10.15470/io6caz
deca479d-0832-4e4b-8c94-a09f32a80adb
https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=covershrubland_icts-rbd
https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/288923
Long-term monitoring of woody plants of Doñana shrublands 2008-2023
Ricardo
Díaz-Delgado
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Researcher
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
rdiaz@ebd.csic.es
0000-0002-0460-4616
Mizar
Torrijo-Salesa
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
mizar.torrijo@ebd.csic.es
0000-0003-4881-2836
Luis Alfonso
Ramírez
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
luisramirez@ebd.csic.es
Antonio
Alcaide
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
aalcaide@ebd.csic.es
David Antonio
Paz
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
davidpaz@ebd.csic.es
David
Aragonés
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
daragones@ebd.csic.es
0000-0003-4989-9005
Diego
López
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
diegolopez@ebd.csic.es
Olga
Ceballos
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Isidro
Román
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
isidroroman@ebd.csic.es
Alejandria
Rojas
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Juan
Tenorio
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Katrin
Schmidt
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Jose
Ruíz-Martín
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
jose.ruiz@ebd.csic.es
Javier
Bustamante
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC)
Researcher and Vicedirector of the ICTS-RBD
C/ Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
jbustamante@ebd.csic.es
0000-0001-7515-0677
Mizar
Torrijo-Salesa
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
mizar.torrijo@ebd.csic.es
0000-0003-4881-2836
Ricardo
Díaz-Delgado
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Researcher
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
rdiaz@ebd.csic.es
0000-0002-0460-4616
Rocío
Márquez-Ferrando
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC)
Biological Technician
C/ Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
rociomarquez@ebd.csic.es
https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=gI2-b9gAAAAJ&hl=es
Mizar
Torrijo-Salesa
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Técnico
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
mts.monreal@gmail.com
0000-0003-4881-2836
Rocío
Márquez-Ferrando
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC)
Biological Technician
C/ Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
rociomarquez@ebd.csic.es
https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=gI2-b9gAAAAJ&hl=es
Ricardo
Díaz-Delgado
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Researcher
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
rdiaz@ebd.csic.es
0000-0002-0460-4616
CUSTODIAN_STEWARD
Luis Alfonso
Ramírez
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
luisramirez@ebd.csic.es
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Antonio
Alcaide
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
aalcaide@ebd.csic.es
CONTENT_PROVIDER
David Antonio
Paz
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
davidpaz@ebd.csic.es
CONTENT_PROVIDER
David
Aragonés
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
daragones@ebd.csic.es
0000-0003-4989-9005
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Diego
López
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
diegolopez@ebd.csic.es
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Olga
Ceballos
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Isidro
Román
ICTS-Reserva Biológica de Doñana
Biological Technician
Carretera de El Rocío - Matalascañas, A-483, km 40
Almonte
Huelva
21760
SPAIN
isidroroman@ebd.csic.es
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Alejandria
Rojas
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Juan
Tenorio
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Katrin
Schmidt
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Jose
Ruíz-Martín
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
mizar.torrijo@ebd.csic.es
0000-0003-4881-2836
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Javier
Bustamante
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC)
Researcher and Vicedirector of the ICTS-RBD
C/ Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
jbustamante@ebd.csic.es
0000-0001-7515-0677
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
2024-09-20
ENGLISH
The long-term monitoring on plant cover of Doñana shrublands is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Program of Natural Resources and Processes targeting Terrestrial Vegetation. The general aim of this protocol is to monitor and assess the dynamics of the main dominant terrestrial and aquatic vegetation types of Doñana. For shrublands, percent cover is recorded annually starting from 2008 to the present (2023) by staff of the Monitoring Team by one sampling campaign per year during the flowering season (between March and May) in 21 permanent square plots (15x15m). Cover is measured using the line intercept method in 3 transects of 15 m length oriented from East to West and located at fixed points of 2.5, 7.5 and 12.5 metres at both sides of the plot. Using the line-intercept method, the coverage of each species is measured with a measuring tape, including the class age (adult or seedling) and the canopy status (green or dead). This method enables to calculate the percent cover for each species across the transect and for the whole plot, including data on class age and percent of dry and green canopy, additionally to the percent of bare soil, plant density, species richness and vascular plant diversity for every plot.
