Database Report

SIVIM Grasslands -- Database of grassland vegetation in the Iberian Peninsula

Maria Pilar Rodríguez-Rojo & Xavier Font

GIVD Database ID: EU-ES-002	Last update: 2025-11-25
SIVIM Grasslands	Web address:
Database manager(s): Maria Pilar Rodríguez-Rojo (mpilar.rodriguez@uclm.es); Xavier Font (xfont@ub.edu)
Owner: Maria Pilar Rodríguez-Rojo
Scope: SIVIM Grasslands focuses on non-alpine grassland communities in the Iberian Peninsula. It includes secondary and semi-natural grasslands corresponding to Agrostietalia castellanae (Stipo-Agrostietea), Festuco-Brometea, Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, Mulgedio-Aconietea, Nardetea and Trifolio-Geranietea.
Abstract:
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel, other, XML from B-VegAna	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel, other, XML from B-VegAna
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.25 to 200
Non-overlapping plots: 11682	Estimate of existing plots: 12000	Completeness: 97%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 11682	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 391	Valid taxa: 4165
Countries (%): ES: 91; PT: 6; FR: 3
Formations: Non Forest: 100% = Terrestrial: 100% (Non arctic-alpin: 100% [Semi-natural: 100%])
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 3%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 1.5%; 1-10 m2: 30.6%; 10-100 m2: 56.9%; 100-1000 m2: 0.7%; 1000-10000 m2: 0%; >= 10000 m2: 0%; unknowmn: 10.3%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 90; slope aspect: 39; slope inclination: 39; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 0; soil pH: 1
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 0%; cover: 100%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 0%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 50.1%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 47.8%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 2.1%
Sampling periods: 1930-1939: 0.03%; 1940-1949: 0.3%; 1950-1959: 3.1%; 1960-1969: 4.5%; 1970-1979: 7.8%; 1980-1989: 21.7%; 1990-1999: 26.9%; 2000-2009: 26.2%; 2010-2019: 9.5%; unknown: 0%
Information as of 2026-05-01; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-ES-002

Maria Pilar Rodríguez-Rojo* (mpilar.rodriguez@uclm.es)
SPAIN
Xavier Font (xfont@ub.edu)
SPAIN
* corresponding author