Ecological landscape elements: long-term monitoring in Great Britain, the Countryside Survey 1978–2007 and beyond

Wood, Claire M.; Bunce, Robert G. H.; Norton, Lisa R.; Maskell, Lindsay C.; Smart, Simon M.; Scott, W. Andrew; Henrys, Peter A.; Howard, David C.; Wright, Simon M.; Brown, Michael J.; Scott, Rod J.; Stuart, Rick C.; Watkins, John W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-745-2018

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Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

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16 Apr 2018

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| 16 Apr 2018

Ecological landscape elements: long-term monitoring in Great Britain, the Countryside Survey 1978–2007 and beyond

Claire M. Wood, Robert G. H. Bunce, Lisa R. Norton, Lindsay C. Maskell, Simon M. Smart, W. Andrew Scott, Peter A. Henrys, David C. Howard, Simon M. Wright, Michael J. Brown, Rod J. Scott, Rick C. Stuart, and John W. Watkins

Data sets

Landscape area data 1978 [Countryside Survey] R. G. H. Bunce, C. M. Wood, P. A. Henrys, S. M. Smart, D. C. Howard, and C. J. Barr https://doi.org/10.5285/86c017ba-dc62-46f0-ad13-c862bf31740e

Landscape area data 1984 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, H. A. Whittaker, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/b656bb43-448d-4b2c-aade-7993aa243ea3

Landscape linear feature data 1984 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, H. A. Whittaker, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/a3f5665c-94b2-4c46-909e-a98be97857e5

Landscape point feature data 1984 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, H. A. Whittaker, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/124b872e-036e-4dd3-8316-476b5f42c16e

Landscape area data 1990 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, R. T. Clarke, M. K. Gillespie, C. J. Hallam, D. C. Howard, L. C. Maskell, M. J. Ness, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/94f664e5-10f2-4655-bfe6-44d745f5dca7

Landscape linear feature data 1990 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, R. T. Clarke, M. K. Gillespie, C. J. Hallam, D. C. Howard, L. C. Maskell, M. J. Ness, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/311daad4-bc8c-485a-bc8a-e0d054889219

Landscape point feature data 1990 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, R. T. Clarke, M. K. Gillespie, C. J. Hallam, D. C. Howard, L. C. Maskell, M. J. Ness, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/1481bc63-80d7-4d18-bcba-8804aa0a9e1b

Landscape area data 1998 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, R. T. Clarke, M. K. Gillespie, D. C. Howard, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, J. W. Watkins, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/1e050028-5c55-42f4-a0ea-c895d827b824

Landscape linear feature data 1998 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, R. T. Clarke, M. K. Gillespie, D. C. Howard, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, J. W. Watkins, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/8aaf6f8c-c245-46bb-8a2a-f0db012b2643

Landscape point feature data 1998 [Countryside Survey] C. J. Barr, R. G. H. Bunce, R. T. Clarke, M. K. Gillespie, D. C. Howard, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, J. W. Watkins, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/ed10944f-40c8-4913-b3f5-13c8e844e153

Landscape area data 2007 [Countryside Survey] M. J. Brown, R. G. H. Bunce, P. D. Carey, K. Chandler, A. Crowe, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/bf189c57-61eb-4339-a7b3-d2e81fdde28d

Landscape linear feature data 2007 [Countryside Survey] M. J. Brown, R. G. H. Bunce, P. D. Carey, K. Chandler, A. Crowe, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/e1d31245-4c0a-4dee-b36c-b23f1a697f88

Landscape point feature data 2007 [Countryside Survey] M. J. Brown, R. G. H. Bunce, P. D. Carey, P. M. Chamberlain, K. Chandler, A. Crowe, L. C. Maskell, L. R. Norton, R. J. Scott, W. A. Scott, S. M. Smart, R. C. Stuart, C. M. Wood, and S. M. Wright https://doi.org/10.5285/55dc5fd7-d3f7-4440-b8a7-7187f8b0550b

Short summary

The Countryside Survey (CS) of Great Britain consists of an extensive set of repeated ecological measurements at a national scale, covering a time span of 29 years. CS was first undertaken in 1978 to monitor ecological and land use change in Britain using standardised procedures for recording ecological data from representative 1 km squares throughout the country. The mapping of ecological landscape elements has subsequently been repeated in 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007.