sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots
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 measurement: 42,677 vascular plant taxa, plot-level records. Software format: Three main matrices (.csv), relationally linked.
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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 measurement: 42,677 vascular plant taxa, plot-level records. Software format: Three main matrices (.csv), relationally linked. |
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Sabatini, Francesco Maria Lenoir, Jonathan Hattab, Tarek Arnst, Elise Aimee Chytrý, Milan Dengler, Jürgen De Ruffray, Patrice Hennekens, Stephan M. Jandt, Ute Jansen, Florian Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja Kattge, Jens Levesley, Aurora Pillar, Valério D. Purschke, Olivier Sandel, Brody Sultana, Fahmida Aavik, Tsipe Aćić, Svetlana Acosta, Alicia T.R. Agrillo, Emiliano Alvarez, Miguel Apostolova, Iva Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S. Arroyo, Luzmila Attorre, Fabio Aubin, Isabelle Banerjee, Arindam Bauters, Marijn Bergeron, Yves Bergmeier, Erwin Biurrun, Idoia Bjorkman, Anne D. Bonari, Gianmaria Bondareva, Viktoria Brunet, Jörg Carni, Andraz Casella, Laura Cayuela, Luis Cerný, Tomás Chepinoga, Victor Csiky, János Ćušterevska, Renata De Bie, Els De Gasper, André Luis De Sanctis, Michele Dimopoulos, Panayotis Dolezal, Jiri Dziuba, Tetiana El‐Sheikh, Mohamed Abd El‐Rouf Mousa Enquist, Brian Ewald, Jörg Fazayeli, Farideh Field, Richard Finckh, Manfred Gachet, Sophie Galán‐de‐Mera, Antonio Garbolino, Emmanuel Gholizadeh, Hamid Giorgis, Melisa Golub, Valentin Alsos, Inger Greve Grytnes, John-Arvid Guerin, Gregory Richard Gutiérrez, Alvaro G. Haider, Sylvia Hatim, Mohamed Z. Herault, Bruno et al., |
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Sabatini, Francesco Maria Lenoir, Jonathan Hattab, Tarek Arnst, Elise Aimee Chytrý, Milan Dengler, Jürgen De Ruffray, Patrice Hennekens, Stephan M. Jandt, Ute Jansen, Florian Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja Kattge, Jens Levesley, Aurora Pillar, Valério D. Purschke, Olivier Sandel, Brody Sultana, Fahmida Aavik, Tsipe Aćić, Svetlana Acosta, Alicia T.R. Agrillo, Emiliano Alvarez, Miguel Apostolova, Iva Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S. Arroyo, Luzmila Attorre, Fabio Aubin, Isabelle Banerjee, Arindam Bauters, Marijn Bergeron, Yves Bergmeier, Erwin Biurrun, Idoia Bjorkman, Anne D. Bonari, Gianmaria Bondareva, Viktoria Brunet, Jörg Carni, Andraz Casella, Laura Cayuela, Luis Cerný, Tomás Chepinoga, Victor Csiky, János Ćušterevska, Renata De Bie, Els De Gasper, André Luis De Sanctis, Michele Dimopoulos, Panayotis Dolezal, Jiri Dziuba, Tetiana El‐Sheikh, Mohamed Abd El‐Rouf Mousa Enquist, Brian Ewald, Jörg Fazayeli, Farideh Field, Richard Finckh, Manfred Gachet, Sophie Galán‐de‐Mera, Antonio Garbolino, Emmanuel Gholizadeh, Hamid Giorgis, Melisa Golub, Valentin Alsos, Inger Greve Grytnes, John-Arvid Guerin, Gregory Richard Gutiérrez, Alvaro G. Haider, Sylvia Hatim, Mohamed Z. Herault, Bruno et al., |
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sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots |
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sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots |
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sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots |
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splotopen – an environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots |
