Landscape area data 1984 [Countryside Survey]

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https://doi.org/10.5285/b656bb43-448d-4b2c-aade-7993aa243ea3

This dataset consists of stock (area) data for landscape features across Great Britain in 1984. Data are presented as areas of Broad (or Priority) Habitats, with associated landscape attributes (such as plant species and land use), within a set of 379 1km squares across Great Britain.

The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey.

Publication date: 2016-01-27

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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

1984-05-01 to 1984-11-30

Provenance & quality

The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summer of 1984 by surveyors. Data were recorded from 384 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The areas of UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) Broad Habitats from 379 1km squares were digitized in 2000. Data are managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster.

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Barr, C.J.; Bunce, R.G.H.; Maskell, L.C.; Norton, L.R.; Scott, R.J.; Scott, W.A.; Smart, S.M.; Stuart, R.C.; Whittaker, H.A.; Wood, C.M.; Wright, S.M. (2016). Landscape area data 1984 [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b656bb43-448d-4b2c-aade-7993aa243ea3

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Citations

Wood, C.M., Bunce, R.G.H., Norton, L.R., Maskell, L.C., Smart, S.M., Scott, W.A., Henrys, P.A., Howard, D.C., Wright, S.M., Brown, M.J., Scott, R.J., Stuart, R.C., & Watkins, J.W.(2018). Ecological landscape elements: long-term monitoring in Great Britain, the Countryside Survey 1978-2007 and beyond. Earth System Science Data, 10(2), 745-763 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-745-2018

Correspondence/contact details

Wood, C.M.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Lancashire
UNITED KINGDOM

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Authors

Barr, C.J.

Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Bunce, R.G.H.

Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Maskell, L.C.