Countryside Survey: UK Headline Messages from 2007
P D Carey, S M Wallis, B E Emmett, L C Maskell, J Murphy, L R Norton, I C Simpson, S S Smart
ISBN: 9780955767272, 2008, £0.00
This document summarises the headline findings from the UK results of Countryside Survey 2007, carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The results of the survey are used to support a range of objectives, from monitoring climate change to improving scientific understanding of the countryside.
The Headline Messages report summarises answers to the following questions:
- Which plant species are increasing and decreasing the most?
- Has botanical diversity in the countryside changed?
- Has the biodiversity of arable land changed?
- Has the area and condition of lowland agricultural grassland changed?
- Has the length and condition of hedges changed?
- Has the area and condition of woodland changed?
- Has the area and condition of moorland, heathland and bog changed?
- Has the condition of freshwater habitats continued to improve?
- Have there been detectable effects of air pollution and nutrient inputs on vegetation and soils?
- Has average carbon concentration in soils (0-15cm) changed?
- Have climate change impacts been detected in the UK countryside?
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Printed copies can be obtained from the CEH Publications team.
More details and the main report can be found on the Countryside Survey website (external link)
