Developing a Data-Driven Classification of South Florida Plant Communities
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Title:
Developing a Data-Driven Classification of South Florida Plant Communities
Creator:
Jay P. Sah
Michael S. Ross
Susana Stofella
Publisher:
Florida International University. Southeast Environmental Research Center
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Language:
English

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General Note:
A comprehensive, broadly accepted vegetation classification is important for ecosystem management, particularly for planning and monitoring. South Florida vegetation classification systems that are currently in use were largely arrived at subjectively and intuitively with the involvement of experienced botanical observers and ecologists, but with little support in terms of quantitative field data. The need to develop a field data-driven classification of South Florida vegetation that builds on the ecological organization has been recognized by the National Park Service and vegetation practitioners in the region. The present work, funded by The National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program - South Florida/ Caribbean Network (SFCN), covers the first phase of a large project whose a goal is to apply extant vegetation data to test, and revise as necessary, an existing, widely used classification (Rutchey et al. 2006), and ultimately to develop the revised classification in the National Vegetation Classification System format.

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Florida International University
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FI14040716