Scientific communication
Forest Database of Southern Poland
Pielech, Remigiusz; Baran, Jakub; Bodziarczyk, Jan; Kucharzyk, Stanisław; Malicki, Marek; Smoczyk, Michał; Wilczek, Zbigniew; Zarzycki, Wojciech; Zięba, Antoni

Phytocoenologia Band 48 Heft 3 (2018), p. 349 - 350
published: Aug 17, 2018
published online: Jun 26, 2018
manuscript accepted: Apr 28, 2018
manuscript revision received: Apr 26, 2018
manuscript revision requested: Jan 4, 2018
manuscript received: Jan 3, 2018
ArtNo. ESP024004803006, Price: 29.00 €
Abstract
The Forest Database of Southern Poland (EU-PL-003) was established to collect high accuracy vegetation-plot data of forest and scrub communities from southern Poland. It covers the area of the Carpathians, the Sudetes and their forelands. The primary focus is given to data characterized with high spatial accuracy obtained either by GPS location (preferably) or detailed georeferencing. The Forest Database of Southern Poland integrates data from different sources, including scientific projects and forest inventories; only a small portion of the data is taken from published sources. Thus, most data collected here are not available elsewhere and there is only a small overlap with other vegetation-plot databases. The aim of the Forest Database of Southern Poland is to facilitate large-scale research projects on forest ecology and classification of forest communities. The database is fed by numerous ongoing projects and a rapid growth in the gathered data can be expected in the near future. The data can be accessed either by direct communication or from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA). In addition, a dedicated geoportal has been established and can be accessed via the Forest Database of Southern Poland webpage (www.forestdatabase.zbl.edu.pl) to examine the localities of the plots. Submitted: 3 January 2018; first decision: 4 January 2018; accepted: 28 April 2018
Keywords
database • forest • forest community • phytosociology • Poland • relevé • vegetation • vegetation classification • vegetation plot • vegetation survey