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2. sPlotOpen:an environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots

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Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Hattab, T. (Tarek), Arnst, E. A. (Elise Aimee), Chytry, M. (Milan), Dengler, J. (Juergen), De Ruffray, P. (Patrice), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Jandt, U. (Ute), Jansen, F. (Florian), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Kattge, J. (Jens), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Sandel, B. (Brody), Sultana, F. (Fahmida), Aavik, T. (Tsipe), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Acosta, A. T. (Alicia T. R.), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Arfin Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S.), Arroyo, L. (Luzmila), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Banerjee, A. (Arindam), Bauters, M. (Marijn), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bonari, G. (Gianmaria), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Brunet, J. (Jorg), Carni, A. (Andraz), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Custerevska, R. (Renata), De Bie, E. (Els), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dolezal, J. (Jiri), Dziuba, T. (Tetiana), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fazayeli, F. (Farideh), Field, R. (Richard), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Gachet, S. (Sophie), Galan-de-Mera, A. (Antonio), Garbolino, E. (Emmanuel), Gholizadeh, H. (Hamid), Giorgis, M. (Melisa), Golub, V. (Valentin), Alsos, I. G. (Inger Greve), Grytnes, J.-A. (John-Arvid), Guerin, G. R. (Gregory Richard), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), Herault, B. (Bruno), Hinojos Mendoza, G. (Guillermo), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Hubau, W. (Wannes), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Janssen, J. A. (John A. M.), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jentsch, A. (Anke), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kapfer, J. (Jutta), Karger, D. N. (Dirk Nikolaus), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Khanina, L. (Larisa), Killeen, T. (Timothy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kreft, H. (Holger), Kuehl, H. S. (Hjalmar S.), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lengyel, A. (Attila), Lens, F. (Frederic), Lingner, D. V. (Debora Vanessa), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Mahecha, M. D. (Miguel D.), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vasiliy), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Monteagudo Mendoza, A. (Abel), Mucina, L. (Ladislav), Muller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Naqinezhad, A. (Alireza), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Partel, M. (Meelis), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rivas-Torres, G. (Gonzalo), Rodwell, J. S. (John S.), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Shan, H. (Hanhuai), Shirokikh, P. (Pavel), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Sklenar, P. (Petr), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Sperandii, M. G. (Marta Gaia), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tang, C. Q. (Cindy Q.), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vasquez Martinez, R. (Rodolfo), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Waller, D. M. (Donald M.), Wang, H.-F. (Hua-Feng), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. J. (Timothy J. S.), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. K. (Susan K.), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zobel, M. (Martin), Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Hattab, T. (Tarek), Arnst, E. A. (Elise Aimee), Chytry, M. (Milan), Dengler, J. (Juergen), De Ruffray, P. (Patrice), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Jandt, U. (Ute), Jansen, F. (Florian), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Kattge, J. (Jens), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Sandel, B. (Brody), Sultana, F. (Fahmida), Aavik, T. (Tsipe), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Acosta, A. T. (Alicia T. R.), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Arfin Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S.), Arroyo, L. (Luzmila), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Banerjee, A. (Arindam), Bauters, M. (Marijn), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bonari, G. (Gianmaria), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Brunet, J. (Jorg), Carni, A. (Andraz), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Custerevska, R. (Renata), De Bie, E. (Els), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dolezal, J. (Jiri), Dziuba, T. (Tetiana), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fazayeli, F. (Farideh), Field, R. (Richard), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Gachet, S. (Sophie), Galan-de-Mera, A. (Antonio), Garbolino, E. (Emmanuel), Gholizadeh, H. (Hamid), Giorgis, M. (Melisa), Golub, V. (Valentin), Alsos, I. G. (Inger Greve), Grytnes, J.-A. (John-Arvid), Guerin, G. R. (Gregory Richard), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), Herault, B. (Bruno), Hinojos Mendoza, G. (Guillermo), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Hubau, W. (Wannes), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Janssen, J. A. (John A. M.), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jentsch, A. (Anke), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kapfer, J. (Jutta), Karger, D. N. (Dirk Nikolaus), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Khanina, L. (Larisa), Killeen, T. (Timothy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kreft, H. (Holger), Kuehl, H. S. (Hjalmar S.), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lengyel, A. (Attila), Lens, F. (Frederic), Lingner, D. V. (Debora Vanessa), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Mahecha, M. D. (Miguel D.), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vasiliy), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Monteagudo Mendoza, A. (Abel), Mucina, L. (Ladislav), Muller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Naqinezhad, A. (Alireza), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Partel, M. (Meelis), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rivas-Torres, G. (Gonzalo), Rodwell, J. S. (John S.), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Shan, H. (Hanhuai), Shirokikh, P. (Pavel), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Sklenar, P. (Petr), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Sperandii, M. G. (Marta Gaia), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tang, C. Q. (Cindy Q.), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vasquez Martinez, R. (Rodolfo), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Waller, D. M. (Donald M.), Wang, H.-F. (Hua-Feng), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. J. (Timothy J. S.), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. K. (Susan K.), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zobel, M. (Martin), and Bruelheide, H. (Helge)

