Landscape linear feature data 1984 [Countryside Survey]
This dataset consists of stock (length) data for landscape linear features across Great Britain in 1984. Data are presented as lengths of different feature categories (such as fences, walls and lines of trees), with associated species attributes, from 382 km squares, surveyed for the Countryside Survey long term monitoring project (note: not all surveyed squares contained linear features). The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside, carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. 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. In addition to linear features, habitat areas, vegetation species plot, soil plot, freshwater habitat and satellite map data are also produced by Countryside Survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a3f5665c-94b2-4c46-909e-a98be97857e5
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a3f5665c-94b2-4c46-909e-a98be97857e5
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environment
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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2008-06-01
Countryside Survey
Great Britain
fences
walls
tree lines
grass strips
banks
hedges
woody linear features
-8.648
1.768
60.861
49.864
1984-05-01
1984-11-30
publication
2016-03-23
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1984-11-30
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The data were recorded onto paper field sheets in the summer of 1984 by professional surveyors using standard methodologies (refer to the online documentation). Data were recorded from 382 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The boundary lines were digitized in 1998-2000 by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
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2010-12-08
Comma-separated values (CSV)
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The following acknowledgement shall be used on all copies of the data, publications and reports, including use in presentations to any audience. 'Countryside Survey data owned by NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology'
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Barr, C.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Maskell, L.C., Norton, L.R.,, Scott, R.J., Scott, W.A., Smart, S. M., Stuart, R.C., Whittaker, H.A., Wood, C.M., Wright, S.M. (2016). Landscape linear feature data 1984 [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a3f5665c-94b2-4c46-909e-a98be97857e5
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