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Lepidoptera distribution and behaviour data from chalk grassland fragment boundaries within the Stonehenge landscape, UK, in 2011
This dataset consists of behaviour and distribution data of Lepidoptera from chalk grassland fragments at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, UK, in 2011. The landscape consists of small fragments of ancient chalk grassland on slopes and groups of burial mounds (barrows) which have retained many of the characteristic chalk grassland plant and butterfly species. Surveys were located at four of these chalk grassland fragments. At each chalk grassland fragment, four 20 m long survey boundaries, were set up on boundaries with adjacent land cover of either arable land or new grassland re-creation sown in the years 2009 or 2010. Control surveys were also carried out in areas of continuous habitat within the chalk grassland fragment and in the adjoining land cover type. Surveys of Lepidoptera behaviour were carried out from May to July between 10am and 4pm and effort was taken to survey the same site at different times of the day in order to minimise the effect of survey time on behaviour. Standing at the chalk grassland fragment edge the flight path of individual Lepidoptera was tracked in the survey area for up to three minutes. Measures of vegetation characteristics and nectar flower availability were recorded for each plot. Vegetation characteristics were measured as vegetation height and density and the percentage cover of bare ground and dead vegetation. Nectar resources were measured in terms of the number and percentage coverage of flowering units, the total number of nectar flowering units and of relevant families (Dipsacaceae, Fabaceae and Asteraceae). The data were collected as part of a PhD project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and the National Trust. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641
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- Date (Publication)
- 2014-09-01
- Citation identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1408611229817
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641
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- doi: / 10.5285/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641
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Twiston-Davies, G., Mortimer, S.R., Mitchley, J. (2014). Lepidoptera distribution and behaviour data from chalk grassland fragment boundaries within the Stonehenge landscape, UK, in 2011. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Reading Twiston-Davies, G.
Point of contact University of Reading Twiston-Davies, G.
Resource provider University of Reading Twiston-Davies, G.
Author University of Reading Mortimer, S.R.
Author University of Reading Mitchley, J.
Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher University of Reading EMAIL NOT PROVIDED
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- Not planned
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Dataset is complete
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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
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GeoNames
- Keywords
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- Animal behaviour
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day flying moths
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chalk grassland fragments
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- no limitations
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© University of Reading
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The following statement must be used when reusing the data: 'Data collected from a project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and the National Trust'
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Twiston-Davies, G., Mortimer, S.R., Mitchley, J. (2014). Lepidoptera distribution and behaviour data from chalk grassland fragment boundaries within the Stonehenge landscape, UK, in 2011. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2011-05-01
- End date
- 2011-09-30
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environmental Information Data Centre Hub
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641.zip Supporting information
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641 Download the data
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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
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Data provided is as collected. Outliers and anomalies from pivot tables and exploratory analysis have been checked using results from previous research, particularly for species which are likely or not likely to occur in the area.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 61561232-3307-470a-b8dc-a923b25e1641 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:27:24
- Metadata standard name
- 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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