A dataset of the flowering plants (Angiospermae) in urban green areas in five European cities
2021
Casanelles-Abella, Joan | Frey, David | Müller, Stefanie | Aleixo, Cristiana | Ortí, Marta, Alós | Deguines, Nicolas | Hallikma, Tiit | Laanisto, Lauri | Niinemets, Ülo | Pinho, Pedro | Samson, Roeland | Villarroya-Villalba, Lucía | Moretti, Marco | Ecologie, Société et Evolution (ex-Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution) (ESE) ; AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Écologie, Évolution, Symbiose [Équipe du laboratoire EBI Poitiers] (EES) ; Écologie et biologie des interactions [UMR 7267] (EBI [Poitiers]) ; Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers (UP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers (UP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | ANR-16-EBI3-0012,BIOVEINS,Connectivity of green and blue infrastructures: living veins for biodiverse and healthy cities(2016)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. This article summarizes the data of a survey of flowering plants in 80 sites in five European cities and urban agglomerations (Antwerp, Belgium; greater Paris, France; Poznan, Poland; Tartu, Estonia; and Zurich, Switzerland). Sampling sites were selected based on a double orthogonal gradient of size and connectivity and were urban green areas (e.g. parks, cemeteries). To characterize the flowering plants, two sampling methodologies were applied between April and July 2018. First, a floristic inventory of the occurrence of all flowering plants in the five cities. Second, flower counts in sampling plots of standardized size (1 m2) only in Zurich. We sampled 2146 plant species (contained in 824 genera and 137 families) and across the five cities. For each plant species, we provide its origin status (i.e. whether the plants are native from Europe or not) and 11 functional traits potentially important for plant-pollinator interactions. For each study site, we provide the number of species, genera, and families recorded, the Shannon diversity as well as the proportion of exotic species, herbs, shrubs and trees. In addition, we provide information on the patch size, connectivity, and urban intensity, using four remote sensing-based proxies measured at 100- and 800-m radii.
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