Temperature Data Loggers Help Restore the UK's Rich Grasslands on Ex-arable Lands

摘要

rvestoration of species-rich grasslands, that are of high value because of the diverse flora and fauna that they support, is part of the UK's strategy to preserve its native biodiversity. The NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) works in a project to test new methods to restore such types of grassland at sites where they have disappeared due to agricultural intensification. Understanding what goes on at grass roots level with regard to abiotic conditions such as temperature and humidity is an important part of the process. 192 Tinytag data loggers From Gemini Data Loggers (UK) have been used for this purpose at the Pegsdon Hills Nature Reserve in the Chilterns from the summer of 2008.