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European Russian Forests

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This chapter includes a list of the study areas and a map of their localities. The dominant ecological-coenotic approach to the forest vegetation classification together with seven ecological-coenotic groups of plant species and their ecological characteristics are described. The methods of mapping and monitoring the forest cover together with a short review of their applications in European Russia are presented. Field data sampling, data analysis, methods of plant diversity assessment, inventory of the ontogenetic structure of tree populations and the assessment of the successional position of the forest ecosystems are discussed.

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    O. V. Smirnova, L. B. Zaugolnova & V. E. Smirnov

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Smirnova, O.V. et al. (2017). Methods of Investigation. In: Smirnova, O., Bobrovsky, M., Khanina, L. (eds) European Russian Forests. Plant and Vegetation, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1172-0_2

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