GRID MAPS OF THE COMPENDIUM "FLORA OF CENTRAL SIBERIA" (1979) IN DIGITAL FORMAT: OUTCOMES AND PROSPECTS OF APPLICATION
V.V. Chepinoga1,2, V.A. Petukhin2, D.P. Stalmakova2
1V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography, SB RAS, 664033, Irkutsk, Ulan-Batorskaya str., 1
Victor.Chepinoga@gmail.com
2Irkutsk State University, 664003, Irkutsk, K. Marks str., 1
slava@isu.ru
Keywords: флора, география растений, сеточное картирование, флористические базы данных, сосудистые растения, Восточная Сибирь, Байкальская Сибирь, flora, plant geography, grid mapping, floristic databases, vascular plants, Eastern Siberia, Baikal Siberia
Abstract
Floristic compendium “Flora of Central Siberia” published in 1979 was the first experience of floristic grid mapping on territory of Russia. The compendium contents grid maps for 1284 species and subspecies, representing 53.8 % of the fl ora. The grid system used in compendium coincides with nomenclature and national grid system of Russian geographical maps that allowed us to determine coordinates of grids and perform geographical binding of 34 893 records of mapped species. Accuracy indication of coordinates depends on the size of grid and is ±(14-18) km for the compendium. Such accuracy is quite acceptable for small-scale mapping of distribution areas of species of such large area as Central Siberia. The created database can become the basis for organizing the comprehensive information system on localities of vascular plant species within the region. Such a system is needed for various tasks of botany, biogeography, ecological modeling and nature conservation.
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