Abstract
The phytocoenological method, which consists in defining the elementary units of vegetation, appears to be the best one for the choice of the parts of the sea-shore to be protected. Based on a list of associations in a given site, it provides an expression of the diversity of the flora in the littoral environment, which is a better criterion than the presence of endemic or rare species. Examples are given for cliffs and dunes on the Atlantic coasts of France (Tables 1 and 2). This method, however, can be used by good specialists only.
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The phytocoenological method, defining elementary units of vegetation, appears to be the best method for choosing the sea-shore sectors to protect.
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e0“The phytocoenological method, which consists in defining the elementary units of vegetation, appears to be the best one for the choice of the parts of the sea-shore to be protected”
Claim · model-written summary
The method expresses the diversity of the littoral flora, which is a better criterion than the presence of endemic or rare species.
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e0“it provides an expression of the diversity of the flora in the littoral environment, which is a better criterion than the presence of endemic or rare species”