d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 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 2025-11-13T16:17:28 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Biodiversity responses to vegetation height and diversity in perennial meadow plantings in two urban areas in the UK 2019-06-25 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 doi: Norton, B.A., Bending, G.D., Clark, R., Corstanje, R., Dunnett, N., Evans, K.L., Grafius, D.R., Gravestock, E., Grice, S.M., Harris, J.A., Hilton, S., Hoyle, H., Lim, E., Mercer, T.G., Pawlett, M., Pescott, O.L., Richards, J.P., Southon, G.E., Warren, P.H. (2019). Biodiversity responses to vegetation height and diversity in perennial meadow plantings in two urban areas in the UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 The data describe the ecological responses (invertebrate diversity and biomass, plant diversity, soil characteristics and microbial diversity) to experimental manipulation of floristic diversity and vegetation height in planted urban meadows. The experiment consisted of a replicated set of nine different perennial meadow treatments, sown in six public urban greenspaces in the towns of Bedford and Luton, in the UK. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Norton, B.A. University of Sheffield briony.a.norton@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9354-5904 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 Bending, G.D. University of Warwick Gary.Bending@warwick.ac.uk author Clark, R. University of Sheffield EMAIL NOT PROVIDED author Corstanje, R. Cranfield University roncorstanje@cranfield.ac.uk author Dunnett, N. University of Sheffield n.dunnett@sheffield.ac.uk author Evans, K.L. University of Sheffield karl.evans@sheffield.ac.uk author Grafius, D.R. Cranfield University d.grafius@sheffield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-4993 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 Gravestock, E. University of Sheffield EMAIL NOT PROVIDED author Grice, S.M. Cranfield University EMAIL NOT PROVIDED author Harris, J.A. Cranfield University j.a.harris@cranfield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9266-4979 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 Hilton, S. University of Warwick S.Hilton.1@warwick.ac.uk author Hoyle, H. University of Sheffield Helen.Hoyle@uwe.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9036-4147 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 Lim, E. University of Sheffield EMAIL NOT PROVIDED author Mercer, T.G. Cranfield University TMercer@lincoln.ac.uk author Pawlett, M. Cranfield University m.pawlett@cranfield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-0345 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 Pescott, O.L. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-8046 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 Richards, J.P. University of Sheffield paul.richards@sheffield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1890-4801 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 Southon, G.E. University of Sheffield georginasouthon@hotmail.com author Warren, P.H. University of Sheffield p.warren@sheffield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-0886 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 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Warren, P.H. University of Sheffield p.warren@sheffield.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-0886 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 pointOfContact Species Distribution theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication ecology soil biological diversity meadow grassland urban area public park invertebrate vegetation green space GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Biodiversity Soil Bedford Luton amenity grassland invertebrate diversity plant diversity vegetation structure microbial diversity otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © University of Sheffield otherRestrictions © Cranfield University otherRestrictions © University of Warwick otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Norton, B.A., Bending, G.D., Clark, R., Corstanje, R., Dunnett, N., Evans, K.L., Grafius, D.R., Gravestock, E., Grice, S.M., Harris, J.A., Hilton, S., Hoyle, H., Lim, E., Mercer, T.G., Pawlett, M., Pescott, O.L., Richards, J.P., Southon, G.E., Warren, P.H. (2019). Biodiversity responses to vegetation height and diversity in perennial meadow plantings in two urban areas in the UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 textTable 1 English utf8 biota environment geoscientificInformation society 2013-03-01 2016-03-01 -0.661 -0.362 51.865 52.168 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1.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 Experimental plots (of 250 square metres at all except one site) were established, by herbicide application, rotovation and sowing in existing amenity grassland, in 2013. Data were collected in the second season after establishment. Plant diversity was assessed by quadrat sampling within experimental plots, and by visual surveys. Plant identification is primarily to species level. Invertebrate diversity was assessed from collections made by vacuum sampling, sweep netting and visual surveys (summer) and for some plots by hand searching (winter). Sampled material was preserved and subsequently sorted and identified in the laboratory. Invertebrate identification is primarily to order level, with the exception of the Coleoptera, which are to family level. Soil condition and microbial diversity was assessed from multiple soil cores from each experimental plot (for a subset of sites), with subsequent laboratory analysis of C, N, pH, and microbial DNA and PLFA. Samples were processed in Sheffield (invertebrates), Cranfield (soil characteristics, PLFA), and Warwick (DNA). Quality assurance was managed by the senior researcher carrying out the processing in each laboratory, overseen by the principal and co-investigators of the project.