Plant species cover and carabid beetle species counts, 2018, and bird species counts, 2019, in native reforestation, unforested and mature forest areas in the Scottish Highlands

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• Last updated: 29 June 2024
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Plant and carabid beetle survey data was collected in the summer of 2018 and bird survey data in the summer of 2019 in Glen Affric and Glen Moriston in the Scottish Highlands. Data was collected using a 10 × 10 m plot in each reforestation site for plants and carabid beetles and a 50 m radius plot for birds. The same data was collected in a matched plot in an unforested, grazed area associated with each site and in a matched plot in an unforested area within the fenced site. Five pairs of plots were established in grazed and ungrazed mature Caledonian pineforest, the target of reforestation, to assess the value of the reforestation sites for biodiversity, relative to the unforested state and the target habitat. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d31bcee5-736b-4aed-bda2-c11cacd5dfc7

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-03-12
• Access contraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Warner, E., Lewis, O.T., Hector, A., Brown, N., Green, R., Savory, A., Gilbert, D., McDonnell, A. (2021). Plant species cover and carabid beetle species counts, 2018, and bird species counts, 2019, in native reforestation, unforested and mature forest areas in the Scottish Highlands. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d31bcee5-736b-4aed-bda2-c11cacd5dfc7
• Harvest GUID: d31bcee5-736b-4aed-bda2-c11cacd5dfc7
• Extent: Latitude: 57.287° to 57.208°
• Extent: Longitude: -5.23° to -4.726°
• Dataset reference date: 2021-05-11 (publication)
• Responsible party: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford (author, pointOfContact); Department of Zoology, University of Oxford (author); Department of Life Sciences, University of Manchester (author); Department of Applied Sciences, University of West England (author); Trees for Life (author, owner); (custodian, publisher); University of Oxford (owner)
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• Metadata language: eng
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