Database Report

Database of meadow vegetation in the NW Tien Shan Mountains -- Tien Shan meadows

Viktoria Wagner

GIVD Database ID: AS-KZ-001	Last update: 2021-05-14
Database of meadow vegetation in the NW Tien Shan Mountains	Web address:
Database manager(s): Viktoria Wagner (viktoria.wagner@ualberta.ca)
Owner: Viktoria Wagner
Scope: This database compiles survey data from 98 phytosociological releves sampled in mountain meadows of the Aksu-Jabagly Nature Reserve (Southern Kazakhstan, NW Tien Shan). The data has been described and analyzed in the following publication: Wagner, V. 2009: Eurosiberian meadows at their southern edge: community patterns and phytogeography in the NW Tien Shan. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 199-208 .
Abstract:
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel, PDF, CSV file, plain text file
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 16 to 16
Non-overlapping plots: 98	Estimate of existing plots: 98	Completeness: 100%	Status: finished
Total no. of plot observations: 98	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 1	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): KZ: 100
Formations: Non Forest: 100% = Terrestrial: 100% (Non arctic-alpin: 100% [Semi-natural: 100%])
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 100%; lichens (terricolous or aquatic): 100%
Plot size categories (%): 10-100 m2: 100%; unknowmn: 0%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 100; slope aspect: 100; slope inclination: 100; microrelief: 100; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 100; other soil attributes: 0; soil pH: 100; land use categories: 0; soil depth: 0
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 100%; cover: 100%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 100%
Sampling periods: 2000-2009: 100%
Information as of 2026-04-30; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/AS-KZ-001

Viktoria Wagner* (viktoria.wagner@ualberta.ca)
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, CZECH REP.
* corresponding author