{"accessLimitation":{"value":"noLimitations","availability":"Available","description":"Access to the resource is not subject to any access limitations and is available to all users without restriction.","uri":"http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/N07/current/UNRS/"},"authors":[{"displayName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme ","organisationName":"Unaffiliated","role":"author","email":"support@npms.org.uk","fullName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme "}],"availability":"Available","boundingBoxes":[{"westBoundLongitude":-8.648,"eastBoundLongitude":2.944,"southBoundLatitude":48.137,"northBoundLatitude":60.861,"bounds":"{\"type\": \"Feature\",      \"properties\": {},      \"geometry\": {        \"type\": \"Polygon\",        \"coordinates\": [[[-8.648, 48.137], [-8.648, 60.861], [2.944, 60.861], [2.944, 48.137], [-8.648, 48.137]]]      }}","coordinates":"[[[-8.648, 48.137], [-8.648, 60.861], [2.944, 60.861], [2.944, 48.137], [-8.648, 48.137]]]"}],"citation":{"authors":["National Plant Monitoring Scheme "],"bibtex":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9/citation?format=bib","day":3,"doi":"10.5285/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9","month":3,"publisher":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","resourceTypeGeneral":"dataset","ris":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9/citation?format=ris","title":"Habitat samples from the National Plant Monitoring Scheme, 2015-2022","url":"https://doi.org/10.5285/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9","year":2023},"custodians":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"custodian","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"datasetReferenceDate":{"publicationDate":"2023-03-03"},"description":"This data resource provides plot-level habitat data for the first eight years (2015-2022) of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (covering the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man). Data consist of surveyor-recorded habitat information on repeated samples of fixed plots at the metre-scale. Other information includes the date of sampling, data regarding the spatial location of the plot, and an assessment of whether or not the recorded broad habitat is reported to have changed between surveyor visits.\n\nThis work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.\n","distributionFormats":[{"name":"Comma-separated values (CSV)","type":"text/csv","version":"unknown"}],"distributorContacts":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"distributor","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"funding":[{"funderName":"Natural Environment Research Council","funderIdentifier":"https://ror.org/02b5d8509","awardNumber":"NE/R016429/1","orcid":false,"ror":true}],"id":"a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9","incomingCitationCount":0,"infoLinks":[{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9.zip","name":"Supporting information","description":"Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset","function":"information","type":"OTHER"}],"inspireThemes":[{"theme":"Environmental Monitoring Facilities","uri":"http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/ef"}],"keywordsOther":[{"value":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme"},{"value":"validation"},{"value":"training"},{"value":"plant community","uri":"http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6299"},{"value":"vegetation","uri":"http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8922"},{"value":"earth observation","uri":"http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15124"},{"value":"habitat","uri":"http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/3808"},{"value":"environmental monitoring","uri":"http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2882"}],"keywordsTheme":[{"value":"Environmental survey","uri":"http://onto.nerc.ac.uk/CEHMD/topic/7"}],"licences":[{"value":"This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence","code":"license","uri":"https://eidc.ac.uk/licences/ogl/plain"}],"lineage":"Data are collected directly from volunteers into a custom Indicia database system through the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) website or app. The Indicia system is built on a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, and the data presented here were extracted directly from this master database using appropriate SQL queries. See the associated documentation for more information on the broader Quality Assurance processes supporting the NPMS.","metadataDate":"2026-06-30T10:38:29","notGEMINI":false,"onlineResources":[{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9","name":"Download the data","description":"Download a copy of this data","function":"download","type":"OTHER"},{"url":"https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9.zip","name":"Supporting information","description":"Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset","function":"information","type":"OTHER"}],"pointsOfContact":[{"displayName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme ","organisationName":"Unaffiliated","role":"pointOfContact","email":"support@npms.org.uk","fullName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme ","pointOfContact":"Unaffiliated"}],"publicationDate":"2023-03-03T00:00:00.000Z","publishers":[{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"publisher","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"}],"relationships":[{"relation":"http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf","target":"3c5ce16f-8738-459a-b432-bc01f8f40424"}],"resourceIdentifiers":[{"code":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9"},{"code":"10.5285/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9","codeSpace":"doi"}],"resourceType":{"value":"dataset"},"responsibleParties":[{"displayName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme ","organisationName":"Unaffiliated","role":"author","email":"support@npms.org.uk","fullName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme "},{"displayName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme ","organisationName":"Unaffiliated","role":"pointOfContact","email":"support@npms.org.uk","fullName":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme ","pointOfContact":"Unaffiliated"},{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"custodian","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"},{"organisationName":"NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/04xw4m193","role":"publisher","email":"info@eidc.ac.uk"},{"organisationName":"Natural Environment Research Council","role":"rightsHolder","email":"gateway@ukri.org"}],"rightsHolders":[{"organisationName":"Natural Environment Research Council","role":"rightsHolder","email":"gateway@ukri.org"}],"spatialReferenceSystems":[{"code":"http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700","title":"OSGB 1936 / British National Grid"}],"spatialRepresentationTypes":["textTable"],"spatialResolutions":[{"distance":"1","uom":"urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001"}],"supplemental":[{"name":"Indicia database system","url":"www.indicia.org.uk","function":"website"},{"name":"National Plant Monitoring Scheme website","url":"www.npms.org.uk","function":"website"}],"temporalExtents":[{"begin":"2015-01-01","end":"2022-12-31"}],"title":"Habitat samples from the National Plant Monitoring Scheme, 2015-2022","topicCategories":[{"value":"biota","uri":"http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/biota"}],"topics":["http://onto.nerc.ac.uk/CEHMD/topic/7"],"type":"dataset","uri":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a12b5c70-c0e2-48cf-b0b7-3e95791feca9","useConstraints":[{"value":"This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence","code":"license","uri":"https://eidc.ac.uk/licences/ogl/plain"},{"value":"© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","code":"copyright"},{"value":"© Joint Nature Conservation Committee","code":"copyright"},{"value":"© Plantlife","code":"copyright"},{"value":"© Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland","code":"copyright"},{"value":"The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is organised and funded by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Plantlife and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The NPMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme.","code":"otherRestrictions"}]}