Description
According to various literary data, there are currently over 50,000 kurgans located within the territory of Ukraine, including those situated in the forest zone. However, due to excessive and uncontrolled agricultural activities, the actions of “black” archaeologists, and the ongoing active military conflicts within Ukraine, the number of kurgans in the country is decreasing sharply every year, particularly in areas associated with the steppe zone. Consequently, their ecological significance is increasingly recognized by scientists, as kurgans play a crucial role in preserving and restoring steppe vegetation. While the kurgans of the steppe and forest-steppe zones in the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipopetrovsk, Cherkasy, and Poltava regions have been studied by researchers (I. Moysiyenko, B. Sudnik-Voitsikovska, I. Dembich, A. Shaposhnikova, E. Yevtushenko, etc.), the kurgans in the forest zone, specifically within the Kyiv and Zhytomyr Polissia, remain unexplored. Therefore, studying kurgans, particularly in the forest zone of Central Polissia, Ukraine, where they were investigated by us for the first time, is highly relevant today. This dataset contains 1226 occurrences of 214 species vascular plants of flora recorded in 10 kurgans during the project. The nomenclature of the dataset follows “Plants of the World Online” – (POWO 2024) with minor edits.
Enregistrements de données
Les données de cette ressource occurrence ont été publiées sous forme d'une Archive Darwin Core (Darwin Core Archive ou DwC-A), le format standard pour partager des données de biodiversité en tant qu'ensemble d'un ou plusieurs tableurs de données. Le tableur de données du cœur de standard (core) contient 1 226 enregistrements.
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Comment citer
Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:
Velychko N, Skobel N, Shchepeleva O, Moysiyenko I (2024). The preliminary results of the study of the flora of kurgans in the forest zone of Ukraine. Version 1.1. Kherson State University. Occurrence dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=valycko&v=1.1
Droits
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L’éditeur et détenteur des droits de cette ressource est Kherson State University. Ce travail est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0.
Enregistrement GBIF
Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède l'UUID GBIF suivante : 51ef3ccd-0905-4777-b5b0-529ccab8ca1a. Kherson State University publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec l'approbation du Participant Node Managers Committee.
Mots-clé
Occurrence; biodiversity; steppe; kurgans
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Couverture géographique
Kyiv and Zhytomyr administrative Regions, Central Polissia, North Ukraine
| Enveloppe géographique | Sud Ouest [50,062, 28,125], Nord Est [52,803, 31,992] |
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Couverture taxonomique
All vascular plants are defined by species according to follows “Plants of the World Online” – (POWO 2024).
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Couverture temporelle
| Date de début | 2023-09-08 |
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| Date de début | 2023-09-09 |
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| Date de début | 2023-09-10 |
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Données sur le projet
Field research supported by projects EDGG (Eurasian Dry Grassland Group) small grants for grassland research in Ukraine by Ukrainians.
| Titre | EDGG |
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Méthodes d'échantillonnage
We have searched for kurgans in the bibliographical sources, scientific studies, and open sources for research. The selection of kurgans for research in 2023 was primarily based on current Google Maps data and historical bibliographic records. The area and boundaries of the studied kurgans were determined using Google Earth and measuring tapes (Google Earth 2023). We utilized visual analysis based on satellite images, focusing particularly on selecting undamaged and non-overgrown kurgans. To study the local flora and the presence of refuge of steppes at the kurgans (in the forest zone), we followed specific criteria that can only be verified under field conditions. Presence of protected species Red Lists of Regions (Kyiv Regional Council 2012; Zhytomyr Regional Council 2010), Red Data Book of Ukraine (Didukh 2009), etc. Presence of bunch-grasses (or tussock grasses such as Festuca etc.) and other steppe species. To obtain this dataset, we investigated flora of 10 kurgans in the investigated area.
| Etendue de l'étude | During the planned expedition to Central Polissia, we examined approximately 50 kurgans located within the Polissian Lowland, specifically in the Kyiv and Zhytomyr Кegions. However, from this list of kurgans studied, we selected only 10 for detailed investigation, as they had the most well-preserved vegetation cover and met the specified criteria. In the process of studying each of the kurgans, they were classified into five biotopes (Bottom southern, Slope southern, Top, Slope northern and Bottom northern), according to which a list of vascular plants was compiled. |
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| Contrôle qualité | Some specimens of the vascular plants were collected as herbarium for determination and verification after the fieldwork. After digitizing the data, we harmonised the taxonomic information according to the nomenclature sources: for vascular plants “Plants of the World Online.” - (POWO 2024). |
Description des étapes de la méthode:
- 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.
- Taxonomic check, final quality control.
Citations bibliographiques
- Andrienko, T.L., Peregrym, M.M. 2012. Ofitsiini pereliky rehionalno ridkisnykh roslyn administratyvnykh terytorii Ukrainy (dovidkove vydannia) [Official lists of regional rare plants of administrative territories of Ukraine (reference book)]. Alterpress, Kyiv, 148 pp. [in Ukrainian]
- Burkovskyi, O.P., Vasyliuk, O.V., Yena, A.V., Kuzemko, A.A., Movchan, Y.I., Moysiyenko, I.I., Sirenko, I.P. 2013. Ostanni stepy Ukrayiny: buty chy ne buty? [The last steppes of Ukraine: to be or not to be?]. Geoprint, Kyiv, 38 pp. [in Ukrainian]
- Didukh, Ya.P. (ed.) 2009. Chervona knyha Ukrainy. Roslynnyi svit [Red Data Book of Ukraine. Plant Kingdom]. Globalkonsaltyng, Kyiv, 912 pp. [in Ukrainian]
- POWO. 2024. "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://powo.science.kew.org."
- Velychko, N.S., Skobel, N.O., Shchepeleva, O.V., Moysiyenko, I.I. 2024. Poperedni rezultaty doslidzhen flory kurhaniv Kyivskoi ta Zhytomyrskoi oblastei [The preliminary results of the study of the flora of kurgans in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions]. Druk Art, Chernivtsi. [in Ukrainian]
- Velychko, N.S., Skobel, N.O., Shchepeleva, O.V., Moysiyenko, I.I. 2024. Rarytetni biotopy kurhaniv lisovoi zony Ukrainy [Rare biotopes of kurgans in the forest zone in Ukraine]. Institute of Botany named after M.G. Cold National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, P. 17 [in Ukrainian]
Métadonnées additionnelles
| Identifiants alternatifs | 51ef3ccd-0905-4777-b5b0-529ccab8ca1a |
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| https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=valycko |