Data for: A National-scale Dataset of Arable Plant Abundance from Citizen Science Surveys of Swedish Field Margins
The project "Åkerogräsinventeringen" (the inventory of arable plants), done by the Swedsh University of Agricultural Sciences and the Swedish Botanical Society 2020-2023, aimed to map out the occurrences of arable plants in Swedish fields. Here, cleaned and filtered data from the survey is presented. The dataset and the project are thoroughly described in the article "A national-scale dataset of arable plant abundance from citizen science surveys of Swedish field margins" (Note that this article is a data description, and not a study). Collection method: Volunteers from the Swedish Botanical Society surveyed a 100*1 m transect, along the ploughed part of the field margin. All plants in the transect were noted and their abundance estimated. Fields from all of Sweden were surveyed. Data cleaning: The data have been checked and errors corrected in communication with the surveyors. In the cases where uncertainties remained, the sites have been removed in this cleaned and filtered version of the dataset. The excel file consists of two tabs. The first tab provides important information on the proper usage of the data. The second tabs contains the data. The data file consists of 24 columns and 7364 rows. Note that all coordinates are given according to WGS84.
Örnberg RC, Menegat A, Hickman DT, Auffret AG, Nilsson J, Nyborg G, Wikberg S, Andersson JY, Sundberg S. 2026. A national-scale dataset of arable plant abundance from citizen science surveys of swedish field margins. Data in Brief 65: 112602.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Environmental monitoring and assessment (EMA).
Including: Plant Genetics, Agricultural Ecology, Agricultural Technology, Agricultural History
Flora and/or fauna in natural environment.
The scientific study of the natural processes of plants.
Taking stock of, evaluating, or inventorying a company's impact on the environment or its progress towards environmentally sound business practices.
Study of the relationships between plants and their environment.
Any plant that grows wild and profusely, especially one that grows among cultivated plants, depriving them of space, food, etc.
Plants growing in a natural state (not cultivated).
[GEMET] Study of the relationships between plants and their environment.
A systematic and description and measurement of the structure and species composition of the vegetation, often accompanied by analyses of environmental factors such as soil and microclimate characteristics
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Geographical distribution of occurrence of animal and plant species aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.