Plant distribution data for the Czech Republic integrated in the Pladias database

0504610 - BÚ 2020 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Wild, Jan - Kaplan, Zdeněk - Danihelka, Jiří - Petřík, Petr - Chytrý, M. - Novotný, P. - Rohn, M. - Šulc, Václav - Brůna, Josef - Chobot, K. - Ekrt, L. - Holubová, D. - Knollová, I. - Kocián, P. - Štech, M. - Štěpánek, Jan - Zouhar, V.
Plant distribution data for the Czech Republic integrated in the Pladias database.
Preslia. Roč. 91, č. 1 (2019), s. 1-24. ISSN 0032-7786. E-ISSN 0032-7786
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : database * distribution * flora
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 4.357, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access

The Pladias database integrates species occurrence data on vascular plants in the Czech Republic for use in pure and applied research. This paper describes the structure of this database, data handling and validation, creation of distribution maps based on critically evaluated records as well as the original databases. It also includes explorative analyses of spatiotemporal and taxonomic coverage of the integrated occurrence data. We have integrated more than 13 million records of almost 5 thousand taxa (species, subspecies, varieties and hybrids), which came from five large national databases, seven regional projects and records collected within the PLADIAS project. The Pladias database is now the largest set of data on vascular plant occurrence in the Czech Republic, which is subject to continuous quality control. Analyses of this database pointed to differences in spatial and taxonomic coverage of the source datasets. However, it also showed that the targeted effort of experts focused on validating existing records, as well as the collection of new data is still necessary in order to obtain reliable distribution data for individual species.
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