Database Report

Phytosociological Database of Non-Forest Vegetation in Croatia

Zvjezdana Stancic

GIVD Database ID: EU-HR-001	Last update: 2018-11-08
Phytosociological Database of Non-Forest Vegetation in Croatia	Web address:
Database manager(s): Zvjezdana Stancic (zvjezdana.stancic@gfv.hr, zvjezdana.stancic@kr.t-com.hr)
Owner: Zvjezdana Stancic
Scope: non-forest vegetation in Croatia. Grassland vegetation: 3586 relevés. Marshland vegetation: 841 relevés. Water vegetation: 247 relevés. Halophilous coastal vegetation: 483 relevés. Vegetation of trampled habitats: 283 relevés. Ruderal vegetation: 184 relevés, in preparation. Forest vegetation: 104 relevés, in preparation.
Abstract: Phytosociological investigations based on the Braun-Blanquet approach were begun, in Croatia, by Ivo Horvat and Stjepan Horvatic in the first half of the 20th century. They have had many successors, most of whom were active in the period between 1960 and 1990. A considerable amount of data, both from the literature and those newly collected in the field, has been accumulated. Due to the application of this data to scientific purposes, the construction of a phytosociological database has been in progress for more than ten years. The Turboveg program is used for storage of the data. So far, over 5700 relevés from the territory of Croatia have been collected. Regarding the coverage of specific vegetation types, the best represented are: grassland, marshland, water, halophilous coastal vegetation and the vegetation of trampled habitats. For these vegetation types, almost all available data have been collected. Collection and storage of data on other vegetation types is still in progress.
Availability: free upon request	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.4 to 60
Non-overlapping plots: 5728	Estimate of existing plots: 12000	Completeness: 48%	Status: ongoing capture
Total no. of plot observations: 5728	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 195	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): HR: 100
Formations: Non Forest: 100%
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 0.1%; 1-10 m2: 13.2%; 10-100 m2: 49.8%; 100-1000 m2: 18.8%; 1000-10000 m2: 0.5%; unknowmn: 17.6%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 24; slope aspect: 33; slope inclination: 28; microrelief: 0; soil pH: 11
Performance measure(s): cover: 100%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 20%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 58%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 22%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0%; 1920-1929: 1%; 1930-1939: 4%; 1940-1949: 0%; 1950-1959: 2%; 1960-1969: 14%; 1970-1979: 17%; 1980-1989: 8%; 1990-1999: 19%; 2000-2009: 14%; 2010-2019: 0%; unknown: 21%
Information as of 2026-05-19; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-HR-001

Zvjezdana Stancic* (zvjezdana.stancic@gfv.hr, zvjezdana.stancic@kr.t-com.hr)
Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Hallerova aleja 7, 42000 Varazdin, CROATIA
* corresponding author