Vegetation geography

The vegetation geography , even Phytogeography or Pflanzengeographie called, is a branch of biogeography . She examines - mainly on a larger scale - the plant cover of the earth in its relation to geographical areas. Alexander von Humboldt is considered to be the founder of plant geography .

Closely related is geobotany , the corresponding research area in botany . Her focus is the determination of the distribution areas of the flora - both of the individual species as well as entire plant communities - as well as the mapping of the respective areas. The observation begins here with individual plants and therefore in narrow spaces.

Sub-areas of vegetation geography are:

General vegetation geography: processing the results of geobotany from a geographical point of view, large-scale description of the earth's landscape belts (see flora kingdom and vegetation zone )
Special vegetation geography: dealing with sub-areas, supporting landscape science and landscape ecology
Applied vegetation geography : On the basis of practical field work, even smaller units ( physiotopes ) are examined.

literature

Günther Reichelt , Otti Wilmanns : Vegetation Geography (= The Geographical Seminar. ). G. Westermann, Braunschweig 1973, ISBN 3-14-160241-7 .

Alexander von Humboldt , Aimé Bonpland : Essay on the Geography of Plants. Edited with an introduction by Stephen T. Jackson. Translated by Sylvie Romanowski. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago IL et al. 2009, ISBN 978-0-226-36066-9 .

Individual evidence

^ Richard Pott : General Geobotany. Biogeosystems and Biodiversity. Springer, Berlin et al. 2005, ISBN 3-540-23058-0 , p. 632.
↑ ^a ^b Ernst Neef : The face of the earth. Reference book on physical geography. With an ABC. 5th, revised edition. Deutsch, Thun et al. 1981, ISBN 3-87144-545-2 , p. 568.

[1] Richard Pott : General Geobotany. Biogeosystems and Biodiversity. Springer, Berlin et al. 2005, ISBN 3-540-23058-0 , p. 632.

[ENeef-2] Ernst Neef : The face of the earth. Reference book on physical geography. With an ABC. 5th, revised edition. Deutsch, Thun et al. 1981, ISBN 3-87144-545-2 , p. 568.