Dear all,
One of our publishers is preparing an event based dataset with plant surveys, where two measurements were taken at each location: a Braun Blanquet Scale value and % of coverage.
The normal option to create this dataset would be to make two event records for each plot, one for each survey method. This allows to preserve all original data, but will result in two occurrences for the same species at the same plot.
The other option would be to report only one of the survey methods, avoiding occurrence duplication, but not preserving data for the other method.
Would anyone have a suggestion how to prepare the dataset, so that it keeps values for both methods and does not create duplication of occurrences?
Or the duplication is not an issue, and we should publish data for both methods?
Thanks,
Rui