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Motivation: Assessing biodiversity status and trends in plant communities is critical for understanding, quantifying and predicting the effects of global change on ecosystems. Vegetation plots record the occurrence or abundance of all plant species co-occurring within delimited local areas. This allows species absences to be inferred, information seldom provided by existing global plant datasets. Although many vegetation plots have been recorded, most are not available to the global research community. A recent initiative, called ‘sPlot’, compiled the first global vegetation plot database, and continues to grow and curate it. The sPlot database, however, is extremely unbalanced spatially and environmentally, and is not open-access. Here, we address both these issues by (a) resampling the vegetation plots using several environmental variables as sampling strata and (b) securing permission from data holders of 105 local-to-regional datasets to openly release data. We thus present sPlotOpen, the largest open-access dataset of vegetation plots ever released. sPlotOpen can be used to explore global diversity at the plant community level, as ground truth data in remote sensing applications, or as a baseline for biodiversity monitoring. Main types of variable contained: Vegetation plots (n = 95,104) recording cover or abundance of naturally co-occurring vascular plant species within delimited areas. sPlotOpen contains three partially overlapping resampled datasets (c. 50,000 plots each), to be used as replicates in global analyses. Besides geographical location, date, plot size, biome, elevation, slope, aspect, vegetation type, naturalness, coverage of various vegetation layers, and source dataset, plot-level data also include community-weighted means and variances of 18 plant functional traits from the TRY Plant Trait Database. Spatial location and grain: Global, 0.01–40,000 m². Time period and grain: 1888–2015, recording dates. Major taxa and level of measuremen

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2021

3. Testing macroecological abundance patterns:the relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants

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Sporbert, M. (Maria), Keil, P. (Petr), Seidler, G. (Gunnar), Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Jandt, U. (Ute), Aćić, S. (Svetlana), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Campos, J. A. (Juan Antonio), Čarni, A. (Andraž), Chytrý, M. (Milan), Ćušterevska, R. (Renata), Dengler, J. (Jürgen), Golub, V. (Valentin), Jansen, F. (Florian), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Marcenò, C. (Corrado), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Pérez‐Haase, A. (Aaron), Rūsiņa, S. (Solvita), Šilc, U. (Urban), Tsiripidris, I. (Ioannis), Vandvik, V. (Vigdis), Vasilev, K. (Kiril), Virtanen, R. (Risto), Welk, E. (Erik), Sporbert, M. (Maria), Keil, P. (Petr), Seidler, G. (Gunnar), Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Jandt, U. (Ute), Aćić, S. (Svetlana), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Campos, J. A. (Juan Antonio), Čarni, A. (Andraž), Chytrý, M. (Milan), Ćušterevska, R. (Renata), Dengler, J. (Jürgen), Golub, V. (Valentin), Jansen, F. (Florian), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Marcenò, C. (Corrado), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Pérez‐Haase, A. (Aaron), Rūsiņa, S. (Solvita), Šilc, U. (Urban), Tsiripidris, I. (Ioannis), Vandvik, V. (Vigdis), Vasilev, K. (Kiril), Virtanen, R. (Risto), and Welk, E. (Erik)

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Aim: A fundamental question in macroecology centres around understanding the relationship between species’ local abundance and their distribution in geographical and climatic space (i.e. the multi‐dimensional climatic space or climatic niche). Here, we tested three macroecological hypotheses that link local abundance to the following range properties: (a) the abundance–range size relationship, (b) the abundance–range centre relationship and (c) the abundance–suitability relationship. Location: Europe. Taxon: Vascular plants. Methods: Distribution range maps were extracted from the Chorological Database Halle to derive information on the range and niche sizes of 517 European vascular plant species. To estimate local abundance, we assessed samples from 744,513 vegetation plots in the European Vegetation Archive, where local species’ abundance is available as plant cover per plot. We then calculated the ‘centrality’, that is, the distance between the location of the abundance observation and each species’ range centre in geographical and climatic space. The climatic suitability of plot locations was estimated using coarse‐grain species distribution models (SDMs). The relationships between centrality or climatic suitability with abundance was tested using linear models and quantile regression. We summarized the overall trend across species’ regression slopes from linear models and quantile regression using a meta‐analytical approach. Results: We did not detect any positive relationships between a species’ mean local abundance and the size of its geographical range or climatic niche. Contrasting yet significant correlations were detected between abundance and centrality or climatic suitability among species. Main conclusions: Our results do not provide unequivocal support for any of the relationships tested, demonstrating that determining properties of species’ distributions at large grains and extents might be of limited use for predicting local abundance, incl

Published
2020

4. Bier

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Moeslund, J. E., Madsen, Henning Bang, Moeslund, J. E., and Madsen, Henning Bang

