Site/Institution | Experiment Name | Surface Soil Texture | Primary contact | |
Loughborough University | Ainsdale Dune slacks | Sandy | Joanathan Millett | J.Millett@lboro.ac.uk |
University of Liverpool | Buxton Climate Change Impact Labs (BCCIL) | Calcerous | Emma Sayer | buxtonclimatelab@gmail.com; e.sayer@lancaster.ac.uk |
Natural Resources Wales | Ellan Valley Meadows | Brown earths of Denbigh series -peaty soils | Stuart Smith | stuart.smith@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk |
Imperial College | Nash's Field Experiment | Sandy, acidic soil of the Bagshot Series | Catalina Estrada | c.estrada@imperial.ac.uk |
Rothamsted Research | North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) | Clay loam overlying shales of the Crackington formation with thin subsidiary sandstone bands | Andy Gregory | jane.hawkins@rothamsted.ac.uk; andy.gregory@rothamsted.ac.uk |
Experiment Name | Site/Institution | Year of initiation | Topic |
Ainsdale Dune slacks | Loughborough University | 1974 | Dune slack wetland grazining experiment |
Buxton Climate Change Impact Labs (BCCIL) | University of Liverpool | 1993 | Impact of climate change on the UK's grasslands and ecosystems |
Ellan Valley Meadows | Natural Resources Wales | 2004 | Impacts of farmyard manure and lime applicationson species rich upland-fringe meadows |
Nash's Field Experiment | Imperial College | 1992 | Impact of fertiliser and grazing on grassland |
North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) | Rothamsted Research | 2011 | Impact of Livestock Grazing systems on the sustainability of lowland grassland |
Topic | Classification System | Surface Soil Texture | Experiment Name |
Dune slack wetland grazining experiment | British Standard classification system (BS 1990) | Sandy | Ainsdale Dune slacks |
Impact of climate change on the UK's grasslands and ecosystems | British Standard classification system (BS 1990) | Calcerous | Buxton Climate Change Impact Labs (BCCIL) |
Impacts of farmyard manure and lime applicationson species rich upland-fringe meadows | British Standard classification system (BS 1990) | Brown earths of Denbigh series -peaty soils | Ellan Valley Meadows |
Impact of fertiliser and grazing on grassland | British Standard classification system (BS 1990) | Sandy, acidic soil of the Bagshot Series | Nash's Field Experiment |
Impact of Livestock Grazing systems on the sustainability of lowland grassland | British Standard classification system (BS 1990) | Clay loam overlying shales of the Crackington formation with thin subsidiary sandstone bands | North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) |