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Maskell, L., Henrys, P.A., Norton, L., Smart, S. (2016). Bee nectar plant diversity of Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5
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Bee nectar plant diversity of Great Britain
This dataset models bee nectar plant richness across Great Britain (GB). It uses counts of bee nectar plants (using a list agreed with experts) in Countryside Survey area vegetation plots in 2007 and extrapolates to 1km squares across GB using a generalised additive mixed model. Co-variables used in the model are Broad Habitat (the dominant broad habitat of the 1km square), air temperature, nitrogen deposition, precipitation and altitude. This data provides a metric of the Natural Capital associated with pollination, although to measure the service itself you would require additional datasets. Understanding the distribution of bee nectar plants does provide valuable information on the potential distribution of pollinators and hence pollination.
Publication date: 2016-03-22
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Format
ESRI Shapefile
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Raster
- Spatial reference system
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
- Temporal extent
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2007-05-01 to 2007-10-31
Provenance & quality
This dataset was created from Countryside Survey 2007 area (x,y,u) vegetation plot data. In each plot the bee nectar plants are counted using a list of nectar plants that was agreed with experts and has been provided with this dataset. The data was extrapolated to 1km squares across GB using a generalised additive mixed model incorporating the 1km square as a random variable to account for spatial autocorrelation between plots in the same square. A poisson distribution was specified. Co-variables used in the model are Broad Habitat (the dominant broad habitat of the 1km square), air temperature, nitrogen deposition, precipitation and altitude.
Related
Services associated with this dataset
Web map service for bee nectar plant diversity of Great Britain
Citations
Sunderland, T., Marsh, D., Lusardi, J., Hudson, C., & Waters, R. (2022). Meeting decision support requirements through natural capital accounts: a case study in England’s National Nature Reserves. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 12(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2022.2062455
Correspondence/contact details
Dr. Lindsay Maskell
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
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7755
Norton, L.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Smart, S.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Other contacts
- Rights holder
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Natural England
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk