Fen Management Handbook - Scottish Natural Heritage

10.4 Biological monitoring techniques – invertebrates
References for survey methods for vertebrate and
invertebrate groups
General texts
Hill, D., Fasham, M., Tucker, G., Shewry, M. & Shaw, P. (eds) 2005.
Handbook of Biodiversity Methods: Survey, Evaluation and
Monitoring. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Sutherland, W. (ed.) 1996. Ecological Census Techniques. Cambridge
University Press.
Mammals
Chanin, P. 2003b. Monitoring the otter Lutra lutra. Conserving Natura
2000 Rivers Monitoring Series No 10. English Nature,
Peterborough
Strachan, R & Moorhouse, T. 2006. The Water Vole Conservation
Handbook, Second edition. The Wildlife Conservation Research
Unit.
Birds
Bibby, C., Burgess, N., Hill, D., & Mustoe, S. 2007. Bird Census
Techniques: Second edition. Academic Press.
Gilbert, G., Gibbons, D. & Evans, J. Bird Monitoring Methods: A Manual
of Techniques for Key UK Species. RSPB, Sandy
Hardey, J., Crick, H., Wernham, C., Riley, H., Etheridge, B. and Thompson,
D. 2006. Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring.
Stationery Office (TSO) Scotland
Amphibians and Reptiles
Gent, A.H & Gibson, S.D., eds. 1998. Herpetofauna Workers’ Manual.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
Langton, T., Beckett, C and Foster, J 2000. Great Crested Newt
Conservation Handbook. Froglife, Halesworth
Invertebrates
Brookes, S.J. 1993. Review of a method to monitor adult dragonfly
populations. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society, 9: 1-14.
Drake, C.M., Lott, D.A., Alexander, K.N.A. & Webb, J. 2007. Surveying
terrestrial and freshwater invertebrates for conservation
evaluation. Natural England Research Report NERR005.
Natural England, Sheffield.
French, G. & Smallshire, D. 2008. Criteria for determining key Odonata
sites in Great Britain. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society,
24(2), 54-61.
Interest in invertebrates generally focuses on the readily observable groups: moths
dragonflies, and spiders. Fens can support the larval stages of specialist butterflies
and moths, although the majority of fen specialist insects are small, taxonomically
difficult and considered by some to be unappealing. Monitoring is likely to be
directed toward those species that are rare or particularly valued.
Information on monitoring techniques for specific species is available from a variety
of sources. For example, Thompson et al (2003) covers the southern damselfly
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