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 368 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.
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GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3a721395-8890-4ef1-8677-eef2674fcd5b. 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; cultuurgraslanden; species-rich grassland; Flanders
Contacts
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-2936
- Originator
Geographic Coverage
Flanders, Belgium
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [50.733, 2.738], North East [51.303, 5.822] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2000-05-04 / 2001-07-30 |
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Project Data
The study aimed to help to fill the gaps in knowledge about the variation in species-rich grasslands, as well as the ecological processes that underlie their diversity. In this context, it was necessary to gain a clear insight into the typology of species-rich grasslands and into the factors and processes that influence the quality of each type. The associated report (Demolder et al., 2003), discusses a typology of species-rich grasslands in Flanders. It concerns the final research project in a series of three, carried out within the scope of the PBOproject ‘A view for conservation and restoration of grasslands with natural values’. The first research project aimed to increase our understanding of the agricultural value of species-rich grasslands. In the second project, the possibilities of combining nature and agriculture for species-rich grasslands were investigated (see bibliography). To set up the typology, vegetation relevés were made throughout Flanders. Twinspan-analysis and ordination was used to determine a total of 10 grassland types were determined. A soil map and data concerning area’s liable to floods was used to explore the soil characteristics of the different types. To determine the share of groundwater-dependent plant species, Londo’s list of phreatophytes was used. To examine to what extent the types were characterised by species of nitrogen-poor and acid soils, Ellenberg’s indicator values for nutrients and acidity were used. Suggestions in connection with management of the different types were based on the share of the different indicator values for mowing, as well as literature data. GIS maps were used to determine the location of the types with regard to ecoregions and country-planning schemes. Information on fertilisation restrictions and land use were analysed too. Only the vegetation survey data is included in this GBIF publication.
| Title | Typologie en beheer van soortenrijke cultuurgraslanden |
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| Funding | This research was carried out by INBO under its previous name (the Institute for Nature Conservation, in Dutch ‘het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud’), on behalf of the Flemish governmental Programme of policy-focused research ("Programma Beleidsgericht Onderzoek: PBO-project 98/39/57 “Visie voor behoud en herstel van graslanden met natuurwaarden”"). |
| Study Area Description | During two field seasons (May and June 2000 and 2001), 362 vegetation surveys were carried out. The vegetation surveys are located as precisely as possible within the grassland plot on a 1:10,000 scale map (see De Molder et al., 2003). No coordinate uncertainty was noted in the accompanying report, so 30m² is only an estimate. The coordinates were originally recorded in the Belgian Lambert system, but they are given here as WGS84 coordinates. Data from the West Flemish part of the ‘Coastal and Scheldt Polders’ ecoregion was derived from images of species-rich cultivated grasslands made available by A. Zwaenepoel. These surveys were not conducted at random, but were more targeted, amongst other things, within the framework of the “Systematics of habitat types for grassland biotopes” (Zwaenepoel 2002)), as part of the process of identifying compensation areas for the Regional Plan amendment concerning the inner harbour of Zeebrugge and nature restoration projects (including Fort Isabella). From this set of surveys, 154 surveys were selected and used in the further analysis and the development of the typology. |
| Design Description | Sample plots were 3 m x 3 m (following Schaminée 1995, and den Held & den Held, 1985). For each plot, the plant species present within the plot and a combined estimate of the abundance/cover of each species was recorded. Cover was defined as the percentage of the sampling area occupied by the horizontal projection of all living parts of a species. The estimates are made using a modified Londo scale, following Schaminée 1995. Cover below 5% are supplemented with estimates of the abundance. Abundance represents the number of individuals of a species, following den Held & den Held, 1985. A. Zwaenepoel also used Londo’s scale, but the sample plot size of the surveys was often different from ours. These were mostly narrow, rectangular transects 25 m or 50 m long and 1 m wide. These dimensions were chosen primarily to sample specific vegetation types (silverweed community, saline vegetation, etc.) which are often found along steep edges between meadows and ditches and other plot boundaries. Where information was available, these surveys were also located on the 1:10,000 map and entered into the GIS. For 39 surveys, no exact location was available. |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
- Principal Investigator
Bibliographic Citations
- Demolder, H., Adams, Y., & Paelinckx, D. (2003). Typologie en beheer van soortenrijke cultuurgraslanden. (Rapporten van het instituut voor natuurbehoud; No. 2003.01). Instituut voor Natuurbehoud. Available from: https://pureportal.inbo.be/en/publications/typologie-en-beheer-van-soortenrijke-cultuurgraslanden/
- De Bruyn L., Weyembergh G. & Peeters B. (2001). Verandering van biodiversiteit. In: Van Steertegem M. (eindred.). Milieu- en natuurrapport Vlaanderen: thema’s: MIRA-T 2001. Garant Uitgevers; Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM), Leuven. pp. 504.
- den Held, J. J. and den Held, A. J. (1985). Beknopte handleiding voor vegetatiekundig onderzoek. Wetenschappelijke mededelingen 97. Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging (KNNV), Hoogwoud. 40 + 5 pp.
- Schaminée, J. H. J., Stortelder, A. H. F., and Westhoff, V. (1995). De vegetatie van Nederland. Deel 1: inleiding tot de plantensociologie -grondslagen, methoden en toepassingen. Opulus Press, Leiden. 296 pp.
- Zwaenepoel A. (2002a). Grasklokje-Steenanjer-vegetaties en kleine klavertjestoestanden: het Verbond van Gewoon struisgras Plantagini-Festucion). In: Zwaenepoel A., T Jollyn F., Vandenbussche V. & Hoffmann M.(eds). Systematiek van natuurtypen voor het biotoop grasland. MINA 102/99/01. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (IN); Universiteit Gent (RUG); West-Vlaamse Intercommunale voor Economische Expansie, Huisvestingsbeleid en Technische Bijstand (WVI), Brussel; Gent; Brugge. pp. VIII,532.
- Zwaenepoel A. (2002b). Het Glanshaver-verbond (Arrhenatherion elatoris). In: Zwaenepoel A., T Jollyn F., Vandenbussche V. & Hoffmann M.(eds). Systematiek van natuurtypen voor het biotoop grasland. MINA 102/99/01. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (IN); Universiteit Gent (RUG); West-Vlaamse Intercommunale voor Economische Expansie, Huisvestingsbeleid en Technische Bijstand (WVI), Brussel; Gent; Brugge. pp. VIII ,532.
- Zwaenepoel A. (2002c). Dotterbloem-grasland (Calthion palustris). In: Zwaenepoel A., T Jollyn F., Vandenbussche V. & Hoffmann M.(eds). Systematiek van natuurtypen voor het biotoop grasland. MINA 102/99/01. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (IN); Universiteit Gent (RUG); West-Vlaamse Intercommunale voor Economische Expansie, Huisvestingsbeleid en Technische Bijstand (WVI), Brussel; Gent; Brugge. pp. VIII,532.
- Zwaenepoel A. (2002d). Kamgrasland (Cynosurion cirstati). In: Zwaenepoel A., T Jollyn F., Vandenbussche V. & Hoffmann M.(eds). Systematiek van natuurtypen voor het biotoop grasland. MINA 102/99/01. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (IN); Universiteit Gent (RUG); West-Vlaamse Intercommunale voor Economische Expansie, Huisvestingsbeleid en Technische Bijstand (WVI), Brussel; Gent; Brugge. pp. VIII,532.
Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | |
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| Maintenance Description | This data comes from a project which was finished some years ago, therefore no update is expected. |
| Alternative Identifiers | 3a721395-8890-4ef1-8677-eef2674fcd5b |
| https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg_cultuur_graslanden |