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National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2017)

This data resource provides plot-level plant occurrence data for the first three years (2015-2017) of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (covering the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man). Data consist of individual observations of plants, and other habitat characteristics, at the metre-scale; observations are accompanied by percentage cover information recorded according to the Domin frequency-abundance scale commonly used in plant community ecology. Other information provided includes the plot type (size, shape, according to the NPMS classification), the volunteer-recorded NPMS habitat, the date of sampling, and information regarding the spatial location of the plot. Information contained within the metadata file should allow users to reconstruct the sampling history (including gaps) of any plot that has been sampled within the NPMS scheme between 2015 and 2017. 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/10.5285/890e4d3d-ae93-4528-8e88-bc01bae3907b

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Date (Publication)
2018-09-24
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/890e4d3d-ae93-4528-8e88-bc01bae3907b
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/890e4d3d-ae93-4528-8e88-bc01bae3907b
Other citation details
Pescott, O.L., Walker, K., Day, J., Harris, F., Roy, D. (2018). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/890e4d3d-ae93-4528-8e88-bc01bae3907b
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Pescott, O.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Pescott, O.L.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-8046
Author
  Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland - Walker, K.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5751-8623
Author
  Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Day, J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1035-2117
Author
  Plantlife - Harris, F.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Roy, D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-0331
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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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The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is organized 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.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Pescott, O.L., Walker, K., Day, J., Harris, F., Roy, D. (2018). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/890e4d3d-ae93-4528-8e88-bc01bae3907b
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textTable Text, table
Distance
100  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
2015-01-01
End date
2017-12-31
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Reference system identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Reference system identifier
WGS 84
Reference system identifier
TM65 / Irish 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
Data are collected directly from volunteers into a custom Indicia database system (www.indicia.org.uk) through the NPMS website (www.npms.org.uk) or app. The Indicia system is built on a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, and the data presented here were extracted directly from this master database using appropriate SQL queries. See the associated documentation for more information on the broader Quality Assurance processes supporting the NPMS.
File identifier
890e4d3d-ae93-4528-8e88-bc01bae3907b XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
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dataset Dataset
Hierarchy level name
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Date stamp
2025-03-21T13:21:51
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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