9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257 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 2025-11-13T16:19:21 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Forest structure, composition and bird counts in windblown and control sites in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, UK, May-July 2022 2023-04-21 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257 10.5285/9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257 doi: García Díaz, P., Powell, P.A., Lambin, X. (2023). Forest structure, composition and bird counts in windblown and control sites in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, UK, May-July 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257 Data containing information on a study of the impact of Storm Arwen on biodiversity and forest structure of Kielder Forest (Northumberland), May-July 2022. The following are included: (i) fallen timber found along 100 m transects (species, tree circumference, and whether it was flat on the ground); (ii) trees found inside 10x10-m plots (species; diameter at breast height [DAP]; status [alive vs dead]; and whether the tree was still standing); (iii) plant cover and richness in 2x2 m quadrats (Braun-Blanquet cover and plant species present); (iv) spatial data (GIS layers and buffers around survey and sampling sites); and (v) bird point counts (species detected and distances to each individual recorded) Surveys were conducted at twelve control-impact pairs (24 sites in total), whereby impact sites were those severely affected by Storm Arwen. Within each site, we carried out one 100 m transect, three 10x10 m plots, three 2x2 m quadrats, and two to four bird point counts depending on the size of the site Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257 García Díaz, P. University of Aberdeen pablo.garciadiaz@abdn.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5402-0611 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 Powell, P.A. Instituto de Ecología Regional (CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Tucumán) priscilaapowell@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3911-0912 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 Lambin, X. University of Aberdeen x.lambin@abdn.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4643-2653 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 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian García Díaz, P. University of Aberdeen pablo.garciadiaz@abdn.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5402-0611 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 pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher University of Aberdeen EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Picea abies Picea sitchensis Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation timber GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Kielder Northumberland GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Bird count storm Arwen buffer diameter at breast height forest inventory plot GIS natural experiment Sitka spruce Norway spruce plant quadrat windblown National Forest Estate Subcompartments England 2019 otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: García Díaz, P., Powell, P.A., Lambin, X. (2023). Forest structure, composition and bird counts in windblown and control sites in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, UK, May-July 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257 vector English utf8 biota 2022-05-01 2022-07-31 -2.747 -2.324 55.071 55.296 Comma-separated values (CSV) Shapefile NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9f914e5b-958d-49a8-a5bf-86c35d865257.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information 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 We investigated the impact of storm Arwen (November-2021) on the forest structure and biodiversity of Kielder (Northumberland, UK) via 100-m transects, 10x10 m plots, 2x2 m quadrats, and bird point counts at twelve paired windblown and control sites (24 sites in total). All our survey site locations were obtained from a handheld GPS device. We counted and measured all fallen trees found along a 100 m transect within each site. We measured the perimeter of each fallen tree three times to allow for volume estimation. Along each transect, we deployed three 10x10-m plots where we counted and measured the diameter at breast height of trees. These plots were placed at 0-10, 50-60, and 90-100 metres along the transect. We visually estimated the cover of grasses, ferns, mosses, fungi, and lichens using the Braun-Blanquet scale inside 2x2 m quadrats at 0-2, 50-52, and 90-92 along our 100 m transects. We also inventoried plant species found within these 2x2 m quadrats. Plants, including trees, were identified using field guides and keys and supported occasionally with photographic-aided identification using the iNaturalist application (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations). For estimating bird richness and abundance, we conducted 2-4 bird point counts within each site between 6 and 10:30 am. During each count, an observer stayed in one spot for 5 minutes and recorded all birds they saw or heard, assigning them to one of five distance categories (0-10 metres; 10-20 metres; 20-30 metres; 30-40 metres; and 40-50 metres). All birds beyond 50 metres were not counted. This was done by either estimating the distance or using a Bushnell Golf Rangefinder. Only those detections that could be identified at the species level were included. All bird point counts were repeated twice to ensure the detection of all species using the survey sites.