VegAndes: the vegetation database for the Latin American highlands

By

Peyre, Gwendolyn
Montesinos Tubée, Daniel
Giraldo, Daniela
Galán de Mera, Antonio 1961-
Ruthsatz, Bárbara
Luebert, Federico
Ontivero, Marcela
García, Nicolás
Álvarez, Miguel
Meneses, Rosa Isela
Lozano, Pablo
León, Daniela
Weigend, Maximilian, 1969-
Anthelme, Fabien
Palma, Milagro
Rodríguez, Carolina

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-12-30

Original Publication

Vegetation classification and survey

Volume

3

Pages

287--296

Subjects

database , Flora , Highland , Mesoamerica , Phytosociology , plot data , South America , Vegetation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers 2020-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.95750

 

Abstract

In the era of Big Data, Latin American countries and biomes remain underrepresented. To remediate this issue, promoting repositories for biodiversity data focused on Latin America is a main priority. VegAndes -Dpt the vegetation database for the Latin American highlands (GIVD: SA-00-005), is a novel dataset for georeferenced and standardized information on vascular pants in the region. The database compiles 5,340 vegetation plots sampled above the montane treeline and below the permanent snowline in 11 Latin American countries and spanning over seven decades. VegAndes currently encompasses 5,804 taxon names, corresponding to 3,858 accepted names, as well as 136 syntaxon names. The database is nested within a scientific consortium of Latin American experts on highland vegetation and piloted from the University of the Andes (Colombia). Because the VegAndes data can support multi-scale studies in botany, ecology and biogeography, the database makes an essential contribution to biodiversity research and management perspectives in Latin America.<br> Taxonomic reference: TROPICOS (preferential source, www.tropicos.org/), World Flora Online (secondary source, www.worldfloraonline.org/).