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Henrys, P.A.; Keith, A.M.; Robinson, D.A.; Emmett, B.A.

Model estimates of topsoil invertebrates [Countryside Survey]

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Countryside Survey topsoil invertebrate data is representative of 0 - 8 cm soil depth and includes Total catch, Mite:Springtail ratio, Number of broad taxa and Shannon diversity. For invertebrate data, a total of 947 cores from 256 1km x 1km squares across Great Britain were analysed in 2007. Please see Emmett et al. 2010 for further details of sampling and methods (http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5201/1/CS_UK_2007_TR3%5B1%5D.pdf ). Estimates of mean values within selected habitats and parent material characteristics across GB were made using CS data from 1978, 1998 and 2007 using a mixed model approach. Please see Scott, 2008 for further details of similar statistical analysis (http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/5202/1/CS_UK_2007_TR4%5B1%5D.pdf ). The estimated means of habitat /parent material combinations using 2007 data are modelled on dominant habitat and parent material characteristics derived from the Land Cover Map 2007 and Parent Material Model 2009, respectively. The parent material characteristic used was that which minimised AIC in each model (see Supporting Information). Areas, such as urban and littoral rock, are not sampled by CS and therefore have no associated data. Also, in some circumstances sample sizes for particular habitat / parent material combinations were insufficient to estimate mean values.
Publication date: 2012-03-26
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Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Provenance & quality

Data used are taken from the Countryside Survey Soils Report (Emmett et al. 2010) which can be found at http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9354/1/CS_UK_2007_TR9.pdf

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Henrys, P.A.; Keith, A.M.; Robinson, D.A.; Emmett, B.A. (2012). Model estimates of topsoil invertebrates [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f19de821-a436-4b28-95f6-b7287ef0bf15

© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC 2014. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2007.

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Model estimates of topsoil properties [Countryside Survey]

Supplemental information

Emmett, B.A., Reynolds, B., Chamberlain, P.M., Rowe, E., Spurgeon, D., Brittain, S.A., Frogbrook, Z., Hughes, S., Lawlor, A.J., Poskitt, J., Potter, E., Robinson, D.A., Scott, A., Wood, C., Woods, C. (2010). Countryside Survey: Soils Report from 2007. Technical Report No. 9/07. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 192pp. (CEH Project Number: C03259).
Scott, W.A. (2008). Countryside Survey: Statistical Report. Technical Report No. 4/07. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Correspondence/contact details

Keith, A.M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster
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Authors

Henrys, P.A.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Keith, A.M.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Robinson, D.A.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Emmett, B.A.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
environment
INSPIRE theme
Soil
Keywords
Acari , Broad Habitat , CEH Biodiversity Programme , Collembola , Countryside Survey , ecological abundance , Microarthropods , mite , organic matter , Parent Material Model , soil , Soil , Springtail , Taxa richness
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