Identification

Title

Bee nectar plant diversity of Great Britain

Abstract

This dataset models bee nectar plant richness across Great Britain (GB). It uses counts of bee nectar plants (using a list agreed with experts) in Countryside Survey area vegetation plots in 2007 and extrapolates to 1km squares across GB using a generalised additive mixed model. Co-variables used in the model are Broad Habitat (the dominant broad habitat of the 1km square), air temperature, nitrogen deposition, precipitation and altitude. This data provides a metric of the Natural Capital associated with pollination, although to measure the service itself you would require additional datasets. Understanding the distribution of bee nectar plants does provide valuable information on the potential distribution of pollinators and hence pollination. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5.zip

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

function: information

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/2be6d1c5-7b82-4d83-9291-defa59aa8aae?request=getCapabilities&service=WMS&cache=false&

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5

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

Species Distribution

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Pollination

Bee nectar plants

Countryside Survey

Broad Habitat

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-05-01

End position

2007-10-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-03-22

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset was created from Countryside Survey 2007 area (x,y,u) vegetation plot data. In each plot the bee nectar plants are counted using a list of nectar plants that was agreed with experts and has been provided with this dataset. The data was extrapolated to 1km squares across GB using a generalised additive mixed model incorporating the 1km square as a random variable to account for spatial autocorrelation between plots in the same square. A poisson distribution was specified. Co-variables used in the model are Broad Habitat (the dominant broad habitat of the 1km square), air temperature, nitrogen deposition, precipitation and altitude.

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

ESRI Shapefile

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The following organisations must be acknowledged by users of this dataset: NERC, Defra, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Government, Natural England, Countryside Council for Wales, Scottish Natural Heritage.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Maskell, L., Henrys, P.A., Norton, L., Smart, S. (2016). Bee nectar plant diversity of Great Britain. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5

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

2021-06-25T18:36:07

Metadata language

eng