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Buckland, S.; Burt-Smith, G.; Walker, W.

Botanical data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

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https://doi.org/10.5285/c730867f-ffd7-4d2d-9dd0-e2f30a7dbbf6
The data set comprises vegetation species and abundance information, surveyed using a 50 x 50 cm point quadrat, from a selection of the plots within an experimental site at Sourhope, Scotland. The surveys were carried out in the summers of 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. The data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, established in 1999 and 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: NT8545019630). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity).
Publication date: 2017-11-30
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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
1998-07-27    to    2002-10-31

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).

Data were collected by staff employed by MLURI and were managed by 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:
Buckland, S.; Burt-Smith, G.; Walker, W. (2017). Botanical data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/c730867f-ffd7-4d2d-9dd0-e2f30a7dbbf6

© 2017 The James Hutton Institute

© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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This dataset is included in the following collections

NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme

Supplemental information

Website for the NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme

Correspondence/contact details

Dr. Andy Sier
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Buckland, S.
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Burt-Smith, G.
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Walker, W.
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

Other contacts

Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Biodiversity , Land use , NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme , vegetation
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council
Last updated
06 March 2024 15:45