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Topsoil invertebrate density estimates from the Countryside Survey of Great Britain, 2007 using a generalized additive model
This dataset presents modelled estimates of soil invertebrate density (individuals m-2) at 1km2 resolution across Great Britain. A Generalized Additive Model approach was used with Countryside Survey soil invertebrate density data from 2007 and including climate, habitat,...
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Landscape point feature data 2007 [Countryside Survey]
This dataset consists of landscape point feature information for points across Great Britain, surveyed in 2007. Data are presented as rows of information recorded as point features (for example individual trees, water bodies or structures), with associated species where...
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Survival and performance of Speckled Wood butterflies in relation to microclimate
The datasets were collected during experiments undertaken to examine survival rates and larval performance of Speckled Wood butterflies (Pararge aegeria) in different habitats (grassland and woodland). The experiments were carried out between 2008 and 2010 by the University...
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Soil biological activity in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine in September 2016, March 2017 and September 2017 following a severe wildfire in July 2016
Data comprise site location, soil chemistry information (pH, soil moisture, Loss on Ignition (LOI)), an estimate of ground burn extent and soil biological activity (derived from application of bait lamina sticks) at 23 sites in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), Ukraine...
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Morphology phenotype data of 88 types of galls induced on oak trees by cynipid gallwasps from 6 sites in Hungary, 2000-2003
These data consist of quantitative and categorical scores for phenotypic attributes of 88 types of galls induced on oak trees (Quercus spp.) by cynipid gallwasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). The recorded variables focus on attributes such as hardness, presence...
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Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1990 and 2007
This dataset consists of change data for areas of Broad Habitats across Great Britain between 1990 and 2007. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from up to 591 1km squares and scaling up to a national level. The data are summarized...
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Field spectroscopy and leaf trait data from a field experiment in Surrey [HMTF]
The dataset comprises a range of leaf traits, measured from leaf samples collected from trees growing on deep alluvial soils and shallow chalk soils, near Mickleham in Surrey, UK. Across both sites, leaves were collected from 66 trees, representing six species. The...
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Windermere monthly temperatures 1946-2012
This dataset consists of monthly mean inshore surface water temperature (degrees C) data from Windermere, a lake in northern England. Data collection began in 1933, but data are presented here from 1946 onwards. The data were initially collected by the Freshwater Biological...
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Areas affected by landslides following Typhoon Mangkhut in Itogon, Philippines, September 2018
This dataset contains the areas affected by landslides triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut in the area of Itogon (Benguet, Philippines) between the 13th and 15th of September 2018. The polygons were mapped using very high-resolution satellite imagery from before and after...
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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...
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Data from Soil Analysis of Ningbo Watershed, China – Field, Laboratory and Modelling
The data in the following data sets were all collected as part of the Joint NERC – NSFC funded research programme UK- China Critical Zone Observatory Programme (www.czo.ac.cn). The project name within this programme was called “Using Critical Zone Science to Enhance...
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Cockroach reproduction records in the laboratory at 50% and 30% relative humidity
Records of offspring production for 192 female cockroaches (Blaptica dubia) kept at either 50% or 30% relative humidity for two weeks during gestation. We then kept all females alone at 50% humidity for 10 weeks and counted the number of nymphs each female produced...
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Microplastics in sediments of the River Thames Basin, UK
This dataset provides numbers and types of plastic particles extracted from sediment samples of three tributaries of the river Thames: the River Leach, the River Lambourn and The Cut. These rivers are regularly monitored for a range of water quality and biological characteristics...
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Groundwater microbiology and chemistry of shallow wells, boreholes and springs in Kisumu, Kenya in 2014
This dataset contains free residual chlorine, turbidity, nitrate, chloride, sulphate, fluoride, phosphate and thermatolerant coliform concentrations in groundwater from a variety of sources within two neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya. A total of 73 groundwater sources...
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UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) baseline vegetation data: 1991-2000
Baseline Vegetation data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. These data are collected at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol (see supporting documentation). This was a one-off whole site baseline vegetation survey (though...
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Land Cover Map 2015 (1km dominant target class) Web Map Service
This web map service (WMS) is the 1km raster, dominant target class version of the Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It shows the target habitat class with the highest percentage cover in each 1km x 1km pixel. The 21 target classes...
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United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: site location data 2020
This dataset provides the details of all sites on which butterflies have been monitored as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). This includes all standard UKBMS transect sites, Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey (WCBS) sites and targeted species survey...
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Tree census and above ground biomass variation in permanent forest monitoring plots along altitudinal and forest perturbation gradients in the Colombian Andes, 2017-2020
The data were collected between 2017 and 2020 from 27 forest monitoring plots (0.5 ha each) in five locations along an altitudinal (lowland, mid-elevation, and highland forests) and forest perturbation (low, medium, and high perturbation levels) gradient in Andean ecosystems...
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Tools for modelling species distributions using data from the Environmental Record Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS)
The speciesRecordTools R package contains functions for examining the distribution of species records, understanding sampling trends and potential biases, and building correlative presence-background species distribution models for prediction of the distribution of...
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Socioecological data from smallholder oil palm plantations in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia, 2021-2022
This dataset includes results from biodiversity, social and environmental surveys of 46 oil palm smallholders and farms in Riau, Indonesia. Biodiversity data includes: pitfall trap data on arthropod abundance and higher-level order identification, sticky trap data on...