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Resources for recorders
We have a selection of resources available which may be of use to the biological
recording community. These include:
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Website resources
The following resources are available:
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Resources for researchers
We also supply information which may be of use to research scientists. This
includes:
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CLUSTASPEC - An R function to determine patterns in distribution, by Colin
Harrower. CLUSTASPEC takes presence/absence data for a series of species and
using this data attempt to looks for patterns in their occurrence. The download
includes a readme file, together with the R script defining the clustaspec
function. This script is freely available to download and use. The reference for
citing CLUSTASPEC or the associated methodology, which we ask you to include in any
publications incorporating analyses conducted using this function or based upon
this clustering method, is
Preston, C.D., Harrower, C.A. & Hill. M.O. (2011)
Distribution patterns in British and Irish liverworts and hornworts. Journal of
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Frescalo - a computer program to analyse your
biological records, by Mark Hill, August 2011. Frescalo estimates species
richness and time trends when recording effort is uneven. The download includes
a readme file, together with a worked example and supplementary programs to
define neighbourhoods of individual grid cells. For the theoretical background,
see Hill (2011) in
Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
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Database of Insects and their
Foodplants This database is primarily a collation of published interactions
between Great Britain's invertebrate herbivores (insects and mites) and their
host plants.
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PLANTATT - Attributes of British and
Irish plants. (.zip 1455KB) This dataset was compiled and published in 2004,
and last updated in November 2008. Download includes an Excel spreadsheet of the
attributes, and a PDF explaining the background and nomenclature. Note that the
PDF version is the booklet as published, whereas the Excel spreadsheet
incorporates subsequent corrections.
A hardcopy can be purchased from the
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
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BRYOATT - Attributes of British and
Irish mosses, liverworts and hornworts. (.zip 427KB) This dataset was
published in 2007, as a companion to PLANTATT. Download includes an Excel
spreadsheet of the attributes, and a PDF explaining the background and
nomenclature.
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Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, by Michael L.
Cox. Pisces Publications, Newbury 2007, is available from the publishers.
Supplementary material (.zip 496 KB) is a Word document containing more
detailed species accounts.
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An audit of non-native species in England has been
published by English Nature (now Natural England). Download the
data behind the report here.
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A dichotomous key to
subfamilies of Ichneumonidae in Britain and Ireland
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