Evans, D.M.; Pocock, M.J.O.; Brooks, J.; Memmott, J.

Abundance of plant taxa on Norwood Farm, Somerset during 2007 and 2008

Name: Abundance of plant taxa on Norwood Farm, Somerset during 2007 and 2008
Published: 2015-08-18
License: https://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/licences/OGL/plain

https://doi.org/10.5285/0c123d4e-186f-48f5-8580-d0696b247287 Cite this dataset

Estimates of plant abundance (for leaf area, floral units and seed abundance, mass and energy) obtained from field-based sampling as part of a study of ecological interactions (food webs and plant-pollinator networks) on a single farm (Norwood Farm, Somerset, UK: 51.3128N 2.3206W) during 2007 and 2008. During the study, Norwood Farm was managed as an organic farm at relatively low intensity. The work was was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [grant number BBD0156341].

Publication date: 2015-08-18

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: 2007-03-01 to 2008-08-31

Provenance & quality

Field surveys were conducted according to established protocols. Records made in the field for plant cover, height and counts of floral units, or samples containing seeds were collected for laboratory sorting and analysis. Data were entered into a purpose-designed database, via bespoke forms to support accuracy of data entry. Manipulations on the raw data (e.g. scaling up from sample size to total habitat area) were conducted in the database and data were checked for consistency of species names and data entry errors throughout the analysis undertaken as a contribution for peer-reviewed papers.

Citations

Sauve, A.M.C., Thébault, E., Pocock, M.J.O., & Fontaine, C. (2015). How plants connect pollination and herbivory networks and their contribution to community stability. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0132.1

Supplemental information

NERC Open Research Archive record for journal paper to assist in use of data

Darren M. Evans, Michael J.O. Pocock, Joanna Brooks, Jane Memmott, Seeds in farmland food-webs: Resource importance, distribution and the impacts of farm management, In Biological Conservation, Volume 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2941-2950, ISSN 0006-3207

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.013

Michael J.O. Pocock, Darren M. Evans, Jane Memmott, The impact of farm management on species-specific leaf area index (LAI): Farm-scale data and predictive models, In Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 135, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 279-287, ISSN 0167-8809

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2009.10.006

EVANS, D. M., MCLEOD, J. J., PASCOE, L. and MEMMOTT, J. (2009), The efficiency of a vacuum device for estimating soil-surface seed abundance on lowland farms. Weed Research, 49: 337-340. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00707.x

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3180.2009.00707.x

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Correspondence/contact details

Pocock, M.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Evans, D.M.

University of Hull

Pocock, M.J.O.

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Brooks, J.

Bristol University

Memmott, J.