Database Report

Scottish Coastal Survey

Prof Pakeman & Dr Lewis

GIVD Database ID: EU-GB-005	Last update: 2023-10-12
Scottish Coastal Survey	Web address: http://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/robin-pakeman
Database manager(s): Prof Pakeman (robin.pakeman@hutton.ac.uk); Dr Lewis (robert.lewis@nibio.no)
Owner: Robin Pakeman
Scope: Cover of vascular plants (estimated by eye)
Abstract: Between 1975 and 1977 a survey of 94 coastal sites around Scotland was carried out. Between 2009 and 2013 a resurvey of a random selection of 89 sites was undertaken. PAKEMAN, R.J., ALEXANDER, J., BEATON, J., BROOKER, R., CUMMINS, R., EASTWOOD, A., FIELDING, D., FISHER, J. GORE, S., HEWISON, R., HOOPER, R., LENNON, J., MITCHELL, R., MOORE, E., NOLAN, A., ORFORD, K., PEMBERTON, C., RIACH, D., SIM, D., STOCKAN, J., TRINDER, C. & LEWIS, R. (2015) Species composition of coastal dune vegetation in Scotland has proved resistant to climate change over a third of a century. Global Change Biology, 21, 3738–3747. PAKEMAN, R.J., ALEXANDER, J., BROOKER, R., CUMMINS, R., FIELDING, D., GORE, S., HEWISON, R., MITCHELL, R., MOORE, E., ORFORD, K., PEMBERTON, C., TRINDER, C. & LEWIS, R. (2016) Long-term impacts of nitrogen deposition on coastal plant communities. Environmental Pollution, 212, 337-347. PAKEMAN, R.J., HEWISON, R.L. & LEWIS, R.J. (2017) Drivers of species richness and compositional change in Scottish coastal vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science, 20, 183-193. PAKEMAN, R.J., HEWISON, R.L. & LEWIS, R.J. (2017) Linking functional traits and species preferences to species’ abundance and occupancy trends through time to identify habitat changes in coastal ecosystems. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 27, 35-44. SHAW, M.W., HEWETT, D.G., PIZZEY, J.M., 1983. Scottish Coastal Survey. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK.
Availability: free upon request	Online upload: no	Online search: yes
Database format(s): MS Access	Export format(s): Excel
Plot type(s): time series	Plot-size range (m²): 25 to 25
Non-overlapping plots: 3969	Estimate of existing plots: 0	Completeness: [NA]	Status: finished
Total no. of plot observations: 6501	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 2	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): GB: 100
Formations: Non Forest: 100% = Terrestrial: 100% (Non arctic-alpin: 100%)
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%
Plot size categories (%): 10-100 m2: 100%;
Environmental data (%): soil pH: 60
Performance measure(s): cover: 100%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 100%
Sampling periods:
Information as of 2026-05-15; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-GB-005

Prof Pakeman* (robin.pakeman@hutton.ac.uk)
The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, AB15 8QH Aberdeen, UNITED KINGDOM
Dr Lewis (robert.lewis@nibio.no)
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Thormøhlensgate 55, 5006 Bergen Bergen, NORWAY
* corresponding author