Description
This dataset consists of biannual qualitative surveys for the presence of the non-crop flora in and around pilot organic fields set in 2017 on the island of Mauritius. Plants were identified in-situ or collected for identification at The Mauritius Herbarium. The monitoring of ten fields or greenhouses scattered around the island and having different crops, is part of an effort from Mauritius NGO Le Velo Vert (LVV) to mainstream organic agriculture. LVV wants to highlight the importance of correct plant identification and the uses of non-crop species to improve and support organic farming. LVV believes sharing data will increase transparency and help cooperation of local, regional and global stakeholders of different fields to improve perspectives and multidisciplinarity, much needed to face the increasing problems of declining biodiversity and resources, and a growing human population. This databasing effort has been funded by BID Africa Call 2017, grant BID-AF2017-SMA_0316 (https://www.gbif.org/project/aRCxBBF1BYU2C0us62ea4/getting-the-plants-to-all-dissemination-of-information-from-the-collection-of-the-mauritius-herbarium.)
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 24 records.
1 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.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Krivek G (2018): Monitoring of non-crop plants in organic fields of Mauritius. v1.14. The Mauritius Herbarium. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=monitoring_non_crop_plants_in_organic_fields_of_mauritius&v=1.14
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is The Mauritius Herbarium. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: bbd1eb9c-0d6b-45ee-b36a-d94c91abeaef. The Mauritius Herbarium publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
flora; organic fields; monitoring; agricultural biodiversity; Mascarenes
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Mauritius
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-20.535, 57.277], North East [-19.813, 57.881] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Plantae
| Phylum | Lycopodiopsida, Polypodiopsida, Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2017-05-01 / 2018-01-01 |
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Project Data
This dataset refers to repeated flora surveys of non-crop species in and around pilot organic fields, which is part of the Expansion en Maraichage Biologique avec Expertise Régionale (EMBER)[Expansion of organic agriculture on Mauritius with support of regional experts]
| Title | Project In progress Getting the plants to all: dissemination of information from the collection of The Mauritius Herbarium |
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| Identifier | BID-AF2017-0316-SMA |
| Funding | BID Africa Call 2017, grant BID-AF2017-SMA_0316 |
| Study Area Description | Eleven pilot organic fields around Mauritius |
| Design Description | Biannual qualitative survey of non-crop plants in and around organic fields |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Sampling Methods
Biannual qualitative surveys of non crop plants in and around fields
| Study Extent | Pilot organic fields in the island of Mauritius |
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| Quality Control | Plants were identified in the field or samples were taken for identification at The Mauritius Herbarium |
Method step description:
- Plant identification was done using the local Flora: Bosser, J., Cadet, T, Guého, J. & Marais, W. (1976-onwards) Flore des Mascareignes: La Réunion, Maurice, Rodrigues. MSIRI/KEW/ORSTOM-IRD. Mauritius. 26 vol. Rainfall for each site is based on Willaime, P. (1984) Carte pédologique de l’Ile Maurice 1/50 000. Occasional Paper of the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute no. 33. MSIRI, Mauritius.
Additional Metadata
Medicinal uses and insects recorded to visit/use the surveyed non-crop species will be added to this dataset, with references.
| Purpose | This dataset consists of biannual qualitative surveys for the presence of the non-crop flora in and around pilot organic fields set in 2017 on the island of Mauritius. Plants were identified in-situ or collected for identification at The Mauritius Herbarium. The checklist with more information about each species is published separately (use taxonID to match them). The monitoring of ten fields or greenhouses scattered around the island and having different crops, is part of an effort from Mauritius NGO Le Velo Vert (LVV) to mainstream organic agriculture. LVV wants to highlight the importance of correct plant identification and the uses of non-crop species to improve and support organic farming. LVV believes sharing data will increase transparency and help cooperation of local, regional and global stakeholders of different fields to improve perspectives and multidisciplinarity, much needed to face the increasing problems of declining biodiversity and resources, and a growing human population. |
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| Maintenance Description | Additional data will be update as soon as they are available |
| Alternative Identifiers | bbd1eb9c-0d6b-45ee-b36a-d94c91abeaef |
| https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=monitoring_non_crop_plants_in_organic_fields_of_mauritius |