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Fitzroy farm native seed pilot restoration trial plant cover data 2013 - 2015

The dataseries is a collection of data on plant cover, temperture, soil moisture and soil surface windspeed from Fitzroy farm native seed pilot restoration trial plant cover and environmental data. The trial was established in November 2013. Falklands Conservation Habitat Restoration officer monitored the trial on a monthly to bimonthly basis between Aug 2014 and Sep 2015. This data series was produced as part of the Falkland Island Government Environmental Studies Budget project (2013) and Darwin Plus- funded project 'Building capacity for Habitat Restoration on the Falkland Islands' (Jun 2014- Jun 2016)

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Last Updated December 21, 2020, 10:05 (PST)
Created January 30, 2020, 05:21 (PST)
Region Falkland Islands
Language eng
Topic Category Environment; environmental resources, protection and conservation
Temporal Extent Start 2013-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2015-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2015
Lineage Fitzroy pilot restoration trial was established in November 2013 sowing 15 native grassland species in combination with freely available farmyard treatments that included sheep dung, dags (woolen off-cuts), microbial slurry made from dung, wooden pallets, windproof fencing and their combinations. The seed mixture was sown at ~2.5g m2 before applying treatments. Each plot was 2 x 2 square metres in order to accommodate large tussock-forming species (i.e. Poa flabellata, Elymus magellanicus). Plots were monitored monthly - tri-monthly for environmental conditions using hand-held temperature (Checktemp Hanna Inst.), moisture probe (ML3 delta) and anemometer (Met office) at 3 random points within each plot. Total plant and species covered was monitored annually (Spring during flowering) using a quadrat approach. Within each plot, four 1 x 1 m2 quadrats segregated into 2.5 x 2.5 cm squares (361 sq in total) were used to determined total plant cover of each species. Both plant cover, vegetation present in a square, and rooting frequency, plant base found in a square, were recorded. Maximum height in three random points within a plot was also measured.
West Longitude -58.3318
South Latitude -51.8111
East Longitude -58.3294
North Latitude -51.8094
Spatial Reference System WGS84
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Access Limitations Open access
Use Constraints Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply
Resource Reference Please acknowledge data source as: Falklands Conservation
Data Format excel
Update Frequency as needed
Accuracy less than 1 metre
Resource Type Dataset
Original Title Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date 2016-04-02
Metadata Point of Contact datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details hidden
Unique Resource ID FK-FC-276

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