Boro and Xudum Floodplain Vegetation Data 2007

This study covered the southern parts of Okavango Delta - the seasonally flooded Xudum and Boro distributary systems. It was a once-off campaign aimed at collecting, analysing and relating floodplain vegetation species and abundance data to establish relationships with hydroperiod for exploratory scenario modelling. A stratified random sample of 30 sites was surveyed for species composition and abundance in March–June 2007, using multiple quadrats along transects orthogonal to the floodplain long axis. Minimum sampled area was 30 sq m. Hydroperiod was established based on 3 sets of remote sensing data: 1:50,000 analogue aerial photography from 2001, Landsat (annual) and MODIS (monthly) data from 2000-2007, and ground truthing from 2007.