TY - JOUR T1 - CACTUS – Vegetation database of the Dutch Caribbean Islands JF - Vegetation Classification and Survey JO - VCS M3 - 10.3897/VCS.101114 VL - 4 AU - Janssen, John AU - Houtepen, Erik AU - van Proosdij, André AU - Hennekens, Stephan Y1 - 02/05/2023 UR - https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.101114 N2 - The vegetation database CACTUS (registered in GIVD under SA-00-004) aims to bring together all plot-based relevés from the Dutch Caribbean Islands that are available from literature, unpublished resources, and recent field surveys. The database currently contains 2,701 vegetation descriptions. The database is used for vegetation classification, to investigate vegetation change over time, to assist in the planning of vegetation surveys, as a source for plant species distribution maps, and to inform nature conservation and policy. Taxonomic references: Van Proosdij (2012) for the Leeward Islands, Axelrod (2017, 2021) for the Windward Islands, except for St. Martin (Howard 1974-1989). PB - Pensoft Publishers SP - 69-74 SN - SN - 2683-0671 IS - ER -