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Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN)

73 ecosystem services variables for 11 Environmental Change Network (ECN) sites throughout the UK mainland. The variables cover provisioning (food, fibre, fuel, genetic resources, biochemical and pharmaceuticals, ornamental), regulating (air quality regulation, climate regulation, water regulation, erosion, human diseases, biological control, pollination, natural hazard, other hazards) and cultural (cultural diversity) service types. The list of variables was agreed at an ECN site manager's workshop as representative of the high level categories defined by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The variables were calculated from data from three sources (i) data collected for the ECN to standard ECN protocols, (ii) data obtained by site managers from a variety of other sources for their site and (iii) expert knowledge of site managers. The data were from a single year (usually 2009) or were averages of annual measurements. Established in 1992, the ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring and research programme and makes regular measurements of air, soil, water and a range of animals and plants across a network of sites to determine how and why the natural environment is changing. The ECN is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of UK government departments and agencies. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2c5f823d-0dca-4e66-b021-de3e81131979

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Date (Publication)
2011-04-01
Date (Creation)
2010-01-29
Identifier
CEH:EIDC: / 1364978072761
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2c5f823d-0dca-4e66-b021-de3e81131979
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/2c5f823d-0dca-4e66-b021-de3e81131979
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Dick, J., Andrews, C., Beaumont, D.A., Benham, S., Brooks, D.R., Corbett, S., Lloyd, D., McMillan, S., Monteith, D.T., Pilgrim, E.S., Rose, R., Scott, A., Scott, T., Smith, R.I., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Turner, A., Watson, H. (2011). Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2c5f823d-0dca-4e66-b021-de3e81131979
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Dick, J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-9338
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Andrews, C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-272X
Author
  Rothamsted Research - Beaumont, D.A.
Author
  Forest Research - Benham, S.
Author
  Rothamsted Research - Brooks, D.R.
Author
  DSTL - Corbett, S.
Author
  Countryside Council for Wales - Lloyd, D.
Author
  ADAS UK Ltd - McMillan, S.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Monteith, D.T.
Author
  Rothamsted Research - Pilgrim, E.S.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Rose, R.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Scott, A.
Author
  Rothamsted Research - Scott, T.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Smith, R.I.
Author
  The James Hutton Institute - Taylor, C.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Taylor, M.
Author
  Countryside Council for Wales - Turner, A.
Author
  The James Hutton Institute - Watson, H.
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Habitats and Biotopes
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Dick, J., Andrews, C., Beaumont, D.A., Benham, S., Brooks, D.R., Corbett, S., Lloyd, D., McMillan, S., Monteith, D.T., Pilgrim, E.S., Rose, R., Scott, A., Scott, T., Smith, R.I., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Turner, A., Watson, H. (2011). Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2c5f823d-0dca-4e66-b021-de3e81131979
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Metadata language
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Character set
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Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2005-01-01
End date
2009-12-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
A workshop was held in January 2010 where a common list of ecosystem service variables were agreed by the ECN site managers. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (http://www.unep.org/maweb/en/Framework.aspx) was used as a recognised source of definitions and as a framework to identify goods and services for which variables or proxies were required. The 11 selected sites were examined to ensure representativeness of the wider landscape in respect to climate (rainfall and temperature), land cover and land management (through vegetation analysis). The data for these sites have come from several sources. Data collected by the ECN are run through a series of quality assurance checks and a system of quality flags and codes ensures that the data are properly qualified. The other data sources have required the expertise of and knowledge of the sites by the site managers to ensure the representiveness and accuracy of the data.
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Metadata language
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Character set
ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
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Date stamp
2025-03-21T09:33:18
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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