Biodiversity and structural data from hedgerow management and rejuvenation experiments in England, 2005-2016

The dataset includes data on vegetation composition, flower counts, berry availability over winter, pollinator visitation rates, invertebrate, hedge structure and hedgerow regrowth from a set of long running hedgerow experiments. There were three experiments in total. Experiment 1 was based in Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire, and was used to investigate the long-term effects of timing and frequency of cutting on resource provision for wildlife. Experiment 2 was based at 5 sites across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Devon and was used to investigate the effect of timing, intensity and frequency of hedgerow cutting. Experiment 3 was based at 5 sites across Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and was used to investigate the effects of different rejuvenation techniques on hedgerows. All three experiments were randomised plot experiments (full details of plots and their treatments can be found in the supporting documentation. The majority of the data was collected between 2010 and 2016 but for one experiment there is data from 2005. The long running hedgerow experiments had two linked aims focused on management to maintain and restore the hedgerow resource under the agri-environment schemes: • to examine the effects of simple cutting management regimes promoted by Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) on the quality and quantity of wildlife habitat, and food resources in hedgerows; and • to identify, develop and test low-cost, practical options for hedgerow restoration and rejuvenation applicable at the large-scale under both ELS and HLS. This research was funded by Defra (project number BD2114: Effects of hedgerow management and restoration on biodiversity) and managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/95259623-f0b6-4328-a0e3-4aec09ede5b5

本数据集汇集了关于植被组成、花卉计数、冬季浆果可获取性、授粉者访问率、无脊椎动物、树篱结构和树篱再生等方面的数据，源自一系列长期进行的树篱实验。实验共计三项。实验一在剑桥郡的Monks Wood进行，旨在探究剪伐时机和频率对野生动物资源供给的长期影响。实验二在牛津郡、白金汉郡和德文郡的五个地点进行，旨在研究树篱剪伐的时机、强度和频率的影响。实验三在剑桥郡、北安普顿郡、白金汉郡和牛津郡的五个地点进行，旨在研究不同更新技术的树篱影响。三项实验均为随机地块实验（地块及其处理方法的详细信息可参见补充文档）。大部分数据收集于2010年至2016年之间，但其中一项实验的数据可追溯至2005年。长期的树篱实验旨在通过农业环境计划维持和恢复树篱资源，具有两大关联目标：一是检验由入门级管理（ELS）和高级管理（HLS）推广的简单剪伐管理方案对树篱野生动物栖息地质量和食物资源的质量和数量影响；二是识别、开发和测试在ELS和HLS下适用于大范围的低成本、实用的树篱恢复和更新方案。该研究由英国环境、食品和农村事务部（Defra）资助（项目编号BD2114：树篱管理和恢复对生物多样性的影响），并由英国生态与水文学中心（UKCEH）管理。关于本数据集的详细信息，请参阅https://doi.org/10.5285/95259623-f0b6-4328-a0e3-4aec09ede5b5。