National Plant Monitoring Scheme - England, Scotland, Wales
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
Description
The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is a habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by BSBI, CEH, Plantlife and JNCC. The aim is to collect data to provide an annual indication of changes in plant abundance and diversity. This dataset includes NPMS species occurrence data for England, Wales, Scotland; a companion but separate dataset is supplied for Northern Ireland.
See http://www.npms.org.uk for more information.
Geographic Description
Britain
Purpose
The aim of the NPMS is to collect data to provide an annual indication of changes in plant abundance and diversity.
Data quality
Records are available for verification by regional experts through the iRecord system (records may or may not have supporting photographs). The current verification status of each record is propagated to the Atlas, and updated accordingly.
Methods
For a full description of the methods used in the NPMS, see the NPMS website http://www.npms.org.uk) and the technical documents and papers linked therein.
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Rights
OGL
Open Government Licence
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Licence
Open Government Licence 3.0 