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Vegetation plot data from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2019
This dataset consists of plant species presence and abundance in different sizes of plots recorded from the first 100 1km squares across Great Britain in 2019, as part of a rolling soil and vegetation monitoring program of 500 1km squares, repeated every 5 years. The UKCEH 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 by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and predecessors, 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 vegetation data, soil data are also gathered by the current phase of the Countryside Survey. 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506
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- Date (Publication)
- 2020-12-08
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-12-31
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506
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Smart, S.M., Andrews, C., Fitos, E., Garbutt, R.A., Gray, A., Henrys, P.A., Koblizek, E., Pallett, D.W., Robinson, D.A., Rose, R.J., Rowe, R.L., Scarlett, P., Towill, J., Wagner, M., Williams, B., Wood, C.M. (2020). Vegetation plot data from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506
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- Annually
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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- Keywords
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Great Britain
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UK-SCAPE
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vascular plants
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ground flora
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- Other restrictions
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smart, S.M., Andrews, C., Fitos, E., Garbutt, R.A., Gray, A., Henrys, P.A., Koblizek, E., Pallett, D.W., Robinson, D.A., Rose, R.J., Rowe, R.L., Scarlett, P., Towill, J., Wagner, M., Williams, B., Wood, C.M. (2020). Vegetation plot data from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2019. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506
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- Text, table
- Distance
- 1000 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2019-05-19
- End date
- 2019-09-27
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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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/fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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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
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The data were recorded using electronic data capture devices in the summer of 2019 by professional, trained surveyors. Data were recorded from 100 x 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The survey was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Standard Countryside Survey methodology was applied (refer to the online documentation).
Metadata
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- fd6ae272-aeb5-4573-8e8a-7ccfae64f506 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-02-18T15:47:44
- 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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