The Biological Recording Handbook
Making Wildlife Count
$149.80
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2026
Summary
Biological recording is the discipline of writing down natural history observations of a correctly identified species, in a specific location, on a specific date, by a named individual. Simple enough, you may think. But these four pieces of data each have their own pitfalls for the unwary, whether making records or using them in analysis.
This is the first time that all of the principles and processes of biological recording have been brought together, with a detailed look at some fas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784275891 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784275891 |
| Author: | Sarah Whild |
| Publisher: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 553g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 170mm x 244mm |
| Series: | Data in the Wild |
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Critics Review
This book should be used by students, conservation professionals and academics alike. By doing so, the bar would be raised on the questions asked, the methods used, the data collected and curated, and the extent to which conclusions can be drawn. It is a book that I’ll refer to, again and again.
– Tim Reed * The Niche *…the definitive manual for the discipline. It stands out as a masterfully structured distillation of a life’s work spent bridging the gap between raw field observations and evidence-based conservation biology… It is a uniquely valuable text that will likely remain the industry benchmark for years to come.
– Roy Stewart * BNA News Bulletin *Having worked in biological recording for over 40 years, I have often wished there was an easy way to explain it to the non-specialist. This book does that job and manages to make it sound interesting. Sarah Whild is exceptionally well qualified to write this guide… Whether you are a beginner naturalist or an experienced recorder, this is a book that will improve the way you think about biological data.
– Martin Sanford * BSBI News *Sarah Whild
Sarah Whild’s career has been spent teaching biological recording as a university lecturer, although by nature she is a botanist and has been an ecological consultant. Now retired, she works closely with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland on field skills and is a trustee of the National Forum for Biological Recording.
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