Using Coefficients of Conservatism and the Floristic Quality Index to Assess the Potential for Serious and Irreversible Damage to Plant Communities

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  • Paul M. Catling 170 Sanford Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 0E9

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v127i3.1480

Abstract

Coefficients of Conservatism and the Floristic Quality Index can be used to assess potential damage to plants and plant communities as a result of anthropogenic disturbances. This has benefit because it may be more powerful than an opinion and more easily understood and trusted by non-botanists and land use decision-makers.
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2013-11-29

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Vol. 127 No. 3 (2013)

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