INBOVeg - A dataset of vegetation observations between 2012 and 2017 on sandy heathlands in Flanders, Belgium

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 80 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.

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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: 53b38205-c7c5-48a7-b788-e88c5547c323.  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

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

In Belgium, Flanders

Taxonomic Coverage

N/A

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

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.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

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.

Method step description:

1. 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.

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