Published
2020

5. sPlot:a new tool for global vegetation analyses

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Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Dengler, J. (Juergen), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Chytry, M. (Milan), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Jansen, F. (Florian), Kattge, J. (Jens), Sandel, B. (Brody), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Field, R. (Richard), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Jandt, U. (Ute), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Winter, M. (Marten), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Ambarli, D. (Didem), Angelini, P. (Pierangela), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S. Arfin), Arnst, E. (Elise), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Baraloto, C. (Christopher), Beckmann, M. (Michael), Berg, C. (Christian), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Borchardt, P. (Peter), Botta-Dukat, Z. (Zoltan), Boyle, B. (Brad), Breen, A. (Amy), Brisse, H. (Henry), Byun, C. (Chaeho), Cabido, M. R. (Marcelo R.), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Curran, M. (Michael), Custerevska, R. (Renata), Stevanovic, Z. D. (Zora Dajic), De Bie, E. (Els), de Ruffray, P. (Patrice), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dressler, S. (Stefan), Ejrnaes, R. (Rasmus), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fagundez, J. (Jaime), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Font, X. (Xavier), Forey, E. (Estelle), Fotiadis, G. (Georgios), Garcia-Mijangos, I. (Itziar), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), Golub, V. (Valentin), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), He, T. (Tianhua), Higuchi, P. (Pedro), Holubova, D. (Dana), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Gursoy, D. I. (Deniz Isik), Jansen, S. (Steven), Janssen, J. (John), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jirousek, M. (Martin), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Knollova, I. (Ilona), Kolomiychuk, V. (Vitaliy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kozhevnikova, M. (Maria), Kozub, L. (Lukasz), Krstonosic, D. (Daniel), Kuehl, H. (Hjalmar), Kuehn, I. (Ingolf), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Kuzmic, F. (Filip), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lee, M. T. (Michael T.), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Li, C.-F. (Ching-Feng), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lopez-Gonzalez, G. (Gabriela), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Macanovic, A. (Armin), Mahdavi, P. (Parastoo), Manning, P. (Peter), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vassiliy), Mencuccini, M. (Maurizio), Minden, V. (Vanessa), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Moretti, M. (Marco), Mueller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Niinemets, U. (Ulo), Nobis, M. (Marcin), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Ozinga, W. A. (Wim A.), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Pedashenko, H. (Hristo), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rodwell, J. (John), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schaminee, J. H. (Joop H. J.), Schmiedel, U. (Ute), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Smyth, A. (Anita), Sop, T. (Tenekwetche), Sopotlieva, D. (Desislava), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Swacha, G. (Grzegorz), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Turtureanu, P. D. (Pavel Dan), Ugurlu, E. (Emin), Uogintas, D. (Domas), Valachovic, M. (Milan), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vashenyak, Y. (Yulia), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Wana, D. (Desalegn), Weiher, E. (Evan), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. (Timothy), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. (Susan), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zizka, G. (Georg), Zverev, A. (Andrei), Bruelheide, H. (Helge), Dengler, J. (Juergen), Jimenez-Alfaro, B. (Borja), Purschke, O. (Oliver), Hennekens, S. M. (Stephan