alien_plant_ro

Iulia V. Miu1

1 University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Corresponding author(s): Iulia V. Miu (iulia.miu@drd.unibuc.ro)

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Resource Citation

Miu I V (2024): alien_plant_ro. v1.2. Biodiversity Data Journal. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=alien_plant_ro&v=1.2

Abstract

The database comprises information about alien plant species inventoried from Romania between 2019 and 2022. The database includes 98323 occurrence records belonging to 396 alien plant species, including species designated of EU concern and proposed of concern for Romania.

Keywords: Invasive, alien, plants, occurrence, Romania, Observation

Project details

Project title: Invasive species management in Romania according to REGULATION (EU) 1143/2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species
Personnel: Iulia V. Miu
Funding: The Operational Programme for Large Infrastructure (POIM 2014+ 120008) Invasive species management in Romania according to REGULATION (EU) 1143/2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Romania, Europe
Design description: Two survey methods were used: low-intensity survey and high-intensity survey. For the low-intensity survey, the survey of alien plant species was carried out in randomly selected grids of 100 km2 to cover Romania's surface in a balanced manner. Botanists randomly selected transects that were 50 km long and up to 50 m in width crossing over five consecutive 100 km2 quadrats, with a sampling station at each 10 km (i.e., five sampling stations on each transect). In the case of high-intensity surveys, the survey was carried out in 100 m2 quadrats located in randomly selected areas in every county. Occurrence data were collected with a GPS and survey forms were completed alongside photos for habitat and species identification. Specimens posing difficulty in on-site identification were collected for further examination and identification in the lab. Database curation was carried out by experienced botanists and biogeographers (authors of the paper)

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=alien_plant_ro

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All alien plant species were identified to kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, infraspecificEpithet, taxon rank
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida, Pinopsida, Polypodiopsida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The database include 396 alien plant species from Romania, Europe
Coordinates: 43°38'38.4''N and 48°19'37.2''N Latitude; 20°10'15.6''E and 29°49'1.2''E Longitude 

Formation period: 2019-2022

Methods

Method step description: Information regarding the occurrence records of alien plant species included in the database was collected between 2019-2022. The species taxonomy considered in the present paper is based on GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. The data were transferred to ArcGIS Pro and visually inspected for errors. The analysis were performed in ArcGIS Pro.
Study extent description: Romania
Sampling description: Two survey methods were used: low-intensity survey and high-intensity survey. For the low-intensity survey, the survey of alien plant species was carried out in randomly selected grids of 100 sqkm. Within these grids, botanists randomly selected transects that were 50 km long and up to 50 m in width, with a sampling station at each 10 km (i.e., five sampling stations on each transect). In the case of high-intensity surveys, the survey was carried out in 100 sqm sampling plots located in randomly preselected areas. Occurrence data were collected in survey forms alongside photos for habitat and species identification. Specimens posing difficulty in on-site identification were collected for further examination and identification in the lab. Database curation was carried out by experienced botanists and biogeographers (authors of the paper).

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive alien_plant_ro
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.pensoft.net/archive.do?r=alien_plant_ro
Publication date of data: 2024-03-11
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2023-12-21
Hierarchy level: Dataset