Countryside Survey 1990 vegetation plot data
https://doi.org/10.5285/26e79792-5ffc-4116-9ac7-72193dd7f191
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This dataset consists of plant species presence and abundance in different sizes and types of plots from 508 1km x 1km square sites surveyed across Great Britain in 1990. Many of the plots are repeated from surveys in 1978 and were surveyed again in 1998 and 2007. General information about the plot was recorded including plot number and type as well as species presence and (usually) cover. Data were collected under the Countryside Survey long term monitoring project managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
Publication date: 2014-03-03
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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
1990-05-01 to 1990-10-31
Provenance & quality
The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summer of 1990 by surveyors. Data were recorded from 508 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The survey was managed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (which later became part of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology). Standard Countryside Survey methodology was applied (refer to the online documentation).
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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence 
Cite this dataset as:
Barr, C.J.; Bunce, R.G.H.; Gillespie, M.K.; Hallam, C.J.; Howard, D.C.; Maskell, L.C.; Ness, M.J.; Norton, L.R.; Scott, R.J.; Smart, S.M.; Stuart, R.C.; Wood, C.M. (2014). Countryside Survey 1990 vegetation plot data. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/26e79792-5ffc-4116-9ac7-72193dd7f191
© Database Right/Copyright UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved.
The following acknowledgement shall be used on all copies of the data, publications and reports, including use in presentations to any audience. 'Countryside Survey data owned by NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology'
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Citations
Wood, C. M., Smart, S. M., Bunce, R. G. H., Norton, L. R., Maskell, L. C., Howard, D. C., … Henrys, P. A. (2017). Long-term vegetation monitoring in Great Britain – the Countryside Survey 1978–2007 and beyond. Earth System Science Data, 9(2), 445–459. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-445-2017
Harris, C., & Ratnieks, F.L.W. (2021). Clover in agriculture: combined benefits for bees, environment, and farmer. Journal of Insect Conservation, 26(3), 339-357 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-021-00358-z
Seaton, F.M., Robinson, D.A., Monteith, D., Lebron, I., Bürkner, P., Tomlinson, S., Emmett, B. A., & Smart, S. M. (2022). Fifty years of reduction in sulphur deposition drives recovery in soil pH and plant communities. In Journal of Ecology (Vol. 111, Issue 2, pp. 464-478). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14039
Harris, C., Christopher, R., Humphrey-Ackumey, S., Mercer, R., Ney, P. & Ratnieks, F.L.W. (2023) Pollinator spillover: Hay cutting of grass with white clover, Trifolium repens, displaces bees and increases their abundance in adjacent patches of bramble, Rubus fruticosus. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 354, 108581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108581
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Correspondence/contact details
Wood, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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