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Table 5 Median ranks for incidence-based, for abundance-based evaluators and all evaluators in B. hyrcana (section A) and T. baccata (section B) dataset. Ranks of median ranks are shown in parentheses

From: The assignment of relevés to pre-existing vegetation units: a comparison of approaches using species fidelity

Classification solutions

Incidence-based evaluators

Abundance-based evaluators

All evaluators

Median

Individual rank

Median

Individual rank

Median

Global rank

Section A

  Initial

3

(3)

2

(2)

3

(3)

  FPFI

2

(2)

5.5

(6)

3

(3)

  \(IndVal_{ind}\)

7

(7.5)

8

(8.5)

8

(8)

  \(IndVal_{ind}^{g}\)

4

(4.5)

1

(1)

2

(1)

  \(IndVal_{pa}\)

10

(10)

10

(10)

10

(10)

  \(IndVal_{pa}^{g}\)

9

(9)

8

(8.5)

9

(9)

  \(r_{ind}\)

6

(6)

4.25

(3)

5

(6)

  \(r_{ind}^{g}\)

7

(7.5)

5

(4.5)

6

(7)

  \(r_{\phi }\)

4

(4.5)

5.75

(7)

4

(5)

  \(r_{\phi }^{g}\)

1

(1)

5

(4.5)

3

(3)

Section B

  Initial

4

(4)

5

(5)

4.75

(5)

  FPFI

5

(5)

2

(2)

3.5

(3)

  \(IndVal_{ind}\)

7

(7.5)

2

(2)

4.75

(5)

  \(IndVal_{ind}^{g}\)

2

(2.5)

2

(2)

2.25

(1)

  \(IndVal_{pa}\)

9

(9)

6

(6.5)

7.75

(8)

  \(IndVal_{pa}^{g}\)

10

(10)

10

(10)

10

(10)

  \(r_{ind}\)

6

(6)

8

(8)

7

(7)

  \(r_{ind}^{g}\)

7

(7.5)

9

(9)

8.25

(9)

  \(r_{\phi }\)

2

(2.5)

6

(6.5)

4. 5

(5)

  \(r_{\phi }^{g}\)

1

(1)

3

(4)

2. 5

(2)