Description
Data set about the annual monitoring of the effect of herbivorism on the conservation status of endangered species Androcymbium europaeum. Since 2010, the SERPAM Department (Evaluation, Restoration and Protection of Mediterranean Agrosystems Service) of the Zaidin Experimental Station belonging to Spanish National Research Council (CSIC-EEZ), has been carrying out annual sampling to evaluate the effect of domestic and wild livestock (eg. rabbits) on the pastures inhabited by Androcymbium europaeum. A randomized block design with three treatments (type of management: rabbit and domestic herbivorism; only excluded to livestock; and excluded to rabbit and livestock) was performed. In each treatment, two types of monitoring were carried out: abundance estimation of A. europaeum by counting individuals on 50 x 50 cm squares; and plant species diversity in 2-m long transects using the modified Point-Quadrat method. This study was carried out in the "Rambla de las Amoladeras" (Almería) within the Cabo de Gata-Níjar protected area (southern Spain). The dataset describes information from 2010 to 2022. Monitoring is performed annually.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event 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 1,493 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.
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How to cite
Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset. Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Pérez-Luque AJ, Ramos Font ME, Tognetti-Barbieri, MJ, Montoya Roman C, Tribaldos Anda C, Robles Cruz AB (2023). Monitoring data on the effect of domestic livestock and rabbits on Androcymbium europaeum pastures. Version 1.0. Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC). Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=amoladeras&v=1.0
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 340aff40-1745-4d49-bf2a-adb2899bc428. Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Spain.
Keywords
Samplingevent; Occurrence; abundance; herbivory; species richness; grasslands; Endangered plant species; species diversity
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Geographic Coverage
The study area belongs to the Integral Reserve of Las Marinas-Amoladeras,the main steppe zone of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Protected Area (Natural Park) located in Almería (southern Spain). This area is considered hunting refuge and zoological station. The soils are limestone, poor and poorly developed (Guirado et al., 2001). Biogeographically, it belongs to the Murcian-Almerian chorological province, Almeria sector, thermo-Mediterranean semiarid-arid belt. The annual precipitation is 200 mm with strong intra- and interannual variation and the mean annual temperature is 19 ºC. The potential vegetation of the area consists of Ziziphus lotus thornscrub, but at present, shrubs of the Helianthemo-Siderition pusillae alliance dominate, reflecting the former grazing-pastoral activity, now abandoned and of which only pastoral use with sheep remains, together with hunting activity.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
There are 98 taxa included in the dataset. The 5 most represented taxa in the dataset are: Androcymbium europaeum (Lange) K.Richt. (34.74%), Stipa capensis Thunb. (11.09%), Gynandriris sisyrinchium (L.) Parl. (5.64%), Filago pyramidata L. (3.51%) and Erodium chium (Burm.fil.) Willd. (2.37%). A total of 72 genus are included in the dataset, being the 5 most represented: Colchicum (34.74%), Stipellula (11.09%), Moraea (5.64%), Helianthemum (4.28%) and Filago (3.83%). There are 2 classes represented in the dataset: Liliopsida (57.14%) and Magnoliopsida (42.86%). A total of 21 order represented in the dataset being the 5 most represented: Liliales (34.74%), Poales (14.23%), Asterales (11.2%), Asparagales (8.14%) and Fabales (4.97%). There are 31 family included in the dataset. The 5 family most represented in the dataset are: Colchicaceae (34.74%), Poaceae (14.23%), Asteraceae (11.2%), Iridaceae (5.64%) and Fabaceae (4.87%).
