f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93 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 2025-11-13T16:26:49 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Functional and epiphytic biodiversity differences between nine tree species in the UK 2020-02-25 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93 10.5285/f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93 doi: Mitchell, R.J., Hewison, R.L., Beaton, J., Haghi, R.K., Robertson, A.H.J., Main, A.M., Owen, I.J., Douglass, J. (2020). Functional and epiphytic biodiversity differences between nine tree species in the UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93 The dataset contains information from 234 trees at six sites across the UK collected in 2018. The tree species studied were Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore), Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut), Fagus sylvatica (beech), Fraxinus excelsior (common ash), Quercus cerris (Turkey oak), Q. petraea (sessile oak), Q. robur (pedunculate oak), Q. rubra (red oak) and Tilia x europaea (common lime). The presence of all lichens and bryophyte species on the trunk to a height of 1.75m were recorded in addition to the presence of the lichens on branches and twigs where these were accessible. The bark characteristics recorded were bark pH, ridge and furrow width, furrow depth, hardness, water holding capacity and the bark patterning. The soil variables studied were: nitrogen mineralization and decomposition rate, total soil carbon and nitrogen, loss on ignition, soil pH and soil temperature. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy data from the soil samples is also presented along with data on site location and the habitat characteristics surrounding the sampled trees. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93 Mitchell, R.J. The James Hutton Institute Ruth.Mitchell@hutton.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-2769 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 Hewison, R.L. The James Hutton Institute Richard.Hewison@hutton.ac.uk author Beaton, J. The James Hutton Institute Joan.Beaton@hutton.ac.uk author Haghi, R.K. The James Hutton Institute Reza.KhodaparastHaghi@hutton.ac.uk author Robertson, A.H.J. The James Hutton Institute Jean.Robertson@hutton.ac.uk author Main, A.M. The James Hutton Institute Angela.Main@hutton.ac.uk author Owen, I.J. The James Hutton Institute Jason.Owen@hutton.ac.uk author Douglass, J. Unaffiliated jrdouglasslichens@gmail.com author Mitchell, R.J. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH Ruth.Mitchell@hutton.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-2769 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 NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Acer pseudoplatanus Castanea sativa Fagus sylvatica Fraxinus excelsior Quercus robur Quercus cerris Quercus petraea Quercus rubra Tilia x europaea Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation lichen ecosystem services bryophyte carbon sequestration nutrient cycle decomposition GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Biodiversity bark characteristics beech common lime common ash ecological functions pedunculate oak red oak Turkey oak sycamore sweet chestnut sessile oak otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Natural Environment Research Council otherRestrictions © The James Hutton Institute otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Mitchell, R.J., Hewison, R.L., Beaton, J., Haghi, R.K., Robertson, A.H.J., Main, A.M., Owen, I.J., Douglass, J. (2020). Functional and epiphytic biodiversity differences between nine tree species in the UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93 textTable English utf8 biota 2018-04-01 2018-10-31 -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/data/f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/f539567f-a8cd-482e-89b8-64a951b52d93.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 Lichen and bryophyte data were collected in the field. Unknown species were collected and identified in the lab. Rare species were doubled checked by species experts. Soil chemistry analysis and FTIR followed standard protocols and quality controls as detailed by James Hutton Institute analytical. The data was checked posted entry.