Database Report

Transcaucasian Vegetation Database -- A database of phytosociological relevés from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

Pavel Novák, Veronika Kalníková & Daniel Szokala

GIVD Database ID: AS-00-005	Last update: 2024-03-18
Transcaucasian Vegetation Database	Web address:
Database manager(s): Pavel Novák (pavenow@seznam.cz); Veronika Kalníková (V.Kalnikova@seznam.cz); Daniel Szokala (512772@muni.cz)
Owner: Masaryk University
Scope: The database stores original and published Braun-Blanquetian plots sampled mainly in Transcaucasia (S Caucasus), i.e. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Currently, it contains 2882 plots, mostly of forest vegetation and subalpine and alpine communities. The scope of the database is to compile vegetation plot-records from the whole target region, both zonal and azonal vegetation types.
Abstract: The database compiles vegetation plot-records from the Transcaucasia (S Caucasus). They all include vascular plant species composition in a plot, cover of species in a defined scale and basic data on their geographical position and environmental conditions (e.g. elevation, inclination and aspect of slope, soil pH).
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.25 to 1000
Non-overlapping plots: 2882	Estimate of existing plots: 2882	Completeness: 100%	Status: ongoing capture
Total no. of plot observations: 2882	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 45	Valid taxa: 2502
Countries (%): GE: 80; AM: 1; AZ: 15; RU: 4
Formations: Forest: 49% = Terrestrial: 49% // Non Forest: 61% = Aquatic: 6% (Fresh water: 6%); Terrestrial: 55% (Arctic-alpin: 41%; Non arctic-alpin: 14%)
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 11%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 0.5%; 1-10 m2: 1%; 10-100 m2: 54%; 100-1000 m2: 17.5%; unknowmn: 27%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 93; soil pH: 26; soil depth: 1
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 0%; cover: 100%; number of individuals: 0%; biomass: 0%; other: 0%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 36%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 27%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 37%
Sampling periods: 1920-1929: 1%; 1930-1939: 2%; 1970-1979: 0.5%; 1990-1999: 0.5%; 2000-2009: 5%; 2010-2019: 16%; after 2020: 22%; unknown: 53%
Information as of 2026-05-19; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/AS-00-005

Pavel Novák* (pavenow@seznam.cz)
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, CZECH REP.
Veronika Kalníková (V.Kalnikova@seznam.cz)
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, CZECH REP.
Daniel Szokala (512772@muni.cz)
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, CZECH REP.
* corresponding author