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2007

Granados, L. & Lane, S.D. (2007) A fine scale study of selected environmental and floristic parameters in three populations of Euphrasia vigursii (Davey), a rare annual endemic to Devon and Cornwall. Watsonia, 26: 347–358.

Ramsay PM & Fotherby RM (in press) Implications of the spatial pattern of Vigur’s Eyebright (Euphrasia vigursii) for heathland management. Basic and Applied Ecology. [doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.06.001]

2006

Baldock C (2006) Factots determining ephmeral pool invertebrate communities in relation to the distribution and ecology of the fairy shrimp. 3rd Year Dissertation, University of Nottingham.

Billington G (2006) Monitoring of Barbastelle Bats in Hawns and Dendles Woods. Greena Ecological Consultancy.

Billington G (2006) Protected Species Survey of Dartmoor National Park Authority owned and managed buildings. Greena Ecological Consultancy.

Borsje A (2006) Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth, Vogwell Cottage, Dartmoor, 29 June 2005.  Butterfly Conservation Report No. S06-07

Greenaway G (2006) Bechsteins Bat Survey in Dartmoor National Park.

2005

Boyce D & Baldock N (2005) Monitoring the Southern Damselfly on Dartmoor - 2004. Dartmoor National Park Authority

Dartmoor National Park Authority (2005) Dry, Unimproved Grassland Survey - Final Report 2003/2004. Dartmoor National Park Authority

Isden J (2005) Habitat Requirements and impact of management on a population of Hypericum linarifolium in Dartmoor National Park.  MSc Dissertation, Unversity College London.

2004

Armitage RP, Weaver RG and Kent M (2004) Investigation of Spectral Characteristics of British Semi-Natural Vegetation using direct ordination a case study from Dartmoor, UK. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Boyce D (2004) Marsh Fritillary and Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth in the Moreton-Manaton and Tor Valleys 2003. Report to Dartmoor National Park Authority

Boyce D & Baldock N (2004) Monitoring the Southern Damselfly on Dartmoor - 2003. Dartmoor National Park Authority

Drake M & Baldock N (2004) The Bog Hoverfly Eristalis cryptarum on Dartmoor - fieldwork in 2004 and summary of findings 1998-2004. Report to Dartmoor National Park Authority

Environment Agency (2004). Site characterisation of the Dartmoor cSAC and associated rivers for the purpose of the review of consents (ROC) project. WRc Plc.

Environment Agency (2004). Water quality investigations in support of the site characterisation of Dartmoor cSAC and associated rivers. WRs Plc.

Environment Agency (2004). Evaluation of the potential impact of air pollution and atmosphere deposition on the interest features of the Dartmoor cSAC. WRc Plc.

Fotherby MF (2004) The Spatial Distribution of Vigur's Eyebright (Euphrasia vigursii) on Lydford High Down, Dartmoor.  MSc Dissertation, University of Plymouth.

2003

Bemmet G & Fee D (2003). Wildlife in Buildings Survey. A report to Action for Wildlife - the Dartmoor Biodiversity Project.

Billington G (2003). Roosting, Dispersal and Foraging Behaviour of Barbastelle Bats in Hawns and Dendles Woods, Dartmoor. Report to Dartmoor National Park Authority and English Nature

Billington G (2003) The use of Holne Chase and Greypark Woods by bats. Report to Dartmoor National Park Authority and the Woodland Trust (external site, opens new window).

Boyce D & Baldock N (2003) Monitoring the Southern Damselfly on Dartmoor in 2002. Report to Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Boyce D & Walters J (2003) Blue Ground Beetle report 2002. Report to Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Coppins, A.M. & Coppins, B.J. (2003). Black Tor Copse NNR, cSAC, (VC 4,North Devon): Lichen Survey with emphasis on the presence of rare lichens. Report to English Nature.

Coppins, A.M. & Coppins, B.J. (2003). Wistman's Wood NNR, cSAC, (VC 3, South Devon): Lichen Survey with emphasis on the presence of rare lichens. Report to English Nature.

Proctor, M.C.F. (2003) Comparative Ecophysiological Measurements on the Light Responses, Water Relations and Desiccation Tolerance of the Filmy Ferns Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook and H. tunbrigense (L.) Smith. Annals of Botany 91: 717-727.