Mediterranean Shurbland
Terrestrial Vegetation
Species coverage
Samplingevent
Doñana Shrublands
Long-term monitoring
Long-term data
Plant Cover
Shrubland
Doñana
Line-intercept method
Doñana Biological Reserve
Percent cover vascular plants
n/a
Samplingevent
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.
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CC-BY-4.0
https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/288923
https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=covershrubland_icts-rbd
Doñana LTSER Platform. Doñana Protected Area. Doñana National Park. Doñana Biological Reserve (RBD).
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-6.463
37.031
36.983
N/A
Family
Ericaceae
Order
Malvales
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Santalaceae
Family
Lamiaceae
Family
Cistaceae
Family
Fabaceae
Order
Lamiales
Family
Myrtaceae
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Ericales
Family
Cyperaceae
Order
Fabales
Family
Oleaceae
Class
Magnoliopsida
Family
Cupressaceae
Family
Asparagaceae
Order
Pinales
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Family
Pinaceae
Order
Poales
Family
Asteraceae
Order
Asparagales
Order
Myrtales
Family
Plumbaginaceae
unkown
Ricardo
Díaz-Delgado
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Investigador
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
rdiaz@ebd.csic.es
0000-0002-0460-4616
Mizar
Torrijo-Salesa
Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC
Biological Technician
Avda. Américo Vespucio 26 Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
mizar.torrijo@ebd.csic.es
0000-0003-4881-2836
Rocío
Márquez-Ferrando
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC)
Biological Technician
C/ Américo Vespucio 26, Isla de la Cartuja
Sevilla
Sevilla
41092
SPAIN
rociomarquez@ebd.csic.es
https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=gI2-b9gAAAAJ&hl=es
Along each plot there was three different transects of 15 metres, on which a measuring tape was extended. The three transects are distributed at fixed distances from the Eastern side of the plot, the first one at 2.5 metres from the NE corner, the second one at 7.5 and the last one at 12.5 metres. All the individuals intercepted by measuring tape are identified and tape distance of the initial and the final contact point recorded, in order to calculate the total cover in the transect per species. Ancillary data on age class (adult or seedling: plant height under 25 cm) and the canopy status as a living or dead specimen. Average plant height is recorded for every transect. Percent cover of each species is calculated per transect and per plot. Data is collected in the field using a CyberTracker programmed sequence and download as Excel or CSV files.
The study area is located in southwest Spain in the Guadalquivir Basin and covers Doñana Protected Area (542.51 km2). Climate is Mediterranean sub-humid with Atlantic coast influence deriving in wet mild winters and dry warm summers. The rainy season occurs between October and April, with a peak in December–January (average rainfall is about 550 mm). Four main ecosystems are monitored in the area: freshwater marshes, mobile sand dunes, Mediterranean shrublands and woodlands and Doñana shoreline of 30 km. This monitoring is carried out in 21 permanent plots on Mediterranean shrublands in the Doñana Biological Reserve and sampled once per year, between March and May.
The long-term monitoring of Doñana shrublands started in 2008 by setting 21 permanent plots across the Doñana Biological Reserve. Each plot is sampled during the one sampling campaign per year in the flowering season (between March and May) in 21 permanent square plots (15x15 m). Cover is measured using the line intercept method in 3 transects of 15 m length oriented from East to West and located at fixed points of 2.5, 7.5 and 12.5 metres at both sides of the plot. Using the line-intercept method, the coverage of each species is measured with a measuring tape, including the class age (adult or seedling) and the canopy status (green or dead). This method enables to calculate the percent cover for each species across the transect and for the whole plot, including data on class age and percent of dry and green canopy, additionally to the percent of bare soil, plant density, species richness and vascular plant diversity for every plot.
