5a1efdfc-8f51-4ee9-9ed4-677bddd3f135 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 2026-02-06T14:00:08 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) Fine Grain Vegetation data: 1994-2012 2016-05-13 publication 2015-02-25 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/5a1efdfc-8f51-4ee9-9ed4-677bddd3f135 10.5285/5a1efdfc-8f51-4ee9-9ed4-677bddd3f135 doi: Rennie, S., Adamson, J., Anderson, R., Andrews, C., Bater, J., Bayfield, N., Beaton, K., Beaumont, D., Benham, S., Bowmaker, V., Britt, C., Brooker, R., Brooks, D., Brunt, J., Common, G., Cooper, R., Corbett, S., Critchley, N., Dennis, P., Dick, J., Dodd, B., Dodd, N., Donovan, N., Easter, J., Eaton, E., Flexen, M., Gardiner, A., Hamilton, D., Hargreaves, P., Hatton-Ellis, M., Howe, M., Kahl, J., Lane, M., Langan, S., Lloyd, D., McElarney, Y., McKenna, C., McMillan, S., Milne, F., Milne, L., Morecroft, M., Murphy, M., Nelson, A., Nicholson, H., Pallett, D., Parry, D., Pearce, I., Pozsgai, G., Rose, R., Schafer, S., Scott, T., Sherrin, L., Shortall, C., Smith, R., Smith, P., Tait, R., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Thurlow, M., Turner, A., Tyson, K., Watson, H., Whittaker, M. (2016). UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) Fine Grain Vegetation data: 1994-2012 . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/5a1efdfc-8f51-4ee9-9ed4-677bddd3f135 [THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. Fine Grain Vegetation data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) terrestrial sites. These data are collected at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol (see supporting documentation). In this protocol, 10m x 10m plots are randomly selected within each vegetation type on the site - species presence is recorded in 40cm x 40 cm cells randomly selected within these plots. They represent continuous records every three years (some sites record data annually) from 1992 to 2012. ECN is the UK's long-term environmental monitoring programme. It is a multi-agency programme sponsored by a consortium of fourteen government departments and agencies. These organisations contribute to the programme through funding either site monitoring and/or network co-ordination activities. These organisations are: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Llywodraeth Cymru - Welsh Government, Natural England, Natural Environment Research Council, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5a1efdfc-8f51-4ee9-9ed4-677bddd3f135 Rennie, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0027-0436 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 Adamson, J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Anderson, R. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Andrews, C. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bater, J. Rothamsted Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bayfield, N. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Beaton, K. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Beaumont, D. Rothamsted Research, North Wyke enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Benham, S. Forest Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Bowmaker, V. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Britt, C. ADAS enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Brooker, R. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Brooks, D. Rothamsted Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Brunt, J. Forest Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Common, G. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Cooper, R. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Corbett, S. ADAS enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Critchley, N. ADAS enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Dennis, P. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Dick, J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-9338 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 Dodd, B. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Dodd, N. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Donovan, N. Rothamsted Research, North Wyke enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Easter, J. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Eaton, E. Forest Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Flexen, M. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Gardiner, A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Hamilton, D. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Hargreaves, P. Rothamsted Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Hatton-Ellis, M. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Howe, M. Rothamsted Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Kahl, J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Lane, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Langan, S. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658 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 Lloyd, D. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author McElarney, Y. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author McKenna, C. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author McMillan, S. ADAS enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Milne, F. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Milne, L. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Morecroft, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Murphy, M. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Nelson, A. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Nicholson, H. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pallett, D. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Parry, D. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pearce, I. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pozsgai, G. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2300-6558 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 Rose, R. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Schafer, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Scott, T. Rothamsted Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Sherrin, L. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Shortall, C. Rothamsted Research enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Smith, R. Rothamsted Research, North Wyke enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Smith, P. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Tait, R. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Taylor, C. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Taylor, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Thurlow, M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Turner, A. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Tyson, K. Rothamsted Research, North Wyke enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Watson, H. The James Hutton Institute enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Whittaker, M. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru - Natural Resources Wales enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author UK Environmental Change Network ecn@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 notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication biodiversity GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation United Kingdom Porton Down Cairngorms GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Biodiversity Drayton Glensaugh Hillsborough Moor House - Upper Teesdale North Wyke Rothamsted Sourhope Wytham Alice Holt Yr Wyddfa - Snowdon Environmental Change Network ILTER LTER vegetation species semi-natural and managed vegetation otherRestrictions Superseded otherRestrictions Licence terms and conditions apply otherRestrictions © NERC otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rennie, S., Adamson, J., Anderson, R., Andrews, C., Bater, J., Bayfield, N., Beaton, K., Beaumont, D., Benham, S., Bowmaker, V., Britt, C., Brooker, R., Brooks, D., Brunt, J., Common, G., Cooper, R., Corbett, S., Critchley, N., Dennis, P., Dick, J., Dodd, B., Dodd, N., Donovan, N., Easter, J., Eaton, E., Flexen, M., Gardiner, A., Hamilton, D., Hargreaves, P., Hatton-Ellis, M., Howe, M., Kahl, J., Lane, M., Langan, S., Lloyd, D., McElarney, Y., McKenna, C., McMillan, S., Milne, F., Milne, L., Morecroft, M., Murphy, M., Nelson, A., Nicholson, H., Pallett, D., Parry, D., Pearce, I., Pozsgai, G., Rose, R., Schafer, S., Scott, T., Sherrin, L., Shortall, C., Smith, R., Smith, P., Tait, R., Taylor, C., Taylor, M., Thurlow, M., Turner, A., Tyson, K., Watson, H., Whittaker, M. (2016). UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) Fine Grain Vegetation data: 1994-2012 . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/5a1efdfc-8f51-4ee9-9ed4-677bddd3f135 textTable 100 English utf8 biota 1992-07-28 2012-12-31 -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/5a1efdfc-8f51-4ee9-9ed4-677bddd3f135.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 Data are collected at all of ECN's terrestrial sites using a standard protocol (http://www.ecn.ac.uk/measurements/terrestrial/v). In this protocol 10m x 10m plots are randomly selected within each vegetation type on the site - species presence is recorded in 40cm x 40 cm cells randomly selected within these plots. Prior to deposit of the data in the EIDC, data are managed by the ECN Data Centre at CEH Lancaster according to defined protocols. Verification steps include numeric range checks (i.e. checking if a value falls within a specified range), categorical checks (e.g. checking that a species code appears on the standard code list), formatting (i.e. that the dataset conforms to the specified data format) and logical integrity checks (i.e. checking the data make sense, e.g. that the dates in one dataset match those in a related dataset). Appropriate range settings for ECN variables have been selected following discussion with specialists in each field. Where data fall outside these ranges, a cautious approach has been adopted towards discarding data on the principle that apparent errors may be valid outliers. Such values are discarded only if there is a clear explanation (e.g. an instrumentation error) and corrections are made where possible. If the reason is unclear, the values are stored, but are qualified using pre-defined quality codes or free-text descriptions. Data providers also use these codes or free text to describe factors affecting sampling outside their control, instrument damage or site management effects.