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The British Uplands

Submitted by Claire Wood on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 09:18

Two new papers have been published which use data from the Countryside Survey to define the ecological status of the British Uplands, with a range of policy issues also discussed.

See the following links for more information:

CS sites to be surveyed in 2019

Submitted by Claire Wood on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 09:01

News: Soils and vegetation data are to be recorded in summer 2019 from a set of Countryside Survey sites as part of the Natural Environmental Research Council funded UK-SCAPE programme. Find out more about UK-SCAPE here or email uk-scape@ceh.ac.uk

Ecological data of the past: a vast early warning system

Submitted by Claire Wood on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 13:21

Ecological data of the past: a vast early warning system

Read a blog about CS related historic datasets and data rescue

https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/ecological-data-past-vast-early-warning-system

An assessment of the state of nature in the United Kingdom: A review of findings, methods and impact

Submitted by Claire Wood on Fri, 07/06/2018 - 13:41

Plant change indices data from Countryside Survey have been included in a new study:

An assessment of the state of nature in the United Kingdom: A review of findings, methods and impact

CS data used in European Heath Study

Submitted by Claire Wood on Wed, 07/04/2018 - 11:22

A study of the character of European heathland vegetation has been undertaken by masters student Dorothea Epperlein which includes data from Countryside Survey. A summary of the work is available here: Heathland vegetation_Abstract english Epperlein.pdf