M.), Chytry, M. (Milan), Pillar, V. D. (Valerio D.), Jansen, F. (Florian), Kattge, J. (Jens), Sandel, B. (Brody), Aubin, I. (Isabelle), Biurrun, I. (Idoia), Field, R. (Richard), Haider, S. (Sylvia), Jandt, U. (Ute), Lenoir, J. (Jonathan), Peet, R. K. (Robert K.), Peyre, G. (Gwendolyn), Sabatini, F. M. (Francesco Maria), Schmidt, M. (Marco), Schrodt, F. (Franziska), Winter, M. (Marten), Acic, S. (Svetlana), Agrillo, E. (Emiliano), Alvarez, M. (Miguel), Ambarli, D. (Didem), Angelini, P. (Pierangela), Apostolova, I. (Iva), Khan, M. A. (Mohammed A. S. Arfin), Arnst, E. (Elise), Attorre, F. (Fabio), Baraloto, C. (Christopher), Beckmann, M. (Michael), Berg, C. (Christian), Bergeron, Y. (Yves), Bergmeier, E. (Erwin), Bjorkman, A. D. (Anne D.), Bondareva, V. (Viktoria), Borchardt, P. (Peter), Botta-Dukat, Z. (Zoltan), Boyle, B. (Brad), Breen, A. (Amy), Brisse, H. (Henry), Byun, C. (Chaeho), Cabido, M. R. (Marcelo R.), Casella, L. (Laura), Cayuela, L. (Luis), Cerny, T. (Tomas), Chepinoga, V. (Victor), Csiky, J. (Janos), Curran, M. (Michael), Custerevska, R. (Renata), Stevanovic, Z. D. (Zora Dajic), De Bie, E. (Els), de Ruffray, P. (Patrice), De Sanctis, M. (Michele), Dimopoulos, P. (Panayotis), Dressler, S. (Stefan), Ejrnaes, R. (Rasmus), El-Sheikh, M. A. (Mohamed Abd El-Rouf Mousa), Enquist, B. (Brian), Ewald, J. (Joerg), Fagundez, J. (Jaime), Finckh, M. (Manfred), Font, X. (Xavier), Forey, E. (Estelle), Fotiadis, G. (Georgios), Garcia-Mijangos, I. (Itziar), de Gasper, A. L. (Andre Luis), Golub, V. (Valentin), Gutierrez, A. G. (Alvaro G.), Hatim, M. Z. (Mohamed Z.), He, T. (Tianhua), Higuchi, P. (Pedro), Holubova, D. (Dana), Hoelzel, N. (Norbert), Homeier, J. (Juergen), Indreica, A. (Adrian), Gursoy, D. I. (Deniz Isik), Jansen, S. (Steven), Janssen, J. (John), Jedrzejek, B. (Birgit), Jirousek, M. (Martin), Juergens, N. (Norbert), Kacki, Z. (Zygmunt), Kavgaci, A. (Ali), Kearsley, E. (Elizabeth), Kessler, M. (Michael), Knollova, I. (Ilona), Kolomiychuk, V. (Vitaliy), Korolyuk, A. (Andrey), Kozhevnikova, M. (Maria), Kozub, L. (Lukasz), Krstonosic, D. (Daniel), Kuehl, H. (Hjalmar), Kuehn, I. (Ingolf), Kuzemko, A. (Anna), Kuzmic, F. (Filip), Landucci, F. (Flavia), Lee, M. T. (Michael T.), Levesley, A. (Aurora), Li, C.-F. (Ching-Feng), Liu, H. (Hongyan), Lopez-Gonzalez, G. (Gabriela), Lysenko, T. (Tatiana), Macanovic, A. (Armin), Mahdavi, P. (Parastoo), Manning, P. (Peter), Marceno, C. (Corrado), Martynenko, V. (Vassiliy), Mencuccini, M. (Maurizio), Minden, V. (Vanessa), Moeslund, J. E. (Jesper Erenskjold), Moretti, M. (Marco), Mueller, J. V. (Jonas V.), Munzinger, J. (Jerome), Niinemets, U. (Ulo), Nobis, M. (Marcin), Noroozi, J. (Jalil), Nowak, A. (Arkadiusz), Onyshchenko, V. (Viktor), Overbeck, G. E. (Gerhard E.), Ozinga, W. A. (Wim A.), Pauchard, A. (Anibal), Pedashenko, H. (Hristo), Penuelas, J. (Josep), Perez-Haase, A. (Aaron), Peterka, T. (Tomas), Petrik, P. (Petr), Phillips, O. L. (Oliver L.), Prokhorov, V. (Vadim), Rasomavicius, V. (Valerijus), Revermann, R. (Rasmus), Rodwell, J. (John), Ruprecht, E. (Eszter), Rusina, S. (Solvita), Samimi, C. (Cyrus), Schaminee, J. H. (Joop H. J.), Schmiedel, U. (Ute), Sibik, J. (Jozef), Silc, U. (Urban), Skvorc, Z. (Zeljko), Smyth, A. (Anita), Sop, T. (Tenekwetche), Sopotlieva, D. (Desislava), Sparrow, B. (Ben), Stancic, Z. (Zvjezdana), Svenning, J.-C. (Jens-Christian), Swacha, G. (Grzegorz), Tang, Z. (Zhiyao), Tsiripidis, I. (Ioannis), Turtureanu, P. D. (Pavel Dan), Ugurlu, E. (Emin), Uogintas, D. (Domas), Valachovic, M. (Milan), Vanselow, K. A. (Kim Andre), Vashenyak, Y. (Yulia), Vassilev, K. (Kiril), Velez-Martin, E. (Eduardo), Venanzoni, R. (Roberto), Vibrans, A. C. (Alexander Christian), Violle, C. (Cyrille), Virtanen, R. (Risto), von Wehrden, H. (Henrik), Wagner, V. (Viktoria), Walker, D. A. (Donald A.), Wana, D. (Desalegn), Weiher, E. (Evan), Wesche, K. (Karsten), Whitfeld, T. (Timothy), Willner, W. (Wolfgang), Wiser, S. (Susan), Wohlgemuth, T. (Thomas), Yamalov, S. (Sergey), Zizka, G. (Georg), and Zverev, A. (Andrei)

