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Native Woodland Model (2004)
The Potential for Native Woodland in Upland Scotland was created by the Macaulay Institute and Scottish Natural Heritage in 2004. It was developed to assist in the planning of... -
Peat Surveys
Surveys of peat produced by the Scottish Peat Committee and the Macaulay Institute since the 1950's -
Soils of Scotland (partial cover)
A series of data sets from the James Hutton Institute that cover the more intensively farmed parts of Scotland. These data are typically at a larger scale (more detailed) than... -
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... -
Land Capability Maps
Land capability maps use soil data along with information on other properties, such as climate or landscape, to classify the land for a specific purpose such as the Land... -
Thematic Soil Maps
Thematic soil maps show the distribution of a specific soil property or theme, such as topsoil organic carbon content or soil texture. -
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... -
Soil Risk Maps (partial cover)
The Risk maps show a series of simple indicators of the role of soils in determining risks to water quality. These indicators include the risk of soil erosion, leaching from... -
National Soils of Scotland
James Hutton Institute data sets contributing or derived from the National Soils of Scotland database. Soil maps display the distribution of different soil types across the land... -
AECS Spatial Targeting - Beetle Banks
A mapping layer depicting species richness per 10 km x 10 km grid cell of Scottish Biodiversity List species identified as benefiting from the provision of Beetle Banks in the... -
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... -
Species Richness
Management or Restoration of Hedgerows is a management option available under the Agro-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) of the Scottish Rural Development Plan (SRDP). The... -
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... -
Scotland's Epiphyte Diversity, Climate Change Risk
Scotland has international conservation responsibility towards 'cryptogamic' bryophytes and lichens, especially epiphytic species (growing on trees) that characterise its... -
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... -
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...
