National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland
Citation
Biological Records Centre (2017). National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland. Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/67fswq accessed via GBIF.org on 2017-08-24.Description
The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is a habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by BSBI, CEH, Plantlife and JNCC. The aim is to collect data to provide an annual indication of changes in plant abundance and diversity. This dataset includes NPMS species occurrence data for Northern Ireland; a companion, but separate dataset is supplied for England, Wales, Scotland.Purpose
As part of a national monitoring programme for vascular plants.Sampling Description
Quality Control
Confidence in the data is good. Automatic rules are used to classify some records as ‘assumed correct’; other records are reviewed by expert verifiers.Method steps
- Direct observations of vascular plants with small square (5m x 5m or 10m x 10m) or linear (1m x 25) plots within habitat parcels within 1km squares. Data collected by volunteers who participate in the scheme. Data is captured within an Indicia database. iRecord is used to apply verification statuses based on the application of automatic rules and review by expert botanists affiliated to the Botanical Society of the British Isles. Full details of the method can be found via the NPMS website - www.npms.org.uk.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
UK
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorBiological Records Centre
Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
Oxfordshire
GB
Telephone: 01491 692 564
email: brc@ceh.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.brc.ac.uk/
metadata author
Biological Records Centre
Biological Records Centre, CEH Wallingford, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
Oxfordshire
GB
Telephone: 01491 692 564
email: brc@ceh.ac.uk
homepage: http://www.brc.ac.uk/
distributor
NBN Atlas
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Nottingham
NG1 1LL
Nottinghamshire
GB
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Dr David Roy
administrative point of contact
email: brc@ceh.ac.uk