An Approach to the Virtual Flora of Mongolia – From a Data Repository to an Expert System, http://greif.uni-greifswald.de/floragreif/

Authors

Jörg Hartleib, University of GreifswaldFollow
Martin Schnittler, University of Greifswald
Sabrina Rilke, University of Greifswald
Anne Zemmrich, University of Greifswald
Bernd Bobertz, University of Greifswald
Ulrike Najmi, University of Greifswald
Reinhard Zölitz, University of Greifswald
Susanne Starke, University of Greifswald

Date of this Version

2012

Document Type

Article

Citation

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei (2012) band 12: 287-295.

Comments

Copyright 2012, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale). Used by permission.

Abstract

FloraGREIF is an internet accessible information system providing taxonomic, phytogeographic and ecological information on Mongolia’s flora in terms of descriptions, high-resolution plant images and an interactive WebGIS application. Organised along an updated checklist of the approx. 3000 Mongolian vascular plants that serves as a taxonomic backbone, information is split into the taxon level, referring to plant species, and the record level, referring to record or a collected plant specimen. At the latter level, images of living plants, scans of herbarium sheets, habitat photos and further notes can be found. Both data levels are linked by the name of the respective plant species. An integrated WebGIS application enables the spatial visualisation at the taxon (distribution within phytogeographic units) and record level (dot maps). FloraGREIF is intended to be an internet accessible application tool for ecological and taxonomic research on Mongolia’s vegetation, but can serve as well as a data repository, e.g. for data from relevés survey.