Bunce, R.G.H.; Bassett, P.A.
Land Classification of Shetland 1974
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Bunce, R.G.H.; Bassett, P.A. (2015). Land Classification of Shetland 1974. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146
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The Land Classification of Shetland is a classification of the Shetland Isles into a set of 16 environmental strata, termed land classes, to be used as a basis for ecological survey, originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) in 1974. The strata were created from the multivariate analysis of 150 environmental variables, including topographic data, geographical features and geology data. The Land Classification can be used to stratify a wide range of ecological and biogeographical surveys to improve the efficiency of collection, analysis and presentation of information derived from a sample.
Publication date: 2015-07-27
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Format
ESRI shapefile
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal extent
1974-01-01 to 1974-12-31
Provenance & quality
The Shetland Land Classification was created in 1974 at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, using methodologies described in the supporting information. The map was later digitised 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:
Bunce, R.G.H.; Bassett, P.A. (2015). Land Classification of Shetland 1974. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146
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Citations
Wood, C. M., & Bunce, R.G.H. (2016). Survey of the terrestrial habitats and vegetation of Shetland, 1974 – a framework for long-term ecological monitoring. Earth System Science Data, 8(1), 89–103. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-89-2016
Correspondence/contact details
Claire Wood
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
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Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
Bunce, R.G.H.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Bassett, P.A.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
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