National Plant Monitoring Scheme - England, Scotland, Wales
Citation
National Plant Monitoring Scheme (2017). National Plant Monitoring Scheme - England, Scotland, Wales. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/jz6s6t accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-24.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 England, Wales, Scotland; a companion but separate dataset is supplied for Northern Ireland.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 Britain and Ireland. Full details of the method can be found via the NPMS website - www.npms.org.uk.
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Contacts
originatorNational 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
administrative point of contact
email: support@npms.org.uk