Long-term vegetation monitoring data (1961-2013) from moorland burning plots established at Hard Hill, Moor House in 1954 ...

• Main Authors: Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H., O'Reilly, J., Furness, M.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 2018
• Subjects: Moor House; North Pennines; Environmental survey; Biodiversity; Aulacomnium palustre; Barbilophozia floerkei; Lecidea granulosa; Calypogeia muelleriana; Campylopus flexuosus; Cephalozia bicuspidata; Cephalozia connivens; Cladonia arbuscula; Cladonia cariosa; Cladonia chlorophaea; Cladonia crispata; Cladonia floerkeana; Cladonia portentosa; Cladonia pyxidata; Cladonia fimbriata; Cladonia rangiformis; Cladonia squamosa; Cladonia uncialis; Deschampsia cespitosa cespitosa; Dicranum scoparium; Empetrum nigrum nigrum; Eriophorum angustifolium; Eriophorum vaginatum; Hypnum jutlandicum; Hypogymnia physodes; Kurzia pauciflora; Lophozia ventricosa; Mylia anomala; Mylia taylorii; Odontoschisma sphagni; Omphalina sp; Plagiothecium undulatum; Pohlia nutans; Polytrichum commune; Polytrichum juniperinum; Polytrichum strictum; Ptilidium ciliare; Racomitrium lanuginosum; Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus; Rubus chamaemorus; Sphagnum capillifolium; Sphagnum cuspidatum; Sphagnum fallax; Sphagnum papillosum; Splachnum sphaericum; Tetraphis pellucida; Empetrum nigrum
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/0b931b16-796e-4ce4-8c64-d112f09293f7; https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0b931b16-796e-4ce4-8c64-d112f09293f7

The dataset consists of long-term vegetation monitoring data from the Hard Hill burning plots sited in the Moor House - Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve, Cumbria. An experiment to investigate the effects of rotational burning and grazing was initiated in 1954, consisting of a replicated block layout. Initial vegetation recording was carried out in 1961 and 1965 using a quadrat method and DOMIN scale. In 1972 onwards, vegetation was recorded using a pin frame. Data were recorded by staff from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and its predecessors. ... : Data were recorded by trained botanists employed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and its predecessors. Data were recorded on paper in the field and later digitised. ...