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Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007
This dataset consists of change data for areas of Broad Habitats across Great Britain between 1998 and 2007. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from up to 591 1km squares and scaling up to a national level. The data are summarized as percentage increase or decrease in habitat area per Land Class (areas of similar environmental characteristics) and are in a vector format. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB and using the 'ITE Land Classification' as a method of stratification. The data were collected as part of Countryside Survey, a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The Survey has been carried out at regular intervals since 1978 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
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- Date (Publication)
- 2015-06-03
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- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
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- doi: / 10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
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Barr, C.J., Brown, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Carey, P.D., Chandler, K., Crowe, A., Gillespie, M.K., Howard, D.C., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Watkins, J.W., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2015). Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and Biotopes
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Great Britain
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Broad Habitats
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barr, C.J., Brown, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Carey, P.D., Chandler, K., Crowe, A., Gillespie, M.K., Howard, D.C., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Watkins, J.W., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2015). Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
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- Vector
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- English
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 1998-05-04
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- 2007-10-26
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- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334.zip Supporting information
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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
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- 2010-12-08
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The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summers of 1998 and 1999 by surveyors. In the summer of 2007, the data were recorded using electronic data capture devices. Data were recorded from 569 1km squares (1998/99) and 591 1km squares (2007) sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The areas of UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) Broad Habitats from 1998/99 were digitized in 2000. The digitized data were used to generate national estimates of the change in Broad Habitats for Great Britain using the standard Countryside Survey methodology (refer to the online documentation). Estimates are presented as percentage increases/decreases by ITE Land Class (2007 version).
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- d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
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- 2025-11-13T16:19:16
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- 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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