Description
In 2023, we conducted a study of the biodiversity of the flora of Traian's (Troian’s) earthworks in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ditstrict, Odesa region. Traian's Wall is the name used for several linear earthen fortifications found across Eastern Europe, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine ((Sapozhnikov 2011, Zharkikh 2024). The aim of this study was to highlight the importance of flora inventory as a necessary condition for monitoring and preserving phytodiversity. In total, we compiled 4 floristic lists using the Vegapp app, which formed the basis of this dataset during trip in 2024. This dataset contains 282 occurrences of 164 vascular plant species recorded in 4 floristic lists during the project. The nomenclature of the dataset is as follows: “Ukrainian Plant Trait Database: UkrTrait v. 1.0” - (Vynokurov et al. 2024).
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 282 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Hrad Y, Skobel N, Shapoval V, Moysiyenko I (2024). Records of vascular plants from the Traian's earthwork in 2023 (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Ditstrict, Odesa Region, Ukraine). Version 1.0. Kherson State University. Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=troianiv_val&v=1.0
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Kherson State University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 869e729b-ec0d-41b6-abaf-0e21d6e4bddc. Kherson State University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; biodiversity; trian's erathworks; cultural herritage sites
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Geographic Coverage
Odesa Region, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsk Ditstrict, Budzhak area, southern part of Ukraine.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [45.516, 29.487], North East [46.483, 30.608] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
All vascular plants were identified to species.
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 2023-07-08 |
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| Start Date | 2023-07-09 |
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| Start Date | 2023-07-10 |
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Project Data
Field research supported by projects "The project 'Creation of Protected Areas in Ukraine (2024-2025),' implemented by the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group with the support of the Fondation de France." and Ukraine Future Leaders Program.
| Title | Creation of Protected Areas in Ukraine (2024–2025) |
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| Design Description | We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the archaeologist Ihor Viktorovych Sapozhnikov, who assisted us in discovering the ancient earhworks. |
Sampling Methods
The study was conducted during 2023. As part of the study, we compiled a list of vascular plant species that are characteristic of a particular habitat. The list of species was generated using the Vegapp software. Each species was assessed by its prevalence on a five-point scale: : I - rare, II - occasional, III - frequent, IV - common, V - abundant. To create this dataset, we collected 4 floristic lists. The choice of study plots was based first on satellite images from Google Earth, and then on direct field research. The field research was focused on specific habitats. Particular attention was paid to identifying protected species.
| Study Extent | The dataset contains the co-distribution of vascular plants. The study area is located in the Odesa Region, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Ditstrict, Budzhak area, southern part of Ukraine. The earthworks we studied are fragments of the Lower Traian's earthworks. We investigated one fragment of the earthworks near the village of Borysivka. The earthworks is located among fields, it looks like a grassland strip with a road and local artificial plantations. Its vegetation cover is highly synatropic. Also we studied three fragments of the earthworks near the villages of Vesele, Sadove and Semenivka, which stretches along the right bank of the Dnistro estuary, also called the Lower Dnistro (Nyzhnodnistrovsk) earthworks (Sapozhnikov 2011). The earthworks is located on the steppe slope of the terrace of the Dnistro estuary. The steppe vegetation cover is well preserved. Sometimes it is planted with artificial trees. |
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| Quality Control | Several specimens of vascular plants were collected as herbarium specimens to facilitate identification and verification after field research. After digitizing the data, we harmonised the taxonomic information according to the nomenclature sources "Ukrainian Plant Trait Database: UkrTrait v. 1.0" - (Vynokurov et al. 2024): for vascular plants, we used GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (GBIF species matching tool: https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup) for the taxonomic check and implemented minor corrections of species names regarding mispitem-0rints and problematic taxa to avoid misinterpretation. |
Method step description:
- Site selection, field research.
- Identification of herbarium specimens of vascular plants.
- Recording and identification of vascular plants with using road-field methods and VegApp.
- Digitizing the field data forms.
- Data checking and cleaning.
- Transformation of the dataset according to the Darwin Core standards.
- Taxonomic check, final quality control.
Bibliographic Citations
- Sapozhnikov I.V. Ancient earthworks of Bessarabia, or Budzhak: from the history of mapping in the 18th-19th centuries (2011). Materials on the Archaeology of the Northern Black Sea Region. Issue 12. Odesa: Printing house Favorit. P. 206-236.
- Zharkikh M.I. Traianovi Valy [Electronic resource]. URL: http://www.history.org.ua/?termin=Traianovi_V (last visited: 30.12.2024) (In Ukrainian)
- Vynokurov, D., Borovyk, D., Chusova, O., Davydova, A., Davydov, D., Danihelka, J., Dembicz, I., Iemelianova, S., Kolomiiets, G., Moysiyenko, I., Shapoval, V., Shynder, O., Skobel, N., Buzhdygan, O., Kuzemko, A. (2024) Ukrainian Plant Trait Database: UkrTrait v. 1.0. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e118128. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e118128
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| Alternative Identifiers | https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=troianiv_val |
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