Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine
This paper presents two sampling-event datasets with occurrences of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens collected in May-June 2021 in southern Ukraine. We aimed to collect high-quality biodiversity data in an understudied region and contribute it to international databases and networks. The stud...
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| author | Nadiia Skobel Dariia Borovyk Denys Vynokurov Ivan Moysiyenko Andriy Babytskiy Iryna Bednarska Olesia Bezsmertna Olha Chusova Polina Dayneko Jürgen Dengler Riccardo Guarino Kateryna Kalashnik Alexander Khodosovtsev Vitalii Kolomiychuk Oksana Kucher Anna Kuzemko Viktor Shapoval Olha Umanets Natalia Zagorodniuk Maryna Zakharova Iwona Dembicz |
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| description | This paper presents two sampling-event datasets with occurrences of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens collected in May-June 2021 in southern Ukraine. We aimed to collect high-quality biodiversity data in an understudied region and contribute it to international databases and networks. The study was carried out during the 15th Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) Field Workshop in southern Ukraine and the Dark Diversity Network (DarkDivNet) sampling in the Kamianska Sich National Nature Park. By chance, these datasets were collected shortly before the major escalation of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Surveyed areas in Kherson and Mykolaiv Regions, including established monitoring plots, were severely affected by military actions in 2022. Therefore, collected data are of significant value in the context of biodiversity documentation. The knowledge about the biodiversity of this area will help to assess the environmental impact of the war and plan restoration of the damaged or destroyed habitats. The first preliminary analysis of collected data demonstrates the biodiversity richness and conservation value of studied grassland habitats.We provide sampling-event datasets with 7467 occurrences, which represent 708 taxa (vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens) collected in 275 vegetation relevés. Amongst them, vascular plants are represented by 6665 occurrences (610 taxa), lichens - 420 (46) and bryophytes - 381 (51). Several new species were reported for the first time at the national or regional level. In particular, one vascular plant species (Torilis pseudonodosa) and two lichen species (Cladonia conista, Endocarpon loscosii) were new to Ukraine. One vascular plant (Stipa tirsa), two species of bryophytes (Rhynchostegium megapolitanum, Ptychostomum torquescens) and three species of lichens (Cladonia cervicornis, C. symphycarpa, Involucropyrenium breussi) were recorded for the first time for the Kherson Region. Additionally, these datasets contain occurrences of taxa with narrow distribution, specialists of rare habitat types and, therefore, represented by a low number of occurrences in relevant biodiversity databases and particularly in GBIF. This publication highlights the diversity of natural vegetation and its flora in southern Ukraine and raises conservation concerns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a92e89c9e7194b4ebec02ff3d20804f92023-03-08T09:11:03ZengPensoft PublishersBiodiversity Data Journal1314-28282023-03-011111910.3897/BDJ.11.e9960599605Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern UkraineNadiia Skobel0Dariia Borovyk1Denys Vynokurov2Ivan Moysiyenko3Andriy Babytskiy4Iryna Bednarska5Olesia Bezsmertna6Olha Chusova7Polina Dayneko8Jürgen Dengler9Riccardo Guarino10Kateryna Kalashnik11Alexander Khodosovtsev12Vitalii Kolomiychuk13Oksana Kucher14Anna Kuzemko15Viktor Shapoval16Olha Umanets17Natalia Zagorodniuk18Maryna Zakharova19Iwona Dembicz20University of WarsawMasaryk UniversityUniversity of the Basque Country UPV/EHUKherson State UniversityI.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of UkraineInstitute of Ecology of the Carpathians, NAS of UkraineEducational and scientific center “Institute of biology and medicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivZurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)Insitute of Botany of Slovak Academy of SciencesZurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)University of PalermoInstitute of Marine Biology of the NAS of UkraineKherson State UniversityO.V. Fomin Botanical Garden Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivM.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of UkraineM.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of UkraineFalz-Fein Biosphere Reserve "Askania-Nova" NAAS of UkraineBlack Sea Biosphere Reserve, NAS of UkraineKherson State UniversityKherson State UniversityUniversity of WarsawThis paper presents two sampling-event datasets with occurrences of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens collected in May-June 2021 in southern Ukraine. We aimed to collect high-quality biodiversity data in an understudied region and contribute it to international databases and networks. The study was carried out during the 15th Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) Field Workshop in southern Ukraine and the Dark Diversity Network (DarkDivNet) sampling in the Kamianska Sich National Nature Park. By chance, these datasets were collected shortly before the major escalation of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Surveyed areas in Kherson and Mykolaiv Regions, including established monitoring plots, were severely affected by military actions in 2022. Therefore, collected data are of significant value in the context of biodiversity documentation. The knowledge about the biodiversity of this area will help to assess the environmental impact of the war and plan restoration of the damaged or destroyed habitats. The first preliminary analysis of collected data demonstrates the biodiversity richness and conservation value of studied grassland habitats.We provide sampling-event datasets with 7467 occurrences, which represent 708 taxa (vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens) collected in 275 vegetation relevés. Amongst them, vascular plants are represented by 6665 occurrences (610 taxa), lichens - 420 (46) and bryophytes - 381 (51). Several new species were reported for the first time at the national or regional level. In particular, one vascular plant species (Torilis pseudonodosa) and two lichen species (Cladonia conista, Endocarpon loscosii) were new to Ukraine. One vascular plant (Stipa tirsa), two species of bryophytes (Rhynchostegium megapolitanum, Ptychostomum torquescens) and three species of lichens (Cladonia cervicornis, C. symphycarpa, Involucropyrenium breussi) were recorded for the first time for the Kherson Region. Additionally, these datasets contain occurrences of taxa with narrow distribution, specialists of rare habitat types and, therefore, represented by a low number of occurrences in relevant biodiversity databases and particularly in GBIF. This publication highlights the diversity of natural vegetation and its flora in southern Ukraine and raises conservation concerns.https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/99605/download/pdf/bryophytesdry grasslandsfloralichensoccurr |
| spellingShingle | Nadiia Skobel Dariia Borovyk Denys Vynokurov Ivan Moysiyenko Andriy Babytskiy Iryna Bednarska Olesia Bezsmertna Olha Chusova Polina Dayneko Jürgen Dengler Riccardo Guarino Kateryna Kalashnik Alexander Khodosovtsev Vitalii Kolomiychuk Oksana Kucher Anna Kuzemko Viktor Shapoval Olha Umanets Natalia Zagorodniuk Maryna Zakharova Iwona Dembicz Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine Biodiversity Data Journal bryophytes dry grasslands flora lichens occurr |
| title | Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine |
| title_full | Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine |
| title_fullStr | Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine |
| title_short | Biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre-war status in southern Ukraine |
| title_sort | biodiversity surveys of grassland and coastal habitats in 2021 as a documentation of pre war status in southern ukraine |
| topic | bryophytes dry grasslands flora lichens occurr |
| url | https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/99605/download/pdf/ |
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