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Some comments on the classification of African vegetation
Author(s) -
Lawesson Jonas Erik
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.2307/3235869
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , terminology , woodland , confusion , vegetation classification , ecology , geography , linguistics , biology , psychology , medicine , philosophy , pathology , psychoanalysis
. Problems of naming African vegetation units are discussed, and related to the AETFAT vegetation scheme and other recent publications. Particularly, the distinction is emphasized between the terms forest and woodland, which are often considered synonyms. In other cases, no precise and ecologically meaningful definitions are presented, which leads to confusion and superfluous terms. More strict rules for the definition and application of vegetation terminology are proposed, and suggested as basic information to be given in vegetation literature.