Patterns of natural vegetation or habitat types – across the globe and at fine scales – strongly or subtly reflect the diversity of the living world and its response to the non-living ‘drivers’ like water, temperature, rock type, terrain and soil fertility. Some workers even assert habitat types represent a kind of surrogate for biodiversity and thus if you adequately protect the full range of habitats, you are also protecting the full range of biodiversity. Whatever the truth of this … Continue reading Vegetation assessment, description and mapping