Abstract

Vegetation-plot resurvey data are a main source of information on terrestrial biodiversity change, with records reaching back more than one century. Although more and more data from re-sampled plots have been published, there is not yet a comprehensive open-access dataset available for analysis. Here, we compiled and harmonised vegetation-plot resurvey data from Germany covering almost 100 years. We show the distribution of the plot data in space, time and across habitat types of the European Nature Information System (EUNIS). In addition, we include metadata on geographic location, plot size and vegetation structure. The data allow temporal biodiversity change to be assessed at the community scale, reaching back further into the past than most comparable data yet available. They also enable tracking changes in the incidence and distribution of individual species across Germany. In summary, the data come at a level of detail that holds promise for broadening our understanding of the mechanisms and drivers behind plant diversity change over the last century.

Measurement(s)

vegetation-plot resurvey data of vascular plant species

Technology Type(s)

vegetation-plot records

Factor Type(s)

Cover of species in plots

Sample Characteristic - Organism

Vascular plant species

Sample Characteristic - Environment

Terrestrial habitats

Sample Characteristic - Location

Germany

Details

Title
ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany
Author
Jandt, Ute 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bruelheide, Helge 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Berg, Christian 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bernhardt-Römermann, Markus 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Blüml, Volker 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bode, Frank 5 ; Dengler, Jürgen 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Diekmann, Martin 7 ; Dierschke, Hartmut 8 ; Doerfler, Inken 9 ; Döring, Ute 10 ; Dullinger, Stefan 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Härdtle, Werner 12   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Haider, Sylvia 1 ; Heinken, Thilo 13   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Horchler, Peter 14 ; Jansen, Florian 15   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kudernatsch, Thomas 16 ; Kuhn, Gisbert 17   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lindner, Martin 18 ; Matesanz, Silvia 19 ; Metze, Katrin 20 ; Meyer, Stefan 21 ; Müller, Frank 22   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Müller, Norbert 23   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Naaf, Tobias 24   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Peppler-Lisbach, Cord 25   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Poschlod, Peter 26 ; Roscher, Christiane 27 ; Rosenthal, Gert 28 ; Rumpf, Sabine B. 29   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Schmidt, Wolfgang 30   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Schrautzer, Joachim 31 ; Schwabe, Angelika 32   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Schwartze, Peter 33 ; Sperle, Thomas 34 ; Stanik, Nils 28   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Stroh, Hans-Georg 35 ; Storm, Christian 36 ; Voigt, Winfried 37 ; von Heßberg, Andreas 38 ; von Oheimb, Goddert 39   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wagner, Eva-Rosa 40 ; Wegener, Uwe 41 ; Wesche, Karsten 42   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wittig, Burghard 43   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Wulf, Monika 44   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Halle, Germany (GRID:grid.9018.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 0679 2801); German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.421064.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 7470 3956) 
2  Institute for Biology, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz, Austria (GRID:grid.5110.5) (ISNI:0000000121539003) 
3  German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.421064.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 7470 3956); Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Jena, Germany (GRID:grid.9613.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 1939 2794) 
4  BMS - Umweltplanung, Freiheitsweg 38A, Osnabrück, Germany (GRID:grid.9613.d) 
5  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Abteilung Forschungsförderung, Karlsruhe, Germany (GRID:grid.7892.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0075 5874) 
6  German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.421064.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 7470 3956); Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Vegetation Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR), Wädenswil, Switzerland (GRID:grid.19739.35) (ISNI:0000000122291644); Plant Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), Bayreuth, Germany (GRID:grid.19739.35) 
7  University of Bremen, Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB 2, Bremen, Germany (GRID:grid.7704.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 2297 4381) 
8  Georg- August- University of Göttingen, Vegetation Analysis and Phytodiversity, Albrecht-von- Haller-Institute of Plant Sciences, Göttingen, Germany (GRID:grid.7450.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2364 4210) 
9  University of Oldenburg, Vegetation Science and Nature Conservation Group, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany (GRID:grid.5560.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 1009 3608) 
10  Auf der Wessel 47, Göttingen, Germany (GRID:grid.5560.6) 
11  University of Vienna, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria (GRID:grid.10420.37) (ISNI:0000 0001 2286 1424) 
12  Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Institute of Ecology, Lüneburg, Germany (GRID:grid.10211.33) (ISNI:0000 0000 9130 6144) 
13  University of Potsdam, General Botany, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, Germany (GRID:grid.11348.3f) (ISNI:0000 0001 0942 1117) 
