Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Summary -- Introduction -- Aims of the guidelines -- Principles and good practice of ecological assessment -- Defining the Scope of an Ecological Assessment -- General Principles -- Detailed criteria, survey methods and evaluation -- Vegetation -- Birds -- Mammals -- Amphibians and Reptiles -- Fish -- Terrestrial and Aquatic Invertebrates -- Marine and estuarine habitats and organisms -- Marine and Estuarine Habitats and Organisms -- Abbreviations -- References -- The EA Process -- Consultees and Information Sources -- Protected Species in the UK -- Licensing Procedures for Protected Species -- Annex 1 Habitat Types found in the UK -- List of Professional Institutes -- Index.