Database Report

RanVegDunes -- A random plot-database of Italian coastal dunes

Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Marta Gaia Sperandii, Irene Prisco, Angela Stanisci & Claudia Angiolini

GIVD Database ID: EU-IT-020	Last update: 2020-11-09
RanVegDunes	Web address:
Database manager(s): Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta (acosta@uniroma3.it); Marta Gaia Sperandii (martagaia.sperandii@uniroma3.it); Irene Prisco (irene.prisco@uniroma3.it); Angela Stanisci (stanisci@unimol.it)
Owner: Laboratorio di Ecologia Vegetale Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale Università Roma Tre (Rome - Italy)
Scope: The database contains original random relevés conducted on Holocenic dunes of Italy. We considered 6 administrative regions along the Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic coasts (Toscana, Lazio, Campania, Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia). All random relevés are georeferenced.
Abstract:
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 4 to 4
Non-overlapping plots: 1202	Estimate of existing plots: 1584	Completeness: 76%	Status: ongoing capture
Total no. of plot observations: 1584	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 0	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): IT: 100
Formations: Forest: 10% = Terrestrial: 10% // Non Forest: 122% = Terrestrial: 122% (Non arctic-alpin: 122% [Natural: 122%])
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%
Plot size categories (%): 1-10 m2: 100%;
Environmental data (%): other soil attributes: 6,43 ; soil pH: 6,43 %; other attributes: sea distance (12%) other soil attributes: granulometry, content of organic matter, soil moisture and conductivity (6,43%) wind parameters: wind erosion, sand burial (6,43%)
Performance measure(s): cover: 100%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 99.5%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 0.5%
Sampling periods: 2000-2009: 43,57%; 2010-2019: 56,43%
Information as of 2026-06-18; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-IT-020

Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta* (acosta@uniroma3.it)
Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, ITALY
Marta Gaia Sperandii (martagaia.sperandii@uniroma3.it)
Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, ITALY
Irene Prisco (irene.prisco@uniroma3.it)
Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, ITALY
Angela Stanisci (stanisci@unimol.it)
Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio, Università degli Studi del Molise, C.da Fonte Lappone, 86090 Pesche (IS), ITALY
Claudia Angiolini (claudia.angiolini@unisi.it)
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Pier Andrea Mattioli, 4 , 53100 Siena , ITALY
* corresponding author