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Fine temporal and spatial scale air temperature dataset of Wytham Woods, UK, 2023-2025
This dataset contains air temperature information from 786 points in Wytham Woods (Oxfordshire; Latitude: 51.7773, Longitude: -1.3385) between April 2023 and June 2025, collected every 15 minutes (~60 million temperature reads). Data were collected using TOMST thermologgers...
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Turbulent fluxes of sensible heat and momentum at an ancient deciduous broadleaved forest in southern England
The dataset contains time series observations of turbulent surface-atmosphere exchanges of sensible heat (H) and momentum (τ) measured at an area of ancient broadleaved deciduous forest in Oxfordshire, UK (Wytham Woods). Turbulent flux densities were monitored from...
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Strain measurements on 21 trees in Wytham Woods, UK
This data contains the strain and wind data collected for 21 trees in Wytham Woods, a mature temperate woodland in southern England, from September 2015 to June 2016. This data was collected in order to (a) extract the resonant frequencies of trees, (b) to estimate...
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Bird breeding records and data from an experimental manipulation of local population density in Wytham Woods, UK, 2020-2021
The data were collected as part of a long-term population monitoring project on the breeding biology and behaviour of birds, and as part of a project on the ecology of behavioural contagion in natural systems. The dataset consists of bird ringing records, bird breeding...
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Bird breeding data for Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK, 2020 and 2021
This dataset contains information on the following: nest building, identity of breeding pairs, date when the first egg is laid, number of eggs, hatch date and the number and condition of fledglings for great tits, blue tits, marsh tits and coal tits. The data presented...
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Recordings of the discovery of novel food patches in common woodland birds in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK 2021
This dataset contains information about the recordings of great tits, blue tits, marsh tits and nuthatches discovering novel food patches in relation to manipulated local population densities (see 1a4dcbb3-c4fb-4bd4-acb3-d03932de9323). Prior to and during the density...
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Local population density of woodland birds from a manipulation experiment in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK 2021
This dataset contains information about local population densities of great tits, blue tits, marsh tits and nuthatches from a manipulation experiment. The time, location and bird species were recorded using a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag attached to each...
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Bird ringing records from Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK during 2020 and 2021
This dataset contains information about the ringing records of mainly great tits, blue tits, marsh tits and coal tits, and a few other bird species. The data were collected in Wytham woods, Oxfordshire, UK during 2020 and 2021, as part of a long-term population monitoring...
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Wild rodent tracking and gut microbiome data, Holly Hill, Wytham Woods, UK, 2018-2019
This data set is a combination of trapping data, tracking data, vegetation/habitat data and data on the gut microbiome composition of wild rodents caught in 4 ha study site in Holly Hill in Wytham Woods, Oxford, UK, from November 2018 to November 2019. Three species...
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Tree carbon accumulation among habitats with varying levels of ash dieback, Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK, 2021-2022
The data represent the growth rates and carbon accumulation among different tree species. Tree censuses were conducted in November 2020, September 2021, and September 2022. Carbon accumulation data are available for 2021 and 2022. Data were collected from 15 plots...
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Compositional and growth assay data for tree-hole bacteria communities under differing pH conditions, sampled summer 2021, Wytham Woods, Oxford
The data comprises both compositional data and growth assay data from an experiment of wild bacterial communities in Wytham Woods, Oxford. The communities live in puddles of water in tree-holes formed by the roots of beech trees. We manipulated the pH of tree-holes...
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Soil and ground-level microclimate data among habitats representing different levels of ash dieback in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK, 2019-2022
The data include daily soil temperature, ground temperature, and ambient temperature in Celsius and soil volumetric moisture in percent between 2019 and 2022, collected from 15 plots across Wytham Woods, near Oxford in southern England. These cover three different habitat...
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Woodland ground flora, fine litter fall, and leaf litter feeding invertebrate data from habitats with varying levels of ash dieback, Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK, 2020-2024
All data were collected in 15 plots across Wytham Woods, near Oxford in southern England. The data contributed to a project on the ecological impact of ash dieback and were used to quantify the differences between habitats with varying levels of ash dieback represented...
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Land Cover Map 2020 (land parcels, GB)
This is a polygon (land parcel) dataset describing the entire land surface of GB in 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. Each land parcel contains attributes which include the land cover type and classification confidence. Full...
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Woody linear features framework, Great Britain v.1.0
A modelled dataset derived from a range of national datasets, describing the distribution of woody linear feature boundaries in Great Britain. The dataset presents linear features which have a high likelihood of being a woody linear feature. The dataset was created...
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Diet, gut microbiome and parasite data from wild rodents and diet shift data from captive rodents, 2014-2018
This dataset is a combination of data obtained from a longitudinal live trapping study of wild rodents in Wytham Woods, Oxford (51.796 N,-1.367 W); October 2015-18), a dissection study of rodents caught in the same woodland (October 2017-18), and a diet shift experiment...
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Co-located ecological data from five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England measured between 2018 and 2021
This collection contains four datasets with the following measurements from five long-term grassland-to-woodland contrasts across England: plant aboveground net primary productivity, litter layer depth, soil water release curves, hydraulic conductivity, earthworm counts...
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Flux (CO2, water and energy) and meteorological data in UK
This data collection contains a variety of flux (CO2, water and energy) and meteorological time series observations in the UK, including for example time series observations of turbulent surface-atmosphere exchanges of sensible heat (H) and momentum (τ) measured at...
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UKCEH Land Cover Plus: Hedgerows 2016-2021 (England)
This dataset contains a model of the extent and height class of woody linear features on field boundaries in England, including hedgerows, tree lines and semi-natural thickets of shrubs and trees. The model was derived from processing of the Environment Agency lidar...
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First egg dates for great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) breeding in three deciduous woods in Cambridgeshire, England in 1993 to 2016
This dataset contains first egg dates for great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) from Monks Wood, Brampton Wood and Wennington Wood in Cambridgeshire, England, over a 23 year period. The dataset runs from the breeding season in 1993 to the end...
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