TURBOVEG, a comprehensive data base management system for vegetation data

The computer software package TURBOVEG (for Microsoft (R) Windows (R)) was developed in The Netherlands for the processing of phytosociological data. This package comprises an easy-to-use data base management system. The data bank to be managed can be divided into several data bases which may consis t of up to 100 000 releves each. The program provides methods for input. im port, selection, and export of releves. In 1994, TURBOVEG was accepted as t he standard computer package for the European Vegetation Survey. Currently it has been installed in more than 25 countries throughout Europe and overs eas.