Database Report

Non-Forest Vegetation Database of Turkey - NFVDT

Behlül Güler

GIVD Database ID: 00-TR-003	Last update: 2023-10-12
Non-Forest Vegetation Database of Turkey - NFVDT	Web address:
Database manager(s): Behlül Güler (behlul.guler2@gmail.com)
Owner: Behlül Güler
Scope: The database includes non-forest vegetation-plot data from Turkey (including European part) and the East Aegean Islands.
Abstract: The database includes non-forest vegetation types across Anatolia, European part of Turkey and East Aegean Islands. The data consists of published and unpublished studies over the period from 1971 to 2020. Vegetation types include grassland, coastal, shrub (including maquis), rocky, riparian, segetal, anthropogenic grassland, degraded forest, Mediterranean forest transition, floodplain forest and fire vegetations. Elevational range of the data is 0 to 3150 m a.s.l. The size of plots ranged from 0.5 m2 to 1000 m2.
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, CSV file, plain text file
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.5 to 1000
Non-overlapping plots: 10536	Estimate of existing plots: 10536	Completeness: 100%	Status: ongoing capture
Total no. of plot observations: 10536	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 156	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): TR: 100
Formations: Non Forest: 100%
Guilds: only trees and shrubs: 100%
Plot size categories (%):
Environmental data (%): altitude: 95.1; slope aspect: 88.2; slope inclination: 84.5; microrelief: 0; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 0; other soil attributes: 0; soil pH: 0; land use categories: 0; soil depth: 0
Performance measure(s): cover: 100%; measurements like diameter or height of trees: 18%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 12%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 26.7%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 48.9%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 12.4%
Sampling periods: 1970-1979: 4.9%; 1980-1989: 25.4%; 1990-1999: 25.3%; 2000-2009: 24.1%; 2010-2019: 19.6%
Information as of 2026-04-29; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/00-TR-003

Behlül Güler* (behlul.guler2@gmail.com)
Biology Ed., Dokuz Eylul University, Vali Rahmi Bey Str., 35380 Izmir, TURKEY
* corresponding author