Abstract

Aims: Vegetation‐plot records provide information on the presence and cover or abundance of plants co‐occurring in the same community. Vegetation‐plot data are spread across research groups, environmental agencies and biodiversity research centers and, thus, are rarely accessible at continental or global scales. Here we present the sPlot database, which collates vegetation plots worldwide to allow for the exploration of global patterns in taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity at the plant community level. Results: sPlot version 2.1 contains records from 1,121,244 vegetation plots, which comprise 23,586,216 records of plant species and their relative cover or abundance in plots collected worldwide between 1885 and 2015. We complemented the information for each plot by retrieving climate and soil conditions and the biogeographic context (e.g., biomes) from external sources, and by calculating community‐weighted means and variances of traits using gap‐filled data from the global plant trait database TRY. Moreover, we created a phylogenetic tree for 50,167 out of the 54,519 species identified in the plots. We present the first maps of global patterns of community richness and community‐weighted means of key traits. Conclusions: The availability of vegetation plot data in sPlot offers new avenues for vegetation analysis at the global scale.

Published
2019

6. European Vegetation Archive (EVA): An integrated database of European vegetation plots

Author

Chytrý M., Hennekens S., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Knollová I., Dengler J., Jansen F., Landucci F., Schaminée J., Aćić S., Agrillo E., Ambarli D., Angelini P., Apostolova I., Attorre F., Berg C., Bergmeier E., Biurrun I., Botta-Dukát Z., Brisse H., Campos J., Carlón L., Čarni A., Casella L., Csiky J., Ćušterevska R., Dajić Stevanović Z., Danihelka J., De Bie E., de Ruffray P., De Sanctis M., Dickoré W., Dimopoulos P., Dubyna D., Dziuba T., Ejrnæs R., Ermakov N., Ewald J., Fanelli G., Fernández-González F., Fitzpatrick Ú., Font X., García-Mijangos I., Gavilán R., Golub V., Guarino R., Haveman R., Indreica A., Işik Gürsoy D., Jandt U., Janssen J., Jiroušek M., Kacki Z., Kavgaci A., Kleikamp M., Kolomiychuk V., Krstivojević Ćuk M., Krstonošić D., Kuzemko A., Lenoir J., Lysenko T., Marcenò C., Martynenko V., Michalcová D., Moeslund J., Onyshchenko V., Pedashenko H., Pérez-Haase A., Peterka T., Prokhorov V., Rašomavičius V., Rodríguez-Rojo M., Rodwell J., Rogova T., Ruprecht E., Rusiņa S., Seidler G., Šibík J., Šilc U., Škvorc Ž., Sopotlieva D., Stančić Z., Svenning J., Swacha G., Tsiripidis I., Turtureanu P., Uğurlu E., Uogintas D., Valachovič M., Vashenyak Y., Vassilev K., Venanzoni R., Virtanen R., Weekes L., Willner W., Wohlgemuth T., Yamalov S., Chytrý M., Hennekens S., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Knollová I., Dengler J., Jansen F., Landucci F., Schaminée J., Aćić S., Agrillo E., Ambarli D., Angelini P., Apostolova I., Attorre F., Berg C., Bergmeier E., Biurrun I., Botta-Dukát Z., Brisse H., Campos J., Carlón L., Čarni A., Casella L., Csiky J., Ćušterevska R., Dajić Stevanović Z., Danihelka J., De Bie E., de Ruffray P., De Sanctis M., Dickoré W., Dimopoulos P., Dubyna D., Dziuba T., Ejrnæs R., Ermakov N., Ewald J., Fanelli G., Fernández-González F., Fitzpatrick Ú., Font X., García-Mijangos I., Gavilán R., Golub V., Guarino R., Haveman R., Indreica A., Işik Gürsoy D., Jandt U., Janssen J., Jiroušek M., Kacki Z., Kavgaci A., Kleikamp M., Kolomiychuk V., Krstivojević Ćuk M., Krstonošić D., Kuzemko A., Lenoir J., Lysenko T., Marcenò C., Martynenko V., Michalcová D., Moeslund J., Onyshchenko V., Pedashenko H., Pérez-Haase A., Peterka T., Prokhorov V., Rašomavičius V., Rodríguez-Rojo M., Rodwell J., Rogova T., Ruprecht E., Rusiņa S., Seidler G., Šibík J., Šilc U., Škvorc Ž., Sopotlieva D., Stančić Z., Svenning J., Swacha G., Tsiripidis I., Turtureanu P., Uğurlu E., Uogintas D., Valachovič M., Vashenyak Y., Vassilev K., Venanzoni R., Virtanen R., Weekes L., Willner W., Wohlgemuth T., and Yamalov S.

Abstract

© 2016 International Association for Vegetation Science. The European Vegetation Archive (EVA) is a centralized database of European vegetation plots developed by the IAVS Working Group European Vegetation Survey. It has been in development since 2012 and first made available for use in research projects in 2014. It stores copies of national and regional vegetation- plot databases on a single software platform. Data storage in EVA does not affect on-going independent development of the contributing databases, which remain the property of the data contributors. EVA uses a prototype of the database management software TURBOVEG 3 developed for joint management of multiple databases that use different species lists. This is facilitated by the SynBioSys Taxon Database, a system of taxon names and concepts used in the individual European databases and their corresponding names on a unified list of European flora. TURBOVEG 3 also includes procedures for handling data requests, selections and provisions according to the approved EVA Data Property and Governance Rules. By 30 June 2015, 61 databases from all European regions have joined EVA, contributing in total 1 027 376 vegetation plots, 82% of them with geographic coordinates, from 57 countries. EVA provides a unique data source for large-scale analyses of European vegetation diversity both for fundamental research and nature conservation applications. Updated information on EVA is available online at http://euroveg.org/eva-database.

