https://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.8726314fb01848a5951c91808bd573b5 bd1661c3-52e2-4e22-8d09-26c22a9ccf92 https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=at-zoe-veg Lisa Reiss Environment Agency Austria Thomas Dirnböck Environment Agency Austria Gisela Pröll Environment Agency Austria Michael Mirtl Environment Agency Austria Lisa Reiss Environment Agency Austria 2026-01-30 eng This dataset contains long-term forest vegetation data collected between 1992 and 2021 at the eLTER site Zöbelboden in Austria. Vegetation surveys were conducted in 1993 and repeated in 1996, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2017, and 2021. During each survey, all vascular plant species occurring within the plots were recorded, and their percentage cover was estimated (according to Braun-Blanquet). Sampling Event GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml vegetation survey braun-blanquet releve forest long-term monitoring IM integrated monitoring eLTER n/a Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml This dataset is a Darwin Core-formatted version of data previously published at B2SHARE (https://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.8726314fb01848a5951c91808bd573b5). The data were reformatted and published through GBIF to support broader reuse and integration with other biodiversity datasets. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License. Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-NC-4.0.html CC-BY-NC-4.0 National Park Kalkalpen, research site Zöbelboden, https://deims.org/8eda49e9-1f4e-4f3e-b58e-e0bb25dc32a6 14.435 14.453 47.847 47.838 1993-07-15 2021-08-26 Plantae kingdom Plantae Funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management Austria (BMLUK) under the ICP Integrated Monitoring Program (CLRTAP). Data Mobilisation was carried out as part of the BMD project. BMD receives funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) (ID No 101181294). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, the European Research Executive Agency (REA) or SERI. The EU, REA and SERI cannot be held responsible for them. continually Lisa Reiss Environment Agency Austria Ecologist

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lisa.reiss@umweltbundesamt.at 0009-0004-9535-5839 Installation of permanent monitoring plots at the site Repeated vegetation relevé surveys of the plots Subsequent data storage, management, and harmonisation The eLTER site Zöbelboden is a remote forest site located within the Kalkalpen National Park in Upper Austria. The Zöbelboden was established in 1992 as the only Integrated Monitoring site in Austria under the UN Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution (CLRTAP). In 2006 it became part of LTER Austria. The 90 ha study area was established in 1992 using a rectangular grid with a spacing of 100 × 100 m. At each grid corner and midpoint, permanent plots of 10 × 10 m were installed, resulting in a total of 167 plots after excluding rock outcrops and forest plantations younger than 20 years. The first permanent vegetation plots were installed in 1992 with an initial survey of general relevé data (layer cover). Comprehensive vegetation surveys began in 1993, and plots were re-surveyed in 1996, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2021. Full re-surveys were conducted in 2008, 2014 and 2021. In 2005, 2010 and 2017, a reduced number of plots was re-surveyed. All plots have a uniform size of 100 m2 (10 x 10 m). Species cover was estimated using the Braun-Blanquet scale, adapted after Pfadenhauer et al. (1986), with defined cover range and mean cover percentages: + = 1% cover = 0.5% mean cover / 1a = 1-3% cover = 2% mean cover / 1b = 3-5% cover = 4% mean cover / 2a = 5-12.5% cover = 8.75% mean cover, 2b = 12.5-23% cover = 18.75% mean cover / 3 = 25-50% cover = 37.5% mean cover / 4 = 50-75% cover = 62.5% mean cover / 5 = 75-100% cover = 87.5 % mean cover). Vegetation stratification follows Kraft (1884, cited in Schieler & Hauk 2001), distinguishing the following layers: Tree layer 1 (TL1): Dominant to co-dominant trees. Tree layer 2 (TL2): Intermediate or subdominant trees. Tree layer 3 (TL3): Fully subordinate to strongly suppressed trees. Shrub layer (SL): Woody vegetation between knee height and approximately 3 meters. Herb layer (HL): Vegetation up to knee height, including woody species. Protocol References: Braun-Blanquet, J. (1963): Pflanzenphysiologie. 3. Aufl., Springer Verlag: Wien, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8110-2.; Traxler, A. (1997): Handbuch des vegetationsökologischen Monitorings. Methoden, Praxis, angewandte Projekte. Teil A: Methoden. Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environmental Agency), Wien, Austria.; Schieler, K.; Hauk, E. (2001): Österreichische Waldinventur 2000/2002. Forstliche Bundesversuchsanstalt Wien, Waldforschungszentrum. ISBN 3-901347-29-1. 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