BD - BioSoil BioDiv

Form: GVG - BioSoil BioDiv: Ground Vegetation assessment: Contains assessments of the ground vegetation species and cover within subplots 1 and 2.

Form introduced: 2004

Last change: 2004

Tests

Changes

!Sequence; country; plot; subplot; date_survey; species; layer; cover; other_obs

POSITION FIELD DESCRIPTION
1 Sequence

Description: Continuous number to identify the line of the submitted file
Format: I
2 country

DB Column: code_country
Description: ID of the country
Format: I
Dictionary: d_country
3 plot

DB Column: code_plot
Description: Observation plot number
Remarks: A unique number (per country) given to the permanent plot during the selection or installation
Format: I
4 subplot
M K

DB Column: bd_subplot
Description: BioSoil subplot
Remarks: In case of use of the random selected units use (3, 4, 5, and 6 for unit a ,b , c, and d, respectively). (1,2,3,4,5,6)
Format: I
5 date_survey (DDMMYY)
M K

Description: Date of survey
Remarks: E.g. ‘9th October 2012’ = ‘091012’
Format: Date
6 species
M K

DB Column: code_species
Description: Species code
Remarks: According to Flora Europaea
Format: C
Dictionary: d_species_list
Explanatory Item: 97
7 layer
M K

DB Column: code_layer_surface
Description: Surface layer
Format: I
Dictionary: d_layer_surface
8 cover (%)

Description: Cover of the species in the layer
Format: F
9 other_obs (FREE TEXT)

Description: Supplementary comments
Format: C