Ecosystem function and vegetation data from a land use gradient on Salisbury Plain in June 2014
This dataset contains ecosystem function and vegetation survey data from soils collected from Salisbury Plain, UK. The sites were selected to reflect the four main grassland management types on Salisbury Plain ranging from arable cropland to species rich grassland, with six representative grassland plots for each type (24 sites in total). Each site had four replicates for each variable measured. The data collected was intended to illustrate a gradient of ecosystem functioning and vegetation change as the grassland becomes more extensively managed. The field sampling was conducted by the University of Manchester and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at Wallingford. Soils were extracted for nutrients and analysed by the University of Manchester. The data includes vegetation surveys, where the cover of each plant species present was assessed, and diversity indices were calculated. Furthermore, greenhouse gas fluxes were measured in situ, and soil nutrients and microbial biomass were also determined. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/0e0a89e1-21f9-413e-8d7e-764b0b714dd6
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- File identifier
- 0e0a89e1-21f9-413e-8d7e-764b0b714dd6 XML
- Resource type
- dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Spatial representation type
- textTable
Encoding
- Format
- Comma-separated values (CSV)
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- Biota
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Coupled resource
Coupled resource
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Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Geographic coverage
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Temporal reference
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2016-03-21
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2014-06-30
Quality and validity
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- The data presented in the set have been derived from equations presented in the methods document, in order to account for variations in abiotic variables such as soil moisture or bulk density, or in order to present data in widely used units. The final data have been collated and after outlier removal, but have not been subjected to any transformations to alter variance or normality.
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Conformity
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Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
- no limitations
- Access constraints
- © University of Manchester
- Access constraints
- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Fry, E.L., Savage, J., Pritchard, W.J., Bardgett, R.D., Ostle, N., Pywell, R.F., Bullock, J.M. (2016). Ecosystem function and vegetation data from a land use gradient on Salisbury Plain in June 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0e0a89e1-21f9-413e-8d7e-764b0b714dd6
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Lancaster University
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Lancaster University
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Manchester
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Metadata information
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- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- info@eidc.ac.uk
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-12T17:37:07
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- utf8