A thematic vegetation dataset of SArdinian GRAsslands (SAGRA)

By

Bagella, Simonetta
Caria, Maria Carmela
Bonari, Gianmaria
Malavasi, Marco
Melis, Raimondo
Piga, Giovanna
Rivieccio, Giovanni

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-8-27

Original Publication

Plant sociology

Volume

61

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

41--47

Subjects

grassland management , Mediterranean grasslands , Phytosociological surveys , Plant Diversity , This georeferenced vegetation dataset can support , Vegetation data , Vegetation plots

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pavia Società italiana di scienza della vegetazione 2012-2019

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/pls2024612/03

 

Abstract

We present the dataset “SArdinian GRAsslands” (SAGRA), a collection of georeferenced vegetation surveys sourced from different areas of Sardinia (Italy). SAGRA addresses a geographic gap in current databases, as plots from Sardinian grasslands are underrepresented. We collected vegetation data from different projects and organized it within a framework that allows for scalability to larger scales or integration into existing databases. The surveys include three categories of information: general, vegetation and management, and environmental. Overall, SAGRA comprises 1277 vegetation surveys, some of which were performed in different years in the same plots. This dataset encompasses 685 plots and 434 species, primarily therophytes.