SWEA-Dataveg

A vegetation-plot database for Africa

A collection of vegetation-plots from Africa, originally focused on wetland vegetation from Eastern Africa, it is currently expanded to other areas and considering any kind of plant communities.

Introduction

The database SWEA-Dataveg is formatted in PostgreSQL, including the extension PostGIS. For data exchange (after a respective agreement with the custodian), objects of class vegtable will be preferred. This database contains currently records from 5,552 plot observations that are provided by 47 sources. Most of those sources are works published either as journal articles or monographs.

The oldest record was done in 07-07-1937, while the newest record is from 17-02-2020.

Data Sources

Alvarez, Miguel. 2010. “Relevés Colleted at Kihoto (Lake Naivasha, Kenya).”

———. 2011. “Dummy for: Relevés Colleted in the Churo-Laikipia Transect (Kenya).”

———. 2014. “Relevés Collected in Marigat and Churo (Kenya).”

———. 2017. “Classification of Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Vegetation in Two East African Sites: Cocktail Definitions and Syntaxonomy.” Phytocoenologia 47 (4): 345–64. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2017/0078.

———. 2018. “Dummy for Relevés Collected in Ethiopian Freshwater Wetlands.”

Alvarez, Miguel, Mathias Becker, Beate Böhme, Collins Handa, Matthias Josko, Hellen Wangechi Kamiri, Matthias Langensiepen, et al. 2012. “Floristic Classification of the Vegetation in Small Wetlands of Kenya and Tanzania.” Biodiversity and Ecology 4: 63–76. https://doi.org/10.7809/b-e.00060.

Assefa Wosnie. 2017. “Dummy: Data Collected at Lake Koka, Ethiopia.”

Ayichedehou, Myriam, and Jean Lejoly. 2000. “Étude Phytosociologique Des Friches Sur Vertisols Dans Les Environs d’Abomey (Bénin).” Colloques Phytosociologiques 27: 465–77.

Beck, Erwin, H Rehder, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, and J O Kokwaro. 1987. “Alpine Plant Communities of Mt. Elgon an Altitudinal Transect Along the Koitoboss Route.” Journal of East African Natural History 7 (190): 1–12.

Behn, Kai. 2016. “Dummy for Relevés Collected in the Context of GlobE-project.”

Behn, Kai, Mathias Becker, Sonja Burghof, Bodo M. Möseler, Daniel Kyalo Willy, and Miguel Alvarez. 2018. “Using Vegetation Attributes to Rapidly Assess Degradation of East African Wetlands.” Ecological Indicators 89: 250–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.02.017.

Bronner, Gerhard. 1990. Vegetation and Land Use in the Mathews Range Area, Samburu-District, Kenya. Berlin: J. Cramer.

Bussmann, Rainer W. 1994. “The Forests of Mount Kenya Vegetation, Ecology, Destruction and Management of a Tropical Mountain Forest Ecosystem.” PhD thesis, Bayreuth: Universität Bayreuth.

———. 2002. “Islands in the Desert - Forest Vegetation of Kenya’s Smaller Mountains and Highland Areas.” Journal of East African Natural History 91: 27–79.

Changwony, Kipkemoi, Miguel Alvarez, Titus Pirishon Lanyasunya, Christian Dold, Mathias Becker, and Karl-Heinz Südekum. 2015. “Biomass and Quality Changes of Forages Along Land Use and Soil Type Gradients in the Riparian Zone of Lake Naivasha, Kenya.” Ecological Indicators 49: 169–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.10.013.

de Bock, Tanguy, Baptiste Kervyn de Meerendré, Tim Hess, and Anne-Christine Gouder de Beauregard. 2009. “Ecohydrology of a Seasonal Wetland in the Rift Valley: Ecological Characterisation of Lake Solai.” African Journal of Ecology 47 (3): 289–98.

de Foucault, Bruno, Koffi Akpagana, Komlan Batawila, and Philippe Bouchet. 1999. “Contribution à l’étude Phytosociologique Des Végétations Inondables Du Sud Togo.” Belgian Journal of Botany 132 (2): 141–52.

Dibaba, Abyot, Teshome Soromessa, Ensermu Kelbessa, and Abiyou Tilahun. 2014. “Diversity, Structure and Regeneration Status of the Woodland and Riverine Vegetation of Sire Beggo in Gololcha District, Eastern Ethiopia.” Momona Ethiopian Journal of Science 6 (1): 70–96.

Eisenring, Michael. 2012. “Forest Age, Habitat Disturbance and Vegetation Composition as Potential Determinants of Afrotropical Geometrid Moth Diversity.” Edited by Michael Curran and Jaboury Ghazoul. Master’s thesis, Zürich: ETH.

Fujiwara, Kazue, Takuya Furukawa, Samuel Kuria Kiboi, Simon Mathenge, Patrick B. Chalo Mutiso, Hisanori Hayashi, and Shin-ichi Meguro. 2014. “Forest Types and Biodiversity Around the Great Rift Valley in Kenya.” Contribut̨ii Botanice 49: 143–78.

Furness, H D, and Charles M Breen. 1980. “The Vegetation of Seasonally Flooded Areas of the Pongolo River Floodplain.” Bothalia 13 (1-2): 217–31.

