habitat Habitats and biotopes may be common in some HabitatTypeCoverType 1..* characteristics on a certain level of detail and may thus be classified as abstract types: e.g. as woodland, pastures, heathland referring to their vegetation – structure - or as running waters, limestone rocks or sand dunes - referring to abiotic features - but also as wintering areas, nesting areas or wandering corridors etc. - referring to relevant phases for the life-cycle of a certain species or ecological guild. These typological classes are usually organised in classification systems (e.g. EUNIS habitat classification). habitatSpecies List of species which occur in or constitute a certain HabitatSpeciesType 0..* «voidable» habitat at the time of mapping. habitatVegetation The cover of plants may be common in some HabitatVegetationType 0..* «voidable» characteristics on a certain level of detail and may thus be classified by vegetation science as abstract types. E.g. vegetation may be classified as Tundra or Mediterranean Deciduous Forests referring to their – structure and their bio-geographic formations - or as Nordic vegetation type 5141 Koeleria glauca-Typ or Ranunculetum fluitantis - referring to their floristic composition - or as chamaephytes or hemi-cryptophytes - referring to structural traits etc. Many vegetation type classification systems exist all over Europe. Some of these systems have a deep hierarchical structure. Therefore it is recommended to register the vegetation type scheme which was used. HabitatSpeciesType Datatype Attribute Description Value type Multiplicity voidable referenceSpeciesId Identifier of one of the reference lists given by the 1 referenceSpeciesScheme.
habitat Habitats and biotopes may be common in some characteristics on a certain level of detail and may thus be classified as abstract types: e.g. as woodland, pastures, heathland – referring to their vegetation structure - or as running waters, limestone rocks or sand dunes - referring to abiotic features - but also as wintering areas, nesting areas or wandering corridors etc. - referring to relevant phases for the life-cycle of a certain species or ecological guild. These typological classes are usually organised in classification systems (e.g. EUNIS habitat classification). HabitatTypeCoverType 1..* habitatSpecies List of species which occur in or constitute a certain habitat at the time of mapping. HabitatSpeciesType 0..* «voidable» habitatVegetation The cover of plants may be common in some characteristics on a certain level of detail and may thus be classified by vegetation science as abstract types. E.g. vegetation may be classified as Tundra or Mediterranean Deciduous Forests – referring to their structure and their bio-geographic formations - or as Nordic vegetation type 5141 Koeleria glauca-Typ or Ranunculetum fluitantis - referring to their floristic composition - or as chamaephytes or hemi-cryptophytes - referring to structural traits etc. Many vegetation type classification systems exist all over Europe. Some of these systems have a deep hierarchical structure. Therefore it is recommended to register the vegetation type scheme which was used. HabitatVegetationType 0..* «voidable» HabitatSpeciesType Datatype Attribute Description Value type Multiplicity referenceSpeciesId Identifier of one of the reference lists given by the referenceSpeciesScheme. 1 voidable
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