Database Report

Balkan Vegetation Database

Kiril Vassilev & Hristo Pedashenko

GIVD Database ID: EU-00-019	Last update: 2020-11-24
Balkan Vegetation Database	Web address:
Database manager(s): Kiril Vassilev (kiril5914@abv.bg); Hristo Pedashenko (hristo_pedashenko@yahoo.com)
Owner: Kiril Vassilev, Hristo Pedashenko, Alexandra Alexandrova, Alexandar Tashev, Anna Ganeva, Anna Gavrilova, Armin Macanovi?, Asya Gradevska, Assen Assenov, Antonina Vitkova, Beloslava Genova, Borislav Grigorov, Chavdar Gussev, Ermin Maši?, Eva Filipova, Ganna Gecheva, Ina Aneva, Illona Knolova, Ivaylo Nikolov, Georgi Georgiev, Georgi Gogushev, Georgi Tinchev, Ivan Minkov, Kalina Pachedzieva, Katerina Mincheva, Koycho Koev, Mariyana Lubenova, Marius Dimitrov, Media Gumus, Momchil Nazarov, Nadezhda Apostolova-Stoyanova, Nikolay Nikolov, Nikolay Velev, Petar Zhelev, Plamen Glogov, Rayna Natcheva, Rossen Tzonev, Senka Barudanovi?, Sofia Kostadinova, Steffen Boch, Stephan Hennekens, Stoyan Georgiev, Stoyan Stoyanov, Todor Karakiev, Tijana Ili?, Veronika Kalníková, Veselin Shivarov, Vladimir Vulchev
Scope: Balkan vegetation database includes 18,306 relevés i.e. all vegetation types are considered, except the dry grasslands (which are in the Balkan Dry Grassland Database) from 9 Balkan countries (Albania – 153 relevés, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1715, Bulgaria – 12,282, Greece – 465, Croatia – 69, Kosovo - 493, Montenegro – 440, North Macedonia – 13 and Serbia - 2677).
Abstract:
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: yes	Online search: yes
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.2 to 8000
Non-overlapping plots: 18307	Estimate of existing plots: 18307	Completeness: 100%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 18307	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 340	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): BG: 67.09; RS: 14.62; KO: 2.69; ME: 2.40; AL: 0.84; BA: 9.37; GR: 2.54; HR: 0.38; MK: 0.07
Formations: Forest: 29% // Non Forest: 71% = Aquatic: 4%; Terrestrial: 66%
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 16%; lichens (terricolous or aquatic): 7%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 0.13%; 1-10 m2: 5.48%; 10-100 m2: 28.72%; 100-1000 m2: 46.63%; 1000-10000 m2: 6.47%; unknowmn: 12.57%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 83.4; slope aspect: 67.7; slope inclination: 66; other soil attributes: 0.6; soil pH: 0.02; land use categories: 11.21; soil depth: 17
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 0%; cover: 100%; number of individuals: 0%; measurements like diameter or height of trees: 10.19%; biomass: 0%; other: 0%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 22.71%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 4.03%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 41.31%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 14.75%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0.01%; 1920-1929: 0.58%; 1930-1939: 0.32%; 1940-1949: 2.16%; 1950-1959: 14.91%; 1960-1969: 8.20%; 1970-1979: 7.22%; 1980-1989: 6.43%; 1990-1999: 14.29%; 2000-2009: 14.87%; 2010-2019: 27.15%; unknown: 3.86%
Information as of 2026-05-19; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-00-019

Kiril Vassilev* (kiril5914@abv.bg)
Flora and vegetation, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem research, 23 Akad. G. Bonchev, bl 23, 1113 Sofia, BULGARIA
Hristo Pedashenko (hristo_pedashenko@yahoo.com)
Flora and vegetation, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem research, 23 Akad. G. Bonchev, bl 23, 1113 Sofia, BULGARIA
* corresponding author