b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:25:17 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Braun-Blanquet percentage vegetation cover and indicator species data in Ankeniheny Zahamena forest corridor, Madagascar 2017-03-03 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b 10.5285/b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b doi: Razakamanarivo, H., Razafimbelo, T., Andriamananjara, A., Rianahary, A., Razafindrakoto, M., Harinirina, A. (2017). Braun-Blanquet percentage vegetation cover and indicator species data in Ankeniheny Zahamena forest corridor, Madagascar. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b Data comprise records of percent vegetation cover using a category known as the Braun-Blanquet scale from a survey of indicator vegetation species carried out in the Ankeniheny Zahamena forest corridor in Madagascar. In addition, scientific name, local name, family name and life form (fern, shrub, herb, grass, vine or tree) of vegetation was recorded. Data were collected as part of a project funded by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme under work package 4 P4GES project. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b Razakamanarivo, H. Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo herintsitohaina.razakamanarivo@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3126-8192 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact Razakamanarivo, H. Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo herintsitohaina.razakamanarivo@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3126-8192 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Razafimbelo, T. Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo tantely.razafimbelo@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2101-9715 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Andriamananjara, A. Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo njaraandry1@gmail.com author Rianahary, A. Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo andrisoarianahary@gmail.com author Razafindrakoto, M. Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo secretariat.lri@gmail.com author Harinirina, A. Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo secretariat.lri@gmail.com author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian asNeeded vegetation biological indicator GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Madagascar corridor Ankeniheny Zahamena GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation CAZ ESPA P4GES indicator species otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo otherRestrictions Acknowledgement of the Laboratoire des Radio Isotopes, Université d'Antananarivo is required for products derived from these data otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Razakamanarivo, H., Razafimbelo, T., Andriamananjara, A., Rianahary, A., Razafindrakoto, M., Harinirina, A. (2017). Braun-Blanquet percentage vegetation cover and indicator species data in Ankeniheny Zahamena forest corridor, Madagascar. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b textTable English utf8 economy environment 2013-06-01 2017-02-28 43.191 50.483 -25.608 -11.945 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b31330cc-743c-431e-95cd-68b316efed0b.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Full materials and methods available from Supporting Information (Manual_ 1_Classical_Survey) The estimation of percent cover has been used in the land use determination process. It consists of the evaluation of relative surface coverage of one species in a determined surface. The percent (%) cover is estimated for the indicator species within a circle of 5m radius (area 78.54 m2) in which the inventory of trees with diameter at breast height (1.3 metres) of 5 to 10cm has been conducted. For each site, % cover was determined with a local botanist. The team uses a visual guide to estimate the % cover. It is recorded by using an 8 category scale known as the Braun-Blanquet scale. Scale Cover 0 Not present T Trace amount< 1% 1 1-5% cover 2 5-25% cover 3 25-50% cover 4 50-75% cover 5 75-95% cover 6 >95% cover