Handbook for Biological Recorders
2nd edition 2006, fully revised and updated
A manual for recording plants, animals and their habitats in Cornwall and
the Isles of Scilly.
A Handbook for Biological Recorders
January 2006
A4 loose-leaf folder, 372pp
ISBN 1-902864-06-9
Edited by Mary Atkinson, Ian Bennallick, David Holyoak,
Derek Lord
& Paul McCartney
Handbook for Biological Recorders
2nd edition 2006 – fully revised and updated
The aim of this Handbook is to promote and assist biological recording
in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, by stimulating recording;
passing on existing experience of surveying techniques; and to encourage
standardised record gathering for the various taxonomic groups. It begins with
some introductory sections about recording, introducing the reader to the
general standards that are expected in recording. For example, there
are sections on what and how to record, and what you should do
with records once you have collected them.
The majority of the Handbook deals with individual plant and animal groups,
with each section having been written by a relevant expert. The species
groups covered include fungi, lichens, bryophytes, vascular plants, plant
galls, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals, along with a wide
range of invertebrates. The last eight sections deal with various
aspects of marine recording covering such groups as sponges, molluscs, marine
fish, cetaceans and seals. The second edition is fully revised and updated
and also includes new sections on the use of hand-held GPS, introductions
to ERCCIS and CISFBR, recording techniques and resources of non-marine invertebrates,
Larger Brachycera (Diptera), woodlice, seaweeds, marine sponges, tunicates
and sea squirts, and recording non-native flora.
The Handbook for Biological Recorders is a publication that has
resulted from a collaboration between the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation
of Biological Recorders (CISFBR) and the Environmental Records Centre for
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS). It has been designed as
a loose-leaf format held within an A4 folder, to allow for the possibility
of inserting section updates or new sections.
The Handbook is available from the Records Centre at £15.00 each
(plus £5.80 postage and packing) or £12.00 to CISFBR members
(again plus postage and packing). Copies can be collected from ERCCIS
to save on p&p.
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