Soil metrics and vegetation data from pasture fed livestock farms across Great Britain, 2018

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https://doi.org/10.5285/78ca9a01-107b-4f33-8561-9c3e64db7e02

This set of data includes records of vegetation species and characteristics, soil quality metrics and aspects of farm management relating to a single field on each sampled farm. Data were collected in 2018, from farms across Great Britain belonging to the Pasture Fed Livestock Association (PFLA).

The data were collected by the UK Centre of Ecology & Hydrology, during a project funded by the BBSRC, seeking to evidence the impacts of pasture fed livestock approaches on grassland parameters, in particular, sward composition and associated soil qualities.

Publication date: 2021-02-08

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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent

2018-05-01 to 2018-12-21

Provenance & quality

Data were collected by trained members of UKCEH staff, according to standardised protocols in the summer of 2018. Vegetation and management records were collected on electronic recording devices. Soil samples were analysed at UKAS Accredited labs at UKCEH Lancaster. All data were transferred to secure databases at UKCEH Lancaster once collected.

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

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Norton, L.R.; Wagner, M.; Wood, C.M.; Pinder, A.; Brentegani, M.; Hunt, A.; Risser, H.; Dodd, B.A. (2021). Soil metrics and vegetation data from pasture fed livestock farms across Great Britain, 2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/78ca9a01-107b-4f33-8561-9c3e64db7e02

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