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The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD): a new resource for vegetation science
Jürgen Dengler,Florian Jansen,Falko Glöckler,Robert K. Peet,Miquel De Cáceres,Milan Chytrý,Jörg Ewald,Jens Oldeland,Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez,Manfred Finckh,Ladislav Mucina,J.S. Rodwell,Joop H.J. Schaminée,Nick Spencer +13 more
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The Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD) as discussed by the authors is an Internet resource aimed at registering metadata on existing vegetation plots databases to be accessible to the scientific public.Abstract:
Question: How many vegetation plot observations (releves) 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.read more
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