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National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2021)

This data resource provides plot-level plant occurrence data for the first seven years (2015-2021) of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (covering the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man). Data consist of individual observations of plants, and other habitat characteristics, at the metre-scale; observations are accompanied by percentage cover information recorded according to the Domin frequency-abundance scale commonly used in plant community ecology. Other information provided includes the plot type (size, shape, according to the NPMS classification), the volunteer-recorded NPMS habitat, the date of sampling, and information regarding the spatial location of the plot. Information contained within the metadata file should allow users to reconstruct the sampling history (including gaps) of any plot that has been sampled within the NPMS scheme between 2015 and 2021. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Please be aware that this dataset is updated annually and that more recent versions exist. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b

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Date (Publication)
2022-06-10
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b
Citation identifier
doi: / 10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b
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National Plant Monitoring Scheme (2022). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2021). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b

Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

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National Plant Monitoring Scheme

support@npms.org.uk

Point of contact

Unaffiliated

National Plant Monitoring Scheme

support@npms.org.uk

Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Custodian

Natural Environment Research Council

gateway@ukri.org

Owner

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities

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This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Plantlife, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

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The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is organised and funded by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Plantlife and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The NPMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme.

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: National Plant Monitoring Scheme (2022). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2021). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b

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Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Economy
Begin date
2015-01-01
End date
2021-12-31
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WGS 84
Distribution format
Name Version

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

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OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b.zip

Supporting information

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dataset

Conformance result

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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
Statement

Data are collected directly from volunteers into a custom Indicia database system (www.indicia.org.uk) through the NPMS website (www.npms.org.uk) or app. The Indicia system is built on a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, and the data presented here were extracted directly from this master database using appropriate SQL queries. See the associated documentation for more information on the broader Quality Assurance processes supporting the NPMS.

Metadata

File identifier
e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
8859 Part 1
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp
2025-04-09T08:43:58
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Environmental Monitoring Facilities


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