INTEGRATED SYNUSIAL PHYTOSOCIOLOGY - SOME NOTES ON NEW, MULTISCALAR APPROACH TO VEGETATION ANALYSIS

The integrated synusial approach of the vegetation is based on the dif ferentiation of several spatio-temporal organization levels. A phytoco enosis (community of the second level) is considered as a complex of s ynusiae (communities of the first level) and is characterised by a str ong tendency to self organization. At each level, a typology of the co mmunities can be performed. Ecological indicator values as well as dif ferent diversity indices are calculated for each vegetation unit. They are useful for understanding the spatial and temporal organization of the phytocoenoses. As an example, this approach is applied to wooded meadows.