LCM2021 – The UK Land Cover Map 2021

Marston, Christopher G.; O’Neil, Aneurin; Morton, Richard; Wood, Claire M.; Rowland, Clare S.

doi:10.5194/essd-2023-78

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“…These were mean annual air temperature, mean diurnal air temperature range, mean daily mean air temperature of the wettest quarter, precipitation seasonality and mean monthly precipitation amount of the warmest quarter. Four variables were derived from the UKCEH Land Cover Map 2019 75 . After merging similar land use classes, distance to woodland, distance to grassland, distance to arable and horticulture, and distance to urban were measured using Euclidean distance tools in ArcMap version 10.8.…”

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Genomic screening of 16 UK native bat species through conservationist networks uncovers coronaviruses with zoonotic potential

Tan

Trew

Peacock

et al. 2023

Preprint

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While the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has renewed genomic surveillance efforts in wildlife, there has been limited characterisation of bat-borne coronaviruses in Europe. We collected 48 faecal samples from all but one of the 17 bat species breeding in the UK, through an extensive network of bat rehabilitators and conservationists, and screened them for coronaviruses using deep RNA sequencing. We assembled nine novel, high-quality coronaviral genomes, comprising four alphacoronaviruses from Myotis daubentonii and Pipistrellus pipistrellus, a Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-related coronavirus from Plecotus auritus, and four closely-related sarbecoviruses isolated from both horseshoe bat species Rhinolophus hipposideros and R. ferrumequinum. We further used in vitro assays to demonstrate that at least one of these sarbecoviruses can bind ACE2, the receptor used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect human cells, which was also supported using in silico structural and sequence analyses. Although this sarbecovirus can enter human cells in vitro when ACE2 is over-expressed, our analyses indicate that it is unlikely to infect humans and would require adaptations to do so. Our findings highlight the importance of working collaboratively with conservation networks to enable larger, coordinated viral surveillance efforts and prevent the emergence of zoonoses from wildlife.

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confidence: 99%

Genomic screening of 16 UK native bat species through conservationist networks uncovers coronaviruses with zoonotic potential

Tan

Trew

Peacock

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Land cover percentages according to the Land Cover Map LCM2007 (Morton et al., 2011) include woodland (broadleaved and coniferous woodland), semi‐natural land (montane habitats, acid grassland, calcareous grassland, neutral grassland, rough grassland, and dwarf and shrub heath), arable land, improved grassland, bogs, freshwater bodies and urban and sub‐urban land cover. Other land cover types (supra‐littoral rock, supra‐littoral sediment, littoral rock, littoral sediment, inland rock, and saltwater) together represent less than 3% of individual catchment areas.…”

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A Framework for Assessing Concentration‐Discharge Catchment Behavior From Low‐Frequency Water Quality Data

Pohle

Baggaley

Palarea‐Albaladejo

et al. 2021

Water Resources Research

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Effective nutrient pollution mitigation measures require in‐depth understanding of spatio‐temporal controls on water quality which can be obtained by analyzing export regime and hysteresis patterns in concentration‐discharge (c−Q) relationships. Such analyses require high‐frequency data (hourly or higher resolution), hampering the assessment of hysteresis patterns in widely available low‐frequency (monthly, biweekly) regulatory water quality data. We propose a reproducible classification of c−Q relationships considering export regime (dilution, constancy, enrichment) and long‐term average hysteresis pattern (clockwise, no hysteresis, anticlockwise) applicable to low‐frequency water quality data. The classification is based on power‐law c−Q models with separate parametrization for low and high discharge and rising and falling hydrograph limb, enabling a better representation of c−Q dynamics. The classification has been applied to a 30‐years record of daily streamflow and monthly spot samples of solute concentrations in 45 Scottish catchments with contrasting characteristics in terms of topography, climate, soil and land cover. We found that c−Q classification is solute‐ and catchment‐specific and linked to upland versus lowland catchments and streamflow variability. However as the relationship between solute behavior and catchment characteristics is variable, we propose that future typologies should integrate both water quality response, that is, c−Q classification, and catchment characteristics. The data‐driven c−Q classification allows us to increase the information content of low‐frequency water quality data and thus inform mitigation measures, monitoring strategies, and modeling approaches. Such approaches open up an ability to characterize processes and best management for a wider number of catchments, subject to regulatory surveillance and outside of research catchments.

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“…Land-use within a 500 m radius from the centre of each study site was characterised using the UKCEH land cover map 2020 (Morton et al, 2020) using QGIS (QGIS Development Team, 2022). Land-use was mixed, consisting of improved and calcareous grassland, arable fields, deciduous woodland, and urban/suburban areas (Table 1).…”

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Phenological imbalance in the supply and demand of floral resources: Half the pollen and nectar produced by the main autumn food source, Hedera helix, is uncollected by insects

Harris

Ferguson

Millward

et al. 2023

Ecological Entomology

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Declines in floral resources, pollen and nectar, are considered one cause of pollinator decline. However, the supply and demand of floral resources can vary temporally. In Britain, autumn has been suggested as a period of high floral resource availability due to the flowering of ivy (Hedera helix), a common native plant, combined with fewer insects active during this season. Here, we directly quantified the proportion of pollen and nectar produced by ivy, the primary autumn food source, which is uncollected by the flower‐visiting insect community. We quantified the proportion of nectar produced but uncollected by comparing the mass of nectar sugar accumulated in insect‐accessible versus inaccessible ivy flowers and by surveying the presence of wasted, crystalised, nectar on flowers. Pollen wastage was quantified by comparing pollen counts on anthers at the start of anthesis versus anthers dropped from ivy flowers. Approximately, half the floral resources, 59% nectar and 44% pollen, were uncollected by the flower‐visiting insect community in autumn. As ivy flowers supply most of the available nectar and pollen in autumn, our results show that a large proportion of all floral resources are wasted in autumn. Our results are the first to show that a season can be characterised by a large surplus of floral resources relative to collection by flower‐visiting insects. These results demonstrate the importance of considering seasonal variation in floral resources in the conservation of bees and other flower‐visiting insects.

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LCM2021 – The UK Land Cover Map 2021

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Genomic screening of 16 UK native bat species through conservationist networks uncovers coronaviruses with zoonotic potential

Genomic screening of 16 UK native bat species through conservationist networks uncovers coronaviruses with zoonotic potential

A Framework for Assessing Concentration‐Discharge Catchment Behavior From Low‐Frequency Water Quality Data

Phenological imbalance in the supply and demand of floral resources: Half the pollen and nectar produced by the main autumn food source, Hedera helix, is uncollected by insects

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