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ABC Ndangopuma hills event data_01-03-2006

Latest version published by National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi on May 31, 2022 National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi

The present dataset comes from a series of day trips carried out by some members of the technical committee of National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi to Ndangopuma Hills, Zomba. This dataset was collected on 01-03-2006.This hill is located on the Western part of Zomba town and has been visited several for plot sampling.

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 9 records. 1 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.

  • Event (core)
    9
  • Occurrence 
    204

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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Metadata as an RTF file download in English (8 KB)

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Mwafongo E (2018): ABC Ndangopuma hills event data_01-03-2006. v1.2. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=abc_ndangopuma_hills_01032006&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: f5b749ce-3659-4695-8af5-06be3e421688.  National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Malawi.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Ngangopuma Hill; Zomba; Malawi

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Elizabeth Mwafongo
Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi P.O. Box 528 Zomba MW +265 999746432

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Elizabeth Mwafongo
Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi P.O. Box 528 Zomba MW +265 999746432

Who filled in the metadata:

Elizabeth Mwafongo
Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi P.O. Box 528 Zomba MW +265 999746432

Who else was associated with the resource:

Publisher
Elizabeth Mwafongo
Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi P.O. Box 528 Zomba MW +265 999746432
Owner
Donald Mpalika
IT officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi P.O. Box 528 Zomba MW +265888329900

Geographic Coverage

Ndangopuma Hills is located on the Eastern side of Zomba City

Bounding Coordinates South West [-15.47, 35.288], North East [-15.295, 35.656]

Taxonomic Coverage

The dataset consists of members of two plant classes, Liliopsida and Magnoliopsida

Class  Liliopsida,  Magnoliopsida

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 2006-03-01

Project Data

The African Biodiversity Challenge is a competition coordinated by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation. The competition follows on from a previous JRS-funded project, “Mobilising Policy and Decision-making Relevant Biodiversity Data”, which culminated in the Africa Rising conference in 2015, and supports on-going efforts to further enhance the Biodiversity Information Management activities of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Africa network. This project also aligns with SANBI’s Regional Engagement Strategy, and endeavours to strengthen both emerging biodiversity informatics networks and data management capacity on the continent in support of sustainable development.

Title The African Biodiversity Challenge: unlocking data for sustainable development
Funding JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Study Area Description This study covers the entire nation of Malawi
Design Description In this pjoct, Datasets for both plants and animals are being mobilized and digitized into Darwin Core Format.

The personnel involved in the project:

Publisher
Elizabeth Mwafongo
Programmer
Donald Mpalika

Sampling Methods

A single transect was laid from the starting point with the aid of a hand held which help with directions of the transect. 10m by 10m quadrats were laid out along the transect at a distance of 50m between each transect. In each plot, coordinates and altitude were captured using a hand held GPS. This was done at the middle of each plot. Plant species present within the quadrat were recorded.

Study Extent The present collection is from Ndangopuma Hills in Zomba district

Method step description:

  1. A 10m by 10m quadrat was laid out along the transect and the distance between quadrats was 50m. In each quatrat, coordinates and altitude were captured using a hand held GPS. This was done at the middle of each quadrat. Plant species present within the quadrat were recorded

Additional Metadata

The present dataset was collected by A.J. Salubeni, D. Mpalika and P. Nansongole

Alternative Identifiers f5b749ce-3659-4695-8af5-06be3e421688
http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=abc_ndangopuma_hills_01032006