Ecological field data from the UK's East Midlands and South West England assesses biodiversity impacts of converting land to Miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppice willow. The dataset was collected from 2006 to 2009 as part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme by the Environmental Information Data Centre. It provides interdisciplinary indicators for social, economic, hydrological, and biodiversity studies.
Use Cases
- Analyze biodiversity indicator trends across the arable-dominated East Midlands and grassland-dominated South West England regions.
- Model relationships between ecological field data and social acceptance factors referenced in the linked public attitudes questionnaire (study 6615).
- Assess the impact of land conversion to Miscanthus and SRC willow on landscape and rural economy variables integrated in the study.
Strengths
- Data collected from 2006 to 2009 provides a multi-year snapshot for temporal analysis.
- Focus on two contrasting UK farming systems (East Midlands and South West) allows for regional comparison.
- Part of an interdisciplinary NERC RELU programme integrating social, economic, hydrological, and biodiversity studies.
Limitations
- Specific column names, row counts, and sample data are unavailable, limiting immediate analytical scope.
- The dataset's age (2006-2009) may not reflect current ecological conditions or farming practices.
- Ecological data is limited to commercial fields of two specific energy crops (Miscanthus and SRC willow).
Provenance
- Source
- Environmental Information Data Centre, part of the NERC Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme.
- Collection Method
- Ecological field data collection from commercial fields of Miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppice willow.
- Time Range
- 2006-2009
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- United Kingdom, specifically the arable-dominated East Midlands and grassland-dominated South West England.