Individual heath area estimates for land cover types in Dorset: 1978-2005

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• Last updated: 29 June 2024
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Summary

This dataset is a census of the heathland and associated vegetation from Dorset, UK. The Dorset heathlands are situated in South West England, and are generally associated with free-draining and acidic soils overlying Tertiary sands and gravels. The heathlands comprise a mosaic of different vegetation types, characterised by dwarf shrub communities dominated by members of the Ericaceae (e.g. Calluna vulgaris, Erica spp.), together with areas of mire, grassland, scrub and woodland. Unless they are managed heathlands undergo succession to scrub and woodland. Therefore the majority of heathland sites are currently under some form of conservation management, which is implemented to reduce succession to scrub and woodland. Management interventions include cutting and burning of vegetation, and grazing by livestock. Individual heathland patches are also managed for ecosystem services, such as recreation and timber production, as well as biodiversity conservation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-02-08
• Access contraints: © Natural Environment Research Council
• Harvest GUID: 4c347ec4-0beb-4355-9780-89dad718b2f3
• Extent: Latitude: 51.08° to 50.521°
• Extent: Longitude: -2.961° to -1.681°
• Dataset reference date: 2015-08-27 (publication)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: (author, custodian, publisher, pointOfContact); Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Science (author)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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