Germain, R. 1951. Les Associations Végétales de La Plaine de La Ruzizi (Congo Belge) En Relation Avec Le Milieu. Louvain: Université Catholique de Louvain.

Girum Tamire, and Seyoum Mengistou. 2012. “Macrophyte Species Composition, Distribution and Diversity in Relation to Some Physicochemical Factors in the Littoral Zone of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.” African Journal of Ecology 51 (1): 66–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12007.

Guyot, Michel, Bernard Roussel, Koffi Akpagana, and Théré Edorh. 1994. “La Végétation Des Zones Inondées Du Sud du Togo Et Son État Actuel Sous l’emprise Humaine.” Biogeographica 70 (4): 161–82.

Kiboi, Samuel. 2019. “Dummy for Samuel’s Survey in Baringo.”

Lebrun, Jean. 1947. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission J. Lebrun (1937-1938). 1. La Végétation de La Plaine Alluviale Au Sud Du Lac Édouard. Bruxelles: Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge.

———. 1960. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission J. Lebrun (1937-1938). 2. Études Sur La Flore Et La Végétation Des Champs de Lave Au Nord Du Lac Kivu (Congo Belge). Bruxelles: Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge.

Lejoly, Jean, and Stanislas Lisowski. 2000. “La Végétation Des Clairières Sur Sol Hydromorphe Dans Le Parc National d’Odzala (Congo-Brazzaville).” Colloques Phytosociologiques 27: 371–82.

Macharia, Jane. 2018. “Dummy: Relevés Collected in the Context of GlobE-wetlands Project.”

Masens, Da-Musa Yung Bonaventure. 2000. “La Prairie Aquatique à Salvinia Nymphellula Et Limnophila Ceratophylloides Dans La Région de Kikwit (Bandundu, Rép. Dém. Congo).” Colloques Phytosociologiques 27: 429–42.

Mogha, Neema G. 2017. “Data Set: Vegetation Data Collected at the Kwasunga Village, Tanzania, Including Soil Data Analysis Processed at ARI Mlingano.”

Mosango, Mbokuyo, Olivia Maganyi, and Mary Namaganda. 2001. “Talinetum Paniculatum, a New Synanthropic Association of Tropical Africa.” Polish Botanical Journal 46 (1): 99–107.

Mullenders, William. 1953. “Contribution a l’étude Des Groupements Végétaux de La Contrée de Goma-Kisenyi (Kivu-Ruanda).” Vegetatio 4 (2): 73–83. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20034547.

———. 1954. La Végétation de Kaniama (Entre-Lubishi-Lubilash, Congo Belge). Yangambi: INÉAC.

Ngome, Ajebesone Francis, Kelvin Mark Mtei, Frank Mussgnug, and Mathias Becker. 2012. “Management Options and Soil Types Differentially Affect Weeds in Maize Fields of Kakamega, Western Kenya.” Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A 2: 104–14.

Nyakabwa, Mutabana. 1981. “Flore Et Végétation Ruderales de La Zone Makiso a Kisangani (Haut-Zaïre). Étude Floristique, Phytosociologique Et Écologique.” PhD thesis, Université de Kisangani. http://cd.chm-cbd.net/implementation/centre-de-sureveillance-de-la-biodiversite-csb/botanique/flore-et-vegetation-ruderales/flore-et-vegetation-ruderale-de-la-zone-makiso-kisangani-haut-zaire-etude.

Sainepo, Bernice Mereina. 2020. “Dummy: Data Collected by Bernice in Baringo.”

Schmitt, Klaus. 1991. The Vegetation of the Aberdare National Park Kenya. Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner.

Schmitz, André. 1971. La Végétation de La Plaine de Lubumbashi (Haut-Katanga). Série Scientifique 113. Yangambi: INÉAC.

Schultka, Wolfgang, and Reiner Cornelius. 1997. “Vegetation Structure of a Heavily Grazed Range in Northern Kenya: Tree and Shrub Canopy.” Journal of Arid Environments 36: 291–306.

Szafranski, F, and K Apema. 1983. “Contribution à La Connaissance Des Groupements Végétaux Aquatiques Et Semi-Aquatiques Dans Les Environs de Kisangani (Haut-Zaïre). I.” Bulletin de La Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 116: 93–106.

Szafranski, F, K Apema, and M Nyakabwa. 1983. “Contribution à La Connaissance Des Groupemente Végétaux Aquatiques Et Semi-Aquatiques Dans Les Environs de Kisangani (Haut-Zaïre). II. L’association à Eleocharis Acutangula.” Bulletin de La Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 116: 189–94.

Taton, A. 1948. “La Colonisation Des Roches Granitiques de La Région de Nioka.” Vegetatio 1: 317–32.

———. 1949. “Les Principales Associations Herbeuses de La Région de Nioka Et Leur Valeur Agrostologique.” Bulletin Agricole Du Congo Belge Et Du Ruanda-Urundi 40: 1884–1900.

Taton, A., and S. Risopoulos. 1954. “Contribution à l’étude Des Principales Formations Marécageuses de La Région de Nioka.” Bulletin de La Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique 87 (1): 5–19.

Urbye, Rebecca. 2006. “Plant Communities of a Wetland in Western Ethiopia.” Master’s thesis, University of Oslo.

Zerihun Woldu. 1986. “Grassland Communities on the Central Plateau of Shewa, Ethiopia.” Vegetatio 67: 3–16.