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National Plant Monitoring Scheme, 2015 dataset

This dataset contains data from the National Plant Monitoring Scheme in 2015. These consist of plant species occurrences, with abundance values, in plots. Plots are nested with 1 km squares, and are georeferenced according to the British/Irish/Channel Islands grid systems, or in latitude/longitude format; the 1 km squares surveyed were selected according to a weighted-random design, designed to enrich the sample for semi-natural habitats. Plots also have associated habitat and spatial information, as well as a small number of other environmental data. The species recorded in any particular plot are dependent on the habitat chosen for the plot by the surveyor, and the level of the scheme at which they were participating. Please see the references in the supporting documentation (survey guidance) for more information. Please be aware that this dataset is updated annually and that more recent versions exist. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/33fe87f9-d45a-41ba-acca-ee8585ea6b7d

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Date (Publication)
2016-02-29
Date (Creation)
2015-12-31
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/33fe87f9-d45a-41ba-acca-ee8585ea6b7d
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/33fe87f9-d45a-41ba-acca-ee8585ea6b7d
Other citation details
Roy, D.B., Bunch, N., Harris, F., New, H., Pescott, O.L., Walker, K.J. (2016). National Plant Monitoring Scheme, 2015 dataset. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/33fe87f9-d45a-41ba-acca-ee8585ea6b7d
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Roy, D.
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Roy, D.B.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-0331
Author
  Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Bunch, N.
Author
  Plantlife - Harris, F.
Author
  Plantlife - New, H.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Pescott, O.L.
Author
  Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland - Walker, K.J.
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
Maintenance note
Dataset for the year 2015 is complete
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Species Distribution
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This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, Plantlife
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The following acknowledgement is required for users of this dataset: 'The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is organised and funded by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Plantlife and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The NPMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme.'
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Roy, D.B., Bunch, N., Harris, F., New, H., Pescott, O.L., Walker, K.J. (2016). National Plant Monitoring Scheme, 2015 dataset. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/33fe87f9-d45a-41ba-acca-ee8585ea6b7d
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
2015-01-01
End date
2015-12-31
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Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
  • Comma-separated values (CSV) ()

Distributor
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
The data were initially entered through a custom-built Drupal-website, using the open-source Indicia (www.indicia.org.uk) database standard. Data were extracted from this database into the flat tables presented here.
File identifier
33fe87f9-d45a-41ba-acca-ee8585ea6b7d XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Hierarchy level name
dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13T16:26:48
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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