2002

Benfield B (2002). Lichens Survey of Wray Cleave Woods. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Coppins, A.M. & Coppins, B.J. (2002). Black Tor Copse NNR, cSAC, (VC 4,North Devon): Desk Study - to discover relevant information relating to past and present site history and management and the history of lichen recording prior to carrying out a lichen survey. Report to English Nature.

Coppins, A.M. & Coppins, B.J. (2002). Wistman's Wood NNR, cSAC, (VC 3, South Devon): Desk Study - to discover relevant information relating to past and present site history and management and the history of lichen recording prior to carrying out a lichen survey. Report to English Nature.

Drake M & Baldock N (2002). Eristalis Cryptarum on Dartmoor in 2002 - surveillance, survey and ecology. Report to Dartmoor National Park. Authority

Holyoak, D (2002). Multi-fruited Rive Moss (Cryphaea lamyana): Report on work carried out in England during 2001 and south Wales during 2002. Plantlife Report No. 204.

Stewart, N (2002). Hypericum linariifolium Vahl Toadflax-leaved St John’s-wort. Report of work undertaken in 2001. Plantlife Report No. 192.

Wilson P J (2002). Dianthus armeria (Deptford Pink) in 2001. Plantlife Report No. 210.

2001

Benfield, B (2001). The lichen flora of Devon. Barbara Benfield, Plymtree, Cullompton.

Billington G (2001). A Pilot Survey of the Use of Key Dartmoor Habitats by Bats. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Billington G (2001). A Survey of the Use of the Upper Teign Valley Woods by Bats. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Boyce D and Walters J (2001). The ecology of the Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus (Linn.). English Nature.

Freshney F (2001). The Dartmoor Pony: Grazing behaviour and potential use within conservation grazing schemes. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Granados, L (2001). A fine scale phytosociological study involving selected environmental and floristic parameters between three populations of Euphrasia vigursii (Davey) (Cornish eyebright) a rare annual endemic to Devon and Cornwall. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Hooper D (2001). The effect of the Environmentally Sensitive Area and other conservation designations on the wildlife of Dartmoor National Park. Oxford Brookes University. Honours Project .

Hope Johnson S (2001). What makes a good conservation advisor? A comparison of attitudes and opinions of farmers and three conservation organisations within Dartmoor National Park. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Ince, R (2001). New native woodland on Dartmoor. English Nature Research Report 417. English Nature Peterborough.

Meredith, O.S. (2001). A study of grazing pressure and vegetation change on the Upper Plym Valley, Dartmoor and its ecological implications. Stirling University BSc dissertation.

Mountford E P, Page P A & Peterken G F (2001). The development of beech woodland at Dendles Wood National Nature Reserve, Devon. English Nature Research Report No. 433. English Nature, Peterborough.

Searle S (2001). A study of the three mires on Dartmoor, two containing the Southern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale), and the other which does not, to determine the habitat requirements of this rare species. University of Exeter. Honours Project.

Proctor, M.C.F. (1999). Water-relations parameters of some bryophytes evaluated by thermocouple psychrometry. Journal of Bryology, 21: 269–277.

Mountford, E P; Page, P A & Peterken, G F (2001). The development of beech woodland at Dendles Wood National Nature Reserve, Devon. English Nature Research Report No. 433.

2000

Armitage RP, Kent M & Weaver RG. (2000) Remote Sensing of Semi-Natural Vegetation: the relationship between species composition and spectral response. In Alexander R and Millington A (Eds). Vegetation Mapping: Patch to Planet. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester 83-102.

Barnes D (2000). Breeding wading birds in the Dartmoor National Park: An assessment of factors potentially limiting the population size. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Berry N (2000). An investigation into whether the various groups that use Dartmoor are aware of the strategies in place and what steps they take to ensure minimal damage. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Boyce D C (2000). The Status of the High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Dartmoor National Park 2000. Dartmoor National Park Authority, Butterfly Conservation, English Nature.

Boyce D C (2000). A Review of the Importance of Dartmoor’s Common Land and Wet Pastures for Priority and Threatened Invertebrates. Dartmoor National Park Authority, Butterfly Conservation, English Nature.

