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Vegetation data from experimental trials to investigate the control of Brachypodium pinnatum at Martin Down National Nature Reserve, UK, 2019-2022

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

Vegetation data from field surveys undertaken at two experimental trials at Martin Down NNR, to investigate the potential for reducing dense Brachypodium pinnatum cover (experiment 1) and preventing further expansion of sparse cover (experiment 2). Experiment 1 explores the use of herbicide and reseeding, whilst experiment 2 examines cutting and grazing in the spring, autumn and both seasons. Percentage cover of all vascular plant species were recorded in 50 cm x 50 cm quadrats in each treatment replicate for both experiments. Surveys were undertaken in 2019 as a baseline before the experiments commenced, and post treatment in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694
Extent (Latitude)
50.992° to 50.958°
Extent (Longitude)
-1.959° to -1.902°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2023-05-30
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ridding, L.E., Redhead, J.W., Upcott, E.V., Hulmes, L., Hulmes, S., Mitschunas, N., Howell, K., Christelow, J., Wickenden, A.R., Fussell, M., Plunkett, J., Pywell, R.F. (2023). Vegetation data from experimental trials to investigate the control of Brachypodium pinnatum at Martin Down National Nature Reserve, UK, 2019-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/f15e64c0-db65-40ec-8b6d-50573f5f6694
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(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng