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Plant and Vegetation Mapping

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A vegetation map consists of a topographic base map that shows vegetation units by appropriate colors and symbols; a vegetation map showing the concrete units that form the vegetation is based on concrete phytocoenoses.

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Pedrotti, F. (2013). Mapping Vegetation. In: Plant and Vegetation Mapping. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30235-0_5

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