Brereton T M & Cox A (2000). Conserving Fritillary Butterflies through Countryside Stewardship at Great Torridge Common: Progress and Future Habitat Management Needs. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Clark G J (2000). Mapping Past Dwarf Shrub-Heath Extent on Dartmoor. Aspects of Applied Biology 58: 179-184.

Coppins, A.M. & Coppins, B.J. (2000). Dendles Wood NNR (VC 3 South Devon) - Lichen Monitoring II. [Report to English Nature]. 50 pp., incl. map and Figs.

Geary S (2000). Dartmoor Moorland Breeding Bird Survey 2000, incorporating a survey of Rhôs Pasture. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Giavarini, V.J. (2000). Lichen Monitoring Project, Riverside Trees, Holne Chase, Dartmoor. [Report to English Nature]. 24 pp., incl. species list and Figs.

Glaves D J & Darlaston M (Eds.) (2000). The Devon Bird Report 1998. Annual Report No. 71 of the Devon Birdwatching and Preservation Society.

Harris K (2000). An investigation into the use of grazing ponies to control ecological succession for conservation purposes on the Castle Drogo Estate. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Jones, R.A.J. (2000). The effects of recreational disturbance on upland breeding birds 1997-1999. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Mountford E P, Page P A & Peterken G F (2000). Twenty-five years of change in population of oak saplings in Wistman’s Wood, Devon English Nature Research Report No. 348. English Nature, Peterborough.

Spalding A and Bourn N (2000). South West Regional Action Plan. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Perrett, J (2000). Eristalis cryptarum: A study of the Phenology and Extent of the Devon Population. English Nature.

Spectra Project Team (2000). Case Study Report United Kingdom: Dartmoor National Park. In Case Studies Areas of Special Environmental Protection.

Proctor, M.C.F. (2000). Physiological ecology. In The Biology of Bryophytes ed. J.A. Shaw & B. Goffinet, pp. 225–247. Cambridge University Press.

Walters, J M (2000). Devon Wildlife through the seasons, Arlequin Press.

1999

Berkshire I (1999). An Investigation into the Grazing Behaviour and Movements of a Herd of Dartmoor Ponies. Seale-Hayne, University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Brereton T M Roberts R E & Warren M S (1999). Action for the Pearl-bordered Fritillary Progress 1997/98. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Caseldine C J (1999). Archaeological and Environmental Change on Prehistoric Dartmoor: current understanding and future directions. Quaternary Proceedings 7: 575-584.

Caseldine C J (1999). Environmental setting: a review of those elements of the physical environment relevant to our understanding of human occupance of South West England. In R.J.P. Kain and W.L.D. Ravenhill An Historical Atlas of South West England, 25-34.

Coxon K, Chanin P, Dallas J & Sykes T (1999). The Use of DNA Fingerprinting to Study the Population Dynamics of Otters (Lutra lutra) in Southern Britain: A Feasibility Study. Technical Report TR W202, Environment Agency.

Glaves D J & Darlaston M (Eds.) (1999). The Devon Bird Report 1997. Annual Report No. 70 of the Devon Birdwatching and Preservation Society.

Guy A (1999). Development of a belt transect in Dendles Wood National Nature Reserve between 1988 and 1999. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Jones R A J (1999). Upland Bird Survey, Dartmoor National Park. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Palmer A (1999). An investigation into the impact of trampling on the footpath between Haytor and Saddle Tor in the Dartmoor National Park. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Ross J (1999). The autoecology of the meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum L. Hill) on Devon Rhôs pastures, with particular reference to the effect of major environmental variables on the population dynamics. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Plymouth

Skidmore, P (1999) The Status of the Hornet Robber-fly Asilus crabroniformis in certain National Trust Properties in Devon. The National Trust.

Smaldon R (1996-1999). The Dartmoor Bird Report. Annual Reports of the Dartmoor Study Group.

Smith G L (1999). The influence of afforestation on upland and lowland water sources: a Dartmoor case study. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Stewart, N.F. (1999). Slender bird's foot trefoil (Lotus angustissimus) around the eastern edge of Dartmoor National Park. Report held by English Nature.

