Records of vascular plants from DarkDivNet sampling in Kamianska Sich National Nature Park (site D194)
Citation
Moysiyenko I, Vynokurov D, Borovyk D, Skobel N, Dengler J, Dembicz I, Khodosovtsev A, Bednarska I, Kalashnik K, Dayneko P, Zakharova M (2023). Records of vascular plants from DarkDivNet sampling in Kamianska Sich National Nature Park (site D194). Version 1.5. Kherson State University. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qhjfbr accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The dataset comprises 1970 occurrences of 379 vascular plant species collected during the DarkDivNet sampling in Kamianska Sich National Nature Park (Berislav District, Kherson Region, Ukraine). The fieldwork for this project was conducted in May-June 2021 as a contribution to the global network which aims to explore the dark diversity of plant communities (DarkDivNet). Following the DarkDivNet methodology (Lewis et al. 2016), we established two permanent core plots and 32 co-occurrence plots within a monitoring area that had a radius of 10 km. Then we recorded all vascular plant species within each plot (shoot presence). The surveyed locations cover all types of grasslands and steppic shrubs represented within the study area. The nomenclature of the dataset follows “Vascular Plants of Ukraine: A Nomenclatural Checklist” (Mosyakin & Fedoronchuk 1999).Sampling Description
Study Extent
The dataset includes occurrences of vascular plants from two permanent core plots and 32 co-occurrence plots sampled in the Kherson Region (Southern Ukraine). During the sampling, we surveyed various natural and seminatural grasslands (bunchgrass steppes, meadow steppes, desert steppes, limestone outcrops, and mesic grasslands) and steppic shrubs. To avoid data duplication, we do not include in this dataset two accompanying plots (US50x and UAS51x) from the DarkDivNet data, as they can be found in the dataset “Records of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens collected during the 15th EDGG Field Workshop Grasslands and coastal habitats of Southern Ukraine”.Sampling
Following the DarkDivNet methodology (Lewis et al. 2016), we established two permanent plots and 34 accompanying plots (only occurrences of 32 of them are presented in the current dataset, as mentioned in Study Exent). Two permanent core plots represented natural (unmanaged bunchgrass steppe) and seminatural (intensively used pasture, previously ploughed) grassland habitats. The permanent plots had a nested structure of two scales: a core plot (100 m2) within a surrounding plot (2500 m2), which is indicated as a parent event in the dataset structure. In addition to permanent plots, we sampled 34 co-occurrence plots (100 m2 each) placed randomly in an area with a radius of 10 km around the center of the study area (defined as the midpoint of two permanent sites). The subplots covered various types of relatively intact natural and semi-natural vegetation. Within each plot, we recorded all vascular plant species (shoot presence).Quality Control
The nomenclature corresponds to the Nomenclatural Checklist of vascular plants of Ukraine (Mosyakin & Fedoronchuk 1999), with minor corrections regarding problematic taxa. Some of the records were collected as herbarium specimens and determined after the fieldwork. We additionally checked and verified the data after digitalization, using OpenRefine for the quality control and GBIF Backbone Taxonomy for the taxonomic check.Method steps
- Site selection, field research.
- Identification of herbarium specimens.
- Digitalizing the field data forms.
- Data checking and cleaning.
- Transformation of the dataset according to the Darwin Core standards.
- Taxonomic check, final quality control.
Taxonomic Coverages
Plantae, Vascular plants, Magnoliophyta
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Plantaerank: kingdom
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Tracheophytarank: phylum
Geographic Coverages
Kamianska Sich National Nature Park, Beryslav District, Kherson Region, Ukraine
Bibliographic Citations
- Lewis, R.J., Szava‐Kovats, R., & Pärtel, M. (2016) Estimating dark diversity and species pools: An empirical assessment of two methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7: 104-113. -
- Mosyakin, S.L., & Fedoronchuk, M.M. 1999. Vascular plants of Ukraine. A nomenclatural checklist. Specialized printing house of scientific journals of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv. -
Contacts
Ivan Moysiyenkooriginator
position: Leading Reserarcher
email: ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-6392
Denys Vynokurov
originator
position: Researcher
email: denys.vynokurov@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-6680
Dariia Borovyk
originator
position: Data Quality Checker, Programmer
email: darshyr@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7140-7201
Nadiia Skobel
originator
position: Data Quality Checker, Programmer
email: skobel2015@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-2881
Jürgen Dengler
originator
email: dr.juergen.dengler@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3221-660X
Iwona Dembicz
originator
email: iwona.dembicz@uw.edu.pl
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6162-1519
Alexander Khodosovtsev
originator
email: khodosovtsev@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5906-9876
Iryna Bednarska
originator
email: ibednarska@ukr.net
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4222-4016
Kateryna Kalashnik
originator
email: kalashnik.eka@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1845-249X
Polina Dayneko
originator
email: daynekopm@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-9809
Maryna Zakharova
originator
email: zaharovamarina03@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0874-5707
Ivan Moysiyenko
metadata author
position: Leading Reserarcher
email: ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-6392
Denys Vynokurov
metadata author
position: Researcher
email: denys.vynokurov@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-6680
Dariia Borovyk
metadata author
position: Data Quality Checker
email: darshyr@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7140-7201
Nadiia Skobel
metadata author
position: Data Quality Checker, Programmer
email: skobel2015@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-2881
Serhii Skoryk
reviewer
position: Head of Kamianska Sich National Nature Park
Kamianska Sich National Nature Park
Vitaliy Klimenko
reviewer
position: Researcher
Kherson State University
Ivan Moysiyenko
administrative point of contact
position: Leading Reserarcher
email: ivan.moysiyenko@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-6392