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The organization of the map content implies an orderly arrangement of the various types of vegetation and their characteristics. This arrangement is presented in the legend of the map. A legend portrays the content of the vegetation map, which reveals the location, extent and geographical distribution of the individual types of vegetation horizontally and often also vertically.
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Küchler, A.W. (1988). The Legend: Organizing the Map Content. In: Küchler, A.W., Zonneveld, I.S. (eds) Vegetation mapping. Handbook of vegetation science, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3083-4_13
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