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References and further reading

Internet resources

UK Agriculture
http://www.ukagriculture.com
British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
http://www.bto.org
UK Biodiversity Partnership
http://www.ukbap.org.uk
Biological Records Centre
http://www.brc.ac.uk
Botanical Society of the British Isles
http://www.bsbi.org.uk
Central Science Laboratory
http://www.csl.gov.uk
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
http://www.ceh.ac.uk
Countryside Survey 2000
http://www.cs2000.org.uk
Countryside Information System
http://www.cis-web.org.uk Countryside Information System (CIS)
Defra:
The Changing Flora of the UK
Wildlife and Countryside Directorate
Assessing Habitats in the UK Countryside
Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD)
The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP)
Environment Agency
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Otter Survey: 2000-2002
UK Environmental Change Network (ECN)
http://www.ecn.ac.uk
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
http://www.iucn.org
IUCN RedList
Institute of Zoology
http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ioz/
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
http://www.jncc.gov.uk
National Biodiversity Network (NBN)
http://nbn.org.uk
Natural History Museum
http://www.nhm.ac.uk
UK Phenology Network
http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
http://www.rspb.org.uk
Monitoring and prioritisation, data and indicators
Sea Mammal Research Unit
http://smub.st-and.ac.uk
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
http://www.unep-wcmc.org
Woodland Trust
http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk

References

[1] Department of the Environment, (1994). Biodiversity: The UK Action Plan. HMSO, London.
[2] Department of the Environment, (1996). Government Response to the UK Steering Group Report on Biodiversity. HMSO, London.
[3] World Conservation Union, (1994). IUCN Red List Categories. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, as approved by the 40th meeting of the IUCN Council. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
[4] JNCC Press Release (May 1996)
[5] Stone, B., Sears, J., Cranswick, P., Gregory, R., Gibbons, D., Rehfisch, M., Aebischer N. and Reid, J., (1996) Population estimates of birds in Britain and the United Kingdom. Avian Population Estimates Panel.
[6] Harris, S., Morris, P., Wray, S. and Yalden, D., (1995). A Review of British Mammals. JNCC, Peterborough.
[7] Harwood, J., Hiby, A.R., Thompson, D. and Ward, A., (1991). Seal Stocks in Great Britain: Surveys Conducted between 1986 and 1989. NERC News. NERC, Swindon.
[8] Hiby, A.R., Duck, C. and Thompson, D., (1992). Seal Stocks in Great Britain: Surveys Conducted in 1990 and 1991. NERC News January. NERC, Swindon.
[9] Hiby, A.R., Duck, C., Thompson, D., Hall, A., and Harwood, J., (1996). Seal Stocks in Great Britain. NERC News January 1996. NERC, Swindon.
[10] The Vincent Wildlife Trust, (1993). Otter Survey of Wales (Arolwg ar Ddyfrgwn yng Nghymru), 1991. The Vincent Wildlife Trust, London.
[11] DETR (1999) Quality of Life Counts: Indicators for a strategy for sustainable development for the UK: a baseline assessment. HMSO (London).
[12] Gibbons, D.W., Reid, J.B. and Chapman, R.A., (1993). The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991. T. and A.D. Poyser, London.
[13] Sharrock, J.T.R., (1976). The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1968-1972. T. and A.D. Poyser, London.
[14] Walsh, P.M., Brindley, E. and Heubeck, M, (1995). Seabird numbers and breeding success in Britain and Ireland, 1994. JNCC, Peterborough.
[15] Langton, T.E.S. and Beckett, C.L., (1996). Reptiles and amphibians in the UK: a review of their status and international significance. JNCC, Peterborough.
[16] Parr, T.W., Bunce, R.G.H., Hallam, C., Scott, A., Eversham, B.C., Harding, P., Roy, D., Henderson, I.G., Baillie, S.R., Crick, H.P., Furse, M.T., Harris, S. and Woiwood, I.P., (1996). Information and indicators to give an overview of UK wildlife. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology: Final Report to DoE, 1996.
[17] Perring, F.H. and Farrell, L., (1983). British Red Data Books: 1. Vascular plants. 2nd edition. Royal Society for Nature Conservation, Nettleham.
[18] Stewart, A., Pearman, D.A. and Preston, C.D., (1994). Scarce Plants in Britain. JNCC, Peterborough.
[19] Perring, F.H. and Walters, S.M., (1962). Atlas of the British Flora. Thomas Nelson and Sons, London.
[20] Barr, C.J., (1993). Countryside Survey 1990, Main Report. Department of the Environment, London.
[21] ECOFACT Module 1 Contract Report to DETR (in press)
[22] Sykes, J. M. & Lane, A. M. J. (eds.) (1996) The UK Environmental Change Network: Protocols for standard measurements at terrestrial sites. Stationery Office, London.
[23] Sykes, J. M., Lane, A. M. J. & George, D. G. (eds.) (1999) The UK Environmental Change Network: Protocols for standard measurements at freshwater sites. Natural Environment Research Council.
[24] Fletcher, M.R., Hunter, K., Barnett, E.A. and Sharp E.A., 1999. Pesticide Poisoning of Animals 1998: Investigations of suspected incidents in the United Kingdom. Report of the Environmental Panel of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, MAFF, London.
[25] Kirkwood, J.K., Bennett, P.M., Jepson, P.D., Kuiken, T., Simpson, V.R. and Baker, J.R. Entanglement and other causes of death on cetaceans stranded on the coasts of England and Wales. The Veterinary Record.

