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English (en)

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Dataset Reference Date ()

2019-06-25

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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1

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doi: / 10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1

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Norton, B.A., Bending, G.D., Clark, R., Corstanje, R., Dunnett, N., Evans, K.L., Grafius, D.R., Gravestock, E., Grice, S.M., Harris, J.A., Hilton, S., Hoyle, H., Lim, E., Mercer, T.G., Pawlett, M., Pescott, O.L., Richards, J.P., Southon, G.E., Warren, P.H. (2019). Biodiversity responses to vegetation height and diversity in perennial meadow plantings in two urban areas in the UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

• Species Distribution

Keywords

• Biodiversity
• Soil
• ecology
• Bedford
• Luton
• urban
• park
• amenity grassland
• meadow
• invertebrate diversity
• plant diversity
• vegetation structure
• soil
• microbial diversity
• green space

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© University of Sheffield

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© Cranfield University

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© University of Warwick

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Norton, B.A., Bending, G.D., Clark, R., Corstanje, R., Dunnett, N., Evans, K.L., Grafius, D.R., Gravestock, E., Grice, S.M., Harris, J.A., Hilton, S., Hoyle, H., Lim, E., Mercer, T.G., Pawlett, M., Pescott, O.L., Richards, J.P., Southon, G.E., Warren, P.H. (2019). Biodiversity responses to vegetation height and diversity in perennial meadow plantings in two urban areas in the UK. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d0741544-cdf3-497d-996b-e30b4b7373c1

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1  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Topic category

• Biota
• Environment
• Geoscientific information
• Society

Begin date

2013-03-01

End date

2016-03-01

 

Code

WGS 84

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• Comma-separated values (CSV) ()

 

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Experimental plots (of 250 square metres at all except one site) were established, by herbicide application, rotovation and sowing in existing amenity grassland, in 2013. Data were collected in the second season after establishment. Plant diversity was assessed by quadrat sampling within experimental plots, and by visual surveys. Plant identification is primarily to species level. Invertebrate diversity was assessed from collections made by vacuum sampling, sweep netting and visual surveys (summer) and for some plots by hand searching (winter). Sampled material was preserved and subsequently sorted and identified in the laboratory. Invertebrate identification is primarily to order level, with the exception of the Coleoptera, which are to family level. Soil condition and microbial diversity was assessed from multiple soil cores from each experimental plot (for a subset of sites), with subsequent laboratory analysis of C, N, pH, and microbial DNA and PLFA. Samples were processed in Sheffield (invertebrates), Cranfield (soil characteristics, PLFA), and Warwick (DNA). Quality assurance was managed by the senior researcher carrying out the processing in each laboratory, overseen by the principal and co-investigators of the project.

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English (en)

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Metadata Date

2022-05-20T10:40:52

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3