3d1231e8-2554-45e6-b354-e590c56ce9a8 https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-niche-vlaanderen-events Els De Bie Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) Researcher

Kliniekstraat 25 Brussels Brussels Capital Region 1070 BE

els.debie@inbo.be http://data.inbo.be/en/inboveg Dimitri Brosens Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) Data liaison officer

Kliniekstraat 25 Brussels Brussels Capital Region 1070 BE

dimitri.brosens@inbo.be http://www.biodiversity.be 0000-0002-0846-9116 Els De Bie Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) Researcher

Kliniekstraat 25 Brussels Brussels Capital Region 1070 BE

els.debie@inbo.be http://data.inbo.be/en/inboveg Samenwerking Vlaams Water (SVW)

Mechelsesteenweg 64 Antwerp Antwerp 2018 BE

Pidpa

Desguinlei 246 Antwerp Antwerp 2018 BE

https://www.pidpa.be/ De Watergroep

Vooruitgangstraat 189 Brussels Brussels Capital Region 1030 BE

https://www.dewatergroep.be/ Flanders Environment Agency (VMM)

Dokter De Moorstraat 24-26 Aalst East Flanders 9300 BE

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http://www.kiwa.nl/ 2021-05-04 eng The NICHE-Vlaanderen project had the goal to develop an hydro-ecological prediction model, used in ecological impact assessment studies. The data in this dataset is part of the vegetation-plot data used to feed the model and contains groundwater depending terrestrial vegetation relevées in relation to groundwater levels. Vegetation plot relevés were performed near selected piezometers (WATINA database, groundwater network Flanders) between May and August in 2002, 2004 and 2005. Initially the vegetation surveys were recorded in Turboveg (Hennekens, 1998) and later on moved to INBOVEG, the INBO vegetation plot database. The dataset contains 569 vegetation relevées, recorded during the fieldwork of the NICHE-Vlaanderen project. Relevées contain species coverage data, coverage data for layers, vegetation height and the date of recording. All the vegetation relevées were classified as vegetation types. Issues related to the dataset can by submitted here: https://github.com/inbo/data-publication/tree/master/datasets/inboveg-niche-vlaanderen-events 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 (https://doi.org/10.15468/gouexm) 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 visualized the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata, opendata@inbo.be or https://twitter.com/LifeWatchINBO. Samplingevent GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml relevés groundwater dependent vegetation WATINA terrestrial survey n/a Samplingevent GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. http://data.inbo.be/inboveg Flanders, Watina (Water in Nature Reserves) Network Flanders, Belgium Flanders has a temperate maritime climate influenced by the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, with relatively moderate summers and mild winters. Flanders is the northern part of Belgium. The two main geographical regions of Flanders are the Yser basin, in the North-West and the central plain. All the vegetation survey data originates from plots close to the measuring points of the WATINA hydrologic monitoring network in Flanders. 2.54 5.92 51.51 50.68 2002-05-21 2005-07-07 For every vegetation plot the tracheophytes and bryophytes were determined. kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta vascular plants phylum Bryophyta mosses The goal of "NICHE-Vlaanderen" is to adapt the Dutch hydro-ecological prediction model “NICHE (Nature Impact Assessment of Changes in Hydro‐Ecological Systems)" for Flanders. The "NICHE-Vlaanderen" tool will be used to predict the effects on vegetation due to changes in hydrological conditions. This dataset only contains the vegetation plot data collected during the time of the project (2002 – 2006). The complete NICHE-Vlaanderen set also contains data of literature. notPlanned Els De Bie Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) Researcher

Kliniekstraat 25 Brussels Brussels Capital Region 1070 BE

els.debie@inbo.be http://data.inbo.be/en/inboveg Vegetation relevé data is recorded in the InboVeg database. This data was mapped to Darwin Core by creating a specific view. We mapped the data to Darwin core event, Darwin Core occurrence extension and Darwin Core Measurements or Facts for the specific Relevé data. InboVeg Niche Vlaanderen Vegetation plot surveys were performed between May and July 2002 near selected Piezometers (INBO-watina project). Coördinates were registered with a GPS. Sampling Methods Vegetation surveys Vegetation, neighbouring each WATINA Piezometer is described using a nearby vegetation plot. In forests the plot measures 10X10m² in open vegetations this plot measures 3X3 m². The Piezometer usually is one of the corners of the plot. A orientated location sketch was created for every survey, to make repeatability possible. For every plot, all occurring species were determined and for every vertical layer (Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Mosses) the coverage was measured (Londo scale). Londo scale Low coverage High coverage Code coverage Code coverage *.1 1% 1- 5-10% *.2 2-3% 1+ 10-15% *.4 4-5% 2 15-25% combination with: 3 25-35% r. some occurrences (1 or 2) 4 35-45% p. little occurrences (about 10) 5 45-55% a. many occurrences (about 100) 6 55-65% m. a lot occurrences (about 1000) 7 65-75% 8 75-85% 9 85-95% 10 95-100% Records are validated 2016-02-17T09:43:23.175+01:00 dataset De Bie E, Brosens D (2021): InboVeg - NICHE-Vlaanderen groundwater related vegetation relevés for Flanders, Belgium. v1.7. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Dataset/Samplingevent. https://doi.org/10.15468/gouexm Rogiers, B., Lermytte, J., De Bie, E. and Batelaan, O., 2011. Evaluating the impact of river restoration on the local groundwater and ecological system: a case study in NE Flanders. Geologica Belgica, 14 (3-4), 265-276 Callebaut J., De Bie E., Huybrechts W. & De Becker P. (2007) NICHE-Vlaanderen. SVW, 1-7. http://data.inbo.be/ipt/logo.do?r=inboveg-niche-vlaanderen-events 3d1231e8-2554-45e6-b354-e590c56ce9a8/v1.7.xml