Individual heath area estimates for land cover types in Dorset: 1978-2005

This dataset is a census of the heathland and associated vegetation from Dorset, UK. The Dorset heathlands are situated in South West England, and are generally associated with free-draining and acidic soils overlying Tertiary sands and gravels. The heathlands comprise a mosaic of different vegetation types, characterised by dwarf shrub communities dominated by members of the Ericaceae (e.g. Calluna vulgaris, Erica spp.), together with areas of mire, grassland, scrub and woodland. Unless they are managed heathlands undergo succession to scrub and woodland. Therefore the majority of heathland sites are currently under some form of conservation management, which is implemented to reduce succession to scrub and woodland. Management interventions include cutting and burning of vegetation, and grazing by livestock. Individual heathland patches are also managed for ecosystem services, such as recreation and timber production, as well as biodiversity conservation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3

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Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: utf8

Dataset Reference Date (): 2015-08-27

Identifier: CEH:EIDC: / 1438856428928

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3

Identifier: doi: / 10.5285/4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3

Other citation details: Rose, R.J., Bullock, J.M., Clarke, R.T., Cordingley, J.E. , Newton, A.C. (2015). Individual heath area estimates for land cover types in Dorset: 1978-2005. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Rose, R.J.

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Bullock, J.M.

Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Science - Clarke, R.T.

Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Science - Cordingley, J.E.

Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Science - Newton, A.C.

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Rob Rose

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

Land Cover
Habitats and Biotopes

GeoNames

Dorset
UK

Keywords

census
heathland
vegetation
Long-term

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rose, R.J., Bullock, J.M., Clarke, R.T., Cordingley, J.E. , Newton, A.C. (2015). Individual heath area estimates for land cover types in Dorset: 1978-2005. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3

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Topic category

Environment

Begin date: 1978-01-01

End date: 2005-12-31

Code: OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: In this survey the plot sample size of 4 ha (200 m x 200 m) is based on the National Ordnance Survey mapping grid. All those plots within the county boundary of Dorset that were known to contain some heathland vegetation (dry heath, humid heath, wet heath and mire) in 1978 were surveyed for the cover of all major vegetation types. These vegetation types were: dry heath; humid heath/wet heath; mire; brackish marsh; carr; scrub; hedges and boundaries; woodland; grassland; sand dunes; sand and clay; ditches, streams, rivers, pools, ponds; arable; urban; other land uses; bare ground. Within each plot, the cover of all vegetation types was estimated and recorded on a 3-point abundance scale (1 = 1-10 percent cover; 2 = 11-50 percent cover; 3 = greater than 50 percent cover). A total of 3110 plots were identified in 1978, and, following the initial survey, repeat surveys of all plots were done in 1987, 1996 and 2005. These data were converted into area estimates and the plots amalgamated into groups 'heaths' for this dataset.

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File identifier: 4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3 XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)

Resource type: dataset

Hierarchy level name: dataset

Metadata Date: 2023-02-09T11:07:58

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK

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