Identification

Title

Habitat suitability maps for Rhododendron ponticum across Scotland as reservoir host for Phytophthora

Abstract

These spatial layers quantify the predicted habitat suitability for Rhododendron ponticum across Scotland. These layers were developed with reference to this species role as reservoir host for Phytophthora plant pathogens, but should have value for management of Rhododendron ponticum as a problematic invasive species. The models were developed by combining biological records of R. ponticum with climate, soil, elevation and woodland cover data. The dataset contains averaged estimates for R. ponticum presence, associated standard deviation for each estimate and locations where environmental conditions in the study region strayed too far from the training set data. This research was funded by the Scottish Government under research contract CR/2008/55, 'Study of the epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae in managed gardens and heathlands in Scotland' and involved collaborators from St Andrews University, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Forest Research, Forestry Commission and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/b984a173-8d80-4781-8a53-bef7bcb0d198

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/b984a173-8d80-4781-8a53-bef7bcb0d198

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/b984a173-8d80-4781-8a53-bef7bcb0d198.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/b984a173-8d80-4781-8a53-bef7bcb0d198

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and Biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Wikidata

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2012-10-29

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GeoNames

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2006-01-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

-0.728

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

54.634

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1950-01-01

End position

2008-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-07-08

date type

creation

effective date

2013-03-31

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Alexandra Schlenzig at SASA provided advice on premise types. Jim McCleod and Steve Albon from the Macaulary Land Use Research Institute provided the soil data. Prof. David Rogers and the Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group at Oxford University provided the MODIS data. Adam Butler at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) provided statistical advice. Local Record Centres and their contributing biological recorders provided the R. ponticum data. Based on previous empirical studies of the habitat associations of R. ponticum, seven environmental predictors were selected apriori for modelling. R. ponticum data and environmental data were to run the Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt; version 3.3.3e) model. MaxEnt was selected to create the suitability maps from amongst Species Distribution Model techniques because it is specialised for presence-only biological records and is consistently competitive with the highest performing methods. More details on the data and model can be found in the supporting documentation.

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 ArcInfo Coverage

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

© Scottish Government

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Purse, B.V., Graeser, P., Searle, K., Edwards, C., Harris, C. (2016). Habitat suitability maps for Rhododendron ponticum across Scotland as reservoir host for Phytophthora. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/b984a173-8d80-4781-8a53-bef7bcb0d198

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

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

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-06-25T18:43:46

Metadata language

eng