Identification

Title

Plant community basal data from a hedgerow cutting experiment in England, 2016

Abstract

This dataset contains plant community data from a hedgerow experiment investigating the effects of cutting regimes on plant species richness. There were four sites, one in Buckinghamshire, two in Oxfordshire and one in Devon. Data were collected in 2016, using 1m x 10m quadrats on each side of the hedgerow at two positions. One quadrat was situated beneath the woody vegetation of the hedge (inner) and one adjacent to the inner quadrat (outer) to sample plant communities growing beside the hedge. Percentage vegetation cover was surveyed up to a height of 80cm. The hedgerow experiment was one of three long running hedgerow experiments focusing on management to maintain and restore the hedgerow resource under agri-environment schemes. These long running experiments were funded by Defra and managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cfeceb7e-b6b5-4f40-a1bc-c25f38deeb9f

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/cfeceb7e-b6b5-4f40-a1bc-c25f38deeb9f

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/cfeceb7e-b6b5-4f40-a1bc-c25f38deeb9f.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/cfeceb7e-b6b5-4f40-a1bc-c25f38deeb9f

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

hedgerow

biodiversity

plant species richness

Oxfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Devon

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.452

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

55.812

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2016-05-17

End position

2016-08-09

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-05-12

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data were digitised into Excel after field collection and then imported into an Oracle database that contained all the data from the long running hedgerow experiments. The data provided here have been exported from the Oracle database. The following measures were taken to ensure quality and accuracy: a standard protocol was used, species data were collected by experienced and appropriately qualified field surveyors, species lists were checked by an expert, and data were checked for anomalous values both prior to and post import into the Oracle database.

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

owner

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

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-05-18T12:37:48

Metadata language

eng