European forest types for biodiversity assessment - Quantitative approaches

M.M. Norddahl-Kirsch; R.H.W. Bradshaw

European forest types for biodiversity assessment - Quantitative approaches

M.M. Norddahl-Kirsch, R.H.W. Bradshaw

Department of Glaciology and Climate

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Future monitoring of European forests and their biodiversity is most logically based onquantitative surveys and it is practical if existing survey systems are modified for this purpose. We analyse quantitative data from two different types of survey that cover most of Europe: 1) National forest inventories and 2) ICP Forests Level 1 data. National forest inventory data were pooled at the scale of regional administrative units to generate a relatively homogeneous data set of percentage tree species composition. These data were
classified using clustering routines to generate a set of major European forest types. The quantitative approach is considerably influenced by plantations of limited biodiversity and has difficulty resolving rare forest types of high diversity (e.g. floodplain forests), so a combination of approaches is desirable to faithfully describe European forest biodiversity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Monitoring and indicators of forest biodiversity in Europe – from ideas to operationality
Editors	Marco Marchetti
Publisher	European Forest Institute
Pages	135-142
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	952-5453-05-7
ISBN (Print)	952-5453-04-9
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2004
Event	Monitoring and Indicators of Forest Biodiversity in Europe - from ideas to operationality - Firenze, Italy Duration: 12 Nov 2003 → 15 Nov 2003

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Series	European Forest Institute Proceedings
Volume	51
ISSN	1237-8801

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Conference	Monitoring and Indicators of Forest Biodiversity in Europe - from ideas to operationality
City	Firenze, Italy
Period	12/11/03 → 15/11/03

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Programme Area 5: Nature and Climate

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Norddahl-Kirsch, M. M., & Bradshaw, R. H. W. (2004). European forest types for biodiversity assessment - Quantitative approaches. In M. Marchetti (Ed.), Monitoring and indicators of forest biodiversity in Europe – from ideas to operationality (pp. 135-142). European Forest Institute. https://efi.int/publications-bank/monitoring-and-indicators-forest-biodiversity-europe-ideas-operationality

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Norddahl-Kirsch, MM & Bradshaw, RHW 2004, European forest types for biodiversity assessment - Quantitative approaches. in M Marchetti (ed.), Monitoring and indicators of forest biodiversity in Europe – from ideas to operationality. European Forest Institute, European Forest Institute Proceedings, vol. 51, pp. 135-142, Monitoring and Indicators of Forest Biodiversity in Europe - from ideas to operationality, Firenze, Italy, 12/11/03. <https://efi.int/publications-bank/monitoring-and-indicators-forest-biodiversity-europe-ideas-operationality>

European forest types for biodiversity assessment - Quantitative approaches. / Norddahl-Kirsch, M.M.; Bradshaw, R.H.W.
Monitoring and indicators of forest biodiversity in Europe – from ideas to operationality. ed. / Marco Marchetti. European Forest Institute, 2004. p. 135-142 (European Forest Institute Proceedings, Vol. 51).

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