Database Report

Vegetation Database of Eurasian Tundra

Risto Virtanen

GIVD Database ID: 00-00-004	Last update: 2018-11-09
Vegetation Database of Eurasian Tundra	Web address: http://www.oulu.fi/herboulu/english/index.html
Database manager(s): Risto Virtanen (risto.virtanen@oulu.fi)
Owner: Risto Virtanen, Botanical Museum, Univ. of Oulu
Scope: Vegetation sample plots from the mountain tundra areas the northern part of the Scandes, European arctic islands and tundra areas in Eurasia. This database consists of vegetation sample plots from different parts of the Eurasian tundra. The sample plots represent high altitude vegetation on the northwestern Scandes both on siliceous and calcareous soil substrates, arctic tundra-polar semi-desert vegetation sampled along elevation and meso-topography gradients from 16 sites in total. (The database yielded for some time the GIVD identifier EU-FI-001)
Abstract: This database consists of vegetation sample plots from different parts of the Eurasian tundra. The sample plots represent high altitude vegetation on the northwestern Scandes both on siliceous and calcareous soil substrates, arctic tundra-polar semi-desert vegetation sampled along elevation and meso-topography gradients from 16 sites in total. The database is under development to include vegetation sample materials on tundra and mountain tundra vegetation published in literature.
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): Excel, Excel	Export format(s): Excel, CSV file, plain text file
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.25 to 4
Non-overlapping plots: 1300	Estimate of existing plots: 2500	Completeness: 52%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 1300	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 3	Valid taxa: 600
Countries (%): FI: 20; NO: 10; RU: 70
Formations: Non Forest: 100% = Terrestrial: 100% (Arctic-alpin: 100%)
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 100%; lichens (terricolous or aquatic): 100%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 95%; 1-10 m2: 5%; unknowmn: 0%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 100; slope aspect: 100; microrelief: 100; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 80; soil pH: 30; other attributes: soil cryoturbation
Performance measure(s): cover: 100%
Geographic localisation: point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 100%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 0%
Sampling periods: 1980-1989: 20%; 1990-1999: 80%
Information as of 2026-05-19; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/00-00-004

Risto Virtanen* (risto.virtanen@oulu.fi)
Botanical Museum, University of Oulu, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, FINLAND
* corresponding author