Data from: Resolving a heated debate: the utility of prescribed burning as a management tool for biodiversity on lowland heath

We present raw data. Data were collected from a 50 x 50 m area in the centre of each site. Two 50 m tapes were laid on the ground and location of sampling within this plot was randomised using a random number generator to select coordinates, we then paced to the selected locations. Here we have collated and present vegetation and invertebrate data collected as follows: Percentage cover of plant species was recorded in two 2x2 m quadrats per site; count data of canopy active invertebrates collected using 5 sweep net samples (each sweep presented separately), count data of ground active invertebrates where the data were pooled from six pitfall traps, count data of soil invertebrates where the data were pooled from six soil pits.