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dig-cirad-fr-5990882024-04-24T12:42:10Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/599088/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/599088/ sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Sabatini Francesco Maria, Lenoir Jonathan, Hattab Tarek, Arnst Elise Aimee, Chytrý Milan, Dengler Jürgen, De Ruffray Patrice, Hennekens Stephan M., Jandt Ute, Jansen Florian, Jiménez‐Alfaro Borja, Kattge Jens, Levesley Aurora, Pillar Valério D., Purschke Olivier, Sandel Brody, Sultana Fahmida, Aavik Tsipe, Aćić Svetlana, Acosta Alicia T.R., Agrillo Emiliano, Alvarez Miguel, Apostolova Iva, Arfin Khan Mohammed A. S., Arroyo Luzmila, Attorre Fabio, Aubin Isabelle, Banerjee Arindam, Bauters Marijn, Bergeron Yves, Bergmeier Erwin, Biurrun Idoia, Bjorkman Anne D., Bonari Gianmaria, Bondareva Viktoria, Brunet Jörg, Carni Andraz, Casella Laura, Cayuela Luis, Cerný Tomás, Chepinoga Victor, Csiky János, Ćušterevska Renata, De Bie Els, De Gasper André Luis, De Sanctis Michele, Dimopoulos Panayotis, Dolezal Jiri, Dziuba Tetiana, El‐Sheikh Mohamed Abd El‐Rouf Mousa, Enquist Brian, Ewald Jörg, Fazayeli Farideh, Field Richard, Finckh Manfred, Gachet Sophie, Galán‐de‐Mera Antonio, Garbolino Emmanuel, Gholizadeh Hamid, Giorgis Melisa, Golub Valentin, Alsos Inger Greve, Grytnes John-Arvid, Guerin Gregory Richard, Gutiérrez Alvaro G., Haider Sylvia, Hatim Mohamed Z., Herault Bruno, et al.. 2021. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30 (9) : 1740-1764.https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13346 <https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13346> sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open‐access, global dataset of vegetation plots Sabatini, Francesco Maria Lenoir, Jonathan Hattab, Tarek Arnst, Elise Aimee Chytrý, Milan Dengler, Jürgen De Ruffray, Patrice Hennekens, Stephan M. Jandt, Ute Jansen, Florian Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja Kattge, Jens Levesley, Aurora Pillar, Valério D. Purschke, Olivier Sandel, Brody Sultana, Fahmida Aavik, Tsipe Aćić, Svetlana Acosta, Alicia T.R. Agrillo, Emiliano Alvarez, Miguel Apostolova, Iva Arfin Khan, Mohammed A. S. Arroyo, Luzmila Attorre, Fabio Aubin, Isabelle Banerjee, Arindam Bauters, Marijn Bergeron, Yves Bergmeier, Erwin Biurrun, Idoia Bjorkman, Anne D. Bonari, Gianmaria Bondareva, Viktoria Brunet, Jörg Carni, Andraz Casella, Laura Cayuela, Luis Cerný, Tomás Chepinoga, Victor Csiky, János Ćušterevska, Renata De Bie, Els De Gasper, André Luis De Sanctis, Michele Dimopoulos, Panayotis Dolezal, Jiri Dziuba, Tetiana El‐Sheikh, Mohamed Abd El‐Rouf Mousa Enquist, Brian Ewald, Jörg Fazayeli, Farideh Field, Richard Finckh, Manfred Gachet, Sophie Galán‐de‐Mera, Antonio Garbolino, Emmanuel Gholizadeh, Hamid Giorgis, Melisa Golub, Valentin Alsos, Inger Greve Grytnes, John-Arvid Guerin, Gregory Richard Gutiérrez, Alvaro G. Haider, Sylvia Hatim, Mohamed Z. Herault, Bruno et al., eng 2021 Global Ecology and Biogeography F70 - Taxonomie végétale et phytogéographie parcelle couverture végétale biodiversité végétation communauté végétale biogéographie impact sur l'environnement diffusion de l'information données ouvertes http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_fdfbb37f http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_25409 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33949 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8176 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32514 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_915 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24420 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3860 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_45b5a34a 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 measurement: 42,677 vascular plant taxa, plot-level records. Software format: Three main matrices (.csv), relationally linked. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/599088/1/geb.13346.pdf text cc_by info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13346 10.1111/geb.13346 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/geb.13346 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13346 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/purl/https://github.com/fmsabatini/sPlotOpen_Code info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/purl/https://github.com/fmsabatini/sPlotOpen_Manuscript |