, a comprehensive formal vegetation classification these based on detailed data analysis has never been developed. Our aim is to provide the first broad-scale large set plots. Location: Southern Europe, North Africa, Levant, Anatolia, ...

The heath land vegetation of northern New Zealand is usually regarded as a "derived" vegetation type resulting from forest destruction during the Maori and European periods of settlement. Plant species coverabundance data from sample quadrats in the Far North are analysed using Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Two-way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN) and are then correlated with...