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- Title
DUMIRA - a management related vegetation plot database of Dutch military ranges.
- Authors
de Ronde, Iris; Haveman, Rense; van der Berg, Anja; van Heusden, Tom
- Abstract
In this paper we describe the historical background and contents of the DUMIRA vegetation plot database (GIVD-code EU-NL-003). It contains 13,046 relevés, collected between 1995 and 2018 at military ranges in the Netherlands, and it is updated regularly with new data. Historical circumstances led to the placement of military ranges at the most nutrient poor, dry, sandy soils, and as a result, the database is built up mainly by plots of Calluno-Ulicetea and Nardetea heathlands, Koelerio-Corynephoretea grasslands, and Quercetea robori-petraeae woodlands. These classes account for more than 50% of the database. Coastal communities (e.g. from the Juncetea maritimae and the Therosalicornietea) and scrubs (e.g. the Lonicero-Rubetea plicati and Salicetea arenariae) are other important sources. Notably, throughout the database, Rubus species are identified to species level. Although the DUMIRA database was initially used for management related vegetation mapping projects, the data gave rise to several more scientific studies and papers.
- Subjects
VEGETATION &; climate; FORESTS &; forestry; PLANT communities; SANDY soils; DATABASES
- Publication
Vegetation Classification & Survey (VCS), 2020, Vol 1, p155
- ISSN
2683-0671
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/VCS/2020/59869