Presence/absence of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in Southern Rhodopes, Greece (1970-2019)

Occurrence Observation
Dernière version Publié par Department of Forestry and Natural Environment le févr. 17, 2026 Department of Forestry and Natural Environment
Date de publication:
17 février 2026
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CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This dataset documents Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.) occurrences at its southernmost biogeographic limit in the Southern Rhodope Mountains, Greece. Derived from systematic forest management plans and field surveys between 1970 and 2019, it comprises presence-absence data for 1,912 forest management stands (110,694 ha total) across three management sections: Western Nestos River (WNR; 67,043 ha), North-Eastern (BAN; 29,313 ha), and Trachoni (TRC; 14,267 ha). Norway spruce was recorded in 500 stands (26,415 ha; 24% occupancy), including the previously undocumented southernmost Trachoni population (24°45'E, 41°21'N). The original dataset consists of polygon-based forest stand units compiled in an OGC GeoPackage (Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17571125). For GBIF publication, each stand is represented by its georeferenced centroid (WGS84), providing spatially explicit presence–absence points that summarize the extent of Picea abies within this biogeographically significant boundary region.

Enregistrements de données

Les données de cette ressource occurrence ont été publiées sous forme dune Archive Darwin Core (Darwin Core Archive ou DwC-A), le format standard pour partager des données de biodiversité en tant quensemble dun ou plusieurs tableurs de données. Le tableur de données du cœur de standard (core) contient 1 912 enregistrements.

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Comment citer

Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:

Forest Office of Drama, Giannakoglou K, Michailidis G, Tsiridis A, Aptoglou I, Karatzoglou M, Galanidis A, Giannakopoulos V, Nanos N (2026). Presence/absence of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in Southern Rhodopes/Greece. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17571125

Droits

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L’éditeur et détenteur des droits de cette ressource est Department of Forestry and Natural Environment. Ce travail est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0.

Enregistrement GBIF

Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède lUUID GBIF suivante : 0daf967c-5e67-43ee-a1e3-f71970900277.  Department of Forestry and Natural Environment publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec lapprobation du Participant Node Managers Committee.

Mots-clé

Occurrence; Picea abies; Species Distribution Models; Rear edge populations; Climate change adaptation; Presence-absence data; Observation

Données externes

Les données de la ressource sont disponibles dans dautres formats

Forest stand polygons (GeoPackage) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17571125 UTF-8 GeoPackage (GPKG)

Contacts

Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Nikos Nanos
  • Créateur
  • Personne De Contact
  • Associate Professor
Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, University Campus
54124 Thessaloniki
GR
  • +30 2310 992702
Alexandros Galanidis
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées
  • Processeur
  • Researcher
Department of Environment, University of the Aegean
  • Xenia B building, University Hill
81132 Mytilene
Lesvos Island
GR
Georgios Michailidis
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Kalliopi Giannakoglou
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Alexandros Tsiridis
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Ioannis Aptoglou
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Michail Karatzoglou
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Vasileios Giannakopoulos
  • Auteur
  • Laboratory Teaching Staff
Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, University Campus
54124 Thessaloniki
GR
Forest Office of Drama
  • Curateur Des Données
  • Créateur
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832

Couverture géographique

Southern Rhodope Mountains, Northern Greece (Drama Regional Unit), near Greek-Bulgarian border (41.21-41.45°N, 24.45-24.75°E). Covers 110,694 ha across three forest management sections: Western Nestos River (WNR; 67,043 ha, 200-1200 m a.s.l.), North-Eastern BAN (29,313 ha, 800-1600 m a.s.l.), and Trachoni TRC (14,267 ha, 1000-1800 m a.s.l.). Temperate mixed forests within EU Natura 2000 sites, representing the southernmost biogeographic limit of Picea abies in Europe.