7. European Vegetation Archive (EVA): An integrated database of European vegetation plots

Author

Chytrý M., Hennekens S., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Knollová I., Dengler J., Jansen F., Landucci F., Schaminée J., Aćić S., Agrillo E., Ambarli D., Angelini P., Apostolova I., Attorre F., Berg C., Bergmeier E., Biurrun I., Botta-Dukát Z., Brisse H., Campos J., Carlón L., Čarni A., Casella L., Csiky J., Ćušterevska R., Dajić Stevanović Z., Danihelka J., De Bie E., de Ruffray P., De Sanctis M., Dickoré W., Dimopoulos P., Dubyna D., Dziuba T., Ejrnæs R., Ermakov N., Ewald J., Fanelli G., Fernández-González F., Fitzpatrick Ú., Font X., García-Mijangos I., Gavilán R., Golub V., Guarino R., Haveman R., Indreica A., Işik Gürsoy D., Jandt U., Janssen J., Jiroušek M., Kacki Z., Kavgaci A., Kleikamp M., Kolomiychuk V., Krstivojević Ćuk M., Krstonošić D., Kuzemko A., Lenoir J., Lysenko T., Marcenò C., Martynenko V., Michalcová D., Moeslund J., Onyshchenko V., Pedashenko H., Pérez-Haase A., Peterka T., Prokhorov V., Rašomavičius V., Rodríguez-Rojo M., Rodwell J., Rogova T., Ruprecht E., Rusiņa S., Seidler G., Šibík J., Šilc U., Škvorc Ž., Sopotlieva D., Stančić Z., Svenning J., Swacha G., Tsiripidis I., Turtureanu P., Uğurlu E., Uogintas D., Valachovič M., Vashenyak Y., Vassilev K., Venanzoni R., Virtanen R., Weekes L., Willner W., Wohlgemuth T., Yamalov S., Chytrý M., Hennekens S., Jiménez-Alfaro B., Knollová I., Dengler J., Jansen F., Landucci F., Schaminée J., Aćić S., Agrillo E., Ambarli D., Angelini P., Apostolova I., Attorre F., Berg C., Bergmeier E., Biurrun I., Botta-Dukát Z., Brisse H., Campos J., Carlón L., Čarni A., Casella L., Csiky J., Ćušterevska R., Dajić Stevanović Z., Danihelka J., De Bie E., de Ruffray P., De Sanctis M., Dickoré W., Dimopoulos P., Dubyna D., Dziuba T., Ejrnæs R., Ermakov N., Ewald J., Fanelli G., Fernández-González F., Fitzpatrick Ú., Font X., García-Mijangos I., Gavilán R., Golub V., Guarino R., Haveman R., Indreica A., Işik Gürsoy D., Jandt U., Janssen J., Jiroušek M., Kacki Z., Kavgaci A., Kleikamp M., Kolomiychuk V., Krstivojević Ćuk M., Krstonošić D., Kuzemko A., Lenoir J., Lysenko T., Marcenò C., Martynenko V., Michalcová D., Moeslund J., Onyshchenko V., Pedashenko H., Pérez-Haase A., Peterka T., Prokhorov V., Rašomavičius V., Rodríguez-Rojo M., Rodwell J., Rogova T., Ruprecht E., Rusiņa S., Seidler G., Šibík J., Šilc U., Škvorc Ž., Sopotlieva D., Stančić Z., Svenning J., Swacha G., Tsiripidis I., Turtureanu P., Uğurlu E., Uogintas D., Valachovič M., Vashenyak Y., Vassilev K., Venanzoni R., Virtanen R., Weekes L., Willner W., Wohlgemuth T., and Yamalov S.

Abstract

© 2016 International Association for Vegetation Science. The European Vegetation Archive (EVA) is a centralized database of European vegetation plots developed by the IAVS Working Group European Vegetation Survey. It has been in development since 2012 and first made available for use in research projects in 2014. It stores copies of national and regional vegetation- plot databases on a single software platform. Data storage in EVA does not affect on-going independent development of the contributing databases, which remain the property of the data contributors. EVA uses a prototype of the database management software TURBOVEG 3 developed for joint management of multiple databases that use different species lists. This is facilitated by the SynBioSys Taxon Database, a system of taxon names and concepts used in the individual European databases and their corresponding names on a unified list of European flora. TURBOVEG 3 also includes procedures for handling data requests, selections and provisions according to the approved EVA Data Property and Governance Rules. By 30 June 2015, 61 databases from all European regions have joined EVA, contributing in total 1 027 376 vegetation plots, 82% of them with geographic coordinates, from 57 countries. EVA provides a unique data source for large-scale analyses of European vegetation diversity both for fundamental research and nature conservation applications. Updated information on EVA is available online at http://euroveg.org/eva-database.

