ABC Ndangopuma Hills Sampling event data10_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 Sampling event data10_11_2005. v1.3. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=ndangopuma_hill_samplingevent&v=1.3

Abstract

The present dataset comes from a day trip event which was carried out by some members of the technical committee of National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi in 2005.This hill was has been visited more than once for plot sampling. The raw data exists for most of the field trip but what is needed is to turn them in electronic formats. The current dataset was collected by Salubeni, Mwamwaya and Nansongole on 10-11-2005.

Keywords: Samplingevent, Ndangopuma Hills, Zomba, Malawi

General description

Purpose: The dataset is one of the several datasets produced by the National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi in 2005. About 6 site visits were carried out by NHBG to document the species of the entire mountain.

Project details

Project title: The African Biodiversity Challenge: unlocking data for sustainable development
Personnel: Elizabeth Mwafongo
Funding: The current project is funded by the JRS Biodiversity Foundation
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The area of study is Malawi

Data published through GBIF: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=ndangopuma_hill_samplingevent

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The present list consists of members of two plant classes, Magnoliopsida and Liliopsida
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The present investigation took place at Ndangopuma hills, Zomba, Southern Malawi.
Coordinates: 15°22'48''S and 15°7'30''S Latitude; 35°21'14.4''E and 35°34'4.8''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: November 10, 2005

Methods

Method step description: A 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 description: The study took place at Ndangopuma hills Zomba district.
Sampling description: 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.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive ABC Ndangopuma Hills Sampling event data10_11_2005
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/archive.do?r=ndangopuma_hill_samplingevent
Publication date of data: 2022-05-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

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