Database Report

PANAF Vegetation database -- Ligneous and Herbaceous species in great apes habitat in Africa

Hjalmar Kühl, Tenekwetche Sop & Mimi Arandjelovic

GIVD Database ID: AF-00-008	Last update: 2023-10-12
PANAF Vegetation database	Web address: http://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/index.html
Database manager(s): Hjalmar Kühl (kuehl@eva.mpg.de); Tenekwetche Sop (tenekwetche_sop@eva.mpg.de)
Owner: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary anthropology Deutcher Platz 6 04103 Leipzig Germany
Scope: The data stored in the Panafrican Vegetation Database are tree, shrub and herbaceous species sampled in various great ape sites. Aim is to determine abundance and distribution of different vegetation types for comparison of forest productivity and food availability across different habitats hosting chimpanzees and gorillas. Sample units are plots of 20 m x 20 m (for woody species) placed each 100 m along transects of various length. Data collected are species presence information, species cover, DBH of all trees with diameter > 10 cm measured at 1.30 m above ground level. On 2m2 plots nested within the 20m*20m, the number of terrestrial herbaceous species are counted.
Abstract:
Availability: free upon request	Online upload: yes	Online search: yes
Database format(s): TURBOVEG, MS Access, MySQL	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, MS Access, MySQL, Excel, CSV file
Plot type(s): normal plots, nested plots	Plot-size range (m²): 2 to 400
Non-overlapping plots: 2546	Estimate of existing plots: 0	Completeness: [NA]	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 2546	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 2546	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): CM: 10; LR: 15; NG: 10; CI: 10; UG: 10; SN: 10; GW: 10; GN: 15
Formations:
Guilds: only trees and shrubs: 100%
Plot size categories (%): 1-10 m2: 100%; 100-1000 m2: 100%;
Environmental data (%):
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 100%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 100%
Sampling periods: 2000-2009: 10%; 2010-2019: 90%
Information as of 2026-04-30; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/AF-00-008

Hjalmar Kühl* (kuehl@eva.mpg.de)
Primatology, MPI /iDiv, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig
Tenekwetche Sop (tenekwetche_sop@eva.mpg.de)
Primatology, MPI-EVA/ IDiv, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig
Mimi Arandjelovic (arandjel@eva.mpg.de)
Primatology, MPI, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig
* corresponding author