Welsh Journals

NWC National Water Council NWNT North Wales Naturalists' Trust OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Coun- tries OPRU Oil Pollution Research Unit, Orielton OS Ordnance Survey OU Open University OUP Oxford University Press PCNP Pembrokeshire Coast National Park PoW Com- Prince of Wales' Committee mittee RADAR Royal Association for Disability and Rehabi- litation RI Royal Institution of South Wales, Swansea RSNC Royal Society for Nature Conservation RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds SNP Snowdonia National Park SPNC Society for the Promotion of Nature Conserva- tion SPNR Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves STEP Special Temporary Employment Programme UCC University College, Cardiff UCNW University College of North Wales, Bangor UCS University College of Swansea UCW University College of Wales, Aberystwyth UCY Underwater Conservation Year UIV Unit of Invertebrate Virology (NERC) UMIB Unit of Marine Invertebrate Biology (NERC) UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UWIST University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Cardiff UWP University of Wales Press WAC Welsh Arts Council WCS World Conservation Strategy WDA Welsh Development Agency WNWDA Welsh National Water Development Agency WO Welsh Office WPBS Welsh Plant Breeding Station WRB Water Resources Board WSAC Water Space Amenity Commission WTB Wales Tourist Board WWA Welsh Water Authority WWF World Wildlife Fund WWFS West Wales Field Society WWNT West Wales Naturalists' Trust YOP Youth Opportunities Programme Abbreviations forms of designation AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ESA Environmentally Sensitive Areas FNR Forest Nature Reserve HC Heritage Coast LNR Local Nature Reserve MNR Marine Nature Reserve NNR National Nature Reserve SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest Abbreviations Miscellaneous CAP Common Agricultural Policy GCR Geological Conservation Review NCR Nature Conservancy Review NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NNS New Naturalist Series Representative list of references and further reading References are confined to books, monographs, reports, etc. the many thousands of articles in journals and magazines are listed in the bibliographies cited in the second section. The titles of the publications are given in full: other bibliographic information is kept to a minimum. (i) Bibliographies and bibliographic studies The major bibliographic guide to books and papers describing aspects of the natural history of Wales is Bibliotheca Celtica. A register of publications relating to Wales. published continuously by the National Library since 1907. The most recent issues, for the periods 1973-76 and 1977-80, were published in 1981 and 1985, respectively. References are subdivided into sections on geology, botany, zoology, etc. Material in the complementary series, Subject index to Welsh periodicals, is presented in two sections: the first an alphabetical subject index to articles; the second an index arranged by names of authors. The Index includes all the major items in Nature in Wales. The most recent issue, for 1977-1980, is due to be published in autumn 1986. The thesis A guide to the literature of Welsh Natural History, including material relating to Wales or written in the Welsh language a very elaborate annotated list to books, mono- graphs and pamphlets-submitted by Raymond B. Davies for a Fellowship of the Library Association in 1981, has, unfortunate- ly, still not been published. Library Association. 1958. County Libraries Section Readers' guide to books on The Face of Wales. New ed. Library Association. London. 3rd ed. 1968. Denbighshire County Library. 1959. Bibliography of the county Part 2. Supplement 1951-57. James Craig, Colwyn Bay. Williams, W.E. (ed.) 1960. A readers' guide. (A guide and companion for the general reader.) Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. The chapter on Natural History was compiled by Sir Gavin de Beer with the assistance of some of his staff at the British Museum (Natural History) and others. The inventory of books is subdivided into sections: Classics of Natural History, Zoology (with subsections on Entomology, Ornithology, Embryology, Parasitology and Animal behaviour), Botany, Microbiology, Marine and Freshwater Biology, Ecology and Conservation, Taxonomy, Genetics, Evolution, Palaeontology, etc. Bassett, D.A. 1961. Bibliography and index of geology and allied sciences for Wales and the Welsh Borders: 1897-1958. NMW, Cardiff. The index, which occupies nearly half the volume, is based on the subheadings in the majority of the papers listed as well as on the titles. Annual supplements for 1959-64 are published in the Liverpool and Manchester Geological Journal, and for 1965 and 1966 in The Welsh Geological Quarterly. Bassett, D.A. 1963. Bibliography and index of geology and allied sciences for Wales and the Welsh Borders: 1536-1896. NMW, Cardiff. Bunting, B.T. (ed.) 1964. An annotated bibliography of memoirs and papers on the soils of the British Isles. Part 1. The classification, morphology, distribution and reclamation of British soils. Geomorphological Abstracts, London. National Book League. 1964. Science for all. An annotated reading list for the non-specialist. Prepared in consultation with the BAAS, London. The appropriate sections are: Meteorology and climate; Geology and Geophysics; Oceanography and Marine Zoology; Biology, biochemistry, physiology (with subsections on Genetics and Evolution), Natural History-general; Zoology (with sections on Insects and Spiders and on Birds); Botany. Bottle, R.T. & Wyatt, H.V. 1966. The use of biological literature. Butterworth, London. 2nd ed. 1971.