Forest vegetation surveys at eLTER site Zöbelboden in Austria, 1992-2021

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,059 records.

3 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

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How to cite

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Reiss L, Dirnböck T, Pröll G, Mirtl M (2026). Forest vegetation surveys at eLTER site Zöbelboden in Austria, 1992-2021. Version 1.7. Test changing title - thanks!. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=at-zoe-veg&v=1.7

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Keywords

Sampling Event; vegetation; survey; braun-blanquet; releve; forest; long-term monitoring; IM; integrated monitoring; eLTER; Observation

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Contacts

Geographic Coverage

National Park Kalkalpen, research site Zöbelboden, https://deims.org/8eda49e9-1f4e-4f3e-b58e-e0bb25dc32a6

Taxonomic Coverage

Plantae

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

No Description available

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

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.

Method step description:

1. Installation of permanent monitoring plots at the site
2. Repeated vegetation relevé surveys of the plots
3. Subsequent data storage, management, and harmonisation

Bibliographic Citations

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2. Caron, Maria Mercedes; Zellweger, Florian; Verheyen, Kris; Baeten, Lander; Hédl, Radim; Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus et al. (2021): Thermal differences between juveniles and adults increased over time in European forest trees. In J Ecol, Article 1365-2745.13773. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13773
3. De Schuyter, Wim; De Lombaerde, Emiel; Depauw, Leen; De Smedt, Pallieter; Stachurska‐Swakoń, Alina; Orczewska, Anna et al. (2024): Declining potential nectar production of the herb layer in temperate forests under global change. In Journal of Ecology 112 (4), pp. 832–847 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14274
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5. Helm, Norbert; Essl, Franz; Mirtl, Michael; Dirnböck, Thomas (2017): Multiple environmental changes drive forest floor vegetation in a temperate mountain forest. In Ecology and Evolution 7 (7), pp. 2155–2168. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2801
6. Hülber, K.; Dirnböck, T.; Kleinbauer, I.; Willner, W.; Dullinger, S.; Karrer, G.; Mirtl, M. (2008): Long-term impacts of nitrogen and sulphur deposition on forest floor vegetation in the Northern limestone Alps, Austria. In Applied Vegetation Science 11, pp. 395–404.
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9. Padullés Cubino, Josep; Lenoir, Jonathan; Li, Daijiang; Montaño-Centellas, Flavia A.; Retana, Javier; Baeten, Lander et al. (2023): Evaluating plant lineage losses and gains in temperate forest understories: a phylogenetic perspective on climate change and nitrogen deposition. In New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.19477
10. Perring, Michael P.; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus; Baeten, Lander; Midolo, Gabriele; Blondeel, Haben; Depauw, Leen et al. (2018a): Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies. In Global Change Biology 24 (4), pp. 1722–1740. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14030
11. Perring, Michael P.; Diekmann, Martin; Midolo, Gabriele; Schellenberger Costa, David; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus; Otto, Johanna C. J. et al. (2018b): Understanding context dependency in the response of forest understorey plant communities to nitrogen deposition. In Environmental Pollution 242 (Part B), pp. 1787–1799. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.089
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13. Sanczuk, Pieter; Verheyen, Kris; Lenoir, Jonathan; Zellweger, Florian; Lembrechts, Jonas J.; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Francisco et al. (2024): Unexpected westward range shifts in European forest plants link to nitrogen deposition. In Science 386 (6718), pp. 193–198. DOI: 10.1126/science.ado0878
14. Segar, Josiane; Pereira, Henrique M.; Baeten, Lander; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus; Frenne, Pieter de; Fernández, Néstor et al. (2022): Divergent roles of herbivory in eutrophying forests. In Nature Communications 13 (1), p. 7837. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35282-6
15. Staude, Ingmar R.; Pereira, Henrique M.; Daskalova, Gergana N.; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus; Diekmann, Martin; Pauli, Harald et al. (2021): Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. In Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13937
16. Staude, Ingmar R.; Waller, Donald M.; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Brunet, Jörg; Frenne, Pieter de et al. (2020): Replacements of small- by large-ranged species scale up to diversity loss in Europe's temperate forest biome. In Nature ecology & evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1176-8
17. Zellweger, Florian; Frenne, Pieter de; Lenoir, Jonathan; Vangansbeke, Pieter; Verheyen, Kris; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus et al. (2020): Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming. In Science 368 (6492), pp. 772–775. DOI: 10.1126/science.aba6880

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