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Bunce, R.G.H.; Bassett, P.A.

Land Classification of Shetland 1974

https://doi.org/10.5285/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146 Cite this dataset
The Land Classification of Shetland is a classification of the Shetland Isles into a set of 16 environmental strata, termed land classes, to be used as a basis for ecological survey, originally developed by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) in 1974. The strata were created from the multivariate analysis of 150 environmental variables, including topographic data, geographical features and geology data. The Land Classification can be used to stratify a wide range of ecological and biogeographical surveys to improve the efficiency of collection, analysis and presentation of information derived from a sample.
Publication date: 2015-07-27

Format

ESRI shapefile

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1974-01-01    to    1974-12-31

Provenance & quality

The Shetland Land Classification was created in 1974 at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, using methodologies described in the supporting information. The map was later digitised by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Related

Services associated with this dataset

Land Classification of Shetland 1974 web map service

This dataset is included in the following collections

Terrestrial survey of the ecology of Shetland 1974

Citations

Wood, C. M., & Bunce, R.G.H. (2016). Survey of the terrestrial habitats and vegetation of Shetland, 1974 – a framework for long-term ecological monitoring. Earth System Science Data, 8(1), 89–103. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-89-2016

Correspondence/contact details

Claire Wood
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 4AP
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Bunce, R.G.H.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
Bassett, P.A.
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Bio-geographical Regions
Keywords
land cover , Land cover , Mapping , sampling technique , Scotland , Shetland , statistical sampling , strata , stratification
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:21

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CITE AS: Bunce, R.G.H.; Bassett, P.A. (2015). Land Classification of Shetland 1974. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f1b3179e-b446-473d-a5fb-4166668da146

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