8. European Vegetation Archive (EVA): an integrated database of European vegetation plots

Author

Ioannis Tsiripidis, Dmytro Dubyna, Emin Uğurlu, Federico Fernández-González, Svetlana Aćić, Valerijus Rašomavičius, Anna Kuzemko, Jiří Danihelka, Wolfgang Willner, Christian Berg, Mirjana Ćuk, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Erwin Bergmeier, Aaron Pérez-Haase, Vadim Prokhorov, Deniz Işık Gürsoy, Zoltán Botta-Dukát, Hristo Pedashenko, John Janssen, Martin Kleikamp, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Martin Jiroušek, S. M. Yamalov, Viktor Onyshchenko, Ilona Knollová, Urban Šilc, Jörg Ewald, Henry Brisse, Xavier Font, Didem Ambarlı, John S. Rodwell, Andraž Čarni, Tatiana Rogova, Lynda Weekes, Solvita Rūsiņa, Gunnar Seidler, Tetiana Dziuba, Milan Chytrý, Desislava Sopotlieva, Risto Virtanen, Nikolai Ermakov, Riccardo Guarino, Maria Pilar Rodríguez-Rojo, Florian Jansen, Michele De Sanctis, Zygmunt Kącki, Domas Uogintas, Itziar García-Mijangos, Ute Jandt, Jürgen Dengler, Úna FitzPatrick, Jens-Christian Svenning, Eszter Ruprecht, Idoia Biurrun, Kiril Vassilev, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Stephan M. Hennekens, Tomáš Peterka, Laura Casella, Zvjezdana Stančić, Jonathan Lenoir, Iva Apostolova, Flavia Landucci, Milan Valachovič, Fabio Attorre, Joop H.J. Schaminée, Renata Ćušterevska, Corrado Marcenò, Valentin Golub, Grzegorz Swacha, János Csiky, Patrice de Ruffray, Tatiana Lysenko, Vitaliy Kolomiychuk, Rense Haveman, Luis Carlón, Emiliano Agrillo, Ali Kavgaci, W. Bernhard Dickoré, Els De Bie, Željko Škvorc, Vassiliy Martynenko, Dana Michalcová, Roberto Venanzoni, Rosario G. Gavilán, Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund, Pierangela Angelini, Giuliano Fanelli, Jozef Šibík, Juan Antonio Campos, Yulia Vashenyak, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Adrian Indreica, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Daniel Krstonošić, Zora Dajić Stevanović, Chytrý, M., Hennekens, S., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Knollová, I., Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Landucci, F., Schaminée, J., Aćić, S., Agrillo, E., Ambarlı, D., Angelini, P., Apostolova, I., Attorre, F., Berg, C., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Botta-Dukát, Z., Brisse, H., Campos, J., Carlón, L., Čarni, A., Casella, L., Csiky, J., Ćušterevska, R., Dajić Stevanović, Z., Danihelka, J., De Bie, E., de Ruffray, P., De Sanctis, M., Dickoré, W., Dimopoulos, P., Dubyna, D., Dziuba, T., Ejrnaes, R., Ermakov, N., Ewald, J., Fanelli, G., Fernández-González, F., Fitzpatrick, Ú., Font, X., García-Mijangos, I., Gavilán, R., Golub, V., Guarino, R., Haveman, R., Indreica, A., Işık Gürsoy, D., Jandt, U., Janssen, J., Jiroušek, M., Kącki, Z., Kavgacı, A., Kleikamp, M., Kolomiychuk, V., Krstivojević Ćuk, M., Krstonošić, D., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., Lysenko, T., Marcenò, C., Martynenko, V., Michalcová, D., Moeslund, J., Onyshchenko, V., Pedashenko, H., Pérez-Haase, A., Peterka, T., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Rodríguez-Rojo, M., Rodwell, J., Rogova, T., Ruprecht, E., Rūsiņa, S., Seidler, G., Šibík, J., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Sopotlieva, D., Stančić, Z., Svenning, J., Swacha, G., Tsiripidis, I., Turtureanu, P., Uğurlu, E., Uogintas, D., Valachovič, M., Vashenyak, Y., Vassilev, K., Venanzoni, R., Virtanen, R., Weekes, L., Willner, W., Wohlgemuth, T., Yamalov, S., and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, International Association for Vegetation Science, Bos- en Landschapsecologie, Ecoinformatic, 01 natural sciences, Ecoinformatics, Forest and Landscape Ecology, Vegetació, Ecology, Environmental resource management, PE&RC, Vegetation plot, Europe, Centralized database, Geography, Cartografia de la vegetació, Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer, Vegetatie, Bos- en Landschapsecologie, medicine.symptom, Geographic coordinate system, Europa, Releve, Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, European Vegetation Survey, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Biodiversity informatics, 010603 evolutionary biology, Plot (graphics), Relevé, Database, Phytosociological data, Vegetation database, medicine, biodiversity informatics, database, ecoinformatics, european vegetation survey, international association for vegetation science, phytosociological data, relevé, vegetation database, vegetation plot, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, management, monitoring, policy and law, Vegetatie, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Vegetation mapping, Vegetation, business.industry, 15. Life on land, Defensie, Taxon, Biodiversity informatic, Integrated database, Vegetation, Forest and Landscape Ecology, business, Vegetation (pathology), 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

