Acknowledgements
It would be difficult to find any field biologist who had enough experience to write about sampling animals and plants without contributions from fellow ecologists. We would like to thank all those who were generous with both their time and expertise:
1 Amanda Arnold (Queen Mary's University, London) advised on aquatic invertebrates;
2 Joanna Bagniewska, Sandra Baker, Hannah Dugdale, and Stephen Ellwood (WildCRU, University of Oxford) gave advice on survey techniques for mammals;
3 Katherine Boughey and the Bat Conservation Trust gave advice on monitoring bats;
4 Philip Briggs (Bat Conservation Trust) provided helpful discussions on bats;
5 Mary Brierley, David Groom, and Sue Hutchinson (Manchester Metropolitan University – MMU) helped with technical details and supplied equipment for many of the images;
6 Dave Brooks (Rothamsted Research) provided material on CCA;
7 Paul Chipman (MMU) contributed to mammal sampling and statistics;
8 Suzanne Clark, John Cussans and Sue Welham (Rothamsted Research) advised on mixed effects models;
9 Rod Cullen (MMU) discussed sampling invertebrates;
10 Cathy Delaney (MMU) advised on soil sampling;
11 Mike Dobson (Freshwater Biological Association) advised on aquatic invertebrates;
12 Mark Elgar (University of Melbourne) commented on the proposal for the book;
13 Alan Fielding (MMU) advised on Chapter 5;
14 Chris Goldspink (MMU) advised on fish sampling;
15 Mark Grantham, David Leech, Rob Robinson (BTO) supplied information on birds;
16 Ed Harris (MMU) advised on sampling amphibians and reptiles;
17 Paul Hart (Leicester University) supplied information on electrofishing;
18 Øyvind Hammer (Paleontological Museum, University of Oslo) discussed applications within the PAST software package;
19 Martin Hartup (Burnham Beeches) provided information on, and practical experience of, reptile sampling;
20 Alison Haughton (Rothamsted Research) provided internet information, alerted us to the less obvious information sources, and contributed to Chapter 6;
21 Mike Hounsome (University of Manchester) advised on bird sampling and statistics;
22 Martin Jones and Stuart Marsden (MMU) advised on bird sampling;
23 Jonathan Lageard (MMU) advised on tree coring;
24 Mark Langan (MMU) commented on Chapter 1 and provided information on aquatic invertebrate sampling and statistics;
25 Les May (MMU) provided guidelines on field notebooks and advised on sampling using animal sounds;
26 Jacqui Morrison (MMU) advised on camera trapping;
27 Ed Mountford (JNCC) contributed towards the forest techniques section, especially mensuration;
28 Richard Preziosi (University of Manchester/MMU) commented on the proposal for the book and discussed various sampling and statistical methods;
29 Liz Price (MMU) helped with plant sampling;
30 Helen Read (Burnham Beeches) advised on Chapters 1–3;
31 Ian Rotherham (Sheffield Hallam University) commented on the proposal for the book;
32 Robin Sen (MMU) advised on microbial techniques;
33 Emma Shaw (MMU) advised on sampling and monitoring spiders;
34 Rob Sheldon (RSPB) was helpful when preparing the bird section;
35 Dave Shuker (University of Edinburgh) commented on the proposal for the book;
36 Richard Small and David Wilkinson (Liverpool John Moores University) commented on the proposal for the book and on Chapters 1–3;
37 Graham Smith (MMU) advised on GIS and remote sensing;
38 Nigel Stork (University of Melbourne) provided information on fogging;
39 Rob Strachan (Environment Agency for Wales) gave insights into less well‐known survey techniques for mammals;
40 Michelle Tobin (University of Hull) commented on the proposal for the book;
41 Derek Yalden (University of Manchester) advised on mammal sampling.
Our appreciation to all those who wrote case studies:
1 Henry Andrews, Katharine Clayton, Oliver Haines, and Thomas Hamilton Koch (Bat Tree Habitat Key Project – BTHKP) and Steaphan Hazell (NHBS) – bat tree‐roost net;
2 Karen Anderson (University of Exeter) – lightweight drones;
3 Amanda Arnold (Queen Mary University of London) – aquatic invertebrates;
4 Chris Bennett (Rothamsted Research) – plants;
5 Dan Blumgart (Rothamsted Research and Lancaster University) – moth traps;
6 David Brown (University of Cardiff) – snakes;
7 Friederike Clever (MMU) – coral reef fish poster;
8 Jordan Cuff (Cardiff University) – DNA metabarcoding;
9 Robin Curtis (University of Exeter) – butterflies;
10 Jenny Jacobs (Rothamsted Research) – bees;
11 Vicky Larcombe (née Oglivy) (Froglife) – tree frogs;
12 Erica McAlister (Natural History Museum, London) – insects;
13 Stuart Marsden (MMU) – parrots;
14 Helen Read (Burnham Beeches) – trees;
15 Jo Setchell (University of Durham) – mandrills;
16 Emma Shaw (MMU) – tarantulas;
17 Roisin Stanbrook (University of Central Florida) – dung beetles;
18 Christopher Todd (University of St Andrews) – barnacles;
19 Gareth Williams (Bangor University) – marine microbes;
20 Ian Winfield (CEH, Lancaster) – fish;
21 Matt Zeale (University of Bristol) – bats.
Thanks to the Ordnance Survey for permission to use the map fragment in Figure 2.1. All images are used with permission and are marked with the appropriate initials (e.g. JRB – James Bell, PAC – Penny Cook, and CPW – Philip Wheater). The Park Grass photograph is courtesy of Rothamsted Research (RRES). In addition to those mentioned above who supplied images as part of their case studies, we thank the following for supplying images:
| Sandra Baker (SB); Friederike Clever (FJC); Fraser Combe (FC) Sam Cook (SC); Matthew Dennis (MD); Mike Dobson (MKD); Hannah Dugdale (HD); Mike Edwards (ME); Paul Higginbottom (PH); Jonathan Lageard (JGAL); | Mark Langan (AML); Mark Mallott (MM); Sharon Matola (SM); Kelly Reynolds (KR); Miira Riipinen (MR); Rob Robinson (RAR); Emma Shaw (ES); Chris Shortall (CS); Nigel Stork (NES); Rob Strachan (RS). |
A huge thanks to all those generations of students and colleagues on many a field course, expedition, or research trip who commented on the early and developing