Earthworm data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999 and 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]
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Bishop, H.O. ; Grieve, I.C. ; Chudek, J.A. ; Hopkins, D.W. (2018). Earthworm data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999 and 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/649d6c94-1fe9-4b39-914a-d1d59bbbd419
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https://doi.org/10.5285/649d6c94-1fe9-4b39-914a-d1d59bbbd419
This set of data describes earthworm diversity in soil samples taken at the Sourhope experimental site in 1999 and 2001 by the Universities of Glasgow and Dundee. Data were collected during a project funded under the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme.
The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity).
The NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity).
Publication date: 2018-01-19
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Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Provenance & quality
Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, which was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). Soil samples were collected by students and staff at the experimental site before being processed according to standard protocols, with the data then being transferred to the programme data manager at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Bishop, H.O. ; Grieve, I.C. ; Chudek, J.A. ; Hopkins, D.W. (2018). Earthworm data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999 and 2001 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/649d6c94-1fe9-4b39-914a-d1d59bbbd419
© 2018 University of Stirling
© 2018 University of Dundee
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Supplemental information
Website for the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme
Bishop, H. O., Grieve, I. C., Chudek, J. A., & Hopkins, D. W. (2008). Liming upland grassland: the effects on earthworm communities and the chemical characteristics of carbon in casts. European journal of soil science, 59(3), 526-531
Usher, M.B., Sier, A.R., Hornung, M. and Millard, P., 2006. Understanding biological diversity in soil: the UK's Soil Biodiversity Research Programme. Applied Soil Ecology, 33(2), pp.101-113.
Correspondence/contact details
Dr. Andy Sier
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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