National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland

doi:10.15468/67fswq

National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland

Citation

Biological Records Centre (2022). National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/67fswq accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-13.

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. See http://www.npms.org.uk for more information. Note that although all records within the NPMS are collected at the sub-10 m scale, the Northern Irish dataset presented here is degraded to 1 km.

Purpose

The aim of the NPMS is to collect data to provide an annual indication of changes in plant abundance and diversity.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Records are available for verification by regional experts through the iRecord system (records may or may not have supporting photographs). The current verification status of each record is propagated to the Atlas, and updated accordingly.

Method steps

For a full description of the methods used in the NPMS, see the NPMS website (http://www.npms.org.uk) and the technical documents and papers linked therein.

Additional info

Plant occurrence data within this dataset have been degraded to the 1 km squares of the Irish grid.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
c/o CEH Wallingford, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford,
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
Oxfordshire
GB
homepage: http://www.npms.org.uk/

metadata author
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
c/o CEH Wallingford, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford,
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
Oxfordshire
GB
homepage: http://www.npms.org.uk/

distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org

Oliver Pescott
administrative point of contact
email: olipes@ceh.ac.uk