Vegetation Classification and Survey (VCS) (Dec 2020)
Balkan Vegetation Database (BVD) – updated information and current status
- Kiril Vassilev,
- Hristo Pedashenko,
- Alexandra Alexandrova,
- Alexandar Tashev,
- Anna Ganeva,
- Anna Gavrilova,
- Armin Macanović,
- Assen Assenov,
- Antonina Vitkova,
- Beloslava Genova,
- Borislav Grigorov,
- Chavdar Gussev,
- Ermin Masic,
- Eva Filipova,
- Gana Gecheva,
- Ina Aneva,
- Illona Knolova,
- Ivaylo Nikolov,
- Georgi Georgiev,
- Georgi Gogushev,
- Georgi Tinchev,
- Ivan Minkov,
- Kalina Pachedzieva,
- Katerina Mincheva,
- Koycho Koev,
- Mariyana Lyubenova,
- Marius Dimitrov,
- Media Gumus,
- Momchil Nazarov,
- Nadezhda Apostolova-Stoyanova,
- Nikolay Nikolov,
- Nikolay Velev,
- Petar Zhelev,
- Plamen Glogov,
- Rayna Natcheva,
- Rossen Tzonev,
- Senka Barudanović,
- Sofia Kostadinova,
- Steffen Boch,
- Stephan Hennekens,
- Stoyan Georgiev,
- Stoyan Stoyanov,
- Todor Karakiev,
- Tijana Ilić,
- Veronika Kalníková,
- Veselin Shivarov,
- Vladimir Vulchev
Affiliations
- Kiril Vassilev
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Hristo Pedashenko
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Alexandra Alexandrova
- University of Forestry
- Alexandar Tashev
- University of Forestry
- Anna Ganeva
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Anna Gavrilova
- Medicinal University
- Armin Macanović
- University of Saraevo
- Assen Assenov
- Sofia University
- Antonina Vitkova
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Beloslava Genova
- Plovdiv University
- Borislav Grigorov
- Sofia University
- Chavdar Gussev
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Ermin Masic
- University of Saraevo
- Eva Filipova
- Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Science
- Gana Gecheva
- Plovdiv University
- Ina Aneva
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Illona Knolova
- Masaryk University
- Ivaylo Nikolov
- Directorate Central Balkan National Park
- Georgi Georgiev
- Plovdiv University
- Georgi Gogushev
- Regional Forest Directorate Blagoevgrad
- Georgi Tinchev
- Unaffiliated
- Ivan Minkov
- Plovdiv University
- Kalina Pachedzieva
- Sofia University
- Katerina Mincheva
- Plovdiv University
- Koycho Koev
- Plovdiv University
- Mariyana Lyubenova
- Sofia University
- Marius Dimitrov
- University of Forestry
- Media Gumus
- Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Science
- Momchil Nazarov
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Nadezhda Apostolova-Stoyanova
- Directorate of Vitosha Nature Park
- Nikolay Nikolov
- Sofia University
- Nikolay Velev
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Petar Zhelev
- University of Forestry
- Plamen Glogov
- Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Science
- Rayna Natcheva
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Rossen Tzonev
- Sofia University
- Senka Barudanović
- University of Saraevo
- Sofia Kostadinova
- Sofia University
- Steffen Boch
- Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute
- Stephan Hennekens
- Alterra
- Stoyan Georgiev
- Field Crop Institute
- Stoyan Stoyanov
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Todor Karakiev
- Unaffiliated
- Tijana Ilić
- University of Belgrade
- Veronika Kalníková
- Beskydy Protected Landscape Area Administration
- Veselin Shivarov
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Vladimir Vulchev
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2020/61348
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 1
pp. 151 – 153
Abstract
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The Balkan Vegetation Database (BVD; GIVD ID: EU-00-019) is a regional database, which was established in 2014. It comprises phytosociological relevés covering various vegetation types from nine countries of the Balkan Peninsula (Albania – 153 relevés, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1715, Bulgaria – 12,282, Greece – 465, Croatia – 69, Kosovo – 493, Montenegro – 440, North Macedonia – 13 and Serbia – 2677). Currently, it contains 18,306 relevés (compared to 9.580 in 2016), and most of them (82.8%) are geo-referenced. The database includes both digitized relevés from the literature (65.6%) and unpublished data (34.5%). Plot size is available for 84.7% of all relevés. During the last four years some “header data information” was improved e.g. elevation (now available for 83.4% of all relevés), aspect (67.7%), slope (66%), total cover of vegetation (54.3%), cover of tree, shrub, herb, bryophyte and lichen layers (27.1%, 20.1%, 40.2%, 11.5% and 2.1%), respectively. Data access is either semi-restricted (65.6%) or restricted (34.4%). Most relevés (84.6%) are classified to syntaxa of different levels. The database has been used for numerous studies with various objectives from floristic, vegetation and habitat-related topics, to macroecological studies at the local, regional, national, continental and global levels. During the last four years, BVD data were requested from 111 different projects via the EVA and sPlot databases.
