Identification

Title

Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops - ecology data, 2006-2009

Abstract

Ecological field data for a variety of biodiversity indicators were collected from commercial fields of both crops. The study is part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme. Future policies are likely to encourage more land use under energy crops: principally willow, grown as short rotation coppice, and a tall exotic grass Miscanthus. These crops will contribute to the UK's commitment to reduce CO2 emissions. However, it is not clear how decisions about appropriate areas for growing the crops, based on climate, soil and water, should be balanced against impacts on the landscape, social acceptance, biodiversity and the rural economy. This project integrated social, economic, hydrological and biodiversity studies in an interdisciplinary approach to assessing the impact of converting land to Miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppice (SRC) willows. Two contrasting farming systems were focused on: the arable-dominated East Midlands; and grassland-dominated South West England. Ecological field data for a variety of biodiversity indicators were collected from commercial fields of both crops. The public attidues questionnaire data from this study are available at the UK Data Archive under study number 6615 (see online resources). Further documentation for this study may be found through the RELU Knowledge Portal and the project's ESRC funding award web page (see online resources).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/70b0258a-a903-4a7e-8588-1481af7b4dc7

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

1291048737180

codeSpace

CEH:EIDC:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

farming

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land Use

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

Impacts of increasing land use under energy crops

Bridgwater

East midlands (region)

Lincoln

Retford

South west england (region)

Taunton

Agricultural economics

Agricultural land

Agronomy

Biofuels

Countryside conservation

Crops

Farming systems

Farms

Fuel resources

Land use

Renewable energy

Rural economics

Rural environment

Rural planning

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-4.262

East bounding longitude

1.077

North bounding latitude

54.775

South bounding latitude

51.371

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2006-01-01

End position

2009-09-30

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Research funded by Economic and Social Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Award Number: RES-227-25-0020 Biodiversity data consists of plant and invertebrate species/taxonomic group count data from 15 fields of SRC willows and 17 fields of Miscanthus. Indicators were sampled from positions around the edges of the crops and at various distances into the crop itself. Plant indicators were recorded as counts in quadrats, whereas invertebrate indicators were sampled using transect, suction-sampler or sticky trap, as appropriate for each indicator group. The ESRC award page (see online resources) hosts a publication (Haughton et al. 2009) which describes the collection of the biodiversity data set in more detail.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Standard conditions of use of the Economic and Social Data Service apply

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Rothamsted Research

email address

angela.karp@bbsrc.ac.uk

responsible party role

principalInvestigator

Responsible party

organisation name

The Game Conservancy Trust

email address

rsage@gct.org.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Rothamsted Research

email address

angela.karp@bbsrc.ac.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

The Game Conservancy Trust

email address

rsage@gct.org.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

The Game Conservancy Trust

email address

rsage@gct.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:37:55

Metadata language

eng