Belgian IFBL Flora Checklists (1939-1971)

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Latest version published by Meise Botanic Garden on Mar 5, 2018 Meise Botanic Garden
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Description

The data in IFBL 1, 2 & 3 covers all of the IFBL 1 km² flora checklists sampled between 1939 and 1971. About 10000 original lists corresponding with some 1 200 000 data representative of the former distribution of vascular plant species in Belgium, were digitised. The IFBL data is integrated in existing national and regional flora databases and will contribute to the realisation of regional Flora Atlases. The analysis of the digitised data will improve the possibilities to compare floral data over successive periods and will be of help in developing a strategy for reducing the costs and the length of new flora monitoring and mapping projects in the future. The Atlas of the Flora (Pteridophytes – Spermatophytes) of Belgium and Luxemburg (Van Rompaey & Delvosalle 1972) was the result of the first national flora mapping project (1939- 1971). Unfortunately, the data used to build it were only digitised at a synthetic level (units of 16 km²). To be able to investigate the changes in the flora between the first mapping period and the second (1972 up to now) in all its aspects, especially in relation to environmental factors (climatic, pollution, land use…), the original data was digitized, i.e. the field records on the flora (flora checklists) made within 1km² IFBL squares.

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 940821c0-3269-11df-855a-b8a03c50a862.  Meise Botanic Garden publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Wouter Van Landuyt
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Scientific Editor
Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek
Kliniekstraat 25
1050 Brussels
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+32 (0)2 525.02.96
Nicolas Noe
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Belgian Biodiversity Platform
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1050 Brussels
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Geographic Coverage

Belgium

Bounding Coordinates South West [49.46, 2.46], North East [51.51, 6.47]

Taxonomic Coverage

Vascular plants

Phylum Tracheophytes (Vascular plants)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1939-01-01 / 1971-12-31

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 940821c0-3269-11df-855a-b8a03c50a862
http://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=ifbl