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Countryside Survey 1978 mapped estimates of Broad Habitat areas in Great Britain
This dataset consists of stock data for Broad Habitats across Great Britain in 1978. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from 256 1km squares surveyed for the Countryside Survey and scaling up to a national level. The data are presented as percent habitat per 1km square. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. 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. In addition to habitat areas, species plot, soil plot, linear habitat, freshwater habitat and satellite map data are also produced by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e
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- Date (Publication)
- 2012-04-18
- Citation identifier
- CEH:EIDC: / 1317808619304
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e
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- doi: / 10.5285/df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e
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Bunce, R.G.H., Wood, C.M., Henrys, P.A., Smart, S.M., Howard, D.C., Barr, C.J. (2012). Countryside Survey 1978 mapped estimates of Broad Habitat areas in Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Bunce, R.G.H.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wood, C.M.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Henrys, P.A. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Smart, S.M. Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Howard, D.C. Author Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Barr, C.J.
Author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Land Cover
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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- Environmental survey
- Mapping
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Great Britain
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© Database Right/Copyright UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bunce, R.G.H., Wood, C.M., Henrys, P.A., Smart, S.M., Howard, D.C., Barr, C.J. (2012). Countryside Survey 1978 mapped estimates of Broad Habitat areas in Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e
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- Grid
- Distance
- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 1977-05-01
- End date
- 1978-10-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- 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/df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e.zip Suporting documents
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summers of 1977 and 1978 by surveyors. Data were recorded from 256 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The areas of BAP Broad Habitats were digitized in 2009. The digitized data were used to generate national estimates of the stock of Broad Habitats for Great Britain using the standard Countryside Survey methodology (refer to the online documentation). Note: National Estimates were created and mapped using the 1990 ITE Land Classification. Also see: Countryside Survey: Measuring Habitat Change Over 30 Years. 1978 Data Rescue - Final Report (2012) Wood C.M., Howard D.C., Henrys P.A., Bunce R.G.H., Smart S.M.
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- df180b2e-36ea-410e-8487-5a09942afa9e XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-01-09T10:32:25
- Metadata standard name
- 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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