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<eml:eml scope="system" system="https://dataportal.senckenberg.de" packageId="a4c43157-b003-4891-9207-629bd0f699d7" xsi:schemaLocation="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0" xmlns:eml="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><dataset><title>West African Vegetation Database</title><creator><individualName><givenName>Marco</givenName><surName>Schmidt</surName></individualName><organizationName>Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), EU project UNDESERT</organizationName><address /></creator><abstract><para>Vegetation database with more than 5000 releves (120000 single observations),  (http://westafricanvegetation.senckenberg.de/menu/home.aspx). Most releves georeferenced.</para></abstract><keywordSet><keyword> inventories</keyword><keyword> releves</keyword><keyword> vegetation data</keyword><keyword> west africa</keyword><keyword>plants</keyword><keyword>sun biota</keyword></keywordSet><coverage><geographicCoverage><geographicDescription>West Africa, with a focus on Burkina Faso</geographicDescription><boundingCoordinates><westBoundingCoordinate>-20.0</westBoundingCoordinate><eastBoundingCoordinate>10.0</eastBoundingCoordinate><northBoundingCoordinate>16.0</northBoundingCoordinate><southBoundingCoordinate>1.0</southBoundingCoordinate></boundingCoordinates></geographicCoverage><temporalCoverage><rangeOfDates><beginDate><calendarDate>2000</calendarDate></beginDate><endDate><calendarDate>2012</calendarDate></endDate></rangeOfDates></temporalCoverage><temporalCoverage><rangeOfDates><beginDate><calendarDate>1980</calendarDate></beginDate><endDate><calendarDate>2012</calendarDate></endDate></rangeOfDates></temporalCoverage></coverage><contact><individualName><givenName>Marco</givenName><surName>Schmidt</surName></individualName><organizationName>Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), EU project UNDESERT</organizationName><address /><electronicMailAddress>marco.schmidt@senckenberg.de</electronicMailAddress></contact><methods><methodStep><description><section><para>Data type: phytosociological (Braun-Blanquet) and dendrometrical releves</para></section></description></methodStep></methods></dataset></eml:eml>