Biodiversity responses to vegetation height and diversity in perennial meadow plantings in two urban areas in the UK
The data describe the ecological responses (invertebrate diversity and biomass, plant diversity, soil characteristics and microbial diversity) to experimental manipulation of floristic diversity and vegetation height in planted urban meadows. The experiment consisted of a replicated set of nine different perennial meadow treatments, sown in six public urban greenspaces in the towns of Bedford and Luton, in the UK. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1
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- d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1 XML
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- English (en)
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- Species Distribution
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-06-25
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- Experimental plots (of 250 square metres at all except one site) were established, by herbicide application, rotovation and sowing in existing amenity grassland, in 2013. Data were collected in the second season after establishment. Plant diversity was assessed by quadrat sampling within experimental plots, and by visual surveys. Plant identification is primarily to species level. Invertebrate diversity was assessed from collections made by vacuum sampling, sweep netting and visual surveys (summer) and for some plots by hand searching (winter). Sampled material was preserved and subsequently sorted and identified in the laboratory. Invertebrate identification is primarily to order level, with the exception of the Coleoptera, which are to family level. Soil condition and microbial diversity was assessed from multiple soil cores from each experimental plot (for a subset of sites), with subsequent laboratory analysis of C, N, pH, and microbial DNA and PLFA. Samples were processed in Sheffield (invertebrates), Cranfield (soil characteristics, PLFA), and Warwick (DNA). Quality assurance was managed by the senior researcher carrying out the processing in each laboratory, overseen by the principal and co-investigators of the project.
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- 1 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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- © University of Sheffield
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- © Cranfield University
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- © University of Warwick
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- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Norton, B.A., Bending, G.D., Clark, R., Corstanje, R., Dunnett, N., Evans, K.L., Grafius, D.R., Gravestock, E., Grice, S.M., Harris, J.A., Hilton, S., Hoyle, H., Lim, E., Mercer, T.G., Pawlett, M., Pescott, O.L., Richards, J.P., Southon, G.E., Warren, P.H. (2019). Biodiversity responses to vegetation height and diversity in perennial meadow plantings in two urban areas in the UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1
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- University of Sheffield
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- University of Warwick
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- University of Sheffield
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- Cranfield University
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- University of Sheffield
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- University of Sheffield
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- Cranfield University
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- University of Sheffield
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- Cranfield University
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- Cranfield University
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- University of Warwick
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- University of Sheffield
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- University of Sheffield
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- Cranfield University
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- Cranfield University
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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- University of Sheffield
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- University of Sheffield
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- University of Sheffield
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- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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- University of Sheffield
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- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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- University of Sheffield
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- Organisation name
- University of Warwick
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- University of Sheffield
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- Cranfield University
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- University of Sheffield
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- University of Sheffield
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- Cranfield University
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- University of Sheffield
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- Cranfield University
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- Organisation name
- Cranfield University
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- University of Warwick
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- Organisation name
- University of Sheffield
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Sheffield
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Cranfield University
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Cranfield University
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Sheffield
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- Organisation name
- University of Sheffield
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- Organisation name
- University of Sheffield
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- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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- University of Sheffield
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- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-27T16:18:59
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- English (en)
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