Publication Date:
2017-03-07
Description:
Long-term vegetation monitoring in Great Britain – the Countryside Survey 1978–2007 and beyond Claire M. Wood, Simon M. Smart, Robert G. H. Bunce, Lisa R. Norton, Lindsay C. Maskell, David C. Howard, W. Andrew Scott, and Peter A. Henrys Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., doi:10.5194/essd-2017-17,2017 Manuscript under review for ESSD (discussion: open, 0 comments) The Countryside Survey (CS) of Great Britain consists of an extensive set of repeated ecological measurements at a national scale, covering a time span of 29 years. CS was first undertaken in 1978 to monitor ecological and land use change in Britain using standardised procedures for recording ecological data from representative 1 km squares throughout the country. The vegetation component has subsequently been repeated in 1990, 1998 and 2007, and changes may be related to a range of drivers.
Print ISSN:
1866-3508
Electronic ISSN:
1866-3516
Topics:
Geosciences
