c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8 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 2025-11-13T16:15:02 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Long-term monitoring of vegetation in exclosure and grazing plots at Moor House National Nature Reserve, 1953-2016 2020-03-11 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8 10.5285/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8 doi: Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H., O'Reilly, J., Furness, M., Wood, C.M. (2020). Long-term monitoring of vegetation in exclosure and grazing plots at Moor House National Nature Reserve, 1953-2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8 The dataset consists of plant species data from a range of upland vegetation types. The study sites are situated within the Moor House National Nature Reserve in the North Pennines, UK. The area is grazed by free-ranging sheep and paired plots of grazed and ungrazed vegetation were set up at nine locations between 1953 and 1972. These plots have been monitored using the same (pin frame) methods at irregular intervals between their establishment and 2016. Within each plot fixed transect and frame positions are used. The data includes structural and frequency data for vascular plants and presence/absence data for bryophytes and lichens. The plots were set up and are currently maintained by Natural England (NE) and its predecessor bodies and since 1982 they have been monitored by the Environmental Change Network (ECN) through the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8 Rose, R.J. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9993-5743 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 Marrs, R.H. University of Liverpool calluna@liv.ac.uk author O'Reilly, J. Ptyxis Ecology john@ptyxis.com author Furness, M. Natural England Martin.Furness@naturalengland.org.uk author Wood, C.M. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998 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 Rose, R. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication vegetation grazing GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Biodiversity Environmental survey Land cover Moor House National Nature Reserve 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: Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H., O'Reilly, J., Furness, M., Wood, C.M. (2020). Long-term monitoring of vegetation in exclosure and grazing plots at Moor House National Nature Reserve, 1953-2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8 textTable 100 English utf8 biota 1953-01-01 2016-12-31 -2.373 -2.05 54.624 54.785 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8.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 The fixed plots are permanently marked with wooden posts or metal markers so that the transect and pin frame positions can be relocated using tape measures and a metal detector. All surveys were done by botanical experts with previous upland vegetation recording experience and specimens not identified in the field were collected and examined in the laboratory. The data was collected on paper recording sheets and double checked post entry into the datafile.