The Mediterranean Ammophiletea Database: a comprehensive dataset of coastal dune vegetation

MARCENÓ, Corrado and Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO. The Mediterranean Ammophiletea Database: a comprehensive dataset of coastal dune vegetation. Phytocoenologia. Stuttgart: Gebrüder Berntraeger, 2017, vol. 47, No 1, p. 95-105. ISSN 0340-269X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2016/0133.

Basic information

• Original name: The Mediterranean Ammophiletea Database: a comprehensive dataset of coastal dune vegetation
• Authors: MARCENÓ, Corrado (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Borja JIMÉNEZ-ALFARO (724 Spain, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Phytocoenologia, Stuttgart, Gebrüder Berntraeger, 2017, 0340-269X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Germany
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 1.721
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/17:00098852
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2016/0133
• UT WoS: 000403197300006
• Keywords in English: Ammophiletea; dune; Helichryso-Crucianelletea maritimae; phytosociology; relevé; Turboveg; Mediterranean; vegetation plot
• Tags: NZ, rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This paper introduces the Mediterranean Ammophiletea Database (GIVD ID: EU-00-016), reporting history of data collection, current content and further development of this new research infrastructure for coastal dune vegetation. The main aim was to compile, in a unique repository, vegetation plot data of psammophilous herbaceous communities (Ammophiletea and Helichryso-Crucianelletea maritimae phytosociological classes) from Southern Europe and Northern Africa. In 2016 the database contained 7,769 relevés and 1,586 species from the Mediterranean basin, the South Atlantic side of Europe (Morocco, Portugal and Spain) and the Black Sea. A total of 200 bibliographic references were used to digitize phytosociological relevés currently stored in Turboveg software. Most plots were georeferenced to a precision of < 1 km. 80% of the plots include information about plot size and 74% about total cover of the sampled communities. The database is registered in the Global Index of Vegetation Database (GIVD) and is available by request through the European Vegetation Archive (EVA).