Monitoring nature conservation in cultural habitats : a practical guide and case studies / edited by Clive Hurford and Michael Schneider.

CONTENTS

Part I - An introduction to conservation monitoring
Chapter 1 - Monitoring in cultural habitats
Chapter 2 - The relationship between monitoring and management


Part II - Traditional approaches to data collection
Chapter 3 -The roles of survey
Chapter 4 Surveillance
Chapter5 Strategic sampling

Pat III - Developing projects for monitoring habitats
Chapter 6 - Developing a habitat monitoring project
Chapter 7 - Identifying the conservation priority
Chapter 8 - Incorporating knowledge from research
Chapter 9 - Developing a conservation strategy
Chapter 10 - Minimizing observer error
Chapter 11 - Identifying site-specific condition indicators for habitats
Chapter 12 - Where to focus the monitoring effort
Chapter 13 - Collecting the monitoring data
Chapter 14 - The supporting roles of on-site photography
Chapter 15 - Integrating data in Geographical Information Systems

Part IV - The case studies
Chanter 16 - The monitoring case studies
Chapter 17 - Monitoring coastal heaths at St David's
Chapter 18 - Monitoring arable weeds at Newton Farm
Chapter 19 - Monitoring neutral grassland at Somerton Farm
Chapter 20 - Monitoring the Brown Bear Ursus arctos in Vasterbotten County
Chapter 21 - Monitoring the Wolverine Gulo gulo in Vasterbotten County
Chapter 22 - Monitoring the Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis on a landscape scale
Chapter 23 - Monitoring Choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax on the Castlemartin Peninsula
Chapter 24 - Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail Vertigo angustior at Whiteford Burrows
Chapter 25 - Monitoring the Heath Fritillary Melicta athalia at Thornden and West Blean
Woods

Part V - Woodland monitoring
Chapter 26 - Woodland management
Chapter 27 - ssues specific to monitoring broad-leaved woodland
Chapter 28 - Monitoring issues specific to Western Taiga forests
Chapter 29 - Beech Faguts syvatica forests at Biskopstorp

Part V1[ - Using information from remote images
Chapter 30 - Using Earth Observation to monitor habitats
Chapter - Planning a remote sensing project
Chapter 32 - Remote sensing of dune habitats at Kenfig NNR
Chapter 33 - Remote sensing of fen vegetation at Cors Crymlyn NNR
Chapter 34 - Coastal lagoons in Sweden and Finland

Part VII- Looking to the future
Chapter 35 - The challenges and opportunities that lie ahead

Includes bibliographical references and index.