Plant species composition of a meadow sward exposed to grazing treatments at Somerford Mead, Oxford 1987-2014
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McDonald, A.W.; Mountford, J.O.; Stone, M.J.; Gowing, D.J.G. (2022). Plant species composition of a meadow sward exposed to grazing treatments at Somerford Mead, Oxford 1987-2014. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/691a823c-d1da-4420-837c-3c30ce83818b
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https://doi.org/10.5285/691a823c-d1da-4420-837c-3c30ce83818b
This dataset includes a description of the flora on Somerford Mead, Oxford for the period 1987 to 2014. During the period 1991 to 2014, a grazing experiment was conducted on the meadow, in which individual plots were either grazed by sheep, grazed by cattle or left ungrazed following the annual hay cut.
The data consist of list of all plant species found at sample locations within each plot together with an estimate of abundance.
The data consist of list of all plant species found at sample locations within each plot together with an estimate of abundance.
Publication date: 2022-08-25
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Temporal information
Temporal extent
1987-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Provenance & quality
The data were gathered on site by Dr Alison McDonald herself or by students (often Dutch) under her supervision during the period 1987 to 2013. In 2014, staff from UKCEH undertook the survey under the direction of J. Owen Mountford. Data were recorded in the field onto pre-prepared forms listing all species previously found on the site. The data were input into an Excel spreadsheet by Dr Melanie Stone on behalf of the Floodplain Meadows Partnership (FMP) in 2021. This work was funded by the Ecological Continuity Trust. The data were subsequently converted to individual text files (.csv) by Prof David Gowing (FMP). The taxonomic accuracy of the names and the species counts were checked by Dr Stone on inputting and comments added where corrections made.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
McDonald, A.W.; Mountford, J.O.; Stone, M.J.; Gowing, D.J.G. (2022). Plant species composition of a meadow sward exposed to grazing treatments at Somerford Mead, Oxford 1987-2014. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/691a823c-d1da-4420-837c-3c30ce83818b
Dr A.W. McDonald should be acknowledged as the main originator of these data in their use and in any further dissemination
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
McDonald, A.W.
University of Oxford
Mountford, J.O.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Stone, M.J.
Floodplain Meadow Partnership
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7845-035X Other contacts
Rights holders
Ecological Continuity Trust, Natural Environment Research Council
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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