Europe, Ecosystems of Table 341 Major monographs and accounts of diversity of vegetation types and ecosystems in Europe Region Year Pan-European vegetation surveys Europe 1852 1933 Source Comment Henfrey (1852) Various authors (1933–1940) A classical narrative about vegetation of selected regions of Europe Unfinished (seven issues published) series of syntaxonomic monographs; edited by Braun-Blanquet J List of high-ranked syntaxa of Europe Unfinished series of syntaxonomic monographs; edited by Tuăxen R Syntaxonomic survey of vegetation of heavy-metal substrates Accounts on major ecosystems of the World; many review papers feature the European ecosystems; edited by Goodall D An overview of the forest vegetation of Europe Popular account of major biomes and ecosystems of Europe (1992: Italian edition) Conspectus of vegetation classes of Europe and Canary Islands Syntaxonomic calibration of the EUNIS units; including survey of highrank syntaxa of Europe First comprehensive vegetation map of Europe; 2000: legend, 2003: text and maps, 2004: interactive CD Map of vegetation zones based on the Map of Natural Vegetation of Europe (Bohn et al., 2000–2004) accompanied by brief descriptions of the zones First published comprehensive survey of high-rank syntaxa of Europe; containing a crosswalk to habitats units of EUNIS A milestone monographic account of vegetation of Europe 1962 1973 1976 1977 Lohmeyer et al (1962) Various authors (1973–1981) Ernst (1976) Various authors (1977–1999) 1984 1985 1997 1998 Mayer (1984) Polunin and Walters (1985–1992) Mucina (1997) Rodwell et al (1998) 2000 Bohn et al (2000–2004) 2001 FAO (2001) 2002 Rodwell et al (2002) 2010 Kloătzli et al (2010) Transnational vegetation surveys Alps 1928 Western Europe 1939 Schroăter (1928) Tansley (1939) Central Europe 1943 Mediterranean 1943 Braun-Blanquet and Tuăxen (1943) Rikli (19431946) Central Europe Central Europe Central Europe 1944 1957 1963 Klika and Hadacˇ (1944) Soo´ (1957–1963) Ellenberg (1963–1998) Central Europe Central Europe Eastern Europe 1967 1974 1974 Hartmann and Jahn (1967) Hartmann (1974) Walter (1974) SE Europe Alps Central Europe Western Europe Alps Northern Europe Mediterranean 1974 1983 1986 1994 1995 1996 1998 Horvat et al (1974) Ozenda (1983) von Huăbschman (1986) Ozenda (1994) Theurillat et al (1995) DierXen (1996) Rivas-Martı´nez et al (1998) Mediterranean 1998 Rivas-Martı´nez et al (1998–2002) Europe Central Europe Northern Europe 2000 2001 2003 Ozenda and Borel (2000) Pott (2001) CAVM Team (2003) Europe Northern Europe 2004 2005 Rivas-Martı´nez et al (2004) Walker et al (2005) First comprehensive description of the vegetation of the Alps Monographic vegetation account of the British isles (including UK and Ireland) First brief account of high-rank syntaxa of Central Europe Classical three-volume opus featuring vegetation of the mediterraneantype climate regions of the world (including the European Mediterranean) Annotated checklist of syntaxa of Central Europe Series of papers featuring syntaxa of vegetation of the Pannonian Basin Series of editions of a famous vegetation monograph of Central Europe (1988): English edition; see also Ellenberg and Leuschner (2010) Account of mountain forest vegetation of Central Europe north of the Alps Account of forest vegetation of Central Europe A large-scale monograph of vegetation of northern Eurasia, with an account of vegetation of European part of Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union Detailed account of vegetation of SE Europe and the Balkans Vegetation map of the Alps Survey of European cryptogamic syntaxa Account of vegetation of Europe (with emphasize on Western Europe) Survey of high-rank syntaxa of the Alps Detailed authoritative account of the vegetation of northern Europe List of syntaxa of Spain (including Canary Islands) and the continental Portugal Series of papers featuring syntaxa of vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands; also available on a website Ecological map of Europe in paper describing the mapping rationale Account of ecosystems and vegetation of Central Europe Wall map of the circumpolar arctic regions of the World (including Europe); data available on a website Map of thermoclimatic belts of Europe Paper featuring the methods, products, and use of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (Continued )