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Metadatabase view - dataset: Database on Biological and Ecological Traits on the Flora of Germany

General information

dataset entry ID:
BF12
name of the dataset:
full name of the dataset:
Database on Biological and Ecological Traits on the Flora of Germany
dataset short name:
BIOLFLOR
type of dataset (more information):
biological or ecological traits/information database
data type:
descriptive data
short description of the dataset/summary:
Database covering 3660 species with > 60 traits for Germany/Central Europe
keywords according to GCMD:
topic:
Biosphere, Biological Classification
ISO topic category according to ISO 19115:
Biota
INSPIRE keywords according to GEMET:

Technical and administrative specifications

data format:
Oracle
operating system:
all operating systems
data language:
English
specify:
and German
current access level:
web (public)
web address:
http://www.ufz.de/biolflor
Do you plan to publish the data on the Freshwater Biodiversity Data Portal:
update level:
completed, update planned
documentation:
type:
manual, scientific paper
language:
English
contact details:
metadata contact person:
first, last name:
Ingolf
 
Kühn
email:
ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de
institution:
UFZ
province, state:
Germany
web address:
www.ufz.de
technical contact person:
first, last name:
Ingolf
 
Kühn
phone:
+49/345/558-5311
email:
ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de
scientific contact person:
first, last name:
Ingolf
 
Kühn

Intellectual property rights and citation

dataset creator (data compiler):
contact name:
UFZ
contact email:
ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de
data contributors to/owners of this dataset:
single
criteria for using this dataset:
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
other/additional criteria:
Data has to be downloaded from the site www.ufz.de/biolflor Information on data contributors and authors can also be viewed at site www.ufz.de/biolflor
citation of this dataset:
author(s):
Klotz, S., Kühn, I. & Durka, W. [Hrsg.]
title and journal (name, number, pages):
BIOLFLOR - Eine Datenbank zu biologisch-ökologischen Merkmalen der Gefäßpflanzen in Deutschland. - Schriftenreihe für Vegetationskunde 38. Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz.

AND

Kühn, I., Durka, W. and Klotz, S. 2004. BiolFlor – a new plant-trait database as a tool for plant invasion ecology. Diversity & Distributions, 10(5/6): 363-365. PDF
year:
2002
citation of the metadata:

General data specifications

regional coverage of the dataset:
spatial extent of the dataset:
global
continents:
Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Oceania
availability of distribution data:

Biological data

biological data origin:
specify project:
specify method:
organism group addressed:

Species related information

Other specifications

availability of photos:
no
availability of maps:
no
quality control procedures:
Were any quality control procedures applied to your dataset?
yes
quality control protocols and comments:
data were integrated from several sources, most of them had quality control proceldures, the final database has been controlled via several queries to check inconsistences
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