Description: Das Projekt "Classification and Mapping of the North" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Universität Münster, Institut für Ökologie der Pflanzen.Our research efforts intend to contribute to the development of a syntaxonomical vegetation classification system for the entire Arctic territory. Such a system enables a proper identification of the vegetation types and consequently an evaluation of their biological and ecological importance on local, regional and circumpolar scales. We use a modified, modern version of the Braun-Blanquet approach. Special attention is paid to detailed analyses of the composition of the bryophyte and lichen flora within the sample plots as well as to a detailed analysis of habitat and distribution of the vegetation. We focus on Greenland which holds geographically an intermediate position between Eurosiberia and the North-America continent. The syntaxonomical survey includes characterization of the plant communities and their habitat and distribution. Vegetation mapping displays local and regional distribution. Comparative studies are carried out in - Alaska and Canada (Southwest Alaska, Nunuvat) and we closely cooperate with Russian, European and American geobotanists and landscape ecologists. Ongoing research: Survey of the vegetation of Northwest Greenland (between 70-73 degree N)- vegetation of eastern North Greenland (southem Mylius Erichsen Land and southern Kronsprins Christian Land)-classification of dwarf shrub and terricolous lichen vegetation-vegetation mapping (CAVM-project) and characterization and delimination of altitudinal belts in the inland of West Greenland (project AZV Greenland).
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Origins: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Grönland ? Vegetation ? Vegetationskartierung ? Alaska ? Arsen ? Flechte ? Moos ? Pflanzengesellschaft ? Kanada ? Habitat ? Arktis ? Bewertung ? Vergleichsanalyse ? Amerika ? Flora ? Klassifikation ? Regionale Verteilung ? Landschaft ?
Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen
Bounding boxes: 6.76339° .. 6.76339° x 51.21895° .. 51.21895°
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 1990-01-01 - 2025-05-05
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