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The canadian national vegetation classification: Principles, methods and status

Summary

Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service. Information Report GLC-X-23. 156 p.

The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural vegetation communities in Canada. Using eight hierarchical levels, it provides a nationally standardized framework for describing vegetation patterns within their ecological contexts at multiple conceptual and spatial scales. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service (NRCan – CFS) has led the development of the CNVC since it began in 2000, working primarily on forest and woodland communities, and mainly at two levels of the hierarchy, the mid-level Macrogroup and the stand-level Association. CNVC development relies on partnerships with provincial and territorial government agencies for regional ecological expertise and data, and benefits from international collaborations for comparisons with other national classifications. This report introduces the CNVC, including its rationale, history and partnerships; presents the classification framework (hierarchy); documents methods employed to 2018 for the development of types, including information sources and the bioregional expert review process; and describes the products to date, available on the CNVC website and the Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service Publications website. Developing and maintaining a national classification framework requires considerable resources, and ongoing funding is needed to sustain the effort summarized here.

Sector(s): 

Forests

Categorie(s): 

Report

Theme(s): 

Forest Ecology, Forestry Research, Forests

Departmental author(s): 

Saucier, Jean-Pierre

Author(s)

BALDWIN, K., K. CHAPMAN, D. Meidinger, P. UHLIG, L. ALLEN, S. BASQUILL, D. FABER-LANGENDOEN, N. FLYNN, C. KENNEDY, W. MACKENZIE, M. MAJOR, W.B. MEADES, C. MORNEAU et J.-P. SAUCIER

Year of publication :

2019

Format :

PDF

ISBN

978-0-660-32174-5

Keywords :

canadian national vegetation classification, CNVC, ecological classification, hierarchical scheme of classification, vegetation association, forest ecology

This publication exists in other language: Classification nationale de la végétation du Canada: principes, méthodes et état

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