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 546 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.
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: e0db6b3f-b09e-4724-820a-c184c3e06559. 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; INBOVeg; INBOdata; alluvial; vegetation survey; Zeeschelde
Contacts
- Point Of Contact
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Geographic Coverage
Flanders, Belgium.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [50.453, 3.775], North East [51.175, 4.951] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1994-06-11 / 1996-07-26 |
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Project Data
The objectives of the study were: - to inventory the flora in the study areas; - to characterise the vegetation of the (potential) floodplains within the dykes that fell under the Sigmaplan; - to investigate which ecological factors determine the differences in vegetation types; - to evaluate changes in vegetation (types) within the study area. For more details, please see the associated report: Van Den Balck, E., Hoffmann, M., & Meire, P. (1998). De terrestrische flora en vegetatie van het niet-getijbeïnvloede deel van het alluvium van de Zeeschelde. (Rapporten van het instituut voor natuurbehoud; Vol. 10). Instituut voor Natuurbehoud.
| Title | The terrestrial flora and vegetation of the non-tidal part of the Zeeschelde alluvial plain |
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| Study Area Description | The study area comprises the alluvial plain situated on the inland side of the dykes of the Zeeschelde between Ghent and Kruibeke, as well as the alluvial areas along the Dunne (as far as Lokeren) and the Rupel (as far as Rumst). Twenty areas were inventoried. For each vegetation type (mapping unit, according to the Biological Value Map (BWK) of the time), at least three plots were selected. The choice of plot locations was arbitrary. |
| Design Description | From the middle of the plot, an estimate of the homogeneity of the vegetation in the plot was recorded, following the French-Swiss scale. Whilst surveying the plot, all species present were recorded. Species found on the banks of ditches were also recorded, if these species were wholly or partly within the plot. If different vegetation types (differing from the BWK mapping units) were found in the field, these were also included. A total of 293 plots were surveyed. Grassland survey plots covered an area of 9 m² (3 m × 3 m), whilst those for forests and plantations covered 100 m² (100 m × 100 m). The size of these survey plots corresponds to the minimum area of the communities in question. When surveying ditch and bank vegetation, a width of 0.5 metres was always maintained; the length was determined based on the uniformity of the vegetation. In the field, the management type was recorded, as well as the relative cover of the moss, herb, shrub and tree layers. A total of 293 surveys were carried out across the entire study area. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Bibliographic Citations
- Van Den Balck, E., Hoffmann, M., & Meire, P. (1998). De terrestrische flora en vegetatie van het niet-getijbeïnvloede deel van het alluvium van de Zeeschelde. (Rapporten van het instituut voor natuurbehoud; Vol. 10). Instituut voor Natuurbehoud.
Additional Metadata
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| Alternative Identifiers | e0db6b3f-b09e-4724-820a-c184c3e06559 |
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| https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-nggzeeschelde |