Landscape area data 1978 [Countryside Survey]
This dataset consists of stock (area) data for Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) Broad Habitats across Great Britain in 1978. Data are presented as areas of Broad (or Priority) Habitats within a set of 256 1km squares across Great Britain.
The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey.
The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey.
Publication date: 2016-01-20
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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1978-05-01 to 1978-11-01
Provenance & quality
The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summers of 1977 and 1978 by surveyors. Data were recorded from 256 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The areas of BAP Broad Habitats were digitized in 2009. Also see: Countryside Survey: Measuring Habitat Change Over 30 Years. 1978 Data Rescue - Final Report (2012) Wood C.M., Howard D.C., Henrys P.A., Bunce R.G.H., Smart S.M.
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Citations
Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Gashchak, S., Maksimenko, A., Guliaichenko, E., Wood, M.D., & Izquierdo, M. (2020). Radionuclide transfer to wildlife at a ‘Reference site’ in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and resultant radiation exposures. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 211, 105661 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.02.007
Wood, C.M., Bunce, R.G.H., Norton, L.R., Maskell, L.C., Smart, S.M., Scott, W.A., Henrys, P.A., Howard, D.C., Wright, S.M., Brown, M.J., Scott, R.J., Stuart, R.C., & Watkins, J.W. (2018). Ecological landscape elements: long-term monitoring in Great Britain, the Countryside Survey 1978–2007 and beyond. In Earth System Science Data (Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 745–763). Copernicus GmbH. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-745-2018
Supplemental information
Wood, C.M.; Howard, D.C.; Henrys, P.A.; Bunce, R.G.H.; Smart, S.M.. 2012 Countryside Survey: measuring habitat change over 30 years: 1978 data rescue - final report. Lancaster, NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 18pp. (CEH Project Number: C03689)
Correspondence/contact details
Claire Wood
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
Bunce, R.G.H.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998
Barr, C.J.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Other contacts
- Rights holder
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- 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
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