Question: How many vegetation plot observations (relevés) are available in electronic
databases, how are they geographically distributed, what are their properties and how might …

Aims Classification of vegetation is an essential tool to describe, understand, predict and
manage biodiversity. Given the multiplicity of approaches to classify vegetation, it is …

Urban forest ecosystems confer multiple ecosystem services. There is therefore a need to
quantify ecological characteristics in terms of community structure and composition so that …

Problem: The increasing availability of large vegetation databases holds great potential in
ecological research and biodiversity informatics, However, inconsistent application of plant …

Question: While it is well known that species richness depends on plot size, it is not
generally recognised that the same must be true for constancy. Accordingly, many authors …

Aim: Vegetation plots collected since the early 20th century and stored in large vegetation
databases are an important source of ecological information. These databases are used for …

Questions How can existing vegetation classifications be updated when new plot data are
obtained? Can we use the properties of plots classed as outliers to identify gaps in our …

The international, interdisciplinary biodiversity research project BIOTA AFRICA initiated a
standardized biodiversity monitoring network along climatic gradients across the African …

Background This study compares the efficiency of identifying the plants in an area of semi-
arid Northeast Brazil by methods that a) access the local knowledge used in ethnobotanical …

Question: Can vegetation relevé databases be used to analyse species losses and gains in
specific vegetation types in Germany over time? Does the type of response (increase or …