Insect and plant data from calcareous grassland restoration sites in southern England, 2021
type: Dataset
description: The dataset contains monitoring data for plants (surveyed using quadrats), sward insects (surveyed using suction samplers), insect pollinators (surveyed using transects) and sward structure (surveyed using drop disk height) across 60 calcareous grassland restoration sites from southern England and a further six wildcard sites made up of ancient grasslands and rewilding sites in 2021. Information on site management during the sampling year are also included as well as the historic age of the restoration site. Data were collected with the goal of understanding changes in the complexity of plant and invertebrate communities during grasslands restoration with a focus on the effects of duration of restoration. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/552977d4-b9aa-4932-a055-5ea3bdf16d56
issued: 2024-11-10T13:38:04.680811
modified: 2026-07-30T22:17:28.994067
spatial: Location
  geometry: {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[1.768, 49.864], [-6.452, 49.864], [-6.452, 55.812], [1.768, 55.812], [1.768, 49.864]]]}
keyword: England
keyword: RestREco
keyword: Species Distribution
keyword: calcareous
keyword: recreation

Supporting information
type: Distribution
description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset
format: ZIP
issued: 2026-07-30T22:17:29.043954
modified: 2026-07-30T22:17:28.999954
access URL: https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/552977d4-b9aa-4932-a055-5ea3bdf16d56.zip
media type: application/zip

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description: Download a copy of this data
issued: 2026-07-30T22:17:29.043952
modified: 2026-07-30T22:17:28.999874
access URL: https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/552977d4-b9aa-4932-a055-5ea3bdf16d56

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