f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 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 2025-11-13T16:19:10 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Vegetation data from experimental trials to investigate the control of Brachypodium pinnatum at Martin Down National Nature Reserve, UK, 2019-2022 2023-05-30 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 10.5285/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 doi: Ridding, L.E., Redhead, J.W., Upcott, E.V., Hulmes, L., Hulmes, S., Mitschunas, N., Howell, K., Christelow, J., Wickenden, A.R., Fussell, M., Plunkett, J., Pywell, R.F. (2023). Vegetation data from experimental trials to investigate the control of Brachypodium pinnatum at Martin Down National Nature Reserve, UK, 2019-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 Vegetation data from field surveys undertaken at two experimental trials at Martin Down NNR, to investigate the potential for reducing dense Brachypodium pinnatum cover (experiment 1) and preventing further expansion of sparse cover (experiment 2). Experiment 1 explores the use of herbicide and reseeding, whilst experiment 2 examines cutting and grazing in the spring, autumn and both seasons. Percentage cover of all vascular plant species were recorded in 50 cm x 50 cm quadrats in each treatment replicate for both experiments. Surveys were undertaken in 2019 as a baseline before the experiments commenced, and post treatment in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 Ridding, L.E. UK 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 Redhead, J.W. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-3848 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 Upcott, E.V. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-3102 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 Hulmes, L. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Hulmes, S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Mitschunas, N. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Howell, K. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9622-1622 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 Christelow, J. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Wickenden, A.R. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Fussell, M. Hampshire County Council Mike.Fussell@hants.gov.uk author Plunkett, J. Natural England James.Plunkett@naturalengland.org.uk author Pywell, R.F. UK 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 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Ridding, L.E. UK 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 pointOfContact Land Cover theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Brachypodium pinnatum Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation grazing grassland herbicide nature reserve GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Hampshire Dorset Wiltshire Tor-grass cutting reseeding vascular plants calcareous grassland National Nature Reserve otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ridding, L.E., Redhead, J.W., Upcott, E.V., Hulmes, L., Hulmes, S., Mitschunas, N., Howell, K., Christelow, J., Wickenden, A.R., Fussell, M., Plunkett, J., Pywell, R.F. (2023). Vegetation data from experimental trials to investigate the control of Brachypodium pinnatum at Martin Down National Nature Reserve, UK, 2019-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 textTable English utf8 biota 2019-01-01 2022-12-31 -1.959 -1.902 50.958 50.992 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694.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 Three experimental blocks were established over dense patches of B. pinnatum for the herbicide spraying experiment (experiment 1). Each block consisted of four plots, each measuring 8 m x 5 m. Four treatments were randomly applied within each block: 1) spray and reseed, 2) spray and no reseed, 3) spray twice and reseed and 4) spray twice and no reseeding. All plots were first sprayed with glyphosate in September 2019, followed by a cut and removal of dead material in April 2020. For plots which required a second spray, this took place in June 2020, followed by another cut and removal in September 2020. Seeding on the relevant treatments was also carried out in September 2020, using seeds that were hand-collected throughout the season at Martin Down. For more detailed information on the seeding process, please see supporting document. One large plot was established for the cut and graze experiment (experiment 2) over sparser cover of B. pinnatum, consisting of nine plots each measuring 20 m x 18 m. Three replicates of the three treatments were applied: autumn cut and graze (treatment 5), spring cut and graze (treatment 6), and both spring and autumn cut and graze (treatment 7). Vegetation recording was carried out in late August/early September of 2019 (before all treatments were applied to provide a baseline), and post treatment in 2020, 2021 and 2022. For the spraying experiment, vegetation surveys were conducted within each plot by placing five 50 cm × 50 cm quadrats at approximately 1 m intervals (i.e. vertices of a “W”-shaped transect through the plot). Quadrats avoided the outermost 50 cm of each plot, where there was an increased potential for spray drift from adjacent areas. Within each quadrat, the percentage cover of B. pinnatum, all other vascular plants and bare ground were recorded. A total of seven quadrats in each plot were recorded for the cut and graze experiment, since they were larger and the cover of B. pinnatum was more variable. Five quadrats in a diamond formation in the centre (5 m apart) were recorded, as well as two quadrats on the edge of each plot (avoiding the outermost 2 m). Data were collected by experienced field ecologists, the same ecologists carried out all surveys. Paper data sheets were digitised into Excel and were checked for any anomalies.