National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2019)
This data resource provides plot-level plant occurrence data for the first five years (2015-2019) of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (covering the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man). Data consist of individual observations of plants, and other habitat characteristics, at the metre-scale; observations are accompanied by percentage cover information recorded according to the Domin frequency-abundance scale commonly used in plant community ecology. Other information provided includes the plot type (size, shape, according to the NPMS classification), the volunteer-recorded NPMS habitat, the date of sampling, and information regarding the spatial location of the plot. Information contained within the metadata file should allow users to reconstruct the sampling history (including gaps) of any plot that has been sampled within the NPMS scheme between 2015 and 2019.
This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.
This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.
Publication date: 2020-04-20
These data are held and managed by the Environmental Information Data Centre, hosted at UKCEH.
For more details and to access the data, go to https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/cdb8707c-eed7-4da7-8fa3-299c65124ef2
Where/When
- Study area
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- Temporal extent
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2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Provenance & quality
Data are collected directly from volunteers into a custom Indicia database system (www.indicia.org.uk) through the NPMS website (www.npms.org.uk) or app. The Indicia system is built on a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, and the data presented here were extracted directly from this master database using appropriate SQL queries. See the associated documentation for more information on the broader Quality Assurance processes supporting the NPMS.
Correspondence/contact details
Pescott, O.L.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Other contacts
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- Biota , Environment
- Keywords
- Biodiversity, Biodiversity, National Plant Monitoring Scheme, National Plant Monitoring Scheme, NPMS, UK-SCAPE
- INSPIRE Theme
- Species Distribution
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1
- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference systems
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
WGS 84
TM65 / Irish Grid - Last updated
- 20 May 2022 10:42