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The Plot-Based Databases of the Iberian Vegetation

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The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula

Part of the book series: Plant and Vegetation ((PAVE,volume 13))

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The longstanding phytosociological tradition in the Iberian Peninsula has produced a large number of relevés, resulting in the development of some regional databases, before developing the national-scale project SIVIM. The Iberian and Macaronesian Vegetation Information System [SIVIM] compiles all vegetation-plot data for the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic and Macaronesian archipelagos. Created in 2007, SIVIM offers its users free access to these large datasets and it also provides a set of advanced analytical tools, useful for scientific research, land and biodiversity management. According to the Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases (GIVD), SIVIM is the 5th-largest database in number of relevés worldwide. Its data is shared in centralised databases that integrate relevés from various European and worldwide vegetation-plot databases, allowing data to be used in large scale studies. Due to financial restrictions the future and continued development of the SIVIM database is uncertain.

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  1. Departamento Biologia Vegetal, Diagonal Sud, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Pl 4a Diagonal 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Font, Laura Balcells & Berta Mora

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Font, X., Balcells, L., Mora, B. (2017). The Plot-Based Databases of the Iberian Vegetation. In: Loidi, J. (eds) The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula. Plant and Vegetation, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54867-8_13

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