14  Landscape Management, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Department Vegetation Studies, Koblenz, Germany (GRID:grid.425106.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 3155) 
15  Rostock University, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rostock, Germany (GRID:grid.10493.3f) (ISNI:0000000121858338) 
16  Bavarian State Institute of Forestry, Freising, Germany (GRID:grid.500073.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 1015 5020) 
17  Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Institut für Agrarökologie und Biologischen Landbau, AG Vegetationsökologie und -monitoring, Freising, Germany (GRID:grid.500031.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 2109 6556) 
18  German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.421064.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 7470 3956); Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Biology/Biology Education, Halle, Germany (GRID:grid.9018.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 0679 2801) 
19  Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Area de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain (GRID:grid.28479.30) (ISNI:0000 0001 2206 5938) 
20  Klimaschutz und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Energie, Magdeburg, Germany (GRID:grid.28479.30) 
21  University of Göttingen, Plant Ecology and Ecosystems Research, Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Göttingen, Germany (GRID:grid.7450.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2364 4210) 
22  Institute of Botany, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany (GRID:grid.4488.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2111 7257) 
23  Fachhochschule Erfurt, Dep. Landscape Management & Restoration Ecology, Erfurt, Germany (GRID:grid.465903.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 0138 1691) 
24  Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany (GRID:grid.433014.1) 
25  University of Oldenburg, Landscape Ecology Group, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany (GRID:grid.5560.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 1009 3608) 
26  University of Regensburg, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, Regensburg, Germany (GRID:grid.7727.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 2190 5763) 
27  German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.421064.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 7470 3956); UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Physiological Diversity, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.7492.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 0492 3830) 
28  University of Kassel, Department of Landscape and Vegetation Ecology, Kassel, Germany (GRID:grid.5155.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 1089 1036) 
29  University of Vienna, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria (GRID:grid.10420.37) (ISNI:0000 0001 2286 1424); University of Basel, Department of Environmental Sciences, Basel, Switzerland (GRID:grid.6612.3) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 0642) 
30  Georg-August-University Göttingen, Department of Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, Göttingen, Germany (GRID:grid.7450.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2364 4210) 
31  Kiel University, Institute for Ecosystem Research, Kiel, Germany (GRID:grid.9764.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2153 9986) 
32  Technical University Darmstadt, Faculty of Biology, Darmstadt, Germany (GRID:grid.6546.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 0940 1669) 
33  Biologische Station Kreis Steinfurt e.V., Tecklenburg, Germany (GRID:grid.6546.1) 
34  Vogtsstr. 3, Waldkirch, Germany (GRID:grid.6546.1) 
35  büro áchero Vegetation and Environmental Consulting, Friedland, Germany (GRID:grid.5155.4) 
36  Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachgebiet Chemische Pflanzenökologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Darmstadt, Germany (GRID:grid.6546.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 0940 1669) 
37  University of Jena, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Jena, Germany (GRID:grid.9613.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 1939 2794) 
38  Bayceer - Uni Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany (GRID:grid.7384.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 0467 6972) 
39  Institute of General Ecology and Environmental Protection, Technische Universität Dresden, Tharandt, Germany (GRID:grid.4488.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2111 7257) 
40  Engbertsheide 9, Melle, Germany (GRID:grid.4488.0) 
41  Meisenweg 27, Halberstadt, Germany (GRID:grid.4488.0) 
42  German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (GRID:grid.421064.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 7470 3956); Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Botany Department, Görlitz, Germany (GRID:grid.500044.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 1016 2925); Technische Universität Dresden, International Institute Zittau, Zittau, Germany (GRID:grid.4488.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2111 7257) 
43  University of Bremen, Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology, FB 2, Bremen, Germany (GRID:grid.7704.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 2297 4381); Betriebsstelle Lüneburg, Standort Verden, Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation Agency, Verden, Germany (GRID:grid.7704.4) 
44  Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany (GRID:grid.433014.1); University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, Germany (GRID:grid.11348.3f) (ISNI:0000 0001 0942 1117) 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20524463
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01688-6
ProQuest document ID
2726154458
Copyright
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