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        <alternateIdentifier>https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-milklim-zandheide20122017-samplevent</alternateIdentifier>
        <shortName>inboveg-milklim-zandheide20122017-occurrence</shortName>
        <title xml:lang="eng">INBOVeg - A dataset of vegetation observations between 2012 and 2017 on sandy heathlands in Flanders, Belgium</title>
        <creator>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>Floris</givenName>
                <surName>Vanderhaeghe</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>INBO</organizationName>
            <electronicMailAddress>floris.vanderhaeghe@inbo.be</electronicMailAddress>
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        </creator>
        <creator>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>Bram</givenName>
                <surName>D&apos;Hondt</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>INBO</organizationName>
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        </creator>
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            <individualName>
                <givenName>Floris</givenName>
                <surName>Vanderhaeghe</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>INBO</organizationName>
            <electronicMailAddress>floris.vanderhaeghe@inbo.be</electronicMailAddress>
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        </metadataProvider>
        <metadataProvider>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>Maria-Rose</givenName>
                <surName>Eves Down</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>INBO</organizationName>
            <electronicMailAddress>mariarose.evesdown@inbo.be</electronicMailAddress>
            <userId directory="https://orcid.org/">0009-0000-9611-3824</userId>
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        <pubDate>
            2026-05-20
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        <language>eng</language>
        <abstract>
            <para>Please see the accompanying report (in Dutch) for more details: https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.17520375.</para><para>This dataset comes from INBOVEG, the INBO vegetation record database (also part of the "Global Index of Vegetation-plot databases" and the "European Vegetation Archive". The GBIF dataset is the same as the data in INBOVeg. The relevant identification code is IV2012080813274042.</para><para>To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). 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.</para>
        </abstract>
        <keywordSet>
            <keyword>Occurrence</keyword>
            <keywordThesaurus>GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml</keywordThesaurus>
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        <keywordSet>
            <keyword>Observation</keyword>
            <keywordThesaurus>GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml</keywordThesaurus>
        </keywordSet>
        <additionalInfo>
            <para>We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don&apos;t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.</para>
        </additionalInfo>
        <intellectualRights>
            <para>To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <ulink url="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode"><citetitle>Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</citetitle></ulink>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.</para>
        </intellectualRights>
        <licensed>
            <licenseName>Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal</licenseName>
            <url>https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html</url>
            <identifier>CC0-1.0</identifier>
        </licensed>
        <coverage>
            <geographicCoverage>
                <geographicDescription>In Belgium, Flanders</geographicDescription>
                <boundingCoordinates>
                    <westBoundingCoordinate>2.936259</westBoundingCoordinate>
                    <eastBoundingCoordinate>5.42844</eastBoundingCoordinate>
                    <northBoundingCoordinate>51.413364</northBoundingCoordinate>
                    <southBoundingCoordinate>50.759858</southBoundingCoordinate>
                </boundingCoordinates>
            </geographicCoverage>
            <temporalCoverage>
                <rangeOfDates>
                    <beginDate>
                        <calendarDate>2012-07-12</calendarDate>
                    </beginDate>
                    <endDate>
                        <calendarDate>2013-09-16</calendarDate>
                    </endDate>
                </rangeOfDates>
            </temporalCoverage>
            <taxonomicCoverage>
                <generalTaxonomicCoverage>N/A</generalTaxonomicCoverage>
                <taxonomicClassification>
                    <taxonRankName>kingdom</taxonRankName>
                    <taxonRankValue>Plantae</taxonRankValue>
                </taxonomicClassification>
            </taxonomicCoverage>
        </coverage>
        <maintenance>
            <description>
                <para></para>
            </description>
            <maintenanceUpdateFrequency>notPlanned</maintenanceUpdateFrequency>
        </maintenance>
        <contact>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>Floris</givenName>
                <surName>Vanderhaeghe</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>INBO</organizationName>
            <electronicMailAddress>floris.vanderhaeghe@inbo.be</electronicMailAddress>
            <userId directory="https://orcid.org/">0000-0002-6378-6229</userId>
        </contact>
        <methods>
            <methodStep>
                <description>
                    <para>Londo G. (1975). De decimale schaal voor vegetatiekundige opnamen van permanente kwadraten. Gorteria 7(7):101-106.
Please see the accompanying report (in Dutch) for more details: https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.17520375.</para>
                </description>
            </methodStep>
            <sampling>
                <studyExtent>
                    <description>
                        <para>Heathlands in Flanders, Belgium (see map for detailed locations). 
Please see the accompanying report (in Dutch) for more details: https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.17520375.</para>
                    </description>
                </studyExtent>
                <samplingDescription>
                    <para>Coverage by species was estimated in the field by experts, using the Londo scale (Londo, 1975), and was subsequently converted into percentages. All vascular plants and the common moss species that could be identified without microscopic examination were recorded.
This vegetation data (129 plots across 16 areas during the period 2012–2016) were entered into the Flemish vegetation survey database INBOVEG. This is the dataset that is presented here.
Please see the accompanying report (in Dutch) for more details: https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.17520375.</para>
                </samplingDescription>
            </sampling>
            <qualityControl>
                <description>
                    <para>Please see the accompanying report (in Dutch) for more details: https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.17520375.</para>
                </description>
            </qualityControl>
        </methods>
        <project>
            <title>Evaluatie en ontwikkeling herstelbeheer in het kader van PAS, programmatische aanpak stikstof: Impact van bekalking na plaggen op de bodemkenmerken en vegetatie: een pilootstudie in heide en heischrale graslanden</title>
            <personnel>
                <individualName>
                    <givenName>Floris</givenName>
                    <surName>Vanderhaeghe</surName>
                </individualName>
                <userId directory="https://orcid.org/">0000-0002-6378-6229</userId>
                <role>principalInvestigator</role>
            </personnel>
            <personnel>
                <individualName>
                    <givenName>Nathalie</givenName>
                    <surName>Cools</surName>
                </individualName>
                <userId directory="https://orcid.org/">0000-0002-7059-2318</userId>
                <role>principalInvestigator</role>
            </personnel>
            <personnel>
                <individualName>
                    <givenName>Cécile</givenName>
                    <surName>Herr</surName>
                </individualName>
                <userId directory="https://orcid.org/">0000-0002-2833-6046</userId>
                <role>principalInvestigator</role>
            </personnel>
            <abstract>
                <para>Report available from: https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.17520375 
Project homepage: https://www.vlaanderen.be/inbo/en-GB/projects/evaluatie-en-ontwikkeling-herstelbeheer-in-het-kader-van-pas-programmatische-aanpak-stikstof 
In 2012 INBO conducted an explorative study on liming in heathlands in cooperation with conservation managers of 16 heathlands, more or less evenly distributed over sandy Flanders. 
Soil samples were taken of 32 pairs of plots, where one plot had been limed in the past and one unlimed plot which could serve as the reference situation. The composition of the vegetation was surveyed in all sampled plots, with a particular attention to the key species of heath and species-rich Nardus grassland (which is also a target habitat in some areas). Based on the results of the first phase, 18 new pairs of plots, located in six pilot areas, were installed
between 2012 and 2014 in a new lime treatment experiment. Over a period of three years, soil samples were taken and analysed biannually (once in spring and once in autumn). The composition of the vegetation was recorded at the onset of the experiment and after roughly three years.</para>
            </abstract>
        </project>
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