Further reading

Arnold, H.R., (1993). Atlas of mammals in Britain. HMSO, London.
Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group Report - Meeting the Rio Challenge (1995). HMSO, London.
Indicators of Sustainable Development for the United Kingdom (1996). HMSO, London.
MacDonald, S.M. and Mason, C.F., (1992). Status and Conservation Needs of the Otter (Lutra lutra) in the Western Palaearctic. Council for Europe.
Ogilvie, M.A. and the Rare Breeding Bird Panel, (1995). Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1992. British Birds 88: 67-93.
Pollard, E. and Yates, T., (1993). Monitoring Butterflies for Ecology and Conservation. Chapman and Hall, London.
Ridgill, S.C. and Fox, A.D., (1990). Cold Weather Movements of Wildfowl in Western Europe. IWRB Special Publication 12, Slimbridge.
Cranswick, P.A., Waters, R.J., Evans, J. and Pollitt, M.S., (1995). The Wetland Bird Survey 1993-1994: Wildfowl and Wader Counts. BTO/WWT/RSPB/JNCC, Slimbridge.
Additional references and sources for Table 1
General
Bratton, J.H. (ed.), (1991). British Red Data Books: 3. Invertebrates other than insects. JNCC, Peterborough.
Shirt, D.B. (ed.), (1987). British Red Data Books: 2. Insects. NCC, Peterborough.
Biological Records Centre Database. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood.
Invertebrate Site Register Database. JNCC, Peterborough.
Fish
Maitland, P.S. and Lyle, A.A., (1991). Conservation of freshwater fish in the British Isles: apparent status and biology of threatened species. Aquatic Conservation 1.
Flies
Falk, S., (1991). A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain. Part 1. Research and survey in nature conservation 39. NCC, Peterborough.
Falk, S., (1991). A review of the scarce and threatened bees, wasps and ants of Great Britain. Research and survey in nature conservation 35. NCC, Peterborough.
Beetles
Hyman, P.S., revised and updated by Parsons, M.S., (1992). A review of the scarce and threatened Coleoptera of Great Britain. Part 1. UK Nature Conservation 3. JNCC, Peterborough.
Hyman, P.S., revised and updated by Parsons, M.S., (1994). A review of the scarce and threatened Coleoptera of Great Britain. Part 2. UK Nature Conservation 12. JNCC, Peterborough.
Moths
Parson, M.S., (1993). A review of the scarce and threatened pyralid moths of Great Britain. UK Nature Conservation 11. JNCC, Peterborough.
Caddis flies
Wallace, I.D., (1991). A review of the Trichoptera of Great Britain. Research and survey in nature conservation 32. NCC, Peterborough.
True bugs
Kirby, P., (1992). A review of the scarce and threatened Hemiptera of Great Britain. UK Nature Conservation 2. JNCC, Peterborough.
Stoneflies and mayflies
Bratton, J.H., (1990). A review of the scarcer Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera of Great Britain. Research and survey in nature conservation 29. NCC, Peterborough.
Seed plants and ferns
Kent, D.H., (1992). List of vascular plants of the British Isles. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
Perring, F.H. and Farrell, L., (1983). British Red Data Books: 1. Vascular plants. 2nd edition. Royal Society for Nature Conservation, Nettleham.
Liverworts and mosses
Stewart, N.F. and Church, J.M. Red Data Books of Britain and Ireland: Bryophytes. JNCC, Peterborough. In preparation.
Lichens
Church, J.M., Coppins, B.J., Gilbert, O.L. and Stewart, N.F. Red Data Books of Britain: Lichens. JNCC, Peterborough. In preparation.
Stoneworts
Stewart, N.F. and Church, J.M., (1992). Red Data Books of Britain and Ireland: Stoneworts. JNCC, Peterborough.
Fungi
Ing, B., (1992). A provisional Red Data List of British fungi. The Mycologist 6(3):124-128.
Additional references for Table 4
BROWN.: Browne, S: Vickery, J and Chmberlain, D. (in press) Densities and population estimates of breeding Skylarks Alauda arvensis in Britain in 1997. Bird Stud 47.
SNH:Scottish Natural Heritage, UK Dotterel Survey 1999 results (Phil Whitfield, verbally 2000).
SUKB: Gregory, RD; Noble, DG; Campbell, LH and Gibbons, DW (2000). The State of the UK's Birds in 1999. RSPB and BTO, Sandy, Beds.
RBBP: Ogilvie, MA and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel (1999). Rare breeding birds in the United Kingdom in 1997. Brit. Birds 92: 289-428.
MAR: Marchant, JH and Gregory, RD (1999) Numbers of nesting Rooks Corvus frugilegus in the United Kingdom in 1996.
TOMS1: Toms, MP: Crick, HQP and Shawyer, CR (in Press). The status of breeding Barn Owls Tyto alba in the UK 1995-97. Bird Study.
TOMS2: Toms, MP; Crick, HQP and Shawyer, CR (2000). Project Barn Owl Final Report. BTO Research Report 197 / Hawk and Owl Trust Research Report No. 98/1. BTO: Thetford, Norfolk.
WILSON: Wilson, A: Henderson, A and Fuller, R (in prep.) The Status of the Nightingale in Britain in 1999.
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