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Phytosociological relationships in European Union policy-related habitat classifications / John Stanley Rodwell in Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, vol 29 n° 2 (June 2018)  

Public [article]  inRendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali > vol 29 n° 2 (June 2018) . - pp 237 - 249 Titre : Phytosociological relationships in European Union policy-related habitat classifications Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : John Stanley Rodwell, Auteur ; Doug Evans, Auteur ; Joop H. J. Schaminée, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 237 - 249 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] biotope [Termes IGN] directive européenne [Termes IGN] habitat (nature) [Termes IGN] phytosociologie [Termes IGN] unité phytosociologique [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) Over the past half century, nature protection in the European Union has been increasingly controlled by commitments to policy and legislative frames, notably the Habitats Directive, originating from the European Union and adopted by an enlarging constituency of member states. Habitat (or biotope) classifications developed in association with these policies, first the Palaearctic habitat classification and CORINE, then the EUNIS habitat classification, have provided typologies with definitions of habitat types intended to aid their recognition, mapping, protection and monitoring. Phytosociological expertise and classifications of formally defined plant communities or syntaxa have played a part in the development of these typologies and in interpretation of the Habitats Directive from the start, though this involvement has been complex and sometimes unclear. This paper catalogues this history and shows how the development of increasingly robust definitions of EUNIS habitat types, an overarching European framework of phytosociological syntaxa and very substantial point-source data (relevés) are converging to aid the interpretation and delivery of environmental policy. In particular, crosswalks between EUNIS habitat types and syntaxa, lists of constant, differential and dominant species, standardised habitat descriptions as well as distribution, predictive and indicative maps are now becoming available. The European Red List of Habitats, also based on the EUNIS typology, provides images and other complementary information on distribution, pressures and threats and a Red List assessment. A comprehensive factsheet with complementary fuller environmental parameterisation for each EUNIS habitat type remains a realistic goal. Numéro de notice : A2018-209 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s12210-018-0690-y Date de publication en ligne : 17/04/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-018-0690-y Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89974 [article]