1998

ADAS (1998). Environmental monitoring in the Dartmoor ESA 1994-1997. MAFF publication, London (available on DEFRA website, www.defra.gov.uk, external site, opens new window).

ADAS (1988-90). Integrated Land Management Plans for the Duchy of Cornwall Dartmoor Estate (unpublished ADAS report to the Duchy of Cornwall www.defra.gov.uk, external site, opens new window)

Anon (1998). Dartmoor Environmental Baseline. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Baldock N & Keedle R M (1998). Scarce Damselfly Survey 1998.Dartmoor National Park Authority

Bullock, D.J. & Gunn, S. (1998). The impact, use and control of fire: a joint workshop organised by English Nature and the National Trust. English Nature Research Reports 297.

Chadwick, L.J. (1998). A study of the effects of burning on the floristic composition of heathland plant communities, on the Dartmoor National Park. University of Wales BSc project report.

Chambers B J, Critchley N R, Rose S C, Bhogal A & Hodkinson DJ (1998). Soil Nutrient status and Botanical composition of Grasslands in the Dartmoor ESA. ADAS rep to MAFF/FRCA (MAFF R&D Project BD1429 www.defra.gov.uk, external site, opens new window).

Clarke S A & Warren M S (1998). High Brown Fritillary Breeding Habitat Survey 1998: Dartmoor and Exmoor (preliminary report). A contract report for Butterfly Conservation.

Green D G (1998). The Status and Distribution of the Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne within Dartmoor National Park. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Hinshelwood, E.L. (1998). Post-fire recolonisation of vegetation and invertebrates on Trendlebere Down, Dartmoor, Devon. Oxford Brookes University BSc dissertation.

Jones R A J (1998). Ring Ouzel breeding survey of Dartmoor National Park. Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Porter I (1998). Farmers and landowners attitudes towards hedgerows: evidence from the case study area of Dartmoor National Park. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Proctor, M.C.F., Nagy, Z., Csintalan, Zs. & Takács, Z. (1998). Water-content components in bryophytes: analysis of pressure–volume relationships. Journal of Experimental Botany 49: 1845–1854.

Proctor, M.C.F. & Maltby, E. (1998). Relations between acid atmospheric deposition and the surface pH of some ombrotrophic bogs in Britain. Journal of Ecology 86(2): 329–340

Ramel, G. (1998). Report to English Nature on Eristalis Cryptarum. English Nature, Dartmoor National Park Authority and Royal Entomological Society of London.

Weaver R., Kent M. & Goodfellow S. (1998) Dynamics and Management of Semi-natural vegetation on Dartmoor. In Blacksell M, Matthews J and Sims P (Eds.) Environmental Management and Change in Plymouth and the SouthWest. University of Plymouth.

1997

Brealey, H. & Barnett, H. (1997). Establishment of a base line system for the long-term monitoring of bryophites at Wistman's Wood NNR, Dartmoor. English Nature research report.

Good, J.E.G. (1997). Developing new native woodland in the English uplands: Final report. English Nature Research Reports 230.

Gilbert O L & Giavarini V J (1997). The lichen vegetation of acid watercourses in England. Lichenologist 29: 347-367. (Contains references and data on the aquatic lichens of the River Dart).

Hughes M R R (1997). Dartmoor Upland Bird Survey 1997 Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Kirkham F W (1997). Collection and analysis of biomass production data for the main moorland plant species over the range of moorland environments in England and Wales (BD0108). ADAS Research Report. Wolverhampton.

Proctor, M.C.F. (1997). Aspects of water chemistry in relation to surface degradation on ombrotrophic mires. Blanket Mire Degradation: Causes, Consequences and Challenges (eds. J.H. Tallis, R. Meade, P.D. Hulme), pp. 140–152. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Smallshire, D., Shorrock, D.J. & Halshaw L. (1997). Sustainable grazing practices on the South West moors of England. English Nature and Farming and Rural Conservation Agency (FRCA). English Nature Research Reports 253.

Warren M S, Bulman C & Baker NR (1997). Action for the High Brown Fritillary: Progress 1996. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

1996

Adams T C (1996). A study on the effect on the financial position of a specific farm on the southern slopes of Dartmoor entering the environmentally sensitive area scheme. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Bourn N A D and Warren M S (1996). The Impact of Land Enhancement Schemes on the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Eurodryas aurinia: A Preliminary Review in England. Butterfly Conservation.

