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@article{964439,
author = {Dengler, Jürgen and Jansen, Florian and Glöckner, Falko and Peet, Robert K. and De Caceres Ainsa, Miquel and Chytrý, Milan and Ewald, Jörg and Oldeland, Jens and LopezandGonzales, Gabriele and Finckh, Manfred and Mucina, Ladislav and Rodwell, John S. and Schaminée, Joop H. J. and Spencer, Nick},
article_location = {Oxford},
article_number = {4},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01265.x},
keywords = {Biodiversity; Data sharing; Ecoinformatics; GBIF; Global change; Macroecology; Metadata; Phytosociology; Relevé; Scientific reward},
language = {eng},
issn = {1100-9233},
journal = {Journal of Vegetation Science},
title = {The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science},
url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01265.x/abstract},
volume = {22},
year = {2011}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 964439
AU - Dengler, Jürgen - Jansen, Florian - Glöckner, Falko - Peet, Robert K. - De Caceres Ainsa, Miquel - Chytrý, Milan - Ewald, Jörg - Oldeland, Jens - Lopez-Gonzales, Gabriele - Finckh, Manfred - Mucina, Ladislav - Rodwell, John S. - Schaminée, Joop H. J. - Spencer, Nick
PY - 2011
TI - The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science
JF - Journal of Vegetation Science
VL - 22
IS - 4
SP - 582-597
EP - 582-597
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
SN - 11009233
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Data sharing
KW - Ecoinformatics
KW - GBIF
KW - Global change
KW - Macroecology
KW - Metadata
KW - Phytosociology
KW - Relevé
KW - Scientific reward
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01265.x/abstract
L2 - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01265.x/abstract
N2 - 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.
ER -
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 and Nick SPENCER. The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science. \textit{Journal of Vegetation Science}. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, vol.~22, No~4, p.~582-597. ISSN~1100-9233. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01265.x.
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