70b0258a-a903-4a7e-8588-1481af7b4dc7 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 2025-12-08T11:41:18 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops - ecology data, 2006-2009 2010-12-01 publication 1291048737180 CEH:EIDC: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/70b0258a-a903-4a7e-8588-1481af7b4dc7 Ecological field data for a variety of biodiversity indicators were collected from commercial fields of both crops. The study is part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme. Future policies are likely to encourage more land use under energy crops: principally willow, grown as short rotation coppice, and a tall exotic grass Miscanthus. These crops will contribute to the UK's commitment to reduce CO2 emissions. However, it is not clear how decisions about appropriate areas for growing the crops, based on climate, soil and water, should be balanced against impacts on the landscape, social acceptance, biodiversity and the rural economy. This project integrated social, economic, hydrological and biodiversity studies in an interdisciplinary approach to assessing the impact of converting land to Miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppice (SRC) willows. Two contrasting farming systems were focused on: the arable-dominated East Midlands; and grassland-dominated South West England. Ecological field data for a variety of biodiversity indicators were collected from commercial fields of both crops. The public attidues questionnaire data from this study are available at the UK Data Archive under study number 6615 (see Supplemental). Further documentation for this study may be found through the RELU Knowledge Portal and the project's ESRC funding award web page (see Supplemental). Karp, A. Rothamsted Research angela.karp@bbsrc.ac.uk principalInvestigator Sage, R. The Game Conservancy Trust rsage@gct.org.uk author Karp, A. Rothamsted Research angela.karp@bbsrc.ac.uk owner Sage, R. The Game Conservancy Trust rsage@gct.org.uk owner Sage, R. The Game Conservancy Trust rsage@gct.org.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher notPlanned Land Use theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU) Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops Land use otherRestrictions unknown otherRestrictions Standard conditions of use of the Economic and Social Data Service apply textTable 1 English utf8 biota environment farming 2006-01-01 2009-09-30 -4.262 1.077 51.371 54.775 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/70b0258a-a903-4a7e-8588-1481af7b4dc7 Download the data Download a copy of this data download 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 Biodiversity data consists of plant and invertebrate species/taxonomic group count data from 15 fields of SRC willows and 17 fields of Miscanthus. Indicators were sampled from positions around the edges of the crops and at various distances into the crop itself. Plant indicators were recorded as counts in quadrats, whereas invertebrate indicators were sampled using transect, suction-sampler or sticky trap, as appropriate for each indicator group. The ESRC award page (see Supplemental) hosts a publication (Haughton et al. 2009) which describes the collection of the biodiversity data set in more detail. Research funded by Economic and Social Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Award Number: RES-227-25-0020