Enveloppe géographique Sud Ouest [41,21, 24,45], Nord Est [41,45, 24,75]

Couverture taxonomique

Pas de description disponible

Species Picea abies (L.) H.Karst. (Norway Spruce)

Couverture temporelle

Date de début / Date de fin 1970-01-01 / 2019-12-31

Données sur le projet

This project investigates the distribution patterns of Picea abies at its southernmost European biogeographic limit. By synthesizing five decades of forest management data, the study aims to provide a high-resolution baseline for understanding the persistence of rear-edge populations under climate change and to support Species Distribution Modeling (SDM) within the Rhodope Mountains National Park.

Titre Exploring the limits of Norway spruce: Presence/Absence data at the species' southernmost edge
Financement This project was funded by the General Secretariat of Forests, Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy, as part of a broader initiative on forest management of public forests.
Description du domaine détude / de recherche The project covers 110,694 hectares of temperate mixed forests in the Southern Rhodope Mountains (Greece), focusing on the southernmost biogeographic limits of Picea abies in Europe.
Description du design The study design involved the systematic harmonization of data from three major forest management sections (Western Nestos River, North-Eastern BAN, and Trachoni). Presence and absence records were extracted from official forest management plans (1970–2019) and integrated into a unified spatial dataset. The design accounts for complex topographic gradients and elevational transitions (160–1,815 m a.s.l.) to ensure representative sampling of the species' ecological niche in the region.

Les personnes impliquées dans le projet:

Alexandros Galanidis
  • Fournisseur Des Métadonnées
Georgios Michailidis
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
Ioannis Aptoglou
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
Michail Karatzoglou
  • Fournisseur De Contenu
Vasileios Giannakopoulos
  • Auteur
Nikos Nanos

Méthodes déchantillonnage

Data were collected through systematic forest inventories conducted between 1970 and 2019 across 1,912 homogeneous forest stands in the Drama Regional Unit. Presence/absence of Picea abies was determined during periodic stand-level assessments following national forest inventory protocols, which combine compartment mapping with stratified visual inspection and plot sampling within stands.

Etendue de létude The study covers 110,694 hectares within the Rhodopes Mountain Range National Park, located in the Drama Regional Unit of North-Eastern Greece. The area encompasses the southernmost edge of the natural distribution of Picea abies in Europe. It is divided into three administrative forest management sections: Western Nestos River (WNR), North-Eastern (BAN), and Trachoni (TRC). The dataset represents a long-term temporal window from 1970 to 2019, capturing the presence/absence of Norway spruce across 1,912 discrete forest stands within an elevational gradient of 160 to 1,815 m asl.
Contrôle qualité Forest sections (WNR, BAN, TRC) follow administrative management units of the Drama Regional Forest Service. Data underwent recurrent field validation as part of the Forest Management Plan (FMP) cycles. Coordinates were transformed from Greek Grid (EPSG:2100) to WGS84, and geometric consistency of polygons was verified during the calculation of centroid and distance metrics.

Description des étapes de la méthode:

  1. Step 1 (Delineation): Forest stands represent discrete management units delineated from topographic maps, aerial photography, and recurrent field validation.
  2. Step 2 (Inventory): Field-level assessment following national forest inventory protocols to determine species presence/absence, involving both stratified visual inspection and plot sampling.
  3. Step 3 (Digitization & Processing): Stand boundaries were digitized as polygons in an OGC GeoPackage. Geographic centroids (WGS84) were calculated for GBIF occurrence records. Stand attributes including area (ha) and centroid-to-boundary distance metrics (min/max/avg distance from centroid to polygon edge) were computed.

Métadonnées additionnelles

The original polygon-based forest stand geometries used to derive the centroid occurrences published in this GBIF dataset are available as an OGC GeoPackage. These polygons provide full spatial representation of the forest management stands and allow users to reproduce spatial analyses, validate centroid extraction, and perform further geospatial work. The GeoPackage is archived at Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17571125).

Remerciements
Objet
Identifiants alternatifs DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10959759
0daf967c-5e67-43ee-a1e3-f71970900277
https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=picea-abies-rhodopes