ABC_Ndangopuma_hills_eventdata_25_11_2005

Elizabeth Mwafongo1

1 National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi, P.O. Box 528, Zomba, Malawi

Corresponding author(s): Elizabeth Mwafongo (emwafongo@yahoo.com)

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Resource Citation

Mwafongo E (2018): ABC_Ndangopuma_hills_eventdata_25_11_2005. v1.0. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/resource?r=abc_ndangopuma_hills_eventdata&v=1.0

Abstract

The present dataset comes from a day trip which was carried out by some members of the technical committee of National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi on 25-11-2005.Ndangopuma hill is located on the Western part of Zomba town and has been visited several for plot sampling. The raw data exists for most of the field trips but what is needed is to turn them in electronic formats.

Keywords: Samplingevent, Ndangopuma Hills, Zomba, Malawi

General description

Purpose: The dataset 
Additional information: The present dataset was collected by A.J.Salubeni and M. Mwamwaya on 25-11-2005

Project details

Project title: The African Biodiversity Challenge: unlocking data for sustainable development
Personnel: Elizabeth Mwafongo, Donald Mpalika
Funding: JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study area id Malawi as a whole and the project is targeting mobilisation and digitization of policy relevant data
Design description: The data is mobilised from holding institution, digitized and published on GBIF

Data published through GBIF: http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/resource?r=abc_ndangopuma_hills_eventdata

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The dataset consists of members of 2 plant classes, i.e. Liliopsida and Mangnoliopsida
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Ndangopuma forest is located in Zomba District, Southern Malawi.
Coordinates: 15°26'35.13''S and 15°18'19.37''S Latitude; 35°19'15.76''E and 35°37'23.41''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: November 25, 2005

Methods

Method step description: A 10m by 10m quadrat was laid out along the transect at a distance of 50m between each quadrat. 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 description: A single transect was laid from the starting point with the aid of a hand held Compas which helped with mapping out transect directions.10m by 10m quadrats were laid out along the transect at a distance of 50m between the quadrats. In each quadrat, 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.
Sampling description: 0m by 10m quadrats were laid out along the transect at a distance of 50m between each quadrat. 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

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive ABC_Ndangopuma_hills_eventdata_25_11_2005
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/archive.do?r=abc_ndangopuma_hills_eventdata
Publication date of data: 2018-11-16
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-11-15
Hierarchy level: Dataset