JNCC report series

The JNCC publishes reports arising from its scientific work on a wide range of topics under the series title JNCC Reports (ISSN 0963 8091). For more details contact the communications team: tel 01733 866886, fax 01733 555948, Email: Communications@jncc.gov.uk

Report 488 Trends in the Distribution of UK native species 1970 - 2010 Preliminary report to JNCC (2013)

Issac, N. J. B., August, T. A., Harrower, C. & Roy, D.B.

A report discussing three methods used to estimate preliminary trends in the status of over 1300 native species of plants and animals in well-recorded groups.

Report 478 Grey long-eared bat surveillance 2012 (2012)

Barlow, K.E. and Briggs, P.A.

This report explains how a non-invasive sampling method and DNA analysis of droppings helped to improve our knowledge of grey long-eared bat distribution in the UK

Report 475 Isle of May seabird studies in 2005-2011

M P Harris, S Wanless, S Murray, E Mackley, M Newell, F Daunt, D Kortan, L Quinn, A Skene, F Daunt, S Burthe

Isle of May seabird studies in 2005-2011

Report 472 Seafloor biotope analysis of the deep waters of the SEA4 region of Scotland's seas (2012)

This report aims to identify, map and describe deep-water seafloor biotopes in the SEA4 area of Scotland's seas.

Report 469 Spatial framework for assessing evidence needs for operational ecosystem approaches (2012)

Dr. Medcalf, K., Small, N., Finch, C. & Parker, J.

This report seeks to identify attributes of habitats which are important for, and influence the role of, those habitats in delivering ecosystem services.

Report 468 A comparison of trends and geographical variation in mammal abundance in the Breeding Bird Survey and the National Gamebag Census (2012)

Noble, D.G., Aebischer, N.J., Newson, S.E., Ewald, J.A. and Dadam, D.

This work is an element of the addendum to the JNCC-BTO Monitoring of Birds and the Environment contract 2010/11-2015/16. This report covers two annual monitoring schemes for mammals, each reporting on a suite of mammal species that overlap in scheme coverage and allow patterns of temporal and spatial change to be compared.

Report 467 Change in great crested newt Habitat Suitability Index between 1996 and 2007 assessed using lowland Countryside Survey data (2012)

P. Williams & J. Biggs

Countryside Survey is a regular audit of the UK's rural landscapes, which has been carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at intervals of six to nine years since 1978.

Report 464 Reviewing and Recommending Methods for Determining Reference Conditions for Marine Benthic Habitats in the North-East Atlantic Region (2012)

Hill, J.M., Earnshaw, S., Burke, C. and Gallyot,J.

This report aims to identify, describe and evaluate the methods that could be used to set reference conditions for the MSFD biodiversity criteria most relevant to benthic habitats (D1 and D6, Box 2).

Report 462 Identification of Priority Marine Features in Scottish offshore waters (2012)

JNCC

This report details work undertaken to identify the list of recommended Priority Marine Features in Scottish offshore waters by JNCC.

Report 461 The identification of possible marine SPAs for seabirds in the UK: The application of Stage 1.1-1.4 of the SPA selection guidelines (2012)

Kober, K., Wilson, L.J., Black, J., O'Brien, S., Allen, S., Win, I., Bingham, C. & Reid, J.B.

Between January 2007 and October 2011 the JNCC conducted a series of analyses to inform the identification of possible marine Special Protection Areas in the UK based on data in the European Seabirds at Sea database.

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