Potential natural vegetation: validity and applicability in landscape planning and nature conservation

• DOI: 10.2307/1478945
• Publication Date: 2006-05-09T20:12:18Z
• Authors: Stefan Zerbe
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; 11. Sustainability; 15. Life on land; 01 natural sciences

Abstract. Since the introduction of ‘potential natural vegetation’ (PNV) as a concept in vegetation science by Tüxen (1956), many PNV‐maps with different scales have been made. emphasized great value for purposes land use, landscape planning and nature conservation, particular regard to forestry, agriculture management. Different aspects are discussed order examine validity applicability conservation. useful differentiation units on small scale (< 1 : 100 000). However, maps potential less detailed larger (> Problems arise, example, from often highly hypothetical character construction practice taking remnants ‘natural’ reference object PNV. With goals modern conservation (e.g. conserving biodiversity cultural Central Europe) exact documentation actual real (ARV) intermediate large gives much more information than