Part of UKCEH UKCEH logo
UKCEH website
Bowskill, V.

Nutritive and mineral content of hay from three species-rich floodplain meadows, England, 2020-21

Download/Access
PLEASE NOTE: By accessing or using this dataset, you agree to the terms of the relevant licence agreement(s). You will ensure that this dataset is cited in any publication that describes research in which the data have been used.

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Download the data
https://doi.org/10.5285/361f0587-4cc6-48df-9f7e-8ade331cf8d5
Dataset includes concentration of crude protein, fibre (ADF and NDF), metabolisable energy (ME) and a range of dietary minerals from three species-rich floodplain meadows in Central England.

Samples were taken between May and September in 2020 and 2021. Graminoid:forb ratio, Accumulated Growing Degree-days (thermal time), Accumulated Actual Evapotranspiration and yield are recorded for each date.
The data were originally collected to investigate the seasonal dynamics of yield, dietary minerals, protein and energy in floodplain meadow hay.

For full study method see https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00097871
Publication date: 2024-10-29
10 downloads *
345 views *

More information

View numbers valid from 29 October 2024 Download numbers valid from 29 October 2024 (information prior to this was not collected)

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2020-05-01    to    2021-09-30

Provenance & quality

Data were generated from dried hay samples via Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emissions Spectrometry (ICP-OES) for dietary minerals and Near Infra-red Spectroscopy (NIRS) for crude protein, fibre and metabolisable energy.

Data was cleaned, taking the mean of two replicates at each dilution. Work based on this data has been subject to examination and/or peer review.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Bowskill, V. (2024). Nutritive and mineral content of hay from three species-rich floodplain meadows, England, 2020-21. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/361f0587-4cc6-48df-9f7e-8ade331cf8d5

Correspondence/contact details

Bowskill, V.
Open University
 Vicky.bowskill@open.ac.uk

Author

Bowskill, V.
Open University

Other contacts

Rights holder
Open University
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
farming
INSPIRE theme
Agricultural and Aquaculture Facilities
Keywords
agricultural , Agriculture , Central England , floodplain , floodplain meadows , fodder , hay , pasture-fed , regenerative agriculture , species-rich grassland , species richness
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S007350/1
Last updated
14 November 2024 12:49