<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study presents a floristic-sociological classification of the forest vegetation of Kyiv urban area. We identified 18 syntaxa within 7 classes, 7 orders, 8 alliances, and 3 new associations were allocated (<italic>Aristolochio clematitis-Populetum nigrae</italic>, <italic>Galio aparines-Aceretum negundi</italic>, <italic>Dryopterido carthusianae-Pinetum sylvestris</italic>). We analyzed vegetation data using quantitative approaches of ordination and phytoindication. Considering many relevés of transitional nature in the collected data on urban forests, the clustering algorithm of DRSA (Distance-Ranked Sorting Algorithm) was applied to classify vegetation matrix. Large-scale comparative floristic analysis of syntaxa from different regions and countries have been conducted and summarized in differentiating tables.</p></abstract>

The study presents a floristic-sociological classification of the forest vegetation of Kyiv urban area. We identified 18 syntaxa within 7 classes, 7 orders, 8 alliances, and 3 new associations were allocated (Aristolochio clematitis-Populetum nigrae, Galio aparines-Aceretum negundi, Dryopterido carthusianae-Pinetum sylvestris). We analyzed vegetation data using quantitative approaches of ordination and phytoindication. Considering many relevés of transitional nature in the collected data on urban forests, the clustering algorithm of DRSA (Distance-Ranked Sorting Algorithm) was applied to classify vegetation matrix. Large-scale comparative floristic analysis of syntaxa from different regions and countries have been conducted and summarized in differentiating tables.

Phytosociological study of the forest vegetation of Kyiv urban area (Ukraine)

Institute for evolutionary ecology of NAS Ukraine

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The study presents a floristic-sociological classification of the forest vegetation of Kyiv urban area. We identified 18 syntaxa within 7 classes, 7 orders, 8...

Phytosociological study of the forest vegetation of Kyiv urban area (Ukraine)

Published Online: Feb 07, 2020

Page range: 99 - 126

Received: Nov 22, 2018

Accepted: Jul 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0012

Keywords
forest vegetation, syntaxonomy, DRSA algorithm, classification of vegetation, Kyiv, Central Ukraine

© 2019 Igor V. Goncharenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Phytosociological study of the forest vegetation of Kyiv urban area (Ukraine)

Published Online: Feb 07, 2020

Page range: 99 - 126

Received: Nov 22, 2018

Accepted: Jul 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0012

Keywordsforest vegetation, syntaxonomy, DRSA algorithm, classification of vegetation, Kyiv, Central Ukraine

© 2019 Igor V. Goncharenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
forest vegetation, syntaxonomy, DRSA algorithm, classification of vegetation, Kyiv, Central Ukraine