GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands

Dengler, Jürgen; Wagner, Viktoria; Dembicz, Iwona; García-Mijangos, Itziar; Naqinezhad, Alireza; Boch, Steffen; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Conradi, Timo

doi:10.1127/phyto/2018/0267

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands
Authors:	Dengler, Jürgen Wagner, Viktoria Dembicz, Iwona García-Mijangos, Itziar Naqinezhad, Alireza Boch, Steffen Chiarucci, Alessandro Conradi, Timo
DOI:	10.1127/phyto/2018/0267
Published in:	Phytocoenologia
Volume(Issue):	48
Issue:	3
Page(s):	331
Pages to:	347
Issue Date:	2-Aug-2018
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Bornträger
ISSN:	0340-269X 2363-7153
Language:	English
Subjects:	Ecoinformatics; Grassland
Subject (DDC):	577: Ecology
Abstract:	GrassPlot is a collaborative vegetation-plot database organised by the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) and listed in the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD ID EU-00-003). GrassPlot collects plot records (relevés) from grasslands and other open habitats of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm. It focuses on precisely delimited plots of eight standard grain sizes (0.0001; 0.001; ... 1,000 m²) and on nested-plot series with at least four different grain sizes. The usage of GrassPlot is regulated through bylaws that intend to balance the interests of data contributors and data users. The current version (v. 1.00) contains data for approximately 170,000 plots of different sizes and 2,800 nested-plot series. The key components are richness data and metadata. However, most included datasets also encompass compositional data. About 14,000 plots have near-complete records of terricolous bryophytes and lichens in addition to vascular plants. At present, GrassPlot contains data from 36 countries throughout the Palaearctic, spread across elevational gradients and major grassland types. GrassPlot with its multi-scale and multi-taxon focus complements the larger international vegetation-plot databases, such as the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and the global database “sPlot”. Its main aim is to facilitate studies on the scale- and taxon-dependency of biodiversity patterns and drivers along macroecological gradients. GrassPlot is a dynamic database and will expand through new data collection coordinated by the elected Coordinating Board. We invite researchers with suitable data to join GrassPlot. Researchers with project ideas addressable with GrassPlot data are welcome to submit proposals to the Governing Board.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/4916 http://real.mtak.hu/90585/1/Dengler-et-al-2018-Phytocoenologia-manuscript_BS_RG-rol.pdf
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Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Dengler, J., Wagner, V., Dembicz, I., García-Mijangos, I., Naqinezhad, A., Boch, S., Chiarucci, A., & Conradi, T. (2018). GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Phytocoenologia, 48(3), 331–347. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0267

Dengler, J. et al. (2018) ‘GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands’, Phytocoenologia, 48(3), pp. 331–347. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0267.

J. Dengler et al., “GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands,” Phytocoenologia, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 331–347, Aug. 2018, doi: 10.1127/phyto/2018/0267.

DENGLER, Jürgen, Viktoria WAGNER, Iwona DEMBICZ, Itziar GARCÍA-MIJANGOS, Alireza NAQINEZHAD, Steffen BOCH, Alessandro CHIARUCCI und Timo CONRADI, 2018. GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands. Phytocoenologia [online]. 2 August 2018. Bd. 48, Nr. 3, S. 331–347. DOI 10.1127/phyto/2018/0267. Verfügbar unter: http://real.mtak.hu/90585/1/Dengler-et-al-2018-Phytocoenologia-manuscript_BS_RG-rol.pdf

Dengler, Jürgen, Viktoria Wagner, Iwona Dembicz, Itziar García-Mijangos, Alireza Naqinezhad, Steffen Boch, Alessandro Chiarucci, and Timo Conradi. 2018. “GrassPlot – a Database of Multi-Scale Plant Diversity in Palaearctic Grasslands.” Phytocoenologia 48 (3): 331–47. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0267.

Dengler, Jürgen, et al. “GrassPlot – a Database of Multi-Scale Plant Diversity in Palaearctic Grasslands.” Phytocoenologia, vol. 48, no. 3, Aug. 2018, pp. 331–47, https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2018/0267.