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During the International Botanical Congress in Edinburgh, 1964, Mrs. I. M. WEISBACH-JUNK of The Hague discussed a plan for preparation by her publishing company (Dr. W. Junk B.V.) of an international Handbook of Vegetation Science. She proposed a series that should give a comprehensive survey of the varied directions within this science, and their achievements to date as well as their objectives for the future. The challenge of such an enterprise, and its evident value for the further development of vegetation research, induced the undersigned after some consideration to accept the offer of the honorable but also burdensome task of General Editor. The decision was encouraged by a well formulated and detailed outline for the Handbook worked out by the Dutch phytosociolo gists J. J. BARKMAN and V. WESTHOFF. A circle of scholars from numerous countries was invited by the Dr. Junk Publishing Com pany to The Hague in January 1966 to draw up a list of editors and contributors for the parts of the Handbook. The outline and list have served since for the organization of the Handbook, with no need for major change. The different burdens of editors and authors have compelled quite different timings for completion of the individual sections.
List of contents
Foreword.- Direct Gradient Analysis.- Direct Gradient Analysis: Techniques.- Direct Gradient Analysis: Results.- Retrogression and Coenocline Distance.- Russian (Ramensky) Approaches to Community Systematization.- Indirect Gradient Analysis.- Sample Similarity and Species Correlation.- Matrix and Plexus Techniques.- Wisconsin Comparative Ordination.- L'analyse factorielle.- Ordination by Resemblance Matrices.- Evalution of Ordination Techniques.- Classification.- Approaches to Classifying Vegetation.- The Physiognomic Approach.- Dominance-Types.- The Finnish School and Forest Site-Types.- Synusial Approaches to Classification.- Russian Approaches to Classification.- North European Approaches to Classification.- Numerical Classification.- The Braun-Blanquet Approach.
