Catalogue of the Rust Fungi of Belgium

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 755 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Vanderweyen A, Fraiture A, Groom Q, Desmet P, Reyserhove L (2018): Catalogue of the Rust Fungi of Belgium. v1.2. Botanic Garden Meise. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15468/2dboyn

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Meise Botanic Garden. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: b043c480-dd36-4f4f-aa82-e188753ff09d.  Meise Botanic Garden publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Checklist; Inventorythematic; checklist; inventory; rust fungi; rusts; Uredinales; host plants; plant pathogens; Belgium; TrIAS

Contacts

Arthur Vanderweyen

• Originator

Researcher

Botanic Garden Meise

BE

André Fraiture

• Originator ●
• Point Of Contact

Researcher

Botanic Garden Meise

BE

andre.fraiture@jardinbotaniquemeise.be

Quentin Groom

• Originator

Researcher

Botanic Garden Meise

BE

quentin.groom@plantentuinmeise.be

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376

Peter Desmet

• Metadata Provider ●
• Originator

Open data coordinator

Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

BE

peter.desmet@inbo.be

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025

Lien Reyserhove

• Metadata Provider ●
• Originator

Data Publisher

Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

BE

lien.reyserhove@inbo.be

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-9267

Geographic Coverage

This checklist covers all rust fungi recorded in Belgium. However, the presence of several species must still be confirmed because they are attested only by herbarium specimens or literature.

Taxonomic Coverage

This dataset includes pathogenic rust fungi, i.e. fungi belonging to the order Pucciniales (previously also known as Uredinales), and their known host plants in Belgium. In total, 237 Uredinales species have been recorded in Belgium of which 26 are confirmed as ‘alien’ and 52 as ‘native’. The largest proportion of rust fungi belongs to the Pucciniaceae (78%), followed by the Melampsoraceae (6%) and Phragmidiaceae (6%). Small fractions are classified under the Coleosporiaceae, Pucciniastraceae, Cronartiaceae, Chaconiaceae, Uropyxidaceae, Uropyxidaceae, Raveneliaceae and Chaconiaceae.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

Imagine a future where dynamically, from year to year, we can track the progression of alien species (AS), identify emerging species, assess their current and future risk and timely inform policy in a seamless data-driven workflow. One that is built on open science and open data infrastructures. By using international biodiversity standards and facilities, we would ensure interoperability, repeatability and sustainability. This would make the process adaptable to future requirements in an evolving IAS policy landscape both locally and internationally. The project Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS) aims to do this for Belgium. For a full project description, see Vanderhoeven et al. (2017, https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e13414).

The personnel involved in the project:

Tim Adriaens

• Author

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7268-4200

Peter Desmet

• Author

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025

Quentin Groom

• Principal Investigator

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376

Diederik Strubbe

• Author

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2613-4985

Sonia Vanderhoeven

• Author

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6298-5373

Sampling Methods

See Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2007)

Method step description:

1. The source data for this standardized checklist are the publications Vanderweyen & Fraiture (2007, 2008, 2011) which were manually transcribed to a tab-delimited text file.
2. This raw data file was uploaded to a GitHub repository (https://github.com/trias-project/uredinales-belgium-checklist). See https://trias-project.github.io/uredinales-belgium-checklist for an introduction to this repository and the mapping of this dataset.
3. We developed a RMarkdown script to document and perform the transformation of the data to Darwin Core, which includes the following steps:
4. Perform some basic data cleaning of the raw data.
5. Generate stable and unique identifiers for each taxon (taxonID).
6. Generate the full bibliographic citations (bibliographicCitation).
7. Create a taxon core file (http://rs.gbif.org/core/dwc_taxon.xml). The taxon core provides the taxonomic information for both rust fungi and their recorded host plants.
8. Create a distribution extension file (http://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/distribution.xml), including standardization of the distribution date range.
9. Create a resource relationship extension file (http://rs.gbif.org/extension/dwc/resource_relation_2018_01_18.xml), with information about the interactions between the pathogen (rust fungus) and host plant.
10. The resulting Darwin Core data files are uploaded to the INBO IPT and documented with metadata.
11. The dataset is published and registered with GBIF.

Bibliographic Citations

1. Vanderweyen A, Fraiture A. (2011) Catalogue des Uredinals de Belgique (3ème partie). Puccinaceae (genre Puccinia). Lejeunia 189: 1-65.
2. Vanderweyen A, Fraiture A. (2008) Catalogue des Uredinals de Belgique (2ème partie). Puccinaceae (sauf Puccinia). Lejeunia 185: 1-31.
3. Vanderweyen A., Fraiture A. (2007) Catalogue des Uredinals de Belgique. (1st partie). Chaconiaceae, Coleosporiaceae, Cronartiaceae, Melampsoraceae, Phragmidiaceae, Pucciniastraceae, Raveneliaceae et Uropyxidaceae. Lejeunia 183: 1-36.
4. Vanderhoeven S, Adriaens T, Desmet P, Strubbe D, Backeljau T, Barbier Y, Brosens D, Cigar J, Coupremanne M, De Troch R, Eggermont H, Heughebaert A, Hostens K, Huybrechts P, Jacquemart A, Lens L, Monty A, Paquet J, Prévot C, Robertson T, Termonia P, Van De Kerchove R, Van Hoey G, Van Schaeybroeck B, Vercayie D, Verleye T, Welby S, Groom Q (2017) Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS): Building a data-driven framework to inform policy. Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e13414. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e13414

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