Wetlands succession in Ruda Nature Reserve, Czech Republic
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Okruszko S. T., Maltby E., Szatyłowicz J., Świątek D. & Kotowski W. (eds): Wetlands: Monitoring, Modelling, Management. |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Ecology |
| Keywords | vegetation; wetlands; monitoring; changes; succession |
| Description | Changes of vegetation between 1984 and 2004 were studied in Central-European fen (Natural Reserve Ruda). Two different methods usually used for monitoring vegetation changes were compared (i) repeating vegetation sampling and (ii) comparing vegetation maps using GIS. The results of both methods show succesional changes to more dense vegetation types. The difference between these two methods is in scale. The first method gives more detailed information about species composition, but it can miss changes in spatial composition of vegetation. In this case the second method is useful. |
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