• NERC Data Catalogue Service
  •  
  •  
  •  

Vegetation and soil data recorded at Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve in 1970, 1990 and 2016

This dataset contains vascular plant species abundance, average sward height, and soil analysis data from Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve (NNR), in southern England, in 1970, 1990 and 2016. Vascular plant species abundance and average sward height were recorded for each quadrat located along one of four transects. The transects were located in a CG2 Festuca ovina – Avenula pratensis grassland which dominates the majority of the site. Soil samples were also taken from various points along each transect and subsequently analysed for pH, loss-on-ignition, exchangeable potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphate and total nitrogen. The dataset was created for a study which examined long-term vegetation change at the nature reserve. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e

Simple

Date (Publication)
2019-04-11
Date (Creation)
2016-06-30
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e
Other citation details
Ridding, L.E., Hawes, P., Walls, R., Wells, T., Cox, R., Williamson, J., Pereira, M.G., Thacker, S.A., Keenan, P.O., Pywell, R.F. (2019). Vegetation and soil data recorded at Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve in 1970, 1990 and 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Ridding, L.E.
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Ridding, L.E.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3141-8795
Author
  The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Hawes, P.
Author
  The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Walls, R.
Author
  The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Wells, T.
Author
  The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Cox, R.
Author
  The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology - Williamson, J.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Pereira, M.G.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Thacker, S.A.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Keenan, P.O.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Pywell, R.F.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-9959
Owner
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Habitats and Biotopes
  • Protected Sites
  • Soil
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ridding, L.E., Hawes, P., Walls, R., Wells, T., Cox, R., Williamson, J., Pereira, M.G., Thacker, S.A., Keenan, P.O., Pywell, R.F. (2019). Vegetation and soil data recorded at Parsonage Down National Nature Reserve in 1970, 1990 and 2016. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e
Spatial representation type
textTable Text, table
Distance
1  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1970-05-18
End date
1970-05-22
Begin date
1990-08-20
End date
1990-08-21
Begin date
2016-06-27
End date
2016-06-30
N
S
E
W
thumbnail


Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
  • Comma-separated values (CSV) ()

Distributor
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
OnLine resource
Download the data

Download a copy of this data

OnLine resource
Supporting information

Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Each survey was carried out by experienced botanical surveyors working in pairs (or threes), using the same recording methods and equipment, including one surveyor who was involved in both the 1970 and 2016 re-survey. The plant data were collected using 20 cm x 20 cm quadrats located every 3 feet along 4 transects. For each quadrat, vascular plant species abundance were recorded using the Domin scale and average sward height was recorded using a metre ruler. Twenty-two soil samples were taken at various points along each transect at two depths, 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm. Soil analyses was conducted using standardised protocols, detailed within the supporting documentation. Wooden stakes from the 1970 survey allowed the original transects to be found in 1990. However, the stakes were no longer present in 2016 so transects were accurately re-located by geo-referencing the original survey maps using GIS (geographic information system) methods, detailed within the supporting documentation.
File identifier
ffc06839-e64c-4844-aae7-db3b0a012e2e 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
2025-03-21T09:35:08
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/
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W
thumbnail


Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Habitats and Biotopes Protected Sites Soil

Provided by

logo

Share on social sites

Access to the portal
Read here the full details and access to the data.

Associated resources

Not available


  •  
  •  
  •