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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_922681</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Pollen counts and vegetation composition data of surface samples from Cajas National park, Ecuadorian Andes</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Hagemans, Kimberley; Toth, Claudia; Ormaza, Manuela; Gosling, William D; Urrego, Dunia H; León-Yánez, Susana; Wagner-Cremer, Friederike; Donders, Timme H</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Pollen counts and vegetation composition data of surface samples from Cajas National park, Ecuadorian Andes</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2020-09-14</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922681</Online_Resource>
</Data_Set_Citation>
<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Timme H</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Donders</Last_Name>
<Email>t.h.donders@uu.nl</Email>
</Personnel>
<Discipline>
<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
</Discipline>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sample code/label</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>ELEVATION</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sample type</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Depth, top/min</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Depth, bottom/max</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Spike</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Lycopodium clavatum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sample, dry mass</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Surface area</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Lycopodium clavatum markers counted</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Acalypha</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Alnus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Celtis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chloranthaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dodonaea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Hedyosmum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Juglans</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Melastomataceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Moraceae/Urticaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Myrica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Eugenia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pinus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Podocarpus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Podocarpus/Pinus</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Polylepis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Weinmannia</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Vallea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rapanea</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Myrsine</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Alchornea</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Araliaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cecropia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Clethra</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cupressaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Draba</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Guttiferae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Hypericum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Lophosoria</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Onagraceae/Apocynaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Puya</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Solanaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ribes</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Scrofulariaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Symplocos</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Thalictrum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Viola</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Apiaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Azorella</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Asteraceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Caryophyllaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cyperaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Ericaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Gentianaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Plantago</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Poaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Zea mays</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Rumex</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Urtica</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Valerianaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Huperzia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Spores, trilete</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Spores, monolete</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Jamesonia</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cyatheaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Cysopteris diaphana</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Dryopteris-type</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Polypodium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Pteridium</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Isoetes</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Myriophyllum</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>cf. Celtis</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Indeterminata</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>cf. Anacardiaceae</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
<Keyword>Andes</Keyword>
<Keyword>BG</Keyword>
<Keyword>Bridge</Keyword>
<Keyword>Chor</Keyword>
<Keyword>Chorreras</Keyword>
<Keyword>El_Ocho_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>El_Ocho_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>Grande_Burino_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Grande_Burino_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>Inca_Bog</Keyword>
<Keyword>Llav</Keyword>
<Keyword>Llaviucu_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Llaviucu_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>Llaviucu_3</Keyword>
<Keyword>Ocho</Keyword>
<Keyword>p01</Keyword>
<Keyword>p02</Keyword>
<Keyword>p03</Keyword>
<Keyword>p04</Keyword>
<Keyword>p05</Keyword>
<Keyword>p06</Keyword>
<Keyword>p07</Keyword>
<Keyword>p08</Keyword>
<Keyword>p09</Keyword>
<Keyword>p10</Keyword>
<Keyword>p11</Keyword>
<Keyword>p12</Keyword>
<Keyword>p13</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pall</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pallcacocha_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pallcacocha_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pallcacocha_3</Keyword>
<Keyword>Paramo</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pin</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pinancocha_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pinancocha_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pinancocha_3</Keyword>
<Keyword>Pollen</Keyword>
<Keyword>Rest_Point</Keyword>
<Keyword>Tai</Keyword>
<Keyword>Taitachugo_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Taitachugo_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>Tor</Keyword>
<Keyword>Toreadora_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>Toreadora_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>vegetation releves</Keyword>
<Sensor_Name>
<Long_Name>Counting, palynology</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>1995-01-01</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2015-12-31</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>-2.844890275</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>-2.752890651</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>-79.23615349</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>-79.14575662</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Altitude>3148.0 m a.s.l. (ELEVATION)</Minimum_Altitude>
<Maximum_Altitude>4239.0 m a.s.l. (ELEVATION)</Maximum_Altitude>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>1869 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
</Distribution>
<Reference>Hagemans, Kimberley; Toth, Claudia; Ormaza, Manuela; Gosling, William D; Urrego, Dunia H; León-Yánez, Susana; Wagner-Cremer, Friederike; Donders, Timme H (2019): Modern pollen-vegetation relationships along a steep temperature gradient in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador. Quaternary Research, 92(1), 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2019.4</Reference>
<Reference>Spreadsheet of pollen counts and vegetation composition data of surface samples from Cajas National park, Ecuadorian Andes [dataset]. https://store.pangaea.de/Publications/Hagemans-etal_2020/Surface_transect_pollen_counts.xlsx</Reference>
<Summary>These data represent pollen counts from sediment and moss polster samples collected in 2015 along an altitudinal gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes. Moss polsters are collected from vegetation releves for which the composition has been determined following the Braun Blanquet scale. Metadata includes location, altitude and lake depth. Details are described in Hagemans et al, 2019 ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922681"!</Summary>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation</URL>
<Description>ELEVATION</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2019.4</URL>
<Description>Modern pollen-vegetation relationships along a steep temperature gradient in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://store.pangaea.de/Publications/Hagemans-etal_2020/Surface_transect_pollen_counts.xlsx</URL>
<Description>Spreadsheet of pollen counts and vegetation composition data of surface samples from Cajas National park, Ecuadorian Andes</Description>
</Related_URL>
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<Metadata_Version>9.4</Metadata_Version>
<DIF_Creation_Date>2020-09-14</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-15</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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