The object of Vegetation and Flora of Temperate Zones is to characterize the current state and expected development of the most important natural and semi-natural vegetation types; further it presents new results and methods in European floristic research. Vegetation and Flora of Temperate Zones contains a series of selected and updated contributions presented at the symposium "European temperate zone – actual problems in maintaining natural and semi-natural vegetation" and at the poster session "Flora and vegetation of temperate zones" during the 14th International Botanical Congress (Berlin/West, July 24 to August 1, 1987).