1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Height above sea level (m)

1.5

3.0

6.3

3.2

4.4

9.6

8.1

11.2

13.6

13.5

5.5

7.1

Distance from sea (m)

28.5

36.8

54.8

68.4

107.2

129.3

215

282.3

325.2

364.1

417.5

452.4

Soil Moisture

Before burning gms

After burning gms

% moisture

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

4.82

4.90

4.49

4.81

3.55

4.07

3.17

3.62

3.98

3.46

1.32

2.82

3.6

2.0

10.2

3.8

29

18.6

36.6

27.6

20.4

30.8

73.6

43.6

Organic content

Before burning gms

After burning gms

% organic content

4.82

4.90

4.49

4.81

3.55

4.07

3.17

3.62

3.98

3.46

1.32

2.82

4.79

4.88

4.34

4.79

3.18

3.88

2.62

3.21

3.68

2.91

0.32

2.18

0.6

0.4

3.3

0.4

10.4

4.7

17.4

11.3

7.5

15.9

75.8

22.7

Soil pH

7.7

7.5

7.4

7.1

6.8

6.9

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.5

6.7

Light (lux)

At surface

(ooos)

At 2m

(ooos)

16.8

21

6.5

14

15

26

11.3

13.1

18.5

5.85

24.0

15.7

25

30

26.7

21.5

16.8

27

12

14.9

24.1

6.0

26.8

26.2

Number of species

2

1

7

11

16

15

10

10

12

10

11

3

Dominant species

Name

Total (out of 100)

Sand

couch

Sand couch

Marr-am

Marr-am

moss

moss

moss

moss

moss

moss

moss

Ivy

25

75

76

74

100

72

100

100

96

73

50

79

Secondary species

Name

Total (out of 100)

Cats ear

/

fescue

moss

Mea-dow grass

Sand sedge

Burnet rose

Marr-am

Burnet rose

Mea-dow grass

Syca-more

Blackthorn

1

/

57

53

36

45

65

74

52

44

25

25

Number of rabbit burrows in each 1-hectare square area.

A1 n/a A2-0 A3-0 A4-0 A5-0 A6-2 A7-3 A8-2 A9-0

B1 n/a B2-60 B3-35 B4-6 B5-5 B6-11 B7-28 B8-23 B9-1

C1-10 C2-53 C3-15 C4-30 C5-14 C6-11 C7-37 C8-2 C9-2

D1-8 D2-13 D3-14 D4-18 D5-13 D6-6 D7-0 D8n/a D9n/a

E1-0 E2- 4 E3-1 E4- 0 F1n/a F2n/a F3n/a