Conference Report No. 2

The Conference held on 31st March and 1st April 1950 launched the BSBI Distribution Maps Scheme - the world’s first dot mapping project - which was later developed into the UK’s Biological Records Centre at Monk’s Wood. The conference report includes details of a fascinating debate into the best ways to study the distribution of species and some valuable insights into the development of the project.

Contents & Editorial, by J.E. Lousley; pdf 579kb.

Vice county map (frontispiece); jpg 384kb.

The Study of Plant Distribution, by S.M. Walters, pp. 12-23; pdf 1.67Mb.

The Watsonian Vice-county System, by J.E. Dandy, pp. 23-29; pdf 926kb.

Problems of Distribution Raised in the Compilation of a County Flora, by J.G. Dony, pp. 69-74 pdf 1.62Mb.

Dony’s maps of Bedfordshire (p. 70); jpg 283kb.

A Proposal for Mapping the Distribution of British Vascular Plants, by A.R. Clapham, pp. 110-120; pdf 2.36Mb.