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Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2011, 1(3-4):151-168
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Floristic inventory and diversity assessment - a critical review

S. Jayakumar1 , Seong Sam Kim2, Joon Heo2
1Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
2Geomatics and Remote Sensing (GRS) lab, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering College of Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Received 31 May 2011; Accepted 5 July 2011; Published online 20 November 2011
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Abstract
Floristic inventory and diversity assessments are necessary to understand the present diversity status and conservation of forest biodiversity. Although, inventory and diversity studies are taken up at different levels all over the world by various research groups with available resources and to fill the gap in the biodiversity knowledge, there are variations in sampling methods/techniques, sample size, measurements taken in the field that hinder the compilation and comparison of results. This review discusses the problems and pitfalls in different sampling techniques, which are being followed in floristic inventory and diversity measurements.

Keywords floristic inventory; diversity measurement; forest biodiversity; sampling methods; measurement technique.


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