Database Report

sudamerica -- Vegetation-Plot Observations from the Neotropical Realm

Miguel Alvarez

GIVD Database ID: SA-CL-001	Last update: 2020-10-13
sudamerica	Web address: https://kamapu.github.io/sudamerica/
Database manager(s): Miguel Alvarez (malvarez@uni-bonn.de)
Owner: Dr. Miguel Alvarez
Scope: Phytosociological relevés recorded in the Neotropics. All kind of plant biodiversity records.
Abstract: New abstract coming soon...
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): PostgreSQL, other, PostGIS	Export format(s): other, vegtable (R image)
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.05 to 800
Non-overlapping plots: 1642	Estimate of existing plots: 1642	Completeness: 100%	Status: ongoing capture
Total no. of plot observations: 1642	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 34	Valid taxa: 25599
Countries (%): AR: 6; CL: 89; PE: 1
Formations:
Guilds:
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 18%; 1-10 m2: 22%; 10-100 m2: 28%; 100-1000 m2: 17%; 1000-10000 m2: 0%; >= 10000 m2: 0%; unknowmn: 15%;
Environmental data (%):
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 4%; cover: 96%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 56%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 0%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 44%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 0%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0%; 1920-1929: 0%; 1930-1939: 0%; 1940-1949: 0%; 1950-1959: 0%; 1960-1969: 5%; 1970-1979: 23%; 1980-1989: 4%; 1990-1999: 14%; 2000-2009: 35%; 2010-2019: 19%; unknown: 0%
Information as of 2025-07-12; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/SA-CL-001

Miguel Alvarez* (malvarez@uni-bonn.de)
Vegetation Ecology, INRES, University of Bonn, Nussallee 9, 53115 Bonn, GERMANY
* corresponding author