Caseldine C J and Hatton J (1996). Into the Mists? Thoughts on the prehistoric and historic environmental history of Dartmoor. Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 52: 35-47.

Caseldine C J and Hatton J (1996). Vegetation history of Dartmoor - Holocene development and the impact of human activity. In D Charman and R Newnham (Eds.) QRA Field Guide to Dartmoor and West Devon pp. 48-61.

Edwards M F (1996). A comparison of agreement and non-agreement holders within the Dartmoor ESA 1995/96. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Irvine K L (1996). An investigation into the effects of bark fissuring on the distribution of lichens, with special reference to corticolous lichens on Quercus robur in Wistmans Wood, Dartmoor. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Naylor J (1996). An experimental investigation of a polymorphism for arsenate tolerance/phosphate uptake in Holcus lanatus L. A thesis submitted to the University of Exeter for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Exeter University

Smallshire D (1996). Heather Utilisation at Dartmoor ESA prescribed stocking rates. ADAS rep to MAFF (R&D project BD 0804)

Smallshire D (1996). Assessment of Western Heath Growth Rate in Dartmoor ESA. ADAS rep to MAFF (MAFF R&D Project BD 0805).

Smallshire D, Shorrock DJ & Halshaw L (1996). Sustainable grazing practices on the SW Moors of England. English Nature Research Report 254 (www.defra.gov.uk, external site, opens new window)

Warren M S, Kirkland P H, Baker N R & Bourn N A D (1996). Maintaining Conservation Progress on the High Brown Fritillary, Argynnis adippe. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Whalley, S. (1996). The distribution of Usnea spp. along the Plym Valley in relation to air pollution.English Nature and Plymouth University

1995

ADAS (1995). Dartmoor Environmentally Sensitive Area : Landscape Assessment. ADAS, Oxford (www.defra.gov.uk external site, opens new window)

Barnett L K & Warren, M S (1995). Species Action Plan: High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Barnett L K & Warren M S (1995). Species Action Plan: Marsh Fritillary Eurodryas aurinia. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Barnett L K & Warren M S (1995). Species Action Plan: Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Barnett L K & Warren M S (1995). Species Action Plan: Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

Charman, D J & Pollard A J (1995). Long-term Vegetation Recovery after Vehicle Track Abandonment on Dartmoor, SW England, U.K. Journal of Environmental Management 45: 73-85.

Coppins, A.M. & Coppins, B.J. (1995). Buckland-in-the-Moor Woodlands (part of Holne Chase SSSI)(VC 3, South Devon): Lichen Survey. [Report to Fountain Forestry and English Nature]. 94 pp., inc Figs., species list & maps.

Freshney F (1995). Home range and aspects of intra-group relations and group cohesion in a population of free-ranging ponies on Dartmoor. BSc Final Year Dissertation. Seale-Hayne, University of Plymouth.

Goodwin J M (1995). Soil:plant relationships of species-rich Molinia caerulea dominated communities of the Culm measures, North Devon, with special reference given to phosphorus cycling. A thesis submitted to the University of Plymouth in partial fulfilment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. University of Plymouth

Miller W (1995). Public and institutional perceptions of bracken (Pteridium aquilinium) with special reference to Dartmoor National Park. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Owen, M. (1995). A study of changes that have occurred in the composition of ground flora within non-intervention managed areas of Yarner Wood National Nature Reserve between 1957 and 1994. Plymouth University and English Nature

Proctor, M.C.F. (1995). The ombrogenous bog environment. Restoration of Temperate Wetlands (eds. B.D. Wheeler, S.C. Shaw, W.J. Fojt & R.A. Robertson), pp. 287–303. John Wiley, Chichester.

Warren M S, Baker N R & Oates MR (1995). High Brown Fritillary Site Dossier for Britain 1990-1994. Butterfly Conservation, Wareham.

1994

Bone S G (1994). Habitat and host availability as limiting factors in tick populations on the open moorland of Dartmoor with special reference to the Challacombe area. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Clements M (1994). The monitoring of the High Brown Fritillary, Argynnis Adippe, at Grenofen Wood and West Down SSSI. Unpublished Report.

