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Summary information

Study title

Census of Woodlands and Trees, 1979-1982

Creator

Forestry Commission

Study number / PID

2235 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2235-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to take stock of the timber resources of woodlands and open grown trees in Great Britain and to assess the environmental status of trees in the urban and rural landscape by counties in England and Wales and by Forestry Commission regions (conservancies) in Scotland.
Main Topics:

Variables
Area of woodland by forest type, age class, species, volume by ownership; estimate of the number of non-woodland trees by species, location, size class, health, and estimate of the volume of non- woodland trees.

Topics

Agriculture and rural industryPlants and animalsLand use and planning

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE AREASAGEBOUNDARIESBROADLEAVED FORESTSCENSUS DATACONIFEROUS FORESTSENVIRONMENTAL CHANGESFOREST MANAGEMENTFORESTRYFORESTSLAND OWNERSHIPLAND USE
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1979 - 01/01/1982

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Woodlands and trees
National
Trees
Woodlands

Universe

The woodlands (over 0.25 ha) of Great Britain and the non-woodland tree population

Sampling procedure

Woodlands: three stage sampling system using O.S. 1:50 000 maps, aerial photographs and ground surveys for all woodlands not managed by Forestry Commission or under a dedicated approved grant scheme for which records were available and could be added to the survey results.
Non-woodlands: two stage stratified random sampling system using aerial photographs and ground visits.

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Analysis of aerial photographs

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1988

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • (1985) Census of woodlands and trees [Research report], London: HMSO.
  • Locke, G. (1987) Census of woodlands and trees [Research report], London: HMSO.