Plant species cover and carabid beetle species counts, 2018, and bird species counts, 2019, in native reforestation, unforested and mature forest areas in the Scottish Highlands
Plant and carabid beetle survey data was collected in the summer of 2018 and bird survey data in the summer of 2019 in Glen Affric and Glen Moriston in the Scottish Highlands. Data was collected using a 10 × 10 m plot in each reforestation site for plants and carabid beetles and a 50 m radius plot for birds. The same data was collected in a matched plot in an unforested, grazed area associated with each site and in a matched plot in an unforested area within the fenced site. Five pairs of plots were established in grazed and ungrazed mature Caledonian pineforest, the target of reforestation, to assess the value of the reforestation sites for biodiversity, relative to the unforested state and the target habitat. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d31bcee5-736b-4aed-bda2-c11cacd5dfc7
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biota
Habitats and Biotopes
publication
2008-06-01
creation
2006-01-01
carabid beetles
Caledonian pineforest
-5.23
-4.726
57.287
57.208
2018-06-22
2018-07-05
publication
2021-05-11
The sampling design is hierarchical. Sites are the fourteen focal reforestation sites, all sites have associated unforested areas and three sites have associated mature forest. Plots (10 × 10 m for plants and carabids, 50 m radius for birds) were established in each treatment combination, bird surveys were conducted at a subset of ten of the fourteen reforestation sites. Plants were surveyed in each plot using three randomly placed 1 × 1 m quadrats in each plot, the percentage cover of each species was recorded using the DOMIN scale. Carabid beetles were surveyed using six pitfall traps were set per plot, with two traps associated with the location of each plant survey quadrat. Two bird surveys were conducted per plot during different date intervals. All surveys were conducted between 6:00 am and 11.30 am. Surveys were conducted for 15 minutes, after a two minute settling period. Birds were identified visually or by songs/calls.
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2010-12-08
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Warner, E., Lewis, O.T., Hector, A., Brown, N., Green, R., Savory, A., Gilbert, D., McDonnell, A. (2021). Plant species cover and carabid beetle species counts, 2018, and bird species counts, 2019, in native reforestation, unforested and mature forest areas in the Scottish Highlands. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d31bcee5-736b-4aed-bda2-c11cacd5dfc7
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Manchester
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Department of Applied Sciences, University of West England
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Trees for Life
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Trees for Life
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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University of Oxford
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Trees for Life
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
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