Karnataka Biodiversity Sampling Plots, Western Ghats, India.

This data set reports woody plant species abundances in a network of 96 sampling sites spread across 22000 km² in central Western Ghats region, Karnataka, India . The database stores abundance and girth data for 76813 trees and lianas of 446 species collected in 96 sampling sites during 1996-1997. A total of 61965 individuals >10 cm girth at breast height (gbh) were recorded in 96 1-ha macroplots, while 14848 individuals <10 cm gbh but >1 m height were sampled in three 0.1-ha microplots located within each macroplot. Additional data regarding the stand structure (average canopy height, percent canopy cover, number of strata) and the level of degradation are available for the macroplots, along with environmental data derived from other sources and analyses, such as soil types, rainfall, length of the dry season, and altitude. These data have been used to produce ecological research papers as well as to elaborate conservation value maps and recommendations toward sustainable management of the forests of the central Western Ghats region. We have migrated the initial database available at http://esapubs.org/Archive/ecol/E091/216/default.htm to DataManager during the Pl@ntGhats project.
 
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. Karnataka Biodiversity Sampling Plots, Western Ghats, India.. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/7c49af95-5c1b-43a0-af60-cd6b3df037a5

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Date ( Creation )
1996-01-01
Identifier
IFP_KBSP_plots
Status
Completed

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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes ( Theme )
  • Species distribution
Geounits ( Place )
  • Asia , Southern Asia , India
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 ( Theme )
  • biodiversity , tropical forest
Keywords
Keywords ( Theme )
  • sampling plots , mesoscale plot network , plant species abundances , tropical forest types
Keywords ( Place )
  • Ghats , Karnataka , Central Western Ghats , Western Ghats
Use limitation
Utilisation libre sous réserve de mentionner la source (a minima le nom du producteur) et la date de sa dernière mise à jour
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Intellectual property rights
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Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Denominator
5000
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
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Supplemental Information
Associated references: B. R. Ramesh, M. H. Swaminath, Santoshgouda V. Patil, Dasappa, Raphaël Pélissier, P. Dilip Venugopal, S. Aravajy, Claire Elouard, and S. Ramalingam. 2010. Forest stand structure and composition in 96 sites along environmental gradients in the central Western Ghats of India. Ecology 91:3118.
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • Text (1.0 )

OnLine resource
IFP_ECODATA_KBSP_metadata_v3.pdf  

IFP_ECODATA_KBSP_metadata_v3.pdf

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IFP_HIFP_ETS_KBSP.zip  

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IFP_HIFP_ETS_KBSP.kmz  

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Datamanager public database  
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Statement
1. Download of the initial dataset http://esapubs.org/Archive/ecol/E091/216/default.htm 2. Corrections and link to the IFP localities and IFP taxonomy reference tables that we have created for the Pl@ntGhats project. 3. Migration into Datamanager application

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7c49af95-5c1b-43a0-af60-cd6b3df037a5   XML
Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
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Date stamp
2014-08-21T17:27:52
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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