Taxonomic identification is assessed by different observers at the time in the field using flower and fruits to complement correct identification. Plots are located with permanent stakes and coordinates collected with a D-GPS. Although more than 10 observers have participated in the sampling, 80% of the sampling was led by the same observer. Data is digitally collected using mobile devices by means of a specifically designed Cybertracker (https://cybertracker.org/) sequence. This procedure guides the observer through a sequence of screens in a step-by-step way, some of them mandatory to prevent the lost of data. A map and a list of the plots as well as a plant species list and observer names are also available in the sequence for the observer. Unidentified plants in the field are later taxonomically identified. Contiguous individuals from the same species are recorded separately to improve plant density calculation. Data is transferred to a central database used for basic quality assessment where the most frequent error (95%) corresponds to wrong tape measurements which are corrected according to the previous record. Interannual plot percent cover comparisons are also used to assess consistency on
plant species occurrences and relative abundance, although the plant cover dynamics of
these plant communities show highly variable.
Programa de Seguimiento de Procesos Naturales (ESPN) en el Espacio Natural de Doñana (END). Infraestructura Tecnológica Singular Reserva Biológica de Doñana (ICTS-RBD).
Ricardo
Díaz-Delgado
0000-0002-0460-4616
CUSTODIAN_STEWARD
Luis Alfonso
Ramírez González
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Antonio
Alcaide
CONTENT_PROVIDER
David Antonio
Paz Sánchez
CONTENT_PROVIDER
David
Aragonés
0000-0003-4989-9005
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Diego
López
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Olga
Ceballos
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Isidro
Román Maudo
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Alejandria
Rojas
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Juan
Tenorio
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Katrin
Schmidt
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Mizar
Torrijo-Salesa
0000-0003-4881-2836
METADATA_AUTHOR
Jose
Ruíz-Martín
CONTENT_PROVIDER
Rocío
Márquez-Ferrando
https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=gI2-b9gAAAAJ&hl=es
ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Javier
Bustamante Díaz
0000-0001-7515-0677
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The aim of this project is to provide information about the evolution of the conservation status of Doñana. To do that, it has been designed a monitoring program of the dynamic of natural processes and the distribution and abundance of species and communities. This monitoring is generating time series of data which is being used to analyse long-term trends.
We acknowledge financial support by National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) between 2002-2007; Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures from the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry (ICTS-MICINN); Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development from the Regional Government of Andalusia (CAGPDES-JA) since 2007; and Doñana Biological Station from the Spanish National Research Council (EBD-CSIC) provides in-kind and direct funding to maintain the program. Finally, the project has also benefited from eLTER Plus INFRAIA Research Project (Horizon 2020 EU Program, Agreement No 871128), eLTER H2020 INFRAIA project (Horizon 2020 EU Program, Agreement No 654359) and from SUMHAL Research Project funded by FEDER actions [SUMHAL, LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-13, POPE 2014-2020] from Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
Doñana LTSER Platform. Doñana Protected Area. Doñana National Park. Doñana Biological Reserve (RBD).
The Doñana Long-Term Monitoring Program is carried by ICTS-RBD. It was started for certain monitoring features in the 1980s. Initially it focused on birds and endangered species such as the Iberian Lynx or the Imperial Eagle. Formally, it started in 2003, when it was extended and funded to monitor biodiversity and ecological processes targeting species, habitats and populations, as well as ecosystem structure and function. As a summary, data analysis and assessment are made to enhance management decisions with baseline information to minimize the impact of global change drivers. Results are annually reported to the National Park Managers and Practitioners and to the regional authorities as scientific reports.
2026-05-02T08:54:42Z
Díaz-Delgado R, Torrijo-Salesa M, Ramírez L A, Alcaide A, Paz D A, Aragonés D, López D, Ceballos O, Román I, Rojas A, Tenorio J, Schmidt K, Ruíz-Martín J, Bustamante J, Márquez-Ferrando R (2024). Long-term monitoring of woody plants of Doñana shrublands 2008-2023. Version 1.11. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15470/io6caz accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-05-02.
Cummings, J. & Smith, D. (2000) The line-intercept method: A tool for introductory plant ecology laboratories. Pages 234-246, in Tested studies for laboratory teaching, Volume 22 (S. J. Karcher, Editor). Proceedings of the 22nd Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory.
(ICTS-RBD) Memorias anuales del Programa de Seguimiento de Procesos y Recursos Naturales en el Espacio Natural de Doñana (END).
https://ipt.gbif.es/logo.do?r=covershrubland_icts-rbd