Database Report

Japan Vegetation Plots Data (JVPD) -- Plant community dataset in East Asian islands

Yasuhiro Kubota

GIVD Database ID: AS-JP-002	Last update: 2020-09-29
Japan Vegetation Plots Data (JVPD)	Web address: bcb-japan.weebly.com
Database manager(s): Yasuhiro Kubota (kubota.yasuhiro@gmail.com)
Owner: Yasuhiro KUBOTA Lab. Biodiversity & Conservation Biogeography University of the Ryukyus Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan. https://twitter.com/bio_cb_japan https://bcb-japan.weebly.com
Scope: JVPD is created for biodiversity research projects and spatial conservation prioritization in East Asian islands.
Abstract: This includes species-level presence/absence binary data for vascular plants (trees, herbs and ferns) that were sampled in the 72,325 plots across the Japanese and Ryukyu archipelagos and Bonin Islands in East Asia.
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: yes	Online search: yes
Database format(s): Excel	Export format(s): CSV file
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.006 to 50000
Non-overlapping plots: 72325	Estimate of existing plots: 72325	Completeness: 100%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 72325	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 262	Valid taxa: 5181
Countries (%): JP: 100
Formations: Forest: 66% // Non Forest: 34%
Guilds: all vascular plants: 3797%
Plot size categories (%):
Environmental data (%):
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 100%; cover: 0%; number of individuals: 0%; measurements like diameter or height of trees: 0%; biomass: 0%; other: 0%
Geographic localisation: point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 100%
Sampling periods:
Information as of 2025-09-06; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/AS-JP-002

Yasuhiro Kubota* (kubota.yasuhiro@gmail.com)
Lab. Biodiversity & Conservation Biogeography, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, 903-0213 Nishihara, JAPAN
* corresponding author