Summary
Standard Dansereau diagrams were constructed to illustrate the vegetation of part of south-east Queensland, Australia. Some problems were encountered in illus trating herbaceous lianes, in assessing seasonality, and in estimating coverage in specific instances. Although discriminating between major vegetation types the standard diagrams did not differentiate well between the various eucalypt communities. The modifications suggested in Dansereau, Buell & Dagon (1966) only partially alleviate the problem. In particular it is suggested here that further modification to include leaf angle and bark characteristics would be appropriate.
Zusammenfassung
Zur Ausbildung der Vegetation in einem Teil von südost Queensland, Australien, wurden Standard-Diagramme im Sinne Dansereaus (1958) zusammengestellt. Einige Probleme ergaben sich dabei, besonders mit den krautigen Lianen. Es war auch manchmal schwer Bedeckung und Saisonbedingungen einzuschätzen. Obwohl die Standard-Diagramme für die Unterscheidung von Vegetationstypen im allgemeinen gut brauchbar sind kommt man weniger gut aus in den verschiedenen Gemeinschaften mit Eucalyptus-Arten. Mit dem System von Dansereau, Buell & Dagon (1966) wird nur ein Teil des Problemes gelöst. In diesem Beitrag werden daher einige Änderungen vorgeschlagen, damit auch die Blattwinkel und der Charakter der Rinde zum Ausdruck kommen.
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Dale, P.E.R. A pragmatic study of dansereau's universal system for recording vegetation: Application in south-east Queensland, Australia. Vegetatio 40, 129–133 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00228475
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