How a national vegetation classification can help ecological research and management

Scott Franklin; Patrick Comer; Julie Evens; Exequiel Ezcurra; Don Faber-Langendoen; Janet Franklin; Michael Jennings; Carmen Josse; Chris Lea; Orie Loucks; Esteban Muldavin; Robert Peet; Serguei Ponomarenko; David Roberts; Ayzik Solomeshch; Todd Keeler-Wolf; James Van Kley; Alan Weakley; Alexa McKerrow; Marianne K. Burke; Carol Spurrier

doi:10.1890/15.WB.006

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How a national vegetation classification can help ecological research and management

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Authors:

Scott Franklin, Patrick Comer, Julie Evens, Exequiel Ezcurra, Don Faber-Langendoen, Janet Franklin, Michael Jennings, Carmen Josse, Chris Lea, Orie Loucks, Esteban Muldavin, Robert Peet, Serguei Ponomarenko, David Roberts, Ayzik Solomeshch, Todd Keeler-Wolf, James Van Kley, Alan Weakley, Alexa McKerrow, Marianne K. Burke, Carol Spurrier

Year:

2015

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Washington Office

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1890/15.WB.006

Source:

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

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Abstract

The elegance of classification lies in its ability to compile and systematize various terminological conventions and masses of information that are unattainable during typical research projects. Imagine a discipline without standards for collection, analysis, and interpretation; unfortunately, that describes much of 20th-century vegetation ecology.

Keywords

National Vegetation Classification, vegetation, standard, Federal Geographic Data Committee, geospatial, Vegetation hierarchy

Citation

(ESA Vegetation Panel); Franklin, Scott; Comer, Patrick; Evens, Julie; Ezcurra, Exequiel; Faber-Langendoen, Don; Franklin, Janet; Jennings, Michael; Josse, Carmen; Lea, Chris; Loucks, Orie; Muldavin, Esteban; Peet, Robert; Ponomarenko, Serguei; Roberts, David; Solomeshch, Ayzik; Keeler-Wolf, Todd; Van Kley, James; Weakley, Alan; McKerrow, Alexa; Burke, Marianne; Spurrier, Carol. 2015. How a national vegetation classification can help ecological research and management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13: 185–186.