Proposals for Future Monitoring of British Mammals
An Overview

Issued jointly by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee

This is a synopsis of a report produced in June 1998 for the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily coincide with those of the DETR and JNCC. Contents Foreword Proposals for future monitoring of British mammals : an overview The case for a national Mammal monitoring Network The need to monitor British mammals Legislation and international conventions Current approaches to wildlife managment and conservation What is the defference between recording and monitoring? What happens already? MaMoNet: a new national British mammal monitoring network A unifying three-tier grid The three tiers The survey cycle Co-ordination considerations Field techniques Sampling strategy MaMoNet team structure Prioritisation, costs and options Publication Utilising information gathered through monitoring Mapping mammal distributions with GIS Monitoring and managing mammals with PVA In conclusion Further reading Copies of this report (priced £7.00, order code EWD/98/105) are available from Defra Publications. The full report on which this synopsis is based (ISBN 1 85112 076 9) is no longer available. Published 6 May 1999 / updated 8 July 2003 Return to Research Reports, Recent Publications and Consultations Index Return to Wildlife and Countryside Index Return to DEFRA Home Page