Survey of the terrestrial habitats and vegetation of Shetland, 1974 – a  framework for long-term ecological monitoring

Wood, Claire M.; Bunce, Robert G. H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-89-2016

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 8, 89–103, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-89-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 8, 89–103, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-89-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

Review article 25 Feb 2016

Review article | 25 Feb 2016

Survey of the terrestrial habitats and vegetation of Shetland, 1974 – a framework for long-term ecological monitoring

Claire M. Wood and Robert G. H. Bunce

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RC C380: 'review of Wood & Bunce', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Nov 2015
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AC C478: 'Author Comments', Claire Wood, 11 Jan 2016

Short summary

A survey of the natural environment was undertaken in Shetland in 1974, after concern was expressed that large-scale development from the new oil industry could threaten the natural features of the islands. A framework was constructed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology on which to select samples for the survey. The vegetation and habitat data that were collected, along with the sampling framework, have recently been made public.