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ASSIST large scale field experiment gastropod surveys from spring barley
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
ASSIST large scale field experiment plant quadrat data
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
ASSIST large scale field experiment pitfall trap data
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
ASSIST large scale field experiment yield data
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
ASSIST large scale field experiment earthworm data
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
ASSIST large scale field experiment soil chemical analysis
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
CEH Land Cover plus: Pesticides 2012-2017 (England, Scotland and Wales)
CEH Land Cover plus: Pesticides maps annual average pesticide applications across England, Wales and Scotland. The product provides application estimates for 162 different active ingredients including herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides and fungicides. It is produced...
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Investigating effects of novel slow release fertilisers, traditional fertiliser and biochar addition to GHG emissions. ASSIST 2021
Exploring the effects of novel slow release fertilisers, traditional N fertilisers and biochar on the release of GHG emissions from a spring barley crop, with particular focus on N2O emissions. NB: This dataset is currently being generated and is expected to become...
Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK (1970-2015)
This dataset provides annual estimates of species occupancy and species trend estimates in the form of growth rates for 5,293 UK invertebrate, bryophyte and lichen species for the period 1970 to 2015. Estimates are provided at the country level for England, Scotland,...
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ASSIST large scale field experiment farm management data
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
Wheat yield resilience metrics for sample 10km x 10km grid cells in England, 2008-2017
Data on resilience of wheat yields in England, derived from the annual Defra Cereals and Oilseeds production survey of commercial farms. The data presented here are summarised over a ten-year time-series (2008-2017) at 10km x10km grid cell (hectad) resolution. The data...
Data describing pollen identified from honey samples originating from the UKCEH National Honey Monitoring Scheme for 2019
The following data set describes regional and temporal occurrence of plants foraged upon by managed honey bees (Apis mellifera). This data was derived from DNA meta-barcoding of pollen extracted from honey samples provided by bee keepers archived as part of the UK...
Land Cover® plus: Crops 2015-2020
UKCEH Land Cover® plus: Crop maps are detailed, satellite-derived, digital maps of crops in Great Britain. They provide annual crop information or over 2-million fields in Great Britain. To date, UKCEH Land Cover® plus: Crop maps have been produced for 2015 (partial...
Species traits and derivation of hairiness of oilseed rape pollinators
The dataset describes the functional effects traits derived for 57 taxonomic units (species, genus and family level classifications) of oilseed rape insect pollinators. This data provides information on both morphological and behavioural traits, typically at the...
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ASSIST large scale field experiment pollinator transects
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
Vortis ASSIST large scale field experiment arthropod suction sample data
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
Beneficial invertebrate trait data
Basic trait data on 116 UK bee, and 81 natural enemies (carabid and ladybird) species (Size, diet breadth, sociality, voltinism, flight season, dispersal ability). Collated from a wide variety of published sources. Data acquisition was funded by the Natural Environment...
ASSIST large scale field experiment aphid and predator data from hand searching of wheat and spring barley
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...
Can N2O emissions be reduced in winter wheat by split additions of nitrogen fertiliser? ASSIST 2020
Investigating whether splitting total nitrogen fertiliser application can improve nitrogen use efficiency in a winter wheat crop. Can splitting total N addition into 2, 4 or 6 application doses minimise excess soil N leaching, volatilisation and gaseous losses? NB:...
ASSIST large scale field experiment sentinel aphid data from wheat plants
This data describes a replicated field scale experiment undertaken on 18 arable farms in S. England as part of the ASSIST (Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems) project. The goals of this study were to look at practical approaches to promoting biodiversity and...