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Man and the Biosphere Flora (MABFlora)

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
University of California, Division of

Environmental Studies, Information Center for the

Environment

Publication_Date: 1998
Title: Man and the Biosphere Flora (MABFlora)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Davis, California
Publisher: University of California
Online_Linkage: http://ice.ucdavis.edu/MAB
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jacono, C.C. and C.P. Boydstun.
Originator:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources

Division, Florida Caribbean Science Center

Publication_Date: 1998
Title: Nonindigenous Plants Databases - overall citation
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Gainesville, Florida
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources

Division, Gainesville, Florida

Description:
Abstract:
MABFlora refers to a database available over the

Internet of species occurrences reported from MAB

Biosphere Reserves and other of the world's

protected areas. This database may be used to

search for species checklists of vertebrate

animals and vascular plants or queried to create

lists of sites which have reported occurrences of

a species selected by the user.

Purpose:
Benefits of the MABFlora database available over

the Internet are the following: to answer

questions of scientific/management interest: that

is to assess the extent to which an exotic species

has spread outside its original range or create a

list of sites which have reported populations of a

species populations known to be a serious risk of

extinction; to update the site data and master

species lists of existing users (via downloads

available from the Information Center for the

Environment server at the University of

California, Davis); to make available to all

interested persons with a connection to the

Internet the lists of species reported to occur on

contributing protected areas; to identify gaps in

our knowledge of species distributions; and to

assess the extent to which the protected areas

worldwide are contributing to the conservation of

the world's biodiversity.

Supplemental_Information:
Information for this metadata was taken from the

report - U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous

Plants Proceedings of the Workshop on Databases,

Gainesville, Florida, September 24-25, 1997. See

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/publications/plants/plant_workshop/npwrkshp/

(previous geoform was 'database')

Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates_Times:
Beginning_Date: 1997
Ending_Date: present
Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition
Status:
Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent: California, Western Europe, Russia
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 60
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: exotic plant species
Theme_Keyword: vascular plants
Theme_Keyword: non-indigenous plant species
Theme_Keyword: nonindigenous plant species
Theme_Keyword: invasive plant species
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: western Europe
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: CA
Place_Keyword: Russia
Taxonomy:
Keywords_Taxon:
Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Taxonomic_Keywords: vascular plants
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Plant
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Order
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
University of California, Divisionof Environmental

Studies, Information Center for the Environment,

Biodiversity Group

Contact_Person: James F. Quinn/Robert Meese
Contact_Position: Database director/database manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing Address
City: Davis
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 95616
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916 752-1768
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jfquinn@ucdaavis.edu
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rjmeese@ucdavis.edu
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Colette C. Jacono and Charles P. Boydstun
Originator:
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological

Survey, Biological Resources Division

Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
Proceedings of the workshop on databases for

nonindigenous plants, Gainesville, FL, September

24-25, 1997.

Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Gainesville, Florida
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources

Division

Online_Linkage:
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/publications/plants/plant_workshop/npwrkshp/
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The MABFlora database is updated monthly and

provides the sources of the information displayed

and in most cases provides links to other Web

sites with related information.

Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable
Completeness_Report:
MABFlora is based on nomenclature from the United

States - USDA PLANTS database, for Biosphere

Reserves in California - Jepson Manual; for

western Europe - Flora European database; and for

Russia - Vascular Plants of Russia.

Lineage:
Methodology:
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: database
Methodology_Description:
The Information Center for the Environment, in

association with the U.S. Man and the Biosphere

(U.S. MAB) Program, is developing databases of

vascular plant and vertebrate animal occurrences

on the world's biosphere reserves and other

protected areas. Currently, the MABFlora (for

vascular plants) and MABFauna (for vertebrate

animals) databases contain records from over 320

protected areas in 80 countries. The MABFlora and

MABFauna databases are continually updated as

additional data are received.

Process_Step:
Process_Description: not applicable
Process_Date: not applicable
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Based on local reference names.
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Entity studied - Man and Biosphere Flora reserves;

Associated attributes - inventory and monitoring

activities of vascular plants

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Man and Biosphere, OES/ETC/MAB, SA 44C,

Department of State

Contact_Person: Roger Soles
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
City: Washington
State_or_Province: District of Columbia
Postal_Code: 20522-4401
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 776-8318
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 776-8367
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mabres@aol.com
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed

successfully on a computer system at UNESCO, no

warranty expressed or implied is made regarding

the accuracy or utility of the data on any other

system or for general or scientific purposes, nor

shall the act of distribution constitute any such

warranty. This disclaimer applies both to

individual use of the data and aggregate use with

other data. It is strongly recommended that these

data are directly acquired from a UNESCO server,

and not indirectly through other sources which may

have changed the data in some way. It is also

strongly recommended that careful attention be

paid to the contents of the metadata file

associated with these data. UNESCO shall not be

held liable for improper or incorrect use of the

data described and/or contained herein.

Standard_Order_Process:
Non_digital_Form: Hardcopy
Fees: unknown
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ASCII
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: http://ice.ucdavis.edu/MAB
Fees: None
Custom_Order_Process: Please contact distributor.
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 1998
Metadata_Review_Date: 199812
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific

Services (ITSS)

Contact_Person: Cheryl Solomon
Contact_Position: Ecosystem Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 4500 Forbes Avenue
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20706
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-794-3049
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-794-3164
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: solomon@gcmd.nasa.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name:
NBII Content Standard for National Biological

Information Infrastructure Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: December 1995
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
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