Floristic inventory and diversity assessment - a critical review

Floristic inventory and diversity assessments are necessary to understand the present diversity status and conservation of forest biodiversity. Although, inventory and diversity studies are taken up at different levels all over the world by various research groups with available resources and to fil...

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Published in:Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 2011-12, Vol.1 (3-4), p.151-168
Main Authors: Jayakumar, S, Kim, Seong Sam, Heo, Joon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Biological diversity
Conservation
Conservation status
diversity measurement
Ecology
Environmental science
forest biodiversity
Forest conservation
Forests
Indexing in process
Inventories
measurement technique
Measurement techniques
Methods
Remote sensing
Reviews
Sample size
Sampling
Sampling methods
Sampling techniques
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:Floristic inventory and diversity assessments are necessary to understand the present diversity status and conservation of forest biodiversity. Although, inventory and diversity studies are taken up at different levels all over the world by various research groups with available resources and to fill the gap in the biodiversity knowledge, there are variations in sampling methods/techniques, sample size, measurements taken in the field that hinder the compilation and comparison of results. This review discusses the problems and pitfalls in different sampling techniques, which are being followed in floristic inventory and diversity measurements.
ISSN:2220-8860
2220-8860
DOI:10.0000/issn-2220-8860-piaees-2011-v1-0014