Description
In the period 1997-1998, the Flemish Forest Service funded a study (B&G/29/98) that initiated a region-wide soil fauna survey by a consortium of three Universities (RuG, KuL and UA; now University of Ghent, KU Leuven and University of Antwerp) and two Research Institutes (IBW and RBINS; now INBO and RBINS ) . The survey was conducted on 56 well selected forest plots representative for all forest- and soil types in Flanders Region.
The goals of the study were (1) to assess the diversity of soil dwelling organisms (soil fauna) across Flanders’ forests; (2) to look for bioindicators for forest soil quality and (3) to explore if a biological forest soil classification system based on soil fauna composition could be designed. Recognizing the critical role of soil organisms in ecosystem functioning (e.g. nutrient cycling), the study sought to establish a link between soil biodiversity and soil condition. Here we publish the Dolichopodidae data sampled in this initial project, as a T0. Over time, other organism groups and soil bioindicators were assessed on the same FSFN plots by various studies. However, 25 years later, all plots are getting resurveyed by the studies ‘FOURCAST’ and ‘Biota4C’ following the same sampling schemes and methodologies as in the initial project. Therefore we wish to publish all initial datasets in order to compare them with the recent findings. All published data can be retrieved using collectionCode ‘FSFN’
Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/data-publication-fsfn/issues
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't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.
For all published datasets regarding this Forest Soil Fauna Network (FSFN), see https://www.gbif.org/dataset/search?project_id=BNG/15/96 or https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?collection_code=FSFN
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 56 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
De Bruyn L, De Vos B, Brosens D, Cooleman S (2025). FSFN: Forest Soil Fauna Network: Dolichopodidae, Flanders Belgium. Version 1.7. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=fsfn-dolichopodidae-occurrence&v=1.7
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). 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.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3515ce0d-3879-4d99-a1f8-c4c137f501ad. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.
Keywords
Samplingevent; soil; fauna; indicator; Observation
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Flanders, Belgium
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [51.14, 3.7], North East [51.26, 3.79] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
A total of 4300 individuals were identified. They belonged to 73 taxa, including at least 72 different species, Dolichopodidae (Long-legged flies).
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Diptera |
| Family | Dolichopodidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1997-05-01 / 1997-05-30 |
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Project Data
The project aimed to develop bioindicators and a biological classification system for forest soils based on soil fauna composition in Flanders region. Recognizing the critical role of soil organisms in ecosystem functioning, the study sought to establish a link between soil biodiversity and soil condition.
| Title | Forest soil bio-indication research in Flanders, Belgium |
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| Identifier | BNG/15/96 |
| Funding | Flemish Government (project Aminal B&G/15/96 in Flemish forests) |
| Study Area Description | Flanders, Belgium |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
No Description available
| Quality Control | Data were collected using a predefined sampling protocol. |
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Method step description:
- Researchers defined the appropriate sampling protocol for the target species.
- Fieldwork was planned and coordinated by the University of Antwerp (previously named RUCA), using the designed sampling protocol.
- Researchers entered the collected data in a digital way (old spreadsheets).
- A custom R script is created to transform the plot data and map the original data to Darwin Core as an event core and occurrence extension.
- The Darwin Core views are connected to the INBO IPT and documented with metadata.
- The dataset is published and registered with GBIF.
Bibliographic Citations
- De Bruyn et al. (1997) Bosbodemclassificatie door middel van bodemfauna.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=fsfn-dolichopodidae-occurrence |
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