British Bryological Society

Cumulative Index of Publications 1896 - 2004

Version: 04.01

The following conventions are used in the index

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Publication year:
[year] in a citation is the year in which the item was actually published. Thus an item cited and dated (1987) [1988] showed 1987 on the title page and/or on the spine of the volume but is known from other information to have been published in 1988. For examples see dates for publication of the Journal of Bryology (column 1).

Journal names:
The majority of citations point to a page and journal volume. Journal names are abbreviated, e.g. J for Journal of Bryology, T for Transactions of the BBS, and B for