3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:20:43 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Environmental Change Network (ECN) Wytham deer exclosure experiment: 1997-2008 2018-01-15 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71 10.5285/3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71 doi: Rennie, S., Morecroft, M., Pallett, D., Schafer, S., Taylor, M. (2018). Environmental Change Network (ECN) Wytham deer exclosure experiment: 1997-2008. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71 The Environmental Change Network (ECN) coarse-grain and woodland protocols were used to assess the vegetation within the deer exclosure plots at the ECN Wytham site. In the ECN coarse-grain protocol, 2m x 2m plots are randomly selected on the site. Species presence is recorded in each of the 25 40cm x 40cm cells within the plots. In the ECN woodland protocol seedlings, diameter at breast height (dbh), tree height and dominance are recorded in 10m x 10m plots. ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. It is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of fourteen government departments and agencies. These organisations contribute to the programme through funding either site monitoring and/or network co-ordination activities. These organisations are: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Llywodraeth Cymru - Welsh Government, Natural England, Natural Environment Research Council, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71 Rennie, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0027-0436 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Morecroft, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pallett, D. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Schafer, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Taylor, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Rennie, S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Wytham GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Environmental survey otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rennie, S., Morecroft, M., Pallett, D., Schafer, S., Taylor, M. (2018). Environmental Change Network (ECN) Wytham deer exclosure experiment: 1997-2008. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71 textTable English utf8 biota 1997-08-26 2008-08-20 -1.353 -1.301 51.755 51.787 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/3ff83bf2-4864-4a7c-9ec0-df1811a99a71 Download the data Download a copy of this data fileAccess dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 Data are collected at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol (see supporting documentation). Prior to deposit of the data in the EIDC, data are managed by the ECN Data Centre at CEH Lancaster according to defined protocols. Verification steps include numeric range checks (i.e. checking if a value falls within a specified range), categorical checks (e.g. checking that a species code appears on the standard code list), formatting (i.e. that the dataset conforms to the specified data format) and logical integrity checks (i.e. checking the data make sense, e.g. that the dates in one dataset match those in a related dataset). Appropriate range settings for ECN variables have been selected following discussion with specialists in each field. Where data fall outside these ranges, a cautious approach has been adopted towards discarding data on the principle that apparent errors may be valid outliers. Such values are discarded only if there is a clear explanation (e.g. an instrumentation error) and corrections are made where possible. If the reason is unclear, the values are stored, but are qualified using pre-defined quality codes or free-text descriptions. Data providers also use these codes or free text to describe factors affecting sampling outside their control, instrument damage or site management effects.