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

Occurrence Observation
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Publication date:
17 de fevereiro de 2026
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Descrição

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.

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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

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O editor e o detentor dos direitos deste trabalho é Department of Forestry and Natural Environment. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

Este recurso foi registrado no GBIF e atribuído ao seguinte GBIF UUID: 0daf967c-5e67-43ee-a1e3-f71970900277.  Department of Forestry and Natural Environment publica este recurso, e está registrado no GBIF como um publicador de dados aprovado por Participant Node Managers Committee.

Palavras-chave

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

Dados externos

Os dados de recurso também estão disponíveis em outros formatos

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

Contatos

Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Nikos Nanos
  • Originador
  • Ponto De Contato
  • 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
  • Provedor Dos Metadados
  • Processador
  • Researcher
Department of Environment, University of the Aegean
  • Xenia B building, University Hill
81132 Mytilene
Lesvos Island
GR
Georgios Michailidis
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Kalliopi Giannakoglou
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Alexandros Tsiridis
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Ioannis Aptoglou
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Michail Karatzoglou
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
  • Forester
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832
Vasileios Giannakopoulos
  • Autor
  • 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
  • Custódio De Dados
  • Originador
Forest Office of Drama
  • Agiou Konstantinou 1
66133 Drama
GR
  • +30 25210351832

Cobertura Geográfica

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.

Coordenadas delimitadoras Sul Oeste [41,21, 24,45], Norte Leste [41,45, 24,75]

Cobertura Taxonômica

Nenhuma descrição disponível

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

Cobertura Temporal

Data Inicial / Data final 1970-01-01 / 2019-12-31

Dados Sobre o Projeto

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.

Título Exploring the limits of Norway spruce: Presence/Absence data at the species' southernmost edge
Financiamento 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.
Descrição da Área de Estudo 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.
Descrição do 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.

O pessoal envolvido no projeto:

Alexandros Galanidis
Georgios Michailidis
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Ioannis Aptoglou
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Michail Karatzoglou
  • Provedor De Conteúdo
Vasileios Giannakopoulos
  • Autor
Nikos Nanos

Métodos de Amostragem

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.

Área de Estudo 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.
Controle de Qualidade 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.

Descrição dos passos do método:

  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.

Metadados Adicionais

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).

Acknowledgements
Propósito
Identificadores alternativos DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10959759
0daf967c-5e67-43ee-a1e3-f71970900277
https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=picea-abies-rhodopes