J. Braun-Blanquet (1928, 1932) was recognized as the pioneer in the history of science of vegetation. His scale of abundance / coverage as well as its method for the study of vegetation have been used by scientists all over the world, benefiting phytosociology of knowledge about the world's vegetation. However, in recent years it has been questioned that the Braun-Blanquet scale is ordinal only and as such should not be taken as numerical (Podani 2006). In this paper we analyze a matrix of herbaceous vegetation in the SE of the province of Santa Fe (Argentina), obtained by a transect perpendicular to the Saladillo stream, characterized by the presence of three plant communities: flechillar, salt and espartillar prairie. The vegetation data were recorded with the scale of abundance / coverage of Braun-Blanquet, which were processed at 3 different scales for analysis: percentage cover of Braun-Blanquet scale of abundance / cover of van der Maarel and data presence-absence. These three matrices were analyzed using Principal Component Analysis of correlation matrices. Our results indicate that losing the abundance information and working with only presence-absence data, the same results are obtained as working with the scale of abundance / cover of van der Maarel. In both cases, the three communities are well differentiated with their dominant species: Stipa hyalina flechillar the espartillar Spartina densiflora and salt meadow Paspalum vaginatum. Instead, working with the percentages of coverage Braun-Blanquet does not separate clearly the communities.
J. Braun-Blanquet (1928, 1932) ha sido reconocido como el pionero en la historia de la Ciencia de la vegetación. Su escala de abundancia/cobertura como así también su método para el estudio de la vegetación han sido usados por científicos de gran parte del mundo, beneficiando así a la fitosociología con una gran cantidad de conocimientos acerca de la vegetación del mundo. Sin embargo, en los últimos años se ha puesto en tela de juicio el hecho de que la escala de Braun-Blanquet es solamente ordinal y como tal no debe ser tomada como numérica (Podani 2006). En este trabajo analizamos una matriz de vegetación herbácea del SE de la provincia de Santa Fe (Argentina), obtenida mediante una transecta perpendicular al arroyo Saladillo y caracterizada por la presencia de tres comunidades vegetales: flechillar, pradera salada y espartillar. Los datos de vegetación se registraron con la escala de abundancia/cobertura de Braun-Blanquet, los cuales fueron transformados a 3 escalas distintas para su análisis: porcentajes de cobertura de Braun-Blanquet, escala de abundancia/cobertura de van der Maarel y datos de presencia-ausencia. Estas 3 matrices fueron analizadas con Análisis de Componentes Principales usando matrices de correlación. Nuestros resultados indican que si renunciamos a perder la información sobre la abundancia/cobertura de la vegetación y trabajamos los datos como presencia-ausencia se obtienen los mismos resultados que si trabajamos con la escala de abundancia/cobertura de van der Maarel. En ambos casos se diferencian bien las tres comunidades con sus especies dominantes: el flechillar de Stipa hyalina, el espartillar de Spartina densiflora y la pradera salada de Paspalum vaginatum. En cambio, si trabajamos con los porcentajes de cobertura de Braun-Blanquet las comunidades no se diferencian tan claramente.
Comparación de escalas de abundancia y/o cobertura para el estudio de la vegetación / Patricia S., Torres; Camiz, Sergio. - (2012), pp. 346-352. ( E-ICES 7 Malargüe - Mendoza 31/10-2/11/2011).
Comparación de escalas de abundancia y/o cobertura para el estudio de la vegetación
CAMIZ, Sergio
2012
Abstract
J. Braun-Blanquet (1928, 1932) was recognized as the pioneer in the history of science of vegetation. His scale of abundance / coverage as well as its method for the study of vegetation have been used by scientists all over the world, benefiting phytosociology of knowledge about the world's vegetation. However, in recent years it has been questioned that the Braun-Blanquet scale is ordinal only and as such should not be taken as numerical (Podani 2006). In this paper we analyze a matrix of herbaceous vegetation in the SE of the province of Santa Fe (Argentina), obtained by a transect perpendicular to the Saladillo stream, characterized by the presence of three plant communities: flechillar, salt and espartillar prairie. The vegetation data were recorded with the scale of abundance / coverage of Braun-Blanquet, which were processed at 3 different scales for analysis: percentage cover of Braun-Blanquet scale of abundance / cover of van der Maarel and data presence-absence. These three matrices were analyzed using Principal Component Analysis of correlation matrices. Our results indicate that losing the abundance information and working with only presence-absence data, the same results are obtained as working with the scale of abundance / cover of van der Maarel. In both cases, the three communities are well differentiated with their dominant species: Stipa hyalina flechillar the espartillar Spartina densiflora and salt meadow Paspalum vaginatum. Instead, working with the percentages of coverage Braun-Blanquet does not separate clearly the communities.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


