UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) carabid beetle data: 1992-2015

Carabid beetle data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. The count of individual species is recorded. These data are collected by pitfall traps at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol. They represent continuous fortnightly records from 1992 to 2015. 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/10.5285/8385f864-dd41-410f-b248-028f923cb281

Date (Publication): 2017-11-15

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/8385f864-dd41-410f-b248-028f923cb281

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/8385f864-dd41-410f-b248-028f923cb281

Other citation details: Rennie, S., Adamson, J., Anderson, R., Andrews, C., Bater, J., Bayfield, N., Beaton, K., Beaumont, D., Benham, S., Bowmaker, V., Britt, C., Brooker, R., Brooks, D., Brunt, J., Common, G., Cooper, R., Corbett, S., Critchley, N., Dennis, P., Dick, J., Dodd, B., Dodd, N., Donovan, N., Easter, J., Flexen, M., Gardiner, A., Hamilton, D., Hargreaves, P., Hatton-Ellis, M., Howe, M., Kahl, J., Lane, M., Langan, S., Lloyd, D., McElarney, Y., McKenna, C., McMillan, S., Milne, F., Milne, L., Morecroft, M., Murphy, M., Nelson, A., Nicholson, H., Pallett, D., Parry, D., Pearce, I., Pozsgai, G., Rose, R., Schafer, S., Scott, T., Sherrin, L., Shortall, C., Smith, R., Smith, P., Tait, R., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Thurlow, M., Tilbury, C., Turner, A., Tyson, K., Watson, H., Whittaker, M., Wood, C. (2017). UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) carabid beetle data: 1992-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/8385f864-dd41-410f-b248-028f923cb281

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Rennie, S.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Adamson, J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	Anderson, R.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Andrews, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research	Bater, J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Bayfield, N.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Beaton, K.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke	Beaumont, D.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Forest Research	Benham, S.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Bowmaker, V.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
ADAS	Britt, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Brooker, R.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research	Brooks, D.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Forest Research	Brunt, J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Common, G.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Cooper, R.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
ADAS	Corbett, S.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
ADAS	Critchley, N.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Dennis, P.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Dick, J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Dodd, B.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Dodd, N.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke	Donovan, N.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Easter, J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	Flexen, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Gardiner, A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Hamilton, D.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research	Hargreaves, P.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Hatton-Ellis, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research	Howe, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Kahl, J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Lane, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Langan, S.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Lloyd, D.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	McElarney, Y.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	McKenna, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
ADAS	McMillan, S.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Milne, F.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Milne, L.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Morecroft, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Murphy, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	Nelson, A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute	Nicholson, H.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Pallett, D.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Parry, D.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Pearce, I.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Pozsgai, G.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Rose, R.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Schafer, S.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research	Scott, T.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Sherrin, L.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research	Shortall, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke	Smith, R.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Smith, P.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Tait, R.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Taylor, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Taylor, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Thurlow, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Forest Research	Tilbury, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Turner, A.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Rothamsted Research, North Wyke	Tyson, K.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
The James Hutton Institute	Watson, H.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Whittaker, M.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales	Wood, C.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
UK Environmental Change Network		ecn@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian

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Biodiversity
Drayton
Glensaugh
Hillsborough
North Wyke
Rothamsted
Sourhope
Wytham
Alice Holt
Yr Wyddfa - Snowdon
Environmental Change Network
ILTER
LTER
Carabid beetle species
ground predator

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rennie, S., Adamson, J., Anderson, R., Andrews, C., Bater, J., Bayfield, N., Beaton, K., Beaumont, D., Benham, S., Bowmaker, V., Britt, C., Brooker, R., Brooks, D., Brunt, J., Common, G., Cooper, R., Corbett, S., Critchley, N., Dennis, P., Dick, J., Dodd, B., Dodd, N., Donovan, N., Easter, J., Flexen, M., Gardiner, A., Hamilton, D., Hargreaves, P., Hatton-Ellis, M., Howe, M., Kahl, J., Lane, M., Langan, S., Lloyd, D., McElarney, Y., McKenna, C., McMillan, S., Milne, F., Milne, L., Morecroft, M., Murphy, M., Nelson, A., Nicholson, H., Pallett, D., Parry, D., Pearce, I., Pozsgai, G., Rose, R., Schafer, S., Scott, T., Sherrin, L., Shortall, C., Smith, R., Smith, P., Tait, R., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Thurlow, M., Tilbury, C., Turner, A., Tyson, K., Watson, H., Whittaker, M., Wood, C. (2017). UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) carabid beetle data: 1992-2015. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/8385f864-dd41-410f-b248-028f923cb281

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Begin date: 1992-07-28

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Title: 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: Data are collected by pitfall traps at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol. 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.

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