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Polce, Chiara and Kunin, William E. (2017) SAR dataset for British plants. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/264

Dataset description

The British flora is one of the best studied on Earth. As such, it provides an ideal testing ground for biodiversity estimation methods. As part of a project to assess the effectiveness of different biodiversity upscaling approaches, we calculated the species-area-relationship (SAR) for British plants, using the New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (Preston et al. 2002) as a data source. Species richness was assessed in grids ranging from the 10 x 10 km grid published in the Atlas up to 270 x 270 km resolution. Only grid cells with >75% of area on land were considered, with grid cell locations adjusted to maximise the number of cells at each scale. The SAR was calculated both for Britain as a whole and also for a set of five regional subsets.

Keywords:	Species-area-relationship, plants, species-richness, British flora
Subjects:	C000 - Biological sciences > C100 - Biology > C180 - Ecology C000 - Biological sciences > C100 - Biology > C180 - Ecology > C181 - Biodiversity C000 - Biological sciences > C200 - Botany F000 - Physical sciences > F800 - Physical geographical sciences > F810 - Environmental geography > F811 - Biogeography
Divisions:	Faculty of Biological Sciences > School of Biology
Related resources:	Location Type https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1284 Publication https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/122840/ Publication
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Date deposited:	06 Nov 2017 15:15
URI:	https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/277
Additional details Additional details Creators or authors: Creators ORCID Other ID Email Primary affiliation Primary affiliation ID Primary affiliation ID type Secondary affiliation Secondary affiliation ID Secondary affiliation ID type Polce, Chiara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7065-8647 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Kunin, William E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9812-2326 University of Leeds https://ror.org/024mrxd33 ror Type of data: Dataset Research funders: UKPopNet (NERC) Publication date: 2017 Resource language: English Metadata language: English Research project title: Dispersed platforms for biodiversity research: developing multi-scale methods and networks Publisher: University of Leeds Contact email: W.E.Kunin@leeds.ac.uk Last Modified: 12 Aug 2024 08:57

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Metadata for Atlas SAR calculations [77kB] Metadata for Atlas SAR calculations [77kB] Metadata for Atlas SAR calculations [77kB] Security: Anyone File name: Metadata_for_AtlasSARcalculations_Polce_Kunin.pdf Content type: Documentation Mime-Type: application/pdf License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) File size: 77kB

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Atlas SAR calculations [384kB] Atlas SAR calculations [384kB] Atlas SAR calculations [384kB] Security: Anyone File name: AtlasSARcalculations_Polce_Kunin.csv Content type: Data Mime-Type: text/csv License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) File size: 384kB