Abstract
The Balkan Vegetation Database (BVD; GIVD ID: EU-00-019) is a regional database, which was established in 2014. It comprises phytosociological relevés covering various vegetation types from nine countries of the Balkan Peninsula (Albania – 153 relevés, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1715, Bulgaria – 12,282, Greece – 465, Croatia – 69, Kosovo – 493, Montenegro – 440, North Macedonia – 13 and Serbia – 2677). Currently, it contains 18,306 relevés (compared to 9.580 in 2016), and most of them (82.8%) are geo-referenced. The database includes both digitized relevés from the literature (65.6%) and unpublished data (34.5%). Plot size is available for 84.7% of all relevés. During the last four years some “header data information” was improved e.g. elevation (now available for 83.4% of all relevés), aspect (67.7%), slope (66%), total cover of vegetation (54.3%), cover of tree, shrub, herb, bryophyte and lichen layers (27.1%, 20.1%, 40.2%, 11.5% and 2.1%), respectively. Data access is either semi-restricted (65.6%) or restricted (34.4%). Most relevés (84.6%) are classified to syntaxa of different levels. The database has been used for numerous studies with various objectives from floristic, vegetation and habitat-related topics, to macroecological studies at the local, regional, national, continental and global levels. During the last four years, BVD data were requested from 111 different projects via the EVA and sPlot databases.
Highlights
Web address: Owner: Kiril Vassilev, Hristo Pedashenko, Alexandra Alexandrova, Alexander Tashev, Anna Ganeva, Anna Gavrilova, Armin Macanović, Assen Assenov, Antonina Vitkova, Beloslava Genova, Borislav Grigorov, Chavdar Gussev, Ermin Mašić, Eva Filipova, Ganna Gecheva, Ina Aneva, Ilona Knollová, Ivaylo Nikolov, Georgi Georgiev, Georgi Gogushev, Georgi Tinchev, Ivan Minkov, Kalina Pachedzieva, Katerina Mincheva, Koycho Koev, Mariyana Lubenova, Marius Dimitrov, Media Gumus, Momchil Nazarov, Nadezhda Apostolova-Stoyanova, Nikolay Nikolov, Nikolay Velev, Petar Zhelev, Plamen Glogov, Rayna Natcheva, Rossen Tzonev, Senka Barudanović, Sofia Kostadinova, Steffen Boch, Stephan Hennekens, Stoyan Georgiev, Stoyan Stoyanov, Todor Karakiev, Tijana Ilić, Veronika Kalníková, Veselin Shivarov, Vladimir Vulchev
Montenegro – 440, North Macedonia – 13 and Serbia – 2677). It contains 18,306 relevés, and most of them (82.8%) are geo-referenced
Scope: Balkan Vegetation Database includes 18,306 relevés i.e. all vegetation types are considered, except the dry grasslands from 9 Balkan countries
Summary
Web address: Owner: Kiril Vassilev, Hristo Pedashenko, Alexandra Alexandrova, Alexander Tashev, Anna Ganeva, Anna Gavrilova, Armin Macanović, Assen Assenov, Antonina Vitkova, Beloslava Genova, Borislav Grigorov, Chavdar Gussev, Ermin Mašić, Eva Filipova, Ganna Gecheva, Ina Aneva, Ilona Knollová, Ivaylo Nikolov, Georgi Georgiev, Georgi Gogushev, Georgi Tinchev, Ivan Minkov, Kalina Pachedzieva, Katerina Mincheva, Koycho Koev, Mariyana Lubenova, Marius Dimitrov, Media Gumus, Momchil Nazarov, Nadezhda Apostolova-Stoyanova, Nikolay Nikolov, Nikolay Velev, Petar Zhelev, Plamen Glogov, Rayna Natcheva, Rossen Tzonev, Senka Barudanović, Sofia Kostadinova, Steffen Boch, Stephan Hennekens, Stoyan Georgiev, Stoyan Stoyanov, Todor Karakiev, Tijana Ilić, Veronika Kalníková, Veselin Shivarov, Vladimir Vulchev. Kiril Vassilev1, Hristo Pedashenko1, Alexandra Alexandrova2, Alexander Tashev2, Anna Ganeva1, Anna Gavrilova16, Armin Macanović14, Assen Assenov4, Antonina Vitkova1, Beloslava Genova7, Borislav Grigorov4, Chavdar Gussev1, Ermin Mašić14, Eva Filipova10, Gana Gecheva7, Ina Aneva1, Ilona Knollová5, Ivaylo Nikolov6, Georgi Georgiev7, Georgi Gogushev8, Georgi Tinchev20, Ivan Minkov7, Kalina Pachedzieva3, Katerina Mincheva7 Koycho Koev9, Mariyana Lyubenova3, Marius Dimitrov2, Media Gumus15, Momchil Nazarov1, Nadezhda Apostolova-Stoyanova18, Nikolay Nikolov4, Nikolay Velev1, Petar Zhelev2, Plamen Glogov10, Rayna Natcheva1, Rossen Tzonev3, Senka Barudanović14, Sofia Kostadinova4, Steffen Boch11, Stephan Hennekens12, Stoyan Georgiev13, Stoyan Stoyanov1, Todor Karakiev21, Tijana Ilić19, Veronika Kalníková17, Veselin Shivarov1, Vladimir Vulchev1
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