Datasets
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Enhancing agrobiodiversity through participatory research
Pilot studies of cereal-legume mixtures were carried out at 6 sites in 2020 and 17 sites in 2021 in North-eastern and Eastern Scotland, central Scotland and the Scottish... -
Mapping selected bio-physical aspects of Aesthetics in Scotland based on 10 m...
This project is part of RESAS Strategic Research Programme (2016-2022) Workpackage 1.4 on Sustainable and Integrated Management of Natural Assets. The project focuses on... -
Soil profile depth, bulk density and carbon stock of Scotland
The spatial distribution of soil organic carbon is an important factor in land management decision making, climate change mitigation and landscape planning. Here three groups of... -
Vegetation survey of Chapel Mires in Lunan catchment, Scotland
The map and associated data are outputs from a project to explore the potential for innovative management of water levels and flows in the Lunan Water, an agricultural catchment... -
Spatial Datasets for Glensaugh Research Farm
Glensaugh is one of The James Hutton Institute research farms. It is in the Grampian foothills to the east of the B974 Fettercairn to Banchory road about 7 km north of... -
National Waters Inventory for Scotland project (part of data used)
National Waters Inventory for Scotland (NWIS) was among the previous work packages projects funded by the Scottish government. The project was executed by the James Hutton's... -
Hutton’s monitoring of Phytophthora incidence and diversity from natural ecos...
The James Hutton Institute has been testing novel DNA barcoding methods to monitor the incidence and diversity of Phytophthora species and related plant pathogens in natural... -
Hutton's water data (quantity) from rivers monitoring sites 2004 -2019
The James Hutton's Institute has water monitoring sites mainly in Bowmont, Lunan and Tarland catchments where they collect data on various water variables. This dataset... -
Hutton's water data (quality) from rivers monitoring sites 2004 - 2019
The James Hutton's Institute monitors sites mainly in Lunan and Tarland catchments for water quality.This resource presents data collected on the water monitoring variables... -
Functional and epiphytic biodiversity differences between nine tree species i...
Globally there is increasing concern about the increase in tree pests and pathogens due to an increase in global trade and climate change. If individual tree species are lost or... -
Design and designation of private water supply risk areas,Scotland
Private water supplies (PWS) and users of the waters are responsible for the quality of the water unlike public water supplier who is solely responsible. When PWS serves 50 or... -
Data and report of study on 105-year record of river temperature in North-Eas...
Analysis of water of River Spey in North East Scotland was done to determine primarily changes in long-term river temperature. Discharge, water temperature, air temperature and... -
Ecosystem services supply - Woodlands
Forests are important part of Scotland’s natural heritage and can provide a number of benefits to people, such as natural flood management. The type of benefits a forest... -
Daily streamflow data from gauge stations on main rivers of Scotland (1947-2017)
Data on daily flow of water from main rivers in Scotland and spatial locations of the stations where the data are captured are presented. These data for several years (1947 to... -
Characterization of surface water isotope spatial patterns of Scotland
National Waters Inventory for Scotland (NWIS) one of the previous work packages projects funded by the Scottish government had main objective of developing protocols for a new... -
Areas of likely high exposure to radon in groundwater drinking water supplies...
The map and data indicate areas in Scotland where there is high likely of exposure to radon in drinking water from groundwater supplies due to underlying rocks layer. The data... -
Adaptive co-management of the Scottish uplands - the role of social networks
The research brief presents findings of the study on how land managers adapt their land management practices to changing policy objectives. The study area was The Cairngorms... -
A model for cost-effectiveness analysis of field scale sediment-bound phospho...
Model for determining cost-effectiveness of farm measures for mitigating diffuse pollution from sediment bound phosphorus runoff from arable farmland. The measure options from... -
Restoration of portion of Logie Burn, Scotland (2011 to 2014)
A 236 m long reach of the Logie Burn, a straightened sand-gravel bed stream in north-east Scotland was restored by reconnecting its pre-modification channel to improve habitat...