Database Report

European Mire Vegetation Database

Tomáš Peterka, Martin Jiroušek & Michal Hájek

GIVD Database ID: EU-00-022	Last update: 2018-11-09
European Mire Vegetation Database	Web address:
Database manager(s): Tomáš Peterka (peterkatomasek@seznam.cz); Martin Jiroušek (machozrut@mail.muni.cz)
Owner: Mire Ecology Working Group (Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Brno)
Scope: Relevés of European mires which are not stored in any other accessible vegetation database. Mostly plots from north and souht-eastern Europe.
Abstract:
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.25 to 200
Non-overlapping plots: 10147	Estimate of existing plots: 11000	Completeness: 92%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 10147	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 100	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): BA: 0.67; HR: 0.06; DK: 0.09; EE: 1.57; FO: 0.08; FI: 16.11; GL: 1.51; IS: 4; IE: 1.06; IT: 3.21; LV: 0.14; ME: 0.26; NO: 29.2; PL: 2; RO: 1.76; RU: 14.63; RS: 0.41; SE: 22.82; UA: 0.28; GB: 0.12
Formations: Non Forest: 100% = Semi-aquatic: 100% (Fresh water: 100%)
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 100%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 104%; 1-10 m2: 7437%; 10-100 m2: 2331%; 100-1000 m2: 15%; 1000-10000 m2: 0%; >= 10000 m2: 0%; unknowmn: 260%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 26; slope aspect: 2.2; slope inclination: 2.2; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 0; other soil attributes: 0; soil pH: 1.8; land use categories: 0; soil depth: 0
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 4%; cover: 96%
Geographic localisation: point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 29%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 58.5%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 12.5%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 4.1%; 1920-1929: 23.8%; 1930-1939: 5.2%; 1940-1949: 6.9%; 1950-1959: 10.3%; 1960-1969: 2.2%; 1970-1979: 24.8%; 1980-1989: 4.1%; 1990-1999: 5.7%; 2000-2009: 0.6%; 2010-2019: 0.5%; unknown: 11.8%
Information as of 2026-05-19; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-00-022

Tomáš Peterka* (peterkatomasek@seznam.cz)
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, CZ-61137 Brno
Martin Jiroušek (machozrut@mail.muni.cz)
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, CZ-61137 Brno
Michal Hájek (hajek@sci.muni.cz)
Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, CZ-61137 Brno
* corresponding author