Goddard, R. (1994). An investigation of the age structure of Piles Copse: ancient woodland or plantation? BSc (Hons) Environmental Science dissertation held by English Nature

Proctor, M.C.F. (1994). Seasonal and shorter-term changes in surface-water chemistry on four English ombrogenous bogs. J.Ecol. 82: 597–610.

Warren M S (1994). Autoecology and conservation needs of the High Brown Fritillary. Annual Report for 1993/1994. English Nature Contract No. F72-10-18.

Wolton R, Edge S, Keedle R M, Kendall S & Archer R (1994). Vegetation and heather condition maps for the commons of Dartmoor: a practical guide to their sensitive management. English Nature Devon Team.

1993

Caseldine C J and Hatton J (1993). The development of high moorland on Dartmoor: Fire and the influence of Mesolithic activity on vegetation change. In F Chambers (Ed.) Climatic Change and Human Impact on the landscape. Studies in palaeoecology and environmental archaeology, Ch. 11, ll9-l3l.

Coombes P D (1993). High Brown Fritillary Conservation on Tavistock Commons, West Devon. Unpublished Report.

English Nature (1993). Review of the impact of extensive livestock farming systems on nature conservation and the environment. English Nature Research Reports 69.

English Nature (1993). Upland resource survey consolidation project. Phase 1: Dartmoor, Culm Measures, The Peak District. English Nature Research Reports 63

Smith R (1993). Survey of endoparasitic infestations in free ranging Dartmoor ponies. University of Plymouth, Honours project.

Watkins C., ed (1993). Ecological effects of afforestation in Western Europe. European Science Foundation. Wallingford: CAB International.

1992

Archer R (1992). The effects of overgrazing on the Molinia/Calluna communities in Dartmoor National Park. Seale-Hayne, University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Chown D, Wotton S & Robins M (1992). Dartmoor Environmental Baseline 1992 Breeding Bird Survey. RSPB, Exeter.

Coombes P D (1992). High Brown Fritillary Conservation on Dartmoor West Down - Tavistock. Unpublished Report.

Essex, S. & Williams A. (1992). Ecological effects of afforestation: a case study of Burrator, Dartmoor. Applied Geography, 12, 361-379.

Evans K (1992). Quantitative analysis of bracken response to chemical and physical control methods on Dartmoor. University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Grove S, Knight W & Baldock N (1992). A report on surveys of the High Brown Fritillary butterfly on Dartmoor. Survey funded by   and Butterfly Conservation.

Hooper J (1992). A review of the use and effectiveness of the farm and conservation grant scheme around Chagford and North East Dartmoor. Seale Hayne, University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Jones, A. (1992). A comparison of the integration of recreation and conservation in two woodland nature reserves in Dartmoor: Yarner Wood and Wistman's Wood. London University Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.

Jones P (1992). An assessment of the feasibility of re-introducing the polecat (Mustela putorius) in to populated areas of England, with special reference to Dartmoor. Seale-Hayne, University of Plymouth. Honours Project.

Proctor, M.C.F. (1992). Regional and local variation in the chemical composition of ombrogenous mire waters in Britain and Ireland. J.Ecol. 80: 719-736.

Rodwell, J.S., (ed.), Pigott, C.D., Ratcliffe, D.A., Malloch, A.J.C. Birks, H.J.B., Proctor, M.C.F., Shimwell, D.W., Huntley, J.P., Radford, E., Wigginton, M.J. & Wilkins, P. (1992). British Plant Communities. III. Grasslands and Montane Communities. Cambridge University Press

Wolton, R.J. et al. (1992). Vegetation and heather condition maps for the commons of Dartmoor: A practical aid to their proper management. English Nature

1991

Edwards, H.M. * Marsden J.H. (1991). Flock performance and stocking rate models in hill sheep farming systems in England and Wales. NCC Internal Report & ADAS.

Nature Conservancy Council & ADAS (1991). Flock performance and stocking rate models. NCC Internal Report.

