A checklist of tree species in a permanent sample plot (PSP148) of Iguobazuwa Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria

Adekemi Ayodele1, Oyetayo Oyelowo1, Olukayode Akinyemi1, Oluremi Jeminiwa1, Akin Oloketuyi1, Oluwatosin Aina-Oduntan1, Nathaniel Haastrup1, Olaremi Olatidoye1, Aimufua Woghiren1, Damilola Taiwo1, Omokafe Ugbogu1, Emmanuel Chukwuma1

1 Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Jericho Hill, Ibadan, Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Adekemi Ayodele (adekemitog@gmail.com)Oyetayo Oyelowo (oyelowo.oj@frin.gov.ng)Olukayode Akinyemi (olukayodeakinyemi@gmail.com)Oluremi Jeminiwa (jeminiwaoluremi@gmail.com)Akin Oloketuyi (akinoloketuyi@gmail.com)Oluwatosin Aina-Oduntan (harkinlarbee@gmail.com)Nathaniel Haastrup (haastrup.no@frin.gov.ng)Olaremi Olatidoye (olaremiolatidoye@gmail.com)Aimufua Woghiren (tildakaren1@yahoo.com)Damilola Taiwo (taidamar20@gmail.com)Omokafe Ugbogu (omokafeugbogu@gmail.com)Emmanuel Chukwuma (chukwuma.ec@frin.gov.ng)

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Resource Citation

Ayodele A, Oyelowo O, Akinyemi O, Jeminiwa O, Oloketuyi A, Aina-Oduntan O, Haastrup N, Olatidoye O, Woghiren A, Taiwo D, Ugbogu O, Chukwuma E (2019): A checklist of tree species in a permanent sample plot (PSP148) of Iguobazuwa Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria. v1.5. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=psp148data&v=1.5

Abstract

The Ecology section is one of the four sections in the department of forest conservation and protection of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan. The section has as part of her  mandate to protect and conserve natural resources in-situ. The permanent sample plot (PSP) 148 is one of the plots established in 1961 in Igbuobazuwa forest of Edo state, Southern Nigeria. This present record is a checklist of 106 tree species reported in 1961.

Keywords: Checklist, Nigeria, Iguobazuwa, PSP148, Ecology, Trees

Project details

Project title: Nigeria Node Mentoring
Personnel: Omokafe Ugbogu, Jean Ganglo, Anne-Sophie Archambeau
Funding: The project was funded by European Union and GBIF.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The current project was extended to a wider audience and trainings were replicated in Southern and Northern Nigeria. These were held at the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria, and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in the North West. Participants were drawn from the six eco-geographical zones across Nigeria. Records mobilized for the training were those of herbarium collections and animal data.
Design description: In the research design, specimens were digitized directly into Darwin Core spreadsheet by project team. The data cleaning was done using OpenRefine software. In the process of digitization, Google Maps (GPS finder) was used for Georeferencing of localities on specimen’s records. Validation of taxonomic records was done using Global Names Resolver and other online resources. The goal of the research design for the current project was to ensure the continued availability of Nigeria's biodiversity data via GBIF platform.

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=psp148data

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All the species were identified to species level except a few, which were only identified to generic rank.
Taxonomic ranks
Genus: Albizia Durazz.
Species: Afzelia africana Persoon, Anonidium mannii Engl. & Diels
Common names: African mahogany, Silk tree

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: This data contains records from a forest area in Edo state, Nigeria.
Coordinates: 6°5'9.6''N and 6°57'14.4''N Latitude; 5°5'13.2''E and 6°6'50.4''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 16, 1961

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: Not applicable
Collection name: A checklist of tree species in a permanent sample plot (PSP148) of Iguobazuwa Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria
Collection identifier: Not applicable

Methods

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A checklist of tree species in a permanent sample plot (PSP148) of Iguobazuwa Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=psp148data
Publication date of data: 2019-11-15
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-11-11
Hierarchy level: Dataset