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2010-03-23 / 2023-01-12 |
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Project Data
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| Title | Ganadería Extensiva y Biodiversidad |
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Sampling Methods
To evaluate the effect of sheep and rabbits on the population of A. europaeum, 18 plots of 2.5 m x 2.5 m were installed in the field. A six randomized block design was followed, separated between 300 and 400 m, with three different treatments (management types): 1) with herbivory by cattle and rabbits (G+C+), 2) excluding only cattle (G-C+) (with hunting netting) and 3) excluding rabbits and cattle (G-C-) (with rhomboidal netting of 4 cm of light). The density of A. europaeum in each plot and year was evaluated by censusing individuals in 50 cm x 50 cm squares, taking four squares per plot, distributed according to the four cardinal points (N, S, E and W): 24 squares per treatment (six blocks per four squares). The exclusion plots were installed in May 2010, after the first density sampling (March), so this year should be considered as year zero, without exclusion treatments. For the abundance count, and to reduce possible bias among observers, criteria for the correct identification of individuals were established and practiced prior to sampling. In general, the results obtained from the beginning were quite coincident and without inter-observer bias. Each year, sampling was carried out by 2-4 observers, with at least one of them present in all the samplings. The evaluation of the herbaceous grass communities where A. gramineum lives was carried out in the spring of each year, to ensure that all the species that make up these grasses had flowered. Two transects were established in each of the plots, and using the Point-Quadrat method, or transect by points, 50 points per transect were censused. The points are separated by 4 cm, and in each one of them the contacting species are noted with a needle of 2 mm section. For each transect the following varaibles were determined: plant species richness; diversity index; specific vegetation cover; vegetation cover; total specific cover; musk and lichen cover and bare soil cover.
| Study Extent | The study area belongs to the Integral Reserve of Las Marinas-Amoladeras,the main steppe zone of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Protected Area (Natural Park) located in Almería (southern Spain). This area is considered hunting refuge and zoological station. The soils are limestone, poor and poorly developed (Guirado et al., 2001). Biogeographically, it belongs to the Murcian-Almerian chorological province, Almeria sector, thermo-Mediterranean semiarid-arid belt. The annual precipitation is 200 mm with strong intra- and interannual variation and the mean annual temperature is 19 ºC. The potential vegetation of the area consists of Ziziphus lotus thornscrub, but at present, shrubs of the Helianthemo-Siderition pusillae alliance dominate, reflecting the former grazing-pastoral activity, now abandoned and of which only pastoral use with sheep remains, together with hunting activity. |
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Collection Data
| Collection Name | Bases de datos de seguimiento de sistemas silvopastorales mediterráneos |
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Bibliographic Citations
- BLANCA G., CABEZUDO B., CUETO M., FERNÁNDEZ-LÓPEZ C. Y MORALES-TORRES C. (2009) Flora Vascular de Andalucía Oriental. Vol. 4. Sevilla, España: Consejería de Medio Ambiente. Junta de Andalucía.
- BLANCA G., CABEZUDO B., HERNÁNDEZ-BERMEJO J.E., HERRERA C.M., MOLERO J., MUÑOZ J. Y VALDÉS B. (1999) Libro Rojo de la Flora Silvestre Amenazada de Andalucía. Especies en peligro de Extinción. Tomo I. Sevilla, España: Consejería de Medio Ambiente. Junta de Andalucía.
- BOZA J., ROBLES A.B., GONZÁLEZ-HERNÁNDEZ A., BARROSO F., FERNÁNDEZ-REBOLLO P. Y TERRADILLOS A. (1998) Análisis de los Pastos y Evaluación de la Capacidad Sustentadora del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Nijar. Sevilla, España: SINAMBA. Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía.
- DAGET P y POISSONET J (1971). An Ecological Analysis Method of Prairies: Criteria’s of Application. Annales Agronomiques, 22, 5-41.
- RICO E. (2013) Androcymbium. En: Talavera et al (Eds) Flora iberica 20, pp 103-105. Madrid, España: Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC.
- ROBLES A.B., BARROSO F.G., GONZÁLEZ A., BOZA J. y GONZÁLEZ-REBOLLAR J.L. (2002) Propuesta metodológica para el diagnóstico del estado de los pastos en el Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata Níjar. En: Chocarro C. et al. (Eds) Producción de Pastos, Forrajes y Céspedes, pp 573-578. Lleida, España: Universitat de Lleida.
- ROBLES A.B., RAMOS M.E. Y GONZÁLEZ-REBOLLAR J.L. (2013) Efecto del herbivorismo en la conservación de la especie amenazada Androcymbium gramineum (Cav.) McBridec. En: Busqué J. et al. (Eds) Pastos y PAC 2014-2020, pp 33-40. Potes, Cantabria, España: Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos.
- TALAVERA S., ANDRÉS C., ARISTA M., FERNÁNDEZ PIEDRA M.P., RICO E., CRESPO M.B., QUINTANAR A., HERRERO A. Y AEDO C. (Eds) (2013) Liliaceae-Agavaceae. Flora iberica 20. Madrid, España: Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC.
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=amoladeras |
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