Description
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 1,978 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:
Vanden Borre J, Spanhove T, Eves Down M (2026). INBOVeg - Vegetation observations as part of the Habistat surveys in Flanders, Belgium. Version 1.0. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-habistat-event&v=1.0
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: 6b7e71b3-8e4d-4ce4-a27a-cee04d6f82c8. 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; Observation; INBO data; habistat; INBOVeg
Contacts
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-7243
Geographic Coverage
Flanders, Belgium
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [50.754, 4.379], North East [51.43, 4.667] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
N/A
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2006-07-27 / 2010-01-01 |
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Project Data
The general objective of the HABISTAT project was to develop a conceptual framework for an operation-oriented methodology to map, monitor and evaluate vegetation and habitat types from remote sensing imagery, and to apply this framework to the habitats of some specific heathland areas in the Atlantic part of Belgium and the Netherlands. See page 35 onwards of the report 'Haest et al., 2011'. Much of the surveying work fell under Work Packages 3100: Field Work, 3200: Data Labelling and 5200: Validation. The objective of WP-3100 was to acquire the field data necessary for the training, testing and validation of the classification methodologies, as well as to further enhance insights into approaching conservation status assessment from a remote sensing point-of-view. WP-5200 had the aim to design a validation sampling strategy and field protocol to enable a statistically sound assessment of the obtained results for the vegetation/land cover maps, as well as the determination of habitat patch types and quality estimates.
| Title | HABISTAT: A classification framework for habitat status reporting with remote sensing methods |
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| Study Area Description | WP3100 Field Work Fieldwork was carried out in three areas: the Kalmthoutse Heide (BE) (which included the Kalmthoutse Heide s.s., and the northern part of the nearby military area Klein Schietveld), Ginkelse and Eder Heide (also including Wekeromse Zand) (NL), and the Dijle valley (BE). For the Kalmthoutse Heide, two extensive field datasets were generated: (1) a dedicated dataset of sample points comprising carefully selected, targeted vegetation types. Collected in 2007 (with limited additions from 2006 and 2008). (2) a stratified random dataset of sample points, comprising both typical targeted vegetation types and all possible transitions. Collected in 2009. For the Ginkelse and Eder Heide, a database of the vegetation composition was collected in a similar way as on the Kalmthoutse Heide, and field spectra of vegetation types and reference sites were collected. |
| Design Description | In order to achieve high classification accuracies in this project, we adopted a protocol for the collection of in-situ observations that is able to link both the field and the remote sensing approaches for looking at vegetation. This protocol is largely based on the BioHab-methodology, a common method for the surveillance and monitoring of habitats in the whole of Europe, developed within a project of the EU 5th Framework Programme. Please see Annex C.3. Detailed report on field work, performed in 2009. in the associated report (Haest, B., Vanden Borre, J., Spanhove, T., Thoonen, G., Delalieux, S., Kooistra, L., Schmidt, A., Ma, J., C.-W. Chan, J., Canters, F., Knaeps, E., Mücher, S., Scheunders, P. and D. Paelinckx (2011). HABISTAT: A classification framework for habitat status reporting with remote sensing methods – final report. Brussels: Belgian Science Policy) for the sampling protocol. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Bibliographic Citations
- Haest, B., Vanden Borre, J., Spanhove, T., Thoonen, G., Delalieux, S., Kooistra, L., Schmidt, A., Ma, J., Chan, J. C. W., Canters, F., Knaeps, E., Mücher, S., Scheunders, P., & Paelinckx, D. (2011). HABISTAT: A classification framework for habitat status reporting with remote sensing methods – final report. Belgian Science Policy. https://pureportal.inbo.be/en/publications/habistat-a-classification-framework-for-habitat-status-reporting--2/ https://purews.inbo.be/ws/portalfiles/portal/19271490/HABISTAT_Final_report_v3.0.pdf
- Haest, B.; Vanden Borre, J.; Spanhove, T.; Lang, S.; Pernkopf, L.; Delalieux, S.; Hendrix, R.; Paelinckx, D. (2012). The HABISTAT and MS.MONINA project: Remote sensing services for NATURA 2000 habitat monitoring and conservation status assessment. EARSeL Newsletter 89: 13-14
Additional Metadata
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.
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-habistat-event |