Quantitative and Semi-quantitative survey of the vegetation of Seychelles through stand scale plots

Sampling event
最新版本 published by Seychelles National Herbarium on 10月 1, 2022 Seychelles National Herbarium
發布日期:
2022年10月1日
授權條款:
CC-BY 4.0

下載最新版本的 Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) 資源,或資源詮釋資料的 EML 或 RTF 文字檔。

DwC-A資料集 下載 519 紀錄 在 English 中 (691 KB) - 更新頻率: 需要時
元數據EML檔 下載 在 English 中 (29 KB)
元數據RTF文字檔 下載 在 English 中 (21 KB)

說明

This dataset compiles the main data available on the vegetation of Seychelles sampled through vegetation plots at the stand scale (see Senterre et al. 2021). More data exists than what is currently available, and those will eventually be added later. At this stage, the dataset contains the survey of 73 sites, on the islands of Mahé and Silhouette, in mesic, ravine, or swampy forest stands, some pristine and others semi-natural at a late secondary stage. The individual surveys compiled are: • BS01 to BS12 (Senterre et al., 2009) • BS-LC-1 to -7 (Senterre and Chong-Seng, 2016) • HE-01 to -12 (El Zein, 2011) • MZMM-01 to -26 (Cesar and Zehnder, 2020) • SIP-01 to -15 (Baguette et al., 2022)

All sampling events follow the same methodology, described in Senterre et al. (2008) and Baguette et al. (2022). Vegetation plots (sampling events) are placed in carefully selected sites, based on their general homogeneity (i.e. avoiding within plot environmental discontinuities or gradients, such as local degradation, mixing of stream and well drained etc.). The selected stands are described using an Android survey designed with Open Foris Collect (Senterre et al., 2021). The installation file for the survey is available here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353345419_BIO_KBA_3_4_Open_Foris_Collect_Survey_File_with_species_list_for_Seychelles. Once described, each stand is sampled using a nested plot approach, combining three different plots (sampling events) within the stand: one for the trees, one for the shrub layer, and one for the herbaceous understorey plus recruitment. For 7 sites near Mare aux Cochons on Mahé (out of the total of 73 sites, on Mahé and Silhouette), the tree layer is sampled in more details, using two subsets of trees. This method is described in Senterre and Chong-Seng (2016).

Baguette, F., Harryba, S., Baboorun, T., Adam, P.-A., Senterre, B., 2022. Characterization and evolution of the lowland tropical rain forest of the smallest oceanic Gondwana fragments, with implications for restoration and invasion ecology. For. Ecol. Manag. 504, 119837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119837 Cesar, S., Zehnder, M., 2020. Relating the Rehabilitation of Water Catchment Forest in the Morne Seychellois National Park with the Perspectives and Expectations of Local Communities in a Small Island Nation (Master Thesis). Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. El Zein, H., 2011. Caractérisation des types de forêts montagnardes sur l’île de Mahé (Seychelles) (Master Thesis). Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles. Senterre, B., Chong-Seng, L., 2016. Biodiversity assessment and rehabilitation potential of forests in the Mare aux Cochons catchment (Mahé, Seychelles). (Consultancy Report), Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change in Seychelles (EBA project). Government of Seychelles, United Nations Development Programme, Victoria, Seychelles. Senterre, B., Gerlach, J., Mougal, J., Matatiken, D.E., 2009. Old growth mature forest types and their floristic composition along the altitudinal gradient on Silhouette Island (Seychelles) - the telescoping effect on a continental mid-oceanic island. Phytocoenologia 39, 157–174. https://doi.org/10.1127/0340-269X/2009/0039-0157 Senterre, B., Lowry II, P.P., Bidault, E., Stévart, T., 2021. Ecosystemology: a new approach toward a taxonomy of ecosystems. Ecol. Complex. 47, 100945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100945

資料紀錄

此資源sampling event的資料已發佈為達爾文核心集檔案(DwC-A),其以一或多組資料表構成分享生物多樣性資料的標準格式。 核心資料表包含 519 筆紀錄。

亦存在 1 筆延伸集的資料表。延伸集中的紀錄補充核心集中紀錄的額外資訊。 每個延伸集資料表中資料筆數顯示如下。

Event (核心)
519
Occurrence 
17166

此 IPT 存放資料以提供資料儲存庫服務。資料與資源的詮釋資料可由「下載」單元下載。「版本」表格列出此資源的其它公開版本,以便利追蹤其隨時間的變更。

版本

以下的表格只顯示可公開存取資源的已發布版本。

如何引用

研究者應依照以下指示引用此資源。:

Senterre B, Adam P, Baboorun T, Baguette F, Chong-Seng L, El Zein H, Gerlach J, Harryba S, Matatiken D E, Mougal J, Zehnder M (2022): Quantitative and Semi-quantitative survey of the vegetation of Seychelles through stand scale plots. v1.3. Seychelles National Herbarium. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://cloud.gbif.org/africa/resource?r=seyvegplot&v=1.3

