Plant community basal data from a hedgerow cutting experiment in England, 2016

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This dataset contains plant community data from a hedgerow experiment investigating the effects of cutting regimes on plant species richness. There were four sites, one in Buckinghamshire, two in Oxfordshire and one in Devon. Data were collected in 2016, using 1m x 10m quadrats on each side of the hedgerow at two positions. One quadrat was situated beneath the woody vegetation of the hedge (inner) and one adjacent to the inner quadrat (outer) to sample plant communities growing beside the hedge. Percentage vegetation cover was surveyed up to a height of 80cm.

The hedgerow experiment was one of three long running hedgerow experiments focusing on management to maintain and restore the hedgerow resource under agri-environment schemes. These long running experiments were funded by Defra and managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Publication date: 2020-05-12

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Spatial information

Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Temporal extent

2016-05-17 to 2016-08-09

Provenance & quality

Data were digitised into Excel after field collection and then imported into an Oracle database that contained all the data from the long running hedgerow experiments. The data provided here have been exported from the Oracle database. The following measures were taken to ensure quality and accuracy: a standard protocol was used, species data were collected by experienced and appropriately qualified field surveyors, species lists were checked by an expert, and data were checked for anomalous values both prior to and post import into the Oracle database.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Stanbury, D.; Dean, H.J.; Pescott, O.L.; Staley, J.T. (2020). Plant community basal data from a hedgerow cutting experiment in England, 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cfeceb7e-b6b5-4f40-a1bc-c25f38deeb9f

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Data from hedgerow management and biodiversity restoration experiments

Supplemental information

Effects of hedgerow management and restoration on biodiversity

J.T. Staley, N.P. Adams, S.R. Amy, M.S. Botham, L. Hulmes, S. Hulmes, H.J. Dean, M. McCracken, N. Mitschunas, R.E. Chapman, J.M. Peyton, J. Savage, L.E. Ridding, K.S. Baldock and R.F. Pywell (2018). Effects of hedgerow management and restoration on biodiversity. Defra research project BD2114.