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Countryside Survey 1978 vegetation plot data

This dataset consists of plant species presence and abundance in different sizes and types of plots from 256 1km x 1km square sites surveyed across Great Britain in 1978. Many of the plots were repeated in 1990, 1998 and 2007. General information about the plot was recorded including plot number and type as well as species presence and (usually) cover. Data were collected under the Countryside Survey long term monitoring project managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/67bbfabb-d981-4ced-b7e7-225205de9c96

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Date (Publication)
2014-03-04
Identifier
CEH:EIDC: / 1390493726292
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/67bbfabb-d981-4ced-b7e7-225205de9c96
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/67bbfabb-d981-4ced-b7e7-225205de9c96
Other citation details
Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Smart, S.M., Whittaker, H.A. (2014). Countryside Survey 1978 vegetation plot data. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/67bbfabb-d981-4ced-b7e7-225205de9c96
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Wood, C.
Author
  Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Barr, C.J.
Author
  Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Bunce, R.G.H.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Smart, S.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832
Author
  Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Whittaker, H.A.
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Owner
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© Database Right/Copyright UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. All rights reserved.
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The following acknowledgement shall be used on all copies of the data, publications and reports, including use in presentations to any audience. 'Countryside Survey data owned by NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology'
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Smart, S.M., Whittaker, H.A. (2014). Countryside Survey 1978 vegetation plot data. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/67bbfabb-d981-4ced-b7e7-225205de9c96
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
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Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
1977-07-01
End date
1978-10-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summer of 1978 by surveyors (a few sites were surveyed in 1977). Data were recorded from 256 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The survey was managed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (which later became part of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology). Standard Countryside Survey methodology was applied (refer to the online documentation).
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67bbfabb-d981-4ced-b7e7-225205de9c96 XML
Metadata language
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Character set
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Date stamp
2025-11-13T16:24:00
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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