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Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007

This dataset consists of change data for areas of Broad Habitats across Great Britain between 1998 and 2007. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from up to 591 1km squares and scaling up to a national level. The data are summarized as percentage increase or decrease in habitat area per Land Class (areas of similar environmental characteristics) and are in a vector format. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB and using the 'ITE Land Classification' as a method of stratification. The data were collected as part of Countryside Survey, a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The Survey has been carried out at regular intervals since 1978 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. In addition to habitat areas, vegetation species data, soil data, linear habitat data, and freshwater habitat data are also gathered by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334

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Date (Publication)
2015-06-03
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
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Barr, C.J., Brown, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Carey, P.D., Chandler, K., Crowe, A., Gillespie, M.K., Howard, D.C., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Watkins, J.W., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2015). Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Wood, C.
Author
  Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Barr, C.J.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Brown, M.J.
Author
  Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Bunce, R.G.H.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Carey, P.D.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Chandler, K.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5651-2828
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Crowe, A.
Author
  Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Gillespie, M.K.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Howard, D.C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4494-7450
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Maskell, L.C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7755
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Norton, L.R.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Scott, R.J.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Scott, W.A.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Smart, S.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Stuart, R.C.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Watkins, J.W.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Wood, C.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Wright, S.M.
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Owner
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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  • Habitats and Biotopes
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barr, C.J., Brown, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Carey, P.D., Chandler, K., Crowe, A., Gillespie, M.K., Howard, D.C., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R., Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S.M., Stuart, R.C., Watkins, J.W., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2015). Countryside Survey mapped estimates of Broad Habitat area change in Great Britain between 1998 and 2007. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d83a0f9e-00c9-4d2d-9d0a-e92a16dcb334
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Metadata language
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Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
1998-05-04
End date
2007-10-26
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summers of 1998 and 1999 by surveyors. In the summer of 2007, the data were recorded using electronic data capture devices. Data were recorded from 569 1km squares (1998/99) and 591 1km squares (2007) sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The areas of UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) Broad Habitats from 1998/99 were digitized in 2000. The digitized data were used to generate national estimates of the change in Broad Habitats for Great Britain using the standard Countryside Survey methodology (refer to the online documentation). Estimates are presented as percentage increases/decreases by ITE Land Class (2007 version).
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2025-11-05T08:31:54
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Metadata standard version
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Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
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