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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
The BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories in Africa-a standardized framework for large-scale environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Volume 184, No. 2, Year 2012
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Description
The international, interdisciplinary biodiversity research project BIOTA AFRICA initiated a standardized biodiversity monitoring network along climatic gradients across the African continent. Due to an identified lack of adequate monitoring designs, BIOTA AFRICA developed and implemented the standardized BIOTA Biodiversity Observatories, that meet the following criteria (a) enable long-term monitoring of biodiversity, potential driving factors, and relevant indicators with adequate spatial and temporal resolution, (b) facilitate comparability of data generated within different ecosystems, (c) allow integration of many disciplines, (d) allow spatial up-scaling, and (e) be applicable within a network approach. A BIOTA Observatory encompasses an area of 1 km2 and is subdivided into 100 1-ha plots. For meeting the needs of sampling of different organism groups, the hectare plot is again subdivided into standardized subplots, whose sizes follow a geometric series. To allow for different sampling intensities but at the same time to characterize the whole square kilometer, the number of hectare plots to be sampled depends on the requirements of the respective discipline. A hierarchical ranking of the hectare plots ensures that all disciplines monitor as many hectare plots jointly as possible. The BIOTA Observatory design assures repeated, multidisciplinary standardized inventories of biodiversity and its environmental drivers, including options for spatial up- and downscaling and different sampling intensities. BIOTA Observatories have been installed along climatic and landscape gradients in Morocco, West Africa, and southern Africa. In regions with varying land use, several BIOTA Observatories are situated close to each other to analyze management effects. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Juergens, N.
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Schmiedel, Ute
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Haarmeyer, Daniela H.
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Dengler, Jürgen
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Finckh, Manfred
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Goetze, Dethardt
Germany, Rostock
Universität Rostock
Groengroeft, Alexander
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Hahn, Karen
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Koulibaly, Annick
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Universite D'abobo-adjame
Luther-Mosebach, Jona
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Muche, Gerhard
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Oldeland, Jens
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Petersen, A.
Germany, Hamburg
Universität Hamburg
Porembski, Stefan
Germany, Rostock
Universität Rostock
Rutherford, Michael Charles
South Africa, Pretoria
South African National Biodiversity Institute
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Schmidt, Marco
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Sinsin, Brice Augustin
Benin, Cotonou
University of Abomey-calavi
Strohbach, Ben J.
Namibia, Windhoek
National Botanical Research Institute Nbri
Thiombiano, Adjima M.Emmanuel
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
University of Ouagadougou
Wittig, Rüdiger
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Zizka, Georg
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-universität Frankfurt am Main
Statistics
Citations: 69
Authors: 21
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10661-011-1993-y
ISSN:
01676369
e-ISSN:
15732959
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Morocco