3b60d9d7-36de-40af-a390-65b8f9f4fff6 https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-aardgat-tienen inboveg-aardgat-tienen Els De Smet Maria-Rose Eves Down INBO

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mariarose.evesdown@inbo.be 0009-0000-9611-3824 J Van Assche KULeuven reviewer 2026-08-18 eng This dataset was collected as part of a thesis study in association with the university KU Leuven, investigating the groundwater-related vegetative ecology in the "Het Aardgat" nature reserve in Tienen, Flanders. The data has been stored in INBOVEG, the INBO vegetation record database (also part of the "Global Index of Vegetation-plot databases" and the "European Vegetation Archive") and is being published here in its entirety.The GBIF dataset is the same as the data in INBOVeg. The relevant identification code is 'IV2014062611241139'.Details of the sampling protocol are given in the associated (Dutch) cited report, De Smet, 1996.Some of this data has been previously published on GBIF as part of the FLORABANK1 bulkdata publication (https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.12.2849) at either a 1 km² or a 4 km² scale, here they are published as specific locations (with XXXm² uncertainty). No coordinate uncertainty was noted in the accompanying report, so 310m² is only an estimate. The coordinates were originally recorded in the Belgian Lambert system, but they are given here as WGS84 coordinates.To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Attribution waiver (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). We would appreciate, however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.inbo.be/en/norms-for-data-use) and provide a link to the original dataset whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to know how you have used or visualised the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be. Samplingevent GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0.html CC-BY-4.0 This study was carried out and completed some years ago, and although no update is planned, if it proves possible then the absence records will be added in the future. notPlanned Els De Smet n/a Due to the research focus on groundwater-related vegetation, not all species were recorded. The list of 82 relevant species is given in the related publication (De Smet, 1995): it is important to note that, unless it was on the list, the lack of an observation of a species does not necessarily mean that it was not present. It is possible that in a future update, these absences will also be detailed, but this is not currently foreseen in project time. 3 x 3 m sample plots were marked out and all vegetation within was checked against a species list of 82 groundwater-related plant species. Species presence and cover/abundance were recorded. The layer of the vegetation was also recorded, and is noted under the 'occurrenceRemarks' column. Hydrological and soil chemistry measurements were also taken and recorded, though these abiotic measurements are not presented in this GBIF data publication. A simplified Braun-Blanquet scale was used to estimate the coverage/abundance of the relevant species in the sampling plots, with 5 different coverage classes: 1 (0.1-20%); 2 (20.1-40%); 3 (40.1-60%); 4 (60.1-80%) and 5 (80.1-100%). Plant identifications were carried out by a trained expert, and checked by another. Els De Smet principalInvestigator Professor J Van Assche reviewer Responsible, effective management plans and actions in nature reserves require a thorough understanding of the ecological relationships in those areas. This thesis study was carried out in order to deepen such knowledge regarding the ‘Het Aardgat’ nature reserve in Tienen, Flanders, Belgium. This included a partial vegetation inventory of the area, with extra attention paid to the relationship between groundwater-dependent plants and the hydrology of the area. n:a n/a n/a 2026-08-12T06:41:21.148+00:00 dataset De Smet, E. (1996). Hydrologische en bodemkundige standplaatskarakteristieken van de vegetatie. Thesis, KULeuven. 3b60d9d7-36de-40af-a390-65b8f9f4fff6/v1.2.xml