權利

研究者應尊重以下權利聲明。:

此資料的發布者及權利單位為 Seychelles National Herbarium。 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF 註冊

此資源已向GBIF註冊,並指定以下之GBIF UUID: 4fc42f17-eaeb-4296-949d-34b8414eb1c1。  Seychelles National Herbarium 發佈此資源,並經由Participant Node Managers Committee同意向GBIF註冊成為資料發佈者。

關鍵字

Samplingevent

聯絡資訊

Bruno Senterre
  • 元數據提供者
  • 作者
  • 出處
  • 連絡人
  • Project Manager
Seychelles National Herbarium
  • Bel Etang
P.O. Box 720 Victoria
Mahé
SC
  • +2482746862
Pierre-André Adam
  • 作者
  • 出處
  • Science Coordinator
Island Conservation Society
  • Pointe Larue
P.O. Box 775 Pointe Larue
Mahé
SC
Teesha Baboorun
  • 出處
  • Ranger
Island Conservation Society
  • Pointe Larue
P.O. Box 775 Pointe Larue
Mahé
SC
François Baguette
  • 作者
  • 出處
  • Island Conservation Manager
Island Conservation Society
  • Pointe Larue
P.O. Box 775 Pointe Larue
Mahé
SC
Lindsay Chong-Seng
  • 作者
  • 出處
  • Chair
Plant Conservation Action group
P.O. Box 392 Victoria
Mahé
SC
Hicham El Zein
  • 作者
  • Master student
Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • 50, avenue F. Rooselvelt
CP 160/12 1050 Bruxelles
BE
Justin Gerlach
  • 作者
  • 出處
  • Chair
Nature Protection Trust of Seychelles
PO Box 207
Mahé
SC
Said Harryba
  • 作者
  • 出處
  • Ranger
Island Conservation Society
  • Pointe Larue
P.O. Box 775 Pointe Larue
Mahé
SC
Denis E. Matatiken
  • 作者
  • 出處
Government of Seychelles
  • Mont Fleuri
Victoria
SC
James Mougal
  • 作者
  • 出處
Seychelles National Parks Authority
Victoria
Mahé
SC
Michael Zehnder
  • 作者
  • 出處
  • Master Student
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Zürich
CH
Hicham El Zein
  • 作者
  • Master Student
Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • 50, avenue F. Roosevelt
CP 169 1050 Bruxelles
BE

地理涵蓋範圍

Seychelles; currently only on Mahé and Silhouette, but hopefully extending to outer Inner and Outer Islands.

界定座標範圍 緯度南界 經度西界 [-11.351, 45.308], 緯度北界 經度東界 [0.176, 61.875]

分類群涵蓋範圍

All vascular plants.

Phylum Tracheophyta

計畫資料

At this stage, this resource compiles 5 different projects led in Seychelles since 2008 (Senterre et al., 2009; Senterre and Chong-Seng, 2016; Elzein, 2011; Cesar and Zehnder, 2020; Baguette et al., 2022) with the purpose to describe the main forest types of the Inner Islands according to elevation and topographic wetness, as well as naturalness (human influence).

計畫名稱 Various projects on the vegetation of Seychelles
辨識碼 BID-AF2020-094-NAC
經費來源 The 5 projects compiled to create this resource were based on the following funding: • Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), bourse de voyage cours séjours • Government of Seychelles, Project Coordination Unit, UNDP funding • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) • Environment Trust Fund of Seychelles (ETF) The compilation and publication on GBIF was made possible thanks to a GBIF funding for a 2 years project led by Plant Conservation Action group (PCA) and the Seychelles National Herbarium (SEY): "Mainstreaming recent species and ecosystem distribution data into Seychelles Key Biodiversity Areas assessments" (BID-AF2020-094-NAC). The aim of this project includes the set up of a KBA National Coordination Group (NCG) and at the same time a GBIF National Node for Seychelles.
研究區域描述 The idea is to cover the complete vegetation of Seychelles, but focus has been so far only on the Inner Islands and on forest ecosystems. Only the vascular flora is surveyed.
研究設計描述 Types of vegetation and types of ecosystems are largely defined and described through floristic data on their species composition. This is generally studied using vegetation plots and transects. Here, the approach for the field sampling is one related to phytosociology (quantitative plant community survey), therefore based on stratified sampling within stands of vegetation that are hypothesized to represent different types of vegetation, e.g. according to altitudinal belts. Nevertheless, the analysis and interpretation differ from the phytosociological tradition by not seing plant communities as discreet entities, but rather as entanglements of ecological groups (see details in Senterre et al. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100945).

參與計畫的人員:

Bruno Senterre

取樣方法

The sampling method is described in https://doi.org/10.1127/0340-269X/2009/0039-0157 and https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119837. Each plot consisted of three nested subplots representing three different forest strata: (1) subplot “T” for the tree community, on a 50 ×10 m area (all trees with diameter at breast height, DBH ≥5 cm); (2) subplot “S” for the understorey shrubs and tree saplings community, on a 50 ×4 m area (DBH <5 cm and total plant height greater than 1 m); and (3) subplot “H” for the herbaceous understorey and regeneration of the upper forest strata, on a 50 ×4 m area (vascular terrestrial herbaceous plants, tree trunk epiphytes and tree/shrub seedlings smaller than 1 m). Considering the extremely reduced flora of Seychelles, especially for lowlands, each plot although relatively small was large enough to provide a representative sampling of the local tree community. Starting from version 1.3, we have added three additional inventory types, all based on a "plot-less" approach; -"KBA-PLII-Vascular plants-Pop": Within stand inventory of all vascular plant species; 'PLII' stands for "Plot-Less Intensive Inventory" -"KBA-PLRI-Vascular plants-Pop": Within stand inventory of vascular plant species known at the time as species of special conservation concern; "PLRI" stands for Plot-Less Rapid Inventory" -"INV-PLRI-Vascular plants-Pop": Within stand inventory of vascular plant species known to be invasive, or potentially considered as such, or showing an dominant behaviour. The methodology is basically not more than that, but if necessary more information can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259032361_Seychelles_Key_Biodiversity_Areas_-_Output_4_Site_selection_and_methodology_for_inventories

研究範圍 Seychelles
品質控管 For any of the plots compiled here, when a species was recorded a specimen was made if none of the observers had ever collected the identified species in the study area or island group. This means that a specimen was collected at each time that it was the first encounter by the observer. Specimen were deposited at the Seychelles National Herbarium (SEY). For other observations, the observers were encouraged to take photgraphs each time they recorded species belonging to more problematic groups.

方法步驟描述:

  1. All data are being compiled in a MS Access database since 2008. To produce this GBIF dataset, we created queries in Access to export the data to a txt file using DarwinCore terms and standards.

收藏資料

蒐藏名稱 Seychelles National Herbarium
蒐藏編號 SEY
標本保存方法 Dried and pressed
管理單位 計數 500 +/- 50 specimens

引用文獻

  1. Senterre, B., Gerlach, J., Mougal, J., Matatiken, D.E., 2009. Old growth mature forest types and their floristic composition along the altitudinal gradient on Silhouette Island (Seychelles) - the telescoping effect on a continental mid-oceanic island. Phytocoenologia 39, 157–174. https://doi.org/10.1127/0340-269X/2009/0039-0157 https://doi.org/10.1127/0340-269X/2009/0039-0157
  2. El Zein, H., 2011. Caractérisation des types de forêts montagnardes sur l’île de Mahé (Seychelles) (Master Thesis). Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles.
  3. Senterre, B., Chong-Seng, L., 2016. Biodiversity assessment and rehabilitation potential of forests in the Mare aux Cochons catchment (Mahé, Seychelles). (Consultancy Report), Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change in Seychelles (EBA project). Government of Seychelles, United Nations Development Programme, Victoria, Seychelles. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11529.03681
  4. Cesar, S., Zehnder, M., 2020. Relating the Rehabilitation of Water Catchment Forest in the Morne Seychellois National Park with the Perspectives and Expectations of Local Communities in a Small Island Nation (Master Thesis). Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/usys/tdlab/docs/education/theses/Masterthesis-MichaelZehnder-SaraCerar.pdf
  5. Baguette, F., Harryba, S., Baboorun, T., Adam, P.-A., Senterre, B., 2022. Characterization and evolution of the lowland tropical rain forest of the smallest oceanic Gondwana fragments, with implications for restoration and invasion ecology. For. Ecol. Manag. 504, 119837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119837 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119837
  6. Senterre, B., Lowry II, P.P., Bidault, E., Stévart, T., 2021. Ecosystemology: a new approach toward a taxonomy of ecosystems. Ecol. Complex. 47, 100945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100945 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100945

額外的詮釋資料

目的

Describe the vegetation of Seychelles and be able to evaluate ecosystems for a Red List of Ecosystems, to better guide conservation priorities.

維護說明 The data is relatively clean, so much maintenance needed. For the flora of Seychelles, the species are well known but their taxonomy remain in some cases to study further. Some synonymies, including some where we have not followed the GBIF taxonomic backbone, are non-consensual or doubtful, e.g. Timonius sechellensis, Begonia sechellensis.
替代的識別碼 4fc42f17-eaeb-4296-949d-34b8414eb1c1
https://cloud.gbif.org/africa/resource?r=seyvegplot