Database of Barguzinsky Reserve

Abstract

One of the objectives of the nature reserves is to a long-term monitoring of natural complexes’ state. Barguzinsky Reserve being the oldest in Russia (organized in 1916) and located on the northeastern coast of Lake Baikal is a standard of unspoilt nature. Regular observations of natural objects and phenomena in Barguzinsky Reserve cover the period from the late 1930s. Currently there is a continuous dataset of observations for 30–60 years. This data contains: inventory lists of flora and fauna; the results of accounting for the number of major species of a ground beetles, mammals and birds; an assessment of the yield of berry and tree species; phenological observations and climatic data series; observations of populations of rare plant species. The data is stored in 25 databases. All available materials were used as a source for databases, including published data, primary observation files, manuscripts of Nature Annals, and other unpublished reports. Digitization of data makes possible to systematize the primary observation materials available in the zapovednic, to facilitate access to them, to preserve these observations from loss, and to perform an inter-related analysis of long-term series of observations. Presently inventory lists of higher vascular plants and herbarium of the Barguzinsky Reserve are being prepared for publication in GBIF.