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Vascular plant survey and questionnaire data evaluating the e-Surveyor mobile application across calcareous, neutral and improved grassland habitats, UK, 2024
[This dataset is embargoed until October 31, 2026]. This dataset contains vascular plant data recorded from 25 m2 plots in calcareous, neutral or improved grassland habitats and associated questionnaire data on the functionality of the e-Surveyor mobile application used to capture the data. All data were recorded at workshops in Central and Southern England, during June-August 2024. The 51 surveys were recorded by 37 different volunteer participants using the habitat survey function within e-Surveyor and by 2-3 professional expert botanists that worked independently to collect a full plant inventory list. The dataset also contains questionnaire data about participant's experience using the application, which was collected at each workshop directly after the plant survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-09-30
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e
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- doi: / 10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e
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Ridding, L., McCracken, M., Orsler, Z., Upcott, E., Mitschunas, N., Kazlauskis, K., Marshall, Z., Skinner, G., Smart, S., Harrower, C., Pescott, O., Pywell, R., August, T. (2025). Vascular plant survey and questionnaire data evaluating the e-Surveyor mobile application across calcareous, neutral and improved grassland habitats, UK, 2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ridding, L.
Point of contact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ridding, L. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology McCracken, M.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Orsler, Z.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Upcott, E.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Mitschunas, N.
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Kazlauskis, K.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Marshall, Z.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Skinner, G.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Smart, S.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Harrower, C.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Pescott, O.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Pywell, R.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology August, T.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and Biotopes
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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Embargoed
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ridding, L., McCracken, M., Orsler, Z., Upcott, E., Mitschunas, N., Kazlauskis, K., Marshall, Z., Skinner, G., Smart, S., Harrower, C., Pescott, O., Pywell, R., August, T. (2025). Vascular plant survey and questionnaire data evaluating the e-Surveyor mobile application across calcareous, neutral and improved grassland habitats, UK, 2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e
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- Text, table
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- 1 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2024-06-01
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- 2024-08-31
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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The data was collected at seven field workshops, with different citizen science groups ranging from 4-10 participants in size. Participants were those with an interest in biological recording, wildlife applications or were members of a practical conservation group. At each workshop, participants were introduced to the e-Surveyor application ( https://esurveyor.ceh.ac.uk/) before being asked to undertake a "Record a habitat" survey. Each participant recorded their own 25 m2 plot independently, though a small number of plots were recorded by two participants. Each plot recorded by a participant was also surveyed by 2-3 professional expert botanists that worked independently to ensure an accurate full inventory list was collated. Experts recorded a simple abundance using the DAFOR scale (Dominant, Abundant, Frequent, Occasional or Rare) for each vascular plant present, and recorded whether it was flowering. To understand more about the participants' experience of using the application and potential future uses, we created a paper-based questionnaire which was given to participants after completing their 25 m2 survey at the workshop. Paper data sheets were digitised into Excel and were checked for any anomalies.
Metadata
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- 33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:12:51
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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