A network of researchers and conservationists recently launched a new database on grassland vegetation. The database archives plant community data from about 26,000 plots from Europe and Asia. It has a particularly valuable collection of data for different organism groups (vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens), sampled across nested plots, at different spatial scales. Last month, I participated in the first GrassPlot workshop in Bayreuth, Germany, and joined the governing board. I am also currently involved with its data preparation.
All of that was made possible by the collective effort of many dedicated scientists, in particular those that participated in the EDGG field expeditions in the last years. Chapeau!
All of that was made possible by the collective effort of many dedicated scientists, in particular those that participated in the EDGG field expeditions in the last years. Chapeau!
You can find more details about the database here: https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/ecoinformatics/en/forschung/gru/html.php?id_obj=139267
The database is currently being assembled to a more final shape. If you have relevant data for GrassPlot and would like to become a consortium member, please contact the custodians Jürgen Dengler (Bayreuth, Germany, [email protected]) or Idoia Biurrun (Bilbao, Spain, [email protected]).
The database is currently being assembled to a more final shape. If you have relevant data for GrassPlot and would like to become a consortium member, please contact the custodians Jürgen Dengler (Bayreuth, Germany, [email protected]) or Idoia Biurrun (Bilbao, Spain, [email protected]).