Hayati, A.A. & Proctor, M.C.F. (1991). Limiting nutrients in acid mire vegetation: peat and plant analyses and experiments on plant responses to added nutrients. J.Ecol. 79: 75-95.Oates M. (1991). The Conservation of the High Brown Fritillary on Dartmoor. Unpublished Report funded by Butterfly Conservation, Dartmoor National Park Authority and English Nature.

Hemery, G.E. (1991). A study of pendunculate oak woodland in a severe environment, Piles Copse, Dartmoor. A BSc dissertation held at English Nature.

Nature Conservancy Council & ADAS (1991). Flock performance and stocking rate models. NCC Internal Report.

Oates, M. (1991). The Conservation of the High Brown Fritillary on Dartmoor. Unpublished report funded by Butterfly Conservation, Dartmoor National Park Authority and English Nature.

O'Dare, A.M. & Coppins, B.J. (1991). Dendles Wood NNR, Devon: Lichen Monitoring. [Report to Nature Conservancy Council]. 50 pp., incl. maps, species list & Figs.

Rodwell, J.S. (ed.), Pigott, C.D., Ratcliffe, D.A., Malloch, A.J.C., Birks, H.J.B., Proctor, M.C.F., Shimwell, D.W., Huntley, J.P., Radford, E., Wigginton, M.J. & Wilkins, P. (1991). British Plant Communities. II. Mires and Heaths. Cambridge University Press.

Rodwell, J.S. (ed.), Pigott, C.D., Ratcliffe, D.A., Malloch, A.J.C., Birks, H.J.B., Proctor, M.C.F., Shimwell, D.W., Huntley, J.P., Radford, E., Wigginton, M.J. & Wilkins, P. (1991). British Plant Communities . I. Woodlands and Scrub. Cambridge University Press.

1990

Giavarini V J (1990). Lichens of the Dartmoor rocks. Lichenologist 22: 367-396.

O'Dare, A.M. (1990). Lichen Survey of Becky Falls, Bovey Valley (SSSI), Devon. [Report to Dartmoor National Park]. 59 pp., incl. maps, species list & Figs.

O'Dare, A.M., Rose, F. & Jarman, R. (1990). Whiddon Deer Park and the Castle Drogo Estate, N. Devon: Lichen Survey. [Report to the National Trust]. 36 pp., incl. maps, Figs. & species cards.

Rose, F. & Stern, R.C. (1990). Report on Lichen and Bryophyte Surveys of Holne Woods, 16 - 18 October 1990. [Report to The National Trust]. 2 pp. + mapping cards and map.

Rose, F. & Stern, R.C. (1990). Report on Lichen and Bryophyte Surveys of Hembury, 16 - 18 October 1990. [Report to The National Trust]. 4 pp. + mapping cards and map.

1989

Proctor, M.C.F. (1989). Notes on mire vegetation on Dartmoor. Rep.Trans. Devon Ass.Advmt Sci. 121: 129-151.

Orrell R (1989). Dartmoor: A Naturally Acid Environment? Spatial Variations in Streamwater Acidity During and After the 1989 Drought. Jesus College, Oxford. Honours Project.

Proctor, M.C.F. (1989). Notes on mire vegetation on Dartmoor. Rep.Trans. Devon Ass.Advmt Sci. 121: 129-151.

1987

Caseldine C J, Maguire D J and Butler S B (1987). The vegetation of Dartmoor during the Loch Lomond Stadial. Proceedings of the Devonshire Association 119: 123-134.

Hogan D (1987). Moorland Vegetation Project Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Horsefield A D, Hobbs A, Penford N & Dalby G (1987). Upland Vegetation Survey: map files for East Dartmoor, North Dartmoor and South Dartmoor. Edinburgh: NCC.

Williams A G, Kent M and Ternan J L (1987). Quantity and quality of bracken throughfall, stemflow and litterflow in a Dartmoor catchment. Journal of Applied Ecology 24, 217-230.

1986

Caseldine C J and Maguire D J (1986). Late glacial/early Flandrian vegetation change on Northern Dartmoor, South West England. Journal of Biogeography 13: 255-264.

NCC (1986). Upland Survey of Dartmoor. NCC.

1985

Hatley, S. (1985). Haymeadows at Dunnabridge and Nattor Farms: a study of the floristics and environmental factors. English Nature unpublished projects.

