Long-Term Plant Community Changes in Coastal Dune Slacks, 1985-2022

Supplementary information files for the article "Long-term (37 Year) changes in coastal dune slack plant communities". The data supports a study comparing plant community diversity and composition at Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve in England between 1985 and 2022. The files were authored by Jonathan Millett and last updated on 2026-05-26.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in alpha-, beta-, and gamma-diversity based on the 37-year comparison described.
• Studying the impact of conservation grazing on plant community structure based on the management context provided.
• Investigating shifts in species composition, such as the increase in Salix repens, mentioned in the results.
• Evaluating changes in environmental indicators like Ellenberg values for light and nitrogen based on the reported findings.

Strengths

• Data spans a 37-year time period, enabling long-term ecological analysis.
• Focuses on a specific, well-defined location: Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve, England.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The 2.4 MB size suggests a small dataset, likely limited to supplementary documents.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The primary data format is PDF, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Plant community surveys conducted at two time points (1985 and 2022).

Time Range

1985 to 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 10:32:05

Geography

Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve, England