Database Report

GLOBALP -- Global Alpine Vegetation Database

Riccardo Testolin & Borja Jiménez-Alfaro

GIVD Database ID: 00-00-007	Last update: 2023-10-12
GLOBALP	Web address:
Database manager(s): Riccardo Testolin (riccardo.testolin@gmail.com); Borja Jiménez-Alfaro (jimenezalfaro@uniovi.es)
Owner: GLOBALP Consortium
Scope: GLOBALP is the first database of georeferenced vegetation plots collected in alpine areas around the world, with an emphasis on non-European mountains. The collection includes both published and novel data of zonal vascular vegetation above the natural climatic treeline in mountain areas. We accept releves of any size with geographic coordinates (measured or estimated) and a full list of vascular plant species with the respective cover values. The database will be stored in sPlot.
Abstract: The GLOBALP database currently contains 2796 vegetation plots from North America (United States), South America (Peru), Africa (Tanzania, South Africa), Asia (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Mongolia, Russia) and Oceania (Indonesian Papua, Papua New Guinea). The plots are representative of all types of alpine vegetation formations (sensu Faber-Langendoen et al. 2012), namely "Temperate & Boreal Alpine Vegetation", "Tropical Montane Grassland & Shrubland" and "Tropical High Montane Scrub & Grassland". Plot size ranges between 1 and 500 m2. Geographic coordinates are measured with GPS, estimated from maps or based on localities (precision varies). GLOBALP Consortium (contributors to the database): Robert Brand, Harol Gutiérrez, Andreas Hemp, Michael Kessler, Jürgen Kluge, Andrey Korolyuk, Natali Makunina, George Malanson, Keith Mcdougall, Georg Miehe, Daniel Montesinos, Arkadiusz Nowak, Petr Sklenar, Steven Sylvester Evgeny Zibzeev
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): CSV file
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 1 to 500
Non-overlapping plots: 2796	Estimate of existing plots: 2796	Completeness: 100%	Status: ongoing capture
Total no. of plot observations: 2796	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 10	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): AU: 5; ID: 1; KG: 2; MN: 7; NP: 6; PG: 2; PE: 11; RU: 23; ZA: 3; TJ: 2; TZ: 1; US: 34
Formations: Non Forest: 100% = Terrestrial: 100% (Arctic-alpin: 100%)
Guilds:
Plot size categories (%): 1-10 m2: 13%; 10-100 m2: 57%; unknowmn: 30%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 98; slope aspect: 60; slope inclination: 62; other attributes: Vegetation formation (Faber-Langendoen et al. 2012)
Performance measure(s): cover: 100%
Geographic localisation:
Sampling periods: 1960-1969: 5%; 1970-1979: 1%; 1980-1989: 6%; 1990-1999: 19%; 2000-2009: 14%; 2010-2019: 35%; unknown: 18%
Information as of 2026-04-30; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/00-00-007

Riccardo Testolin* (riccardo.testolin@gmail.com)
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, ITALY
Borja Jiménez-Alfaro (jimenezalfaro@uniovi.es)
Biodiversity Research Institute, Univerity of Oviedo-CSIC-Principado de Asturias, SPAIN
* corresponding author