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ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Vegetation-plot resurvey data are a main source of information on terrestrial biodiversity change, with records reaching back more than one century. Although more and more data from re-sampled plots have been published, there is not yet a comprehensive open-access dataset available for analysis. Here, we compiled and harmonised vegetation-plot resurvey data from Germany covering almost 100 years. We show the distribution of the plot data in space, time and across habitat types of the European Nature Information System (EUNIS). In addition, we include metadata on geographic location, plot size and vegetation structure. The data allow temporal biodiversity change to be assessed at the community scale, reaching back further into the past than most comparable data yet available. They also enable tracking changes in the incidence and distribution of individual species across Germany. In summary, the data come at a level of detail that holds promise for broadening our understanding of the mechanisms and drivers behind plant diversity change over the last century.

SUBMITTER: Jandt U

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9581966 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany.

Jandt Ute U Bruelheide Helge H Berg Christian C Bernhardt-Römermann Markus M Blüml Volker V Bode Frank F Dengler Jürgen J Diekmann Martin M Dierschke Hartmut H Doerfler Inken I Döring Ute U Dullinger Stefan S Härdtle Werner W Haider Sylvia S Heinken Thilo T Horchler Peter P Jansen Florian F Kudernatsch Thomas T Kuhn Gisbert G Lindner Martin M Matesanz Silvia S Metze Katrin K Meyer Stefan S Müller Frank F Müller Norbert N Naaf Tobias T Peppler-Lisbach Cord C Poschlod Peter P Roscher Christiane C Rosenthal Gert G Rumpf Sabine B SB Schmidt Wolfgang W Schrautzer Joachim J Schwabe Angelika A Schwartze Peter P Sperle Thomas T Stanik Nils N Stroh Hans-Georg HG Storm Christian C Voigt Winfried W von Heßberg Andreas A von Oheimb Goddert G Wagner Eva-Rosa ER Wegener Uwe U Wesche Karsten K Wittig Burghard B Wulf Monika M

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Vegetation-plot resurvey data are a main source of information on terrestrial biodiversity change, with records reaching back more than one century. Although more and more data from re-sampled plots have been published, there is not yet a comprehensive open-access dataset available for analysis. Here, we compiled and harmonised vegetation-plot resurvey data from Germany covering almost 100 years. We show the distribution of the plot data in space, time and across habitat types of the European Na ...[more]

PMID: 36261458

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ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany.

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ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany.

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