Biurrun, Idoia/0000-0002-1454-0433; Rojo, Maria Pilar Rodriguez/0000-0001-5449-9386; Ermakov, Nikolai/0000-0001-7550-990X; De Sanctis, Michele/0000-0002-7280-6199; Svenning, Jens-Christian/0000-0002-3415-0862; Virtanen, Risto/0000-0002-8295-8217; Agrillo, Emiliano/0000-0003-2346-8346; Onyshchenko, Viktor/0000-0001-9079-7241; Marceno, Corrado/0000-0003-4361-5200; Willner, Wolfgang/0000-0003-1591-8386; Fernandez-Gonzalez, Federico/0000-0003-1234-4065; Jansen, Florian/0000-0002-0331-5185; Swacha, Grzegorz/0000-0002-6380-2954; Dengler, Jurgen/0000-0003-3221-660X; Guarino, Riccardo/0000-0003-0106-9416; Sopotlieva, Desislava/0000-0002-9281-7039; Venanzoni, Roberto/0000-0002-7768-0468; Chytry, Milan/0000-0002-8122-3075; Kuzemko, Anna/0000-0002-9425-2756; Danihelka, Jiri/0000-0002-2640-7867; Kuzemko, Anna/0000-0002-9425-2756; Venanzoni, Roberto/0000-0002-7768-0468; Gavilan, Rosario G./0000-0002-1022-445X; Jansen, Florian/0000-0002-0331-5185; Wohlgemuth, Thomas/0000-0002-4623-0894; Svenning, Jens-Christian/0000-0002-3415-0862; Sibik, Jozef/0000-0002-5949-862X; Casella, Laura/0000-0003-2550-3010; Lenoir, Jonathan/0000-0003-0638-9582; Attorre, Fabio/0000-0002-7744-2195; Kacki, Zygmunt/0000-0002-2241-1631; Jandt, Ute/0000-0002-3177-3669; Carni, Andraz/0000-0002-8909-4298; Jirousek, Martin/0000-0002-4293-478X; GARCIA-MIJANGOS, ITZIAR/0000-0002-6642-7782; Campos, Juan Antonio/0000-0001-5992-2753; Fanelli, Giuliano/0000-0002-3143-1212; Haveman, Rense/0000-0001-9127-4549; Acic, Svetlana/0000-0001-6553-3797; De Bie, Els/0000-0001-7679-743X; Font, Xavier/0000-0002-7253-8905; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold/0000-0001-8591-7149; Martynenko, Vasiliy/0000-0002-9071-3789; Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja/0000-0001-6601-9597; Ejrnaes, Rasmus/0000-0003-2538-8606; Carlon Ruiz, Luis/0000-0003-3442-8710; Angelini, Pierangela/0000-0002-5321-9757; Silc, Urban/0000-0002-3052-699X; Landucci, Flavia/0000-0002-6848-0384; Ewald, Jorg/0000-0002-2758-9324; Dziuba, Tetiana/0000-0001-8621-0890 WOS: 000368074600018 The European Vegetation Archive (EVA) is a centralized database of European vegetation plots developed by the IAVS Working Group European Vegetation Survey. It has been in development since 2012 and first made available for use in research projects in 2014. It stores copies of national and regional vegetation-plot databases on a single software platform. Data storage in EVA does not affect on-going independent development of the contributing databases, which remain the property of the data contributors. EVA uses a prototype of the database management software TURBOVEG 3 developed for joint management of multiple databases that use different species lists. This is facilitated by the SynBioSys Taxon Database, a system of taxon names and concepts used in the individual European databases and their corresponding names on a unified list of European flora. TURBOVEG 3 also includes procedures for handling data requests, selections and provisions according to the approved EVA Data Property and Governance Rules. By 30 June 2015, 61 databases from all European regions have joined EVA, contributing in total 1 027 376 vegetation plots, 82% of them with geographic coordinates, from 57 countries. EVA provides a unique data source for large-scale analyses of European vegetation diversity both for fundamental research and nature conservation applications. Updated information on EVA is available online at http://euroveg.org/eva-database. Czech Science Foundation (Centre of Excellence PLADIAS) [14-36079G] Our major thanks go to thousands of European vegetation scientists of several generations who collected the original vegetation-plot data in the field, published them or made their unpublished data available to others, and to those who spent myriad hours digitizing data and managing the contributing databases. EVA data management has been partly funded by the Czech Science Foundation (Centre of Excellence PLADIAS, 14-36079G).

Published
2016

9. Predicting provenance of forensic soil samples: Linking soil to ecological habitats by metabarcoding and supervised classification.

Author

Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Brunbjerg AK, Bruun HH, Moeslund J, Hansen AJ, and Ejrnæs R

Subjects
Denmark, Ecology, Forests, Biodiversity, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic, Environmental Monitoring methods, Soil chemistry
Abstract

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly applied in ecological studies, including studies with the primary purpose of criminal investigation, in which eDNA from soil can be used to pair samples or reveal sample provenance. We collected soil eDNA samples as part of a large national biodiversity research project across 130 sites in Denmark. We investigated the potential for soil eDNA metabarcoding in predicting provenance in terms of environmental conditions, habitat type and geographic regions. We used linear regression for predicting environmental gradients of light, soil moisture, pH and nutrient status (represented by Ellenberg Indicator Values, EIVs) and Quadratic Discriminant Analysis (QDA) to predict habitat type and geographic region. eDNA data performed relatively well as a predictor of environmental gradients (R2 > 0.81). Its ability to discriminate between habitat types was variable, with high accuracy for certain forest types and low accuracy for heathland, which was poorly predicted. Geographic region was also less accurately predicted by eDNA. We demonstrated the application of provenance prediction in forensic science by evaluating and discussing two mock crime scenes. Here, we listed the plant species from annotated sequences, which can further aid in identifying the likely habitat or, in case of rare species, a geographic region. Predictions of environmental gradients and habitat types together give an overall accurate description of a crime scene, but care should be taken when interpreting annotated sequences, e.g. due to erroneous assignments in GenBank. Our approach demonstrates that important habitat properties can be derived from soil eDNA, and exemplifies a range of potential applications of eDNA in forensic ecology., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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2019
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