Plant and vegetation mapping / Franco Pedrotti

Bibliografía: páginas 275-294

1 Geobotanical Mapping and Its Levels of Study.. Definition of Geobotanical Mapping.. A Bit of History.. Levels of Synthesis in Geobotanical Mapping.. Types of Geobotanical Maps.. 2 Mapping Populations.. Maps of Individual Plants.. Maps of Populations.. Maps of Vegetation Structure.. 3 Mapping Synusiae.. 4 Chorological Mapping.. Definition of Chorological Mapping.. General Characteristics and Current Trends in Chorological Mapping.. Types of Chorological Maps.. Location Maps.. Grid Maps.. Maps of Homogeneous Areas.. Maps with Fixed Internal Boundaries (e.g. Administrative Units.. Range Maps.. Quantified Chorological Maps.. 5 Mapping Vegetation.. Definition of Vegetation Mapping.. Trends in Vegetation Mapping.. General Characteristics of Vegetation Maps.. Data Collection for Vegetation Mapping.. The Botanical Problem.. The Cartographic Problem.. Generalization.. Computer Cartography.. Mapping with Satellite Imagery.. Confidence Limits in Vegetation Mapping.. Editing Vegetation Maps.. Cartography with Geographic Information Systems.. Subjectivity and Positional Errors in Vegetation Mapping

6.- Types of Vegetation MapsPhysiognomic Maps.. Phytosociological Maps.. Phytosociological Maps of Actual Vegetation.. Phytosociological Maps of Actual Vegetation with Zonal Units.. Integrated Phytosociological Maps.. Phytosociological Maps of Potential Vegetation.. Maps of Phytogeocoenoses.. Maps of Coeno-Associations.. Maps of Vegetation Series.. Maps of Vegetation Bands.. Maps of Vegetation Dynamics.. Relations Among Different Types of Phytosociological Maps.. Maps of Plant Ecology.. Synchorological Maps.. Maps of the Conservation Status of Vegetation.. 7 Examples of Vegetation Maps.. Mountain Ranges and Valleys.. Volcanos.. Disturbed Environments.. Plains.. Islands.. Dunes.. Karst Basins.. Wetlands, Mires, Lagoons and Rivers.. Streams.. Urban Centers.. 8 Mapping Systems of Dynamically Related Communities.. 9 Phytogeographical Mapping.. 10 Mapping Vegetation Zones and Belts.. Zonation of the Vegetation of Italy.. 11 Mapping Plant Biodiversity.. 12 Applied Geobotanical Mapping.. Inventory Mapping.. Predictive Mapping.. Mapping for Land-Use Planning.. Mapping Habitats.. Mapping for Landscape Planning.. 13 Geobotanical Mapping in Italy.. Historical Overview.. General Vegetation Maps of Italy.. 14 Mapping Environments.. Definition and Trends in Environmental Mapping.. Approaches and Study Methods.. Environmental Mapping by Geo-Synphytosociology.. Methods of Representation in Environmental Mapping.. References

Geobotanical research finds its syntheses in the production of cartographic documents (maps) which constitute a privileged medium of presentation of information and scientific data on plants in relation to environmental conditions. The significance of new geobotanical maps for already many years has been greatly augmented above all by the contribution that these may make to understanding and solution of environmental problems, such as protection of the flora, zonation of protected areas, management of plant resources and urban planning. For such reasons, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology of the University of Camerino instituted in 1998 the course Geobotanical Cartography for members of the Scuola di Specializzazione in Gestione dell'Ambiente Naturale e delle Aree Protette (School of Management of the Natural Environment and Protected Areas) and for students in the Natural and Biological Sciences as a general degree course. In this book, born of the necessity to provide students a textbook for geobotanical cartography, we try to present the fundamental concepts in this field, which are otherwise sparse in truly scientific publications which often have limited circulation and are difficult to find. This has theoretical as well as practical value, and tries to give the students both an instructional aid for preparation for their exams and theses, and a reference text. Given the high degree of specialization in the material treated, this text is filled with many bibliographic references from various authors, not only to give the reader the greatest possibility for research from original sources but also as a cultural basis. The book is concerned principally with geobotanical mapping but also contains a chapter dedicated to environmental mapping, because of the contribution that this has received from the former and because of its own current trends and contributions eng