The Second International Arctic Vegetation Archive and Classification Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 30–31 March 2017

Here we present a brief overview of events and presentations at the International Arctic Vegetation Archive and Classification Workshop, held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, on 30–31 March 2017. The purpose of the workshop was to collect and process data about the Arctic vegetation. Th...

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Published in:Arctic and North
Main Author: Natalia Е. Koroleva
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2017
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2017.28.126
https://doaj.org/article/55106c21e2be479aa54adf55c6fa2bb2
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Summary:Here we present a brief overview of events and presentations at the International Arctic Vegetation Archive and Classification Workshop, held in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, on 30–31 March 2017. The purpose of the workshop was to collect and process data about the Arctic vegetation. The data supposed to be presented in a standard format for subsequent classification and analysis. Twenty-nine scientists from most of the Arctic states were among the participants of the workshop. They presented an overview of existing databases on vegetation, discussed the possibility of sharing and pooling of data as well as possible ways of classification for the pan-Arctic vegetation.