VARIATIONS AND SUCCESSIONS OF PLANT ASSOCIATIONS - KEYS TO INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL HABITATSOriginal Title (non-English) VARIATIONS ET SUCCESSIONS DES ASSOCIATIONS VEGETALES : DES CLES POUR UNE GESTION RAISONNEE DES HABITATS NATURELS [French]

摘要

Identifying habitat types has become crucial to habitat management. This paper proposes an approach that takes into account the floristic variations of plant associations for the needs of habitat characterisation. Based on examples from grassland habitats, the authors show that floristic variations are indicators for ongoing ecological dynamic processes. This approach provides key indicators for making management choices. The paper focuses on the statistical tools currently available for analysing vegetation patterns, in particular the Juice software.