Vegetation mapping - Küchler, A. W.

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Sommaire:
A. Introduction.- 1. Preface.- 2. Historical Sketch.- B. Basic Considerations.- 3. The nature of Vegetation.- 4. Composition and Structure of Vegetation.- 4A. Physiognomic and Structural Analysis of Vegetation.- 5. Floristic Analysis of Vegetation.- 6. The Classification of Vegetation.- 6A. Establishing a Floristic Classification.- 7. The Nature of the Environment.- C. Cartographic Considerations.- 8. Aspects of Maps.- 9. Boundaries, Transitions and Cont?nua.- 10. Patterns, Colors and Symbols.- 11. The Legend: Organizing the Map Content.- 11A. Examples of Vegetation Maps, their Legends and Ecological Diagrams.- 12. Language of Map Text.- 13. Other Technicalities.- 14. Automated Cartography and Electronic Geographic Information Systems.- D. Methods and Procedures of Mapping.- 15. General Considerations.- 16. Survey Approaches.- 16A. Low-level Aerial Survey Techniques.- 17. Sampling.- 18. Reflection, Absorption and Transmission of Light and Infrared Radiation through Plant Tissues.- 19. Observation Means and Platforms.- 19A. A Practical Application of Radar Imagery for Tropical Rain Forest Vegetation Mapping.- 20. Interpretation of Remote Sensing Images.- 21. Digital Image Processing Computer-aided Classification and Mapping.- 22. Mapping Herbaceous Vegetation.- 23. Mapping Dynamic Vegetation.- 24. Monitoring Vegetation and Surveying Dynamics.- 25. Mapping Land-use.- 26. Mapping the Potential Natural Vegetation.- 27. Compiling Small Scale Vegetation Maps from Source Maps.- E. Examples of Vegetation Mapping Schools.- 28. K?chler's Comprehensive Method.- 29. The ITC Method of Mapping Natural and Semi-natural Vegetation with appendix at A.H.M. Gils and W.v. Wijngaarden.- 30. Vegetation Mapping in Japan.- 31. The International Vegetation Map (Toulouse, France).- 32. OtherContributions to Methodology.- F. Ecological Information in Vegetation and Related Landscape Maps.- 33. Ecological Vegetation Maps and their Interpretation.- 34. Landscape (Ecosystem) and Vegetation Maps, their Relation and Purpose.- G. The Application of Vegetation Maps.- 35. Introduction to the Application of Vegetation Maps.- 36. Environmental Indication.- 37. Basic Principles of Land Evaluation using Vegetation and other Attributes.- 38. Some Examples of Application.- H. Conclusion.- 39. The Outlook: Future Needs and Possibilities.- 40. The UNESCO Classification of Vegetation.- Colour Section.