Maguire D J and Caseldine C J (1985). The former distribution of forest and moorland on Northern Dartmoor. Area 17: 193-203.

1984

Caseldine C J and Maguire D J (1984). Dartmoor. In Environmental Archaeology: A Regional Review, H C M Keeley (Ed) Directorate of Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings Occasional Paper No 6: 54-61.

1983

Brown, J.W. (1983). The effects of enclosure and grazing on vegetation in Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor. Dissertation presented for BA in Environmental Studies, Sheffield City Polytechnic.

Caseldine C J (1983). Problems of relating site and environment in pollen-analytical research in SouthWest England. In Site, Environment and Economy, B Proudfoot (Ed) Symposium of the Association of Environmental Archaeologists No 3, British Archaeological Reports, International Series No 173, 61-74.

Elliot, J.M. (1983). Life cycle and growth of Dicranota bimaculata (Schummel) (Diptera, Tipulidae). Entomologist's Gazette 34, 291-296.

Farnham, H.G.J. (1983). The polymorphism of Philaenus spumarius. Amateur Entomologist's Society Bulletin, 42, 176-188.

1982

Gerrard, A.J. (1982). Soil characteristics of reverted farmland: a pilot study from Dartmoor. Birmingham University. Department of Geography Moorland Change Project, Surveys of Moorland and Roughland Change 13.

Parry M L, Mathieson C W, Bruce A & Harkness C E (1982). Changes in the extent of moorland and roughland on Dartmoor: Supplementary survey to 1979. Department of Geography, University of Birmingham.

1981

Caseldine C J and Maguire D J (1981). A review of the prehistoric and historic environment on Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society 39, 1-16.

Parry, M.L.Bruce, A. Harkness, C.E. (1981). Changes in the extent of moorland and roughland on Dartmoor; a preliminary survey to 1971. Birmingham University. Department of Geography Moorland Change Project, Surveys of Moorland and Roughland Change 6.

Petts, G.E. & Greenwood, M. (1981). Habitat changes below Dartmoor reservoirs. Devon Association for the Advancement of Science, Report and Transactions, 113, 13-27.

1980

Kent M & Wathern P (1980). The Vegetation of a Dartmoor Catchment. Vetatio 43: 163-172.

Proctor, M.C.F., Spooner, G.M. & Spooner, Molly F. (1980). Changes in Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor: photographic and other evidence. Rep.Trans. Devon Ass.Advmt Sci. 112: 43-79.

1979

Downes, J.O.N. (1979). A case of sexual dimorphism in the Buff-tip moth. (Phalera bucephala L) Amateur Entomologist's Society Bulletin, 38, 171.

Mudge G P, Crooke C H, Booth R G & Smith S E A (1979). An ecological study of the breeding bird populations and vegetation communities on open moorland areas of Dartmoor in 1979. RSPB & DNPA, Exeter.

1975

Dearing, J. (1975). The effect of disturbed land on the distribution of common gorse (Ulex europaeus L) on Dartmoor. DSc Thesis, University of Manchester.

1969

Brown, R.W. (1969). The blanket peat of Dartmoor: a comparative study of the ecology of peat formations of the north and south sections of the Moor. Dissertation presented for Conservation Course 1968-69, University College, London.

Proctor, M.C.F. (1969). Flora and vegetation. Exeter and its Region (ed. F.Barlow), pp.97-116. University of Exeter.

1967

Elliot, J.M. (1967). The food of trout (Salmo trutta) in a Dartmoor Stream. Journal of Applied Ecology, 4 59-71.

Elliot, J.M. (1967). The life histories and drifting of Plecoptera and Ephemeroptera in a Dartmoor stream. Journal of Animal Ecology, 36, 343-362.

1964

Proctor, M.C.F. (1964). The phytogeography of Dartmoor bryophytes. Dartmoor Essays (ed. I.G.Simmons), pp. 141-171. Devonshire Association, Torquay.

1962

Proctor, M.C.F. (1962). The epiphytic bryophyte communities of the Dartmoor oakwoods. Rep.Trans.Devon Ass.Advmt Sci. 94: 531-554.

Simmons, I.G. (1962). The development of the vegetation of Dartmoor. London University PhD thesis.

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