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Vegetation surveys in southern Nilgiris
Vegetation survey of plant species within Manar estate region in the southern Nilgiris, India
Arunachala Skaria
Gamuz
Nature Conservation Foundation
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
0009-0000-3357-0489
A. P.
Madhavan
Nature Conservation Foundation
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
0009-0009-2754-8256
2026-03-19
eng
Plant species were recorded with 70 nested plots at the centre of 70 1-ha grids in the Manar estate region in the southern Nilgiris, India. At the scale of each of the 1-ha grids, the presence or absence of three invasive species, viz. Lantana camara, Chromolaena odorata, and Solanum mauritianum, were recorded. At the centroid of each grid, adult trees trees (>=30 cm girth) were enumerated (taxonomic identity, girth and height) within a 20x20 m plot. At the centre of the 20x20 m plot, regenerating seedlings (>50 cm height and GBH <= 3.1cm (1 cm DBH)) and saplings (>=3.1 GBH to 30 cm GBH) were identified and counted within a 5x5 m plot. Trees that overtopped the 5x5m plot but were different from the individuals or species recorded in the 20x20m plot that circumscribed the 5x5m plot, were also recorded.
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml
The Nilgiris
tropical montane evergreen forest
shola
mesic savanna
tropical dry deciduous forests
Western Ghats
plant diversity
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Observation
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
Additional records of plants, fungi, and other animal species from the study area are recorded on iNaturalist in the project "Biodiversity of the Craigmore Landscape"
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-the-craigmore-landscape
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CC-BY-4.0
Deciduous forests, patchy mesic savanna, semi-evergreen forests, and montane evergreen forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India, were surveyed. Surveyed locations spanned a wide elevation range from c. 500 m to c. 2200 m above sea level (CHECK)
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Celastrales
family
Lamiaceae
family
Malvaceae
family
Cannabaceae
family
Myrtaceae
phylum
Tracheophyta
order
Asterales
family
Rhamnaceae
family
Meliaceae
family
Sapindaceae
family
Elaeagnaceae
family
Cordiaceae
family
Acanthaceae
family
Rosaceae
kingdom
Plantae
family
Ranunculaceae
order
Arecales
family
Rutaceae
order
Ericales
order
Solanales
family
Arecaceae
family
Oleaceae
class
Magnoliopsida
family
Bignoniaceae
family
Theaceae
family
Solanaceae
order
Laurales
order
Ranunculales
order
Poales
order
Malpighiales
family
Phyllanthaceae
order
Myrtales
family
Melastomataceae
order
Malvales
class
Liliopsida
family
Poaceae
family
Rubiaceae
order
Boraginales
family
Fabaceae
family
Capparaceae
order
Lamiales
family
Proteaceae
family
Lauraceae
order
Proteales
family
Moraceae
family
Verbenaceae
order
Rosales
order
Fabales
family
Ebenaceae
family
Combretaceae
order
Brassicales
family
Apocynaceae
order
Sapindales
order
Gentianales
order
Magnoliales
family
Celastraceae
family
Asteraceae
family
Euphorbiaceae
family
Anacardiaceae
family
Annonaceae
Vegetation survey to identify levels and causes of degradation to establish baselines for ecologcial restoration.
We thank Craigmore Plantations (India) Pvt Ltd for supporting this work and the field surveys.
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Arunachala Skaria
Gamuz
Nature Conservation Foundation
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
0009-0000-3357-0489
T. R. Shankar
Raman
Nature Conservation Foundation
Senior Scientist
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
trsr@ncf-india.org
0000-0002-1347-3953
Divya
Mudappa
Nature Conservation Foundation
Senior Scientist
1311, 12th A Main,Vijayanagar 1st Stage
Mysuru
Karnataka
570017
IN
divya@ncf-india.org
0000-0001-9708-4826
Data from multiple plot types were combined and R was used to prepare the data in CSV files according to the GBIF Darwin Core format.
The study was carried out within the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India, mainly in areas around Kolakamby and in Thaishola area.
Plant species were recorded with 70 nested plots at the centre of 70 1-ha grids in the Manar estate region in the southern Nilgiris, India. At the scale of each of the 1-ha grids, the presence or absence of three invasive species, viz. Lantana camara, Chromolaena odorata and Solanum mauritianum, was recorded. At the centroid of each grid, adult trees trees (>=10 cm girth) were enumerated (taxonomic identity, girth and height) within a 20x20 m plot. At the centre of the 20x20 m plot, regenerating seedlings (>50 cm height and GBH <= 3.1cm (1 cm DBH)) and saplings (>=3.1 GBH to 30 cm GBH) were identified and counted within a 5x5 m plot. Trees that overtopped the 5x5m plot but were different from the individuals or species recorded in the 20x20m plot that circumambulated the 5x5m plot, were also recorded.
Trees were directly identified in the field or herbarium specimens collected to identify using field guides cited in identification references. Taxa that could not be identified to species were identified to Genus or Family, or occasionally higher taxa. Species names were updated to GBIF taxonomy using the species name matching tool.
Tropical Ecosystems Research and Restoration in the Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India
Arunachala Skaria
Gamuz
0009-0000-3357-0489
principalInvestigator
A.P.
Madhavan
0009-0009-2754-8256
author
Divya
Mudappa
0000-0001-9708-4826
author
T. R. Shankar
Raman
0000-0002-1347-3953
author
Our research and restoration programme focuses on the region’s unique, biologically diverse forests and grasslands in The Nilgiris, Western Ghats, India. This is part of the Western Ghats program of the Nature Conservation Foundation, India.
We gratefully acknowledge support from Craigmore Plantations (India) Pvt Ltd.
The study was carried out within the southern part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in and around the town of Kolakamby and Craigmore estates.
The species identity of all trees were recorded and identified by the observers.
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dataset
Gamuz A S, Madhavan A P (2026). Vegetation survey of plant species within Manar estate region in the southern Nilgiris, India. Version 1.1. Nature Conservation Foundation. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=ncf-nrp-manar-vegetation-2024&v=1.1
Baseline assessment of vegetation status for ecological restoration of discontinued plantations and degraded forests in the Manar estate, Nilgiris [Data set]. Zenodo.
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CSV
1.0
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19000781
c810b6d2-99e8-4a50-b2cc-d3858e512fd1/v1.1.xml