Research Progress of Numerical Classification and Ordination of Vegetation in China

Techniques of numerical classification and ordination are dominant ways in modern vegetation analysis.During the past twenty years,China has made a great progress in numerical classification and ordination,both in the field of application and in the exploration of new methods.This paper reviewed the research progress,and mainly discussed new numerical methods presented in recent years.Moreover,the perspective for vegetation numerical classification and ordination were predicated,and the problems in application were also discussed.