Seasonal vegetation height measurements from restored grasslands and reference sites in Germany

Description: This dataset contains standardised measurements of vegetation height. Vegetation height was recorded along 200 m transects subdivided into four 50 m × 5 m sub-transects. Within each sub-transect, three measurements were taken using a drop disc (disc pasture meter of 40 cm diameter, 3 cm height and approximately 140 g), resulting in twelve measurements per transect and survey round. Sampling was conducted monthly from May to August, with additional partial data available from an April survey in 2022. Vegetation height is reported in centimetres for each of the three replicate measurements per sub-transect. The dataset includes UTC timestamps (ISO 8601 format) and sub-transect identifiers. These data provide information on seasonal changes in vegetation structure and can be linked to flower cover and pollinator datasets collected concurrently at the same sites. Data were collected at multiple restored and reference grassland sites across central, northern, and southern Germany in 2022 and 2023, with site coordinates reported at two-decimal precision (blurred for privacy).

Global identifier:

Doi(
    "10.1594/PANGAEA.993514",
)

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        measured_variables: [
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            "Event label",
            "Hydrology",
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            "Land use, history",
            "Location of event",
            "Management",
            "Observer",
            "Precision",
            "Project",
            "Restoration, method",
            "Restoration, start",
            "Site information",
            "Subtransect",
            "Survey ID",
            "Vegetation height",
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        methods: [
            "Disc pasture meter; according to Stewart et al. (2001)",
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Tags: Messstation ? Vegetation ? Deutschland ? Geografische Koordinaten ? Blüte ? Grünland ? Flächennutzung ? Daten ? Hydrologie ? Ecology & Environment ?

Region: Southern Germany Northern Germany Central Germany

Bounding boxes: 9.64° .. 13.05° x 48.22° .. 54.37°

License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 (Data access requires registration)

Language: Englisch/English

Organisations

• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Finanzielle Förderung) [1]
• Hochschule Anhalt (Mitwirkung)
• Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Management, Mitwirkung)
• PANGAEA (Herausgeberschaft)
• Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (Management) [1]
• Technische Universität München (Mitwirkung)

Persons

• Alina Twerski (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]
• Anita Kirmer (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]
• Annika Schmidt (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]
• Christin Juno Laschke (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]
• Johannes Kollmann (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]
• Line Sturm (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]
• Miriam Wiesmeier (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]
• Sabine Tischew (Beitragende*r) [ORCID]
• Vicky M Temperton (Beitragende*r) [1] [ORCID]

Modified: 2026-04-10

Last harvest: 27.04.2026 03:08

Time ranges: 2022-04-11 - 2023-09-08

Resources

• https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993514?format=textfile (TSV)

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Aktiv

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