2011
The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science
DENGLER, Jürgen; Florian JANSEN; Falko GLÖCKNER; Robert K. PEET; Miquel DE CACERES AINSA et al.Základní údaje
Originální název
The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science
Autoři
DENGLER, Jürgen; Florian JANSEN; Falko GLÖCKNER; Robert K. PEET; Miquel DE CACERES AINSA; Milan CHYTRÝ; Jörg EWALD; Jens OLDELAND; Gabriele LOPEZ-GONZALES; Manfred FINCKH; Ladislav MUCINA; John S. RODWELL; Joop H. J. SCHAMINÉE a Nick SPENCER
Vydání
Journal of Vegetation Science, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 1100-9233
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Stát vydavatele
Velká Británie a Severní Irsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 2.770
Označené pro přenos do RIV
Ano
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/11:00054663
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
Klíčová slova anglicky
Biodiversity; Data sharing; Ecoinformatics; GBIF; Global change; Macroecology; Metadata; Phytosociology; Relevé; Scientific reward
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 3. 4. 2015 15:28, prof. RNDr. Milan Chytrý, Ph.D.
Anotace
V originále
Question: How many vegetation plot observations (relevés) are available in electronic databases, how are they geographically distributed, what are their properties and how might they be discovered and located for research and application? Location: Global. Methods: We compiled the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD; http://www.givd.info), an Internet resource aimed at registering metadata on existing vegetation databases. For inclusion, databases need to (i) contain temporally and spatially explicit species co-occurrence data and (ii) be accessible to the scientific public. This paper summarizes structure and data quality of databases registered in GIVD as of 30 December 2010. Results: On the given date, 132 databases containing more than 2.4 million non-overlapping plots had been registered in GIVD. The majority of these data were in European databases (83 databases, 1.6 million plots), whereas other continents were represented by substantially less (North America 15, Asia 13, Africa nine, South America seven, Australasia two, multi-continental three). The oldest plot observation was 1864, but most plots were recorded after 1970. Most plots reported vegetation on areas of 1 to 1000 m2; some also stored time-series and nested-plot data. Apart from geographic reference (required for inclusion), most frequent information was on altitude (71%), slope aspect and inclination (58%) and land use (38%), but rarely soil properties (<7%). Conclusions: The vegetation plot data in GIVD constitute a major resource for biodiversity research, both through the large number of species occurrence records and storage of species co-occurrence information at a small scale, combined with structural and plot-based environmental data. We identify shortcomings in available data that need to be addressed through sampling under-represented geographic regions, providing better incentives for data collection and sharing, developing user-friendly database exchange standards, as well as tools to analyse and remove confounding effects of sampling biases. The increased availability of data sets conferred by registration in GIVD offers significant opportunities for large-scale studies in community ecology, macroecology and global change research.
Návaznosti
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