TY - JOUR

T1 - New ideas for modern phytosociological monographs

AU - Dengler, Jürgen

AU - Berg, Christian

AU - Jansen, Florian

N1 - The copyright for articles in this journal are retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal, articles are free to use with proper attribution in educational and other non-commercial setting.

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - Within the framework of the project 'Plant communities of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and their vulnerability' a team of 22 vegetation scientists, including the authors of the present paper, developed a current synopsis of all syntaxa known from this federal state in NE Germany. This synopsis is based on the classification of more than 50,000 relevés stored in a TURBOVEG database. It was recently published in a two-volume monograph. In the present paper, we present major aspects of the approaches used in the monograph and discuss the experiences gained with them. We also provide an overview of the 12 axiomatic rules that form the classification approach in the monograph; review the application of the central syntaxon concept and its advantages and drawbacks; and examine the importance of nomenclaturally reviewing all syntaxon names, including older synonyms. We furthermore provide an overview of our transparent methodology for assessing plant communities according to their vulnerability and conservation value. Finally, we take stock of what was learned from the project and provide an overview of future tasks.

AB - Within the framework of the project 'Plant communities of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and their vulnerability' a team of 22 vegetation scientists, including the authors of the present paper, developed a current synopsis of all syntaxa known from this federal state in NE Germany. This synopsis is based on the classification of more than 50,000 relevés stored in a TURBOVEG database. It was recently published in a two-volume monograph. In the present paper, we present major aspects of the approaches used in the monograph and discuss the experiences gained with them. We also provide an overview of the 12 axiomatic rules that form the classification approach in the monograph; review the application of the central syntaxon concept and its advantages and drawbacks; and examine the importance of nomenclaturally reviewing all syntaxon names, including older synonyms. We furthermore provide an overview of our transparent methodology for assessing plant communities according to their vulnerability and conservation value. Finally, we take stock of what was learned from the project and provide an overview of future tasks.

KW - Classification approach

KW - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

KW - Nature conservation

KW - Red Data Book of plant communities

KW - Syntaxonomy

KW - Vegetation database

KW - Biology

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U2 - 10.4462/annbotrm-9220

DO - 10.4462/annbotrm-9220

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:84888275883

VL - 5

SP - 193

EP - 210

JO - Annali di Botanica

JF - Annali di Botanica

SN - 0365-0812

ER -