Relative abundance, frequency and richness of vascular plantas at local scale: Method for performing Floral Cover Indices (applied to Western «La Alcarria». Spain)
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Plant Geography, local scale, floral cover, vascular richness, Western “La Alcarria”Abstract
In order to clarify biogeographic concepts and know in detail vascular richness, a survey method at local scale is proposed. This employs the 1x1 km UTM grid cell (ED50) as basic information unit and a 10x10 km grid cell as the main spatial unit. Two UTM grid cells belonging to the same natural region (Western “La Alcarria”) are analyzed in different sectors of it (30TWL02 and 30TVK86) to propitiate their comparison. The results were: a) discrimination of two plant groups due to phenological differences, b) design and formulation of two new indices that quantify the floral cover, c) detection of high values of vascular richness (around to a thousand of taxa in 100 km2); and d) exhibition of a Checklist of plants whose distribution can be mapped with resolution of 1 km2. The spatial comparison and plant ordering that allow those indices will be very useful for making finer interpretations and phytogeographical applications.
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