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Vegetation plot data from a survey of hedges in UKCEH Countryside Survey sites, England, 2022-2023
This dataset consists of plant species presence and abundance in vegetation plots located on hedges, recorded from 248 1km squares across England in 2022 and 2023, as part of a survey of hedges funded by Natural England. The survey sites belong to the UKCEH Countryside Survey, which 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 previously been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and predecessors, 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-06
- Date (Creation)
- 2024-05-24
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9
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Norton, L.R., McCracken, M., Wood, C.M., Maskell, L.C., Staley, J.T., Pallet, D., Mitschunas, N., Patton, J., Ryder, K., Harvey, A., Reid, J., Thornley, R., Boswell, G. (2024). Vegetation plot data from a survey of hedges in UKCEH Countryside Survey sites, England, 2022-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Norton, L.R. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology McCracken, M. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.M. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Maskell, L.C. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Staley, J.T. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Pallet, D. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Mitschunas, N.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Patton, J. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Ryder, K.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Harvey, A.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Reid, J.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Thornley, R.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Boswell, G.
Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.M.
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Biodiversity
- Environmental survey
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England
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woody linear features
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ground flora
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pollinators
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vascular plants
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Norton, L.R., McCracken, M., Wood, C.M., Maskell, L.C., Staley, J.T., Pallet, D., Mitschunas, N., Patton, J., Ryder, K., Harvey, A., Reid, J., Thornley, R., Boswell, G. (2024). Vegetation plot data from a survey of hedges in UKCEH Countryside Survey sites, England, 2022-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Distance
- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2022-07-04
- End date
- 2023-09-29
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
- Distribution format
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Distributor
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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The data were recorded using electronic data capture devices in the summers of 2022 and 2023 by professional, trained surveyors. Data were recorded from 248 x 1km squares sited across England, selected by random stratified sample. The survey was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Standard Countryside Survey methodology was applied (refer to the supplied documentation).
Metadata
- File identifier
- 48394dea-f17d-4e38-896c-ac845db852b9 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-02-12T13:47:45
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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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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