%0 Journal Article
%T The Polish Vegetation Database: structure, resources and development
%A Zygmunt K£¿cki
%A Micha£¿ £¿liwi¨½ski
%J Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
%D 2012
%I Polish Botanical Society
%R 10.5586/asbp.2012.014
%X The phytosociological database Polish Vegetation Database collects relev¨¦s of all vegetation types in Poland. The database was established in 2007 and is located at Department of Biodiversity and Plant Cover Protection, University of Wroc aw (http://synbiot.uni.wroc.pl). On March 2012, the database included 40000 relev¨¦s collected between 1927 and 2011. Most of relev¨¦s was taken from published papers and represents almost all types of habitats of Poland. Large groups of relev¨¦s represent meadows and pastures (Molinio-Arrhnehteretrea), broadleaf forests (Querco-Fagetea), arable land communities (Stellarietea), coniferous forests (Vaccinio-Piceetea) and eutrophic reed communities (Phragmitetea). In comparison to other countries in Central Europe, Polish Vegetation Database currently belongs to medium-sized databases, with full functionality and accessibility. The present article describes its development, basic operational information and how it can be used in analysis of vegetation in Poland.
%K database
%K phytosociology
%K relev¨¦
%K vegetetion plot
%K biodiversity informatics
%K Poland
%U http://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/214