Identification

Title

Botanical data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]

Abstract

The data set comprises vegetation species and abundance information, surveyed using a 50 x 50 cm point quadrat, from a selection of the plots within an experimental site at Sourhope, Scotland. The surveys were carried out in the summers of 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. The data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, established in 1999 and centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT8545019630). During the experiment, the site was monitored to assess changes in above-ground biomass production (productivity), species composition and relative abundance (diversity). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/c730867f-ffd7-4d2d-9dd0-e2f30a7dbbf6

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/c730867f-ffd7-4d2d-9dd0-e2f30a7dbbf6

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/c730867f-ffd7-4d2d-9dd0-e2f30a7dbbf6.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/c730867f-ffd7-4d2d-9dd0-e2f30a7dbbf6

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.237

East bounding longitude

-2.221

North bounding latitude

55.476

South bounding latitude

55.468

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1998-07-27

End position

2002-10-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-11-30

date type

creation

effective date

2002-12-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data were collected as part of the NERC Soil Biodiversity Thematic Programme, which was established in 1999 and was centred upon the intensive study of a large field experiment located at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI) (now the James Hutton Institute) farm at Sourhope in the Scottish Borders (Grid reference: NT 8545 1963). Data were collected by staff employed by MLURI and were managed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

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

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Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

© 2017 The James Hutton Institute

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Buckland, S., Burt-Smith, G., Walker, W. (2017). Botanical data from Sourhope field experiment site, Scotland, 1999-2002 [NERC Soil Biodiversity Programme]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/c730867f-ffd7-4d2d-9dd0-e2f30a7dbbf6

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

email address

info@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

email address

info@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

email address

info@hutton.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

web address

https://eidc.ac.uk/

name: EIDC website

description: The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences.

function: information

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-03-06T15:45:50

Metadata language