Biological Records Centre meeting on the challenge of recording and monitoring rare and restricted species

16^th January 2016, CEH Wallingford, #BRCRareSpecies

BRC brought together a group of 75 specialists from recording schemes, government agencies and research organisations to review approaches to recording and monitoring rare and restricted species in the UK.   The day’s meeting reviewed existing monitoring approaches and discussed the potential of alternative survey designs and analysis of existing data.  Du

A mobile app using lichens to assess atmospheric nitrogen pollution effects has been developed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH).  The web-app is based on a field guide  produced in collaboration with Natural History Museum, The University of Nottingham, SNIFFER, JNCC, SNH, SEPA and NIEA, and published by the Field Studies Council.