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Database Polygono-Poetea annuae of Germany


Jürgen Dengler*, Melanie Rahmlow & Patrick Lampe

Article first published online: 24 September 2012

DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00138

*Corresponding author contact: dengler@botanik.uni-hamburg.de

Biodiversity & Ecology  (Biodivers. Ecol.)

Special Volume: Vegetation databases for the 21st century,
edited by Jürgen Dengler, Jens Oldeland, Florian Jansen, Milan Chytrý, Jörg Ewald, Manfred Finckh, Falko Glöckler, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Robert K. Peet & Joop H.J. Schaminée
Volume 4, pages 347–347, Sep 12
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Keywords: bryophyte; Hamburg; hemerobic; Lüneburg; plant community; soil data; standardisation; trampling; vascular plant; vegetation plot.

English

Abstract: The Database Polygono-Poetea annuae of Germany (GIVD ID EU-DE-004) aims to compile the available published and unpublished vegetation-plot data of this vegetation class in Germany. The class Polygono-Poetea comprises communities of eu-hemerobic habitats where trampling or driving is largely preventing the survival of perennial vascular plants. As a consequence, the vegetation is dominated by low-growing annual vascular plants and/or acrocarpous mosses. The core of our database are standardised relevés of 4-m² plots covering the full variety of Polygono-Poetea in the northern German municipalities of Hamburg and Lüneburg (n = 143). Unlike most of the literature data, we used a uniform plot size (4 m²), sampled non-vascular plants comprehensively, and measured various soil and other relevant environmental parameters. These core data are complemented by digitised relevés from published and unpublished sources (presently n = 441). While the available data from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are already largely included, the coverage of other federal states is only partial. The dataset is available to the scientific public based upon individual agreements.

Suggested citation:
Dengler, J., Rahmlow, M., Lampe, P. (2012): Database Polygono-Poetea annuae of Germany. – In: Dengler, J., Oldeland, J., Jansen, F., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Finckh, M., Glöckler, F., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Peet, R.K., Schaminée, J.H.J. [Eds.]: Vegetation databases for the 21st century. – Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 347–347. DOI: 10.7809/b-e.00138.