ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e 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 2025-11-13T16:18:12 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Vegetation and soil data recorded at Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve in 1970, 1990 and 2016 2019-04-11 publication 2016-06-30 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e 10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e doi: Ridding, L.E., Hawes, P., Walls, R., Wells, T., Cox, R., Williamson, J., Pereira, M.G., Thacker, S.A., Keenan, P.O., Pywell, R.F. (2019). Vegetation and soil data recorded at Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve in 1970, 1990 and 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e This dataset contains vascular plant species abundance, average sward height, and soil analysis data from Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve (NNR), in southern England, in 1970, 1990 and 2016. Vascular plant species abundance and average sward height were recorded for each quadrat located along one of four transects. The transects were located in a CG2 Festuca ovina – Avenula pratensis grassland which dominates the majority of the site. Soil samples were also taken from various points along each transect and subsequently analysed for pH, loss-on-ignition, exchangeable potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphate and total nitrogen. The dataset was created for a study which examined long-term vegetation change at the nature reserve. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e Ridding, L.E. 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 Ridding, L.E. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3141-8795 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 Hawes, P. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Walls, R. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Wells, T. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Cox, R. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Williamson, J. The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pereira, M.G. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Thacker, S.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Keenan, P.O. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pywell, R.F. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-9959 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 UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner Habitats and Biotopes Protected Sites Soil theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Biodiversity Soil Environmental survey Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve ASSIST otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ridding, L.E., Hawes, P., Walls, R., Wells, T., Cox, R., Williamson, J., Pereira, M.G., Thacker, S.A., Keenan, P.O., Pywell, R.F. (2019). Vegetation and soil data recorded at Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve in 1970, 1990 and 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e textTable 1 English utf8 biota geoscientificInformation 1970-05-18 1970-05-22 1990-08-20 1990-08-21 2016-06-27 2016-06-30 -1.958 -1.892 51.161 51.18 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e.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 Each survey was carried out by experienced botanical surveyors working in pairs (or threes), using the same recording methods and equipment, including one surveyor who was involved in both the 1970 and 2016 re-survey. The plant data were collected using 20 cm x 20 cm quadrats located every 3 feet along 4 transects. For each quadrat, vascular plant species abundance were recorded using the Domin scale and average sward height was recorded using a metre ruler. Twenty-two soil samples were taken at various points along each transect at two depths, 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Soil analyses was conducted using standardised protocols, detailed within the supporting documentation. Wooden stakes from the 1970 survey allowed the original transects to be found in 1990. However, the stakes were no longer present in 2016 so transects were accurately re-located by geo-referencing the original survey maps using GIS (geographic information system) methods, detailed within the supporting documentation.