A preliminary floristic classification of southern and northern Victoria Land vegetation, continental Antarctica
Abstract This paper proposes a new objectively-generated vegetation classification for southern and northern Victoria Land (continental Antarctica) based on the floristic composition of the plant communities. The new classification aims to integrate the existing physiognomic classification of the cr...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102008001454 2023-05-15T14:09:14+02:00 A preliminary floristic classification of southern and northern Victoria Land vegetation, continental Antarctica Cannone, Nicoletta Seppelt, Rodney 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102008001454 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102008001454 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 20, issue 6, page 553-562 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 Geology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography journal-article 2008 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102008001454 2023-01-20T07:06:11Z Abstract This paper proposes a new objectively-generated vegetation classification for southern and northern Victoria Land (continental Antarctica) based on the floristic composition of the plant communities. The new classification aims to integrate the existing physiognomic classification of the cryptogamic Antarctic tundra, provide useful data on floristic composition and distribution of the vegetation occurring in southern and northern Victoria Land, and develop a suitable tool allowing easy comparison of syntaxa from different locations. Field data from 26 sites along a latitudinal gradient (72°–77°S) were analysed by a hierarchical classification integrated with multivariate statistics, including indirect ecological information (Principal Component Analysis). Similarity of the identified groups was assessed through the Jaccard similarity index. The new classification is compatible with previous ones and is widely applicable to Victoria Land and includes previous classification. This standardized approach relates plant communities to their floristic composition and provides a basis for relating vegetation composition to environmental gradients and to patterns of vegetation dynamics and succession which are still poorly understood in Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Antarctica Tundra Victoria Land Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) Antarctic Victoria Land Antarctic Science 20 6 553 562 |
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Abstract This paper proposes a new objectively-generated vegetation classification for southern and northern Victoria Land (continental Antarctica) based on the floristic composition of the plant communities. The new classification aims to integrate the existing physiognomic classification of the cryptogamic Antarctic tundra, provide useful data on floristic composition and distribution of the vegetation occurring in southern and northern Victoria Land, and develop a suitable tool allowing easy comparison of syntaxa from different locations. Field data from 26 sites along a latitudinal gradient (72°–77°S) were analysed by a hierarchical classification integrated with multivariate statistics, including indirect ecological information (Principal Component Analysis). Similarity of the identified groups was assessed through the Jaccard similarity index. The new classification is compatible with previous ones and is widely applicable to Victoria Land and includes previous classification. This standardized approach relates plant communities to their floristic composition and provides a basis for relating vegetation composition to environmental gradients and to patterns of vegetation dynamics and succession which are still poorly understood in Antarctica. |
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A preliminary floristic classification of southern and northern Victoria Land vegetation, continental Antarctica |
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A preliminary floristic classification of southern and northern Victoria Land vegetation, continental Antarctica |
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A preliminary floristic classification of southern and northern Victoria Land vegetation, continental Antarctica |
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A preliminary floristic classification of southern and northern Victoria Land vegetation, continental Antarctica |
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A preliminary floristic classification of southern and northern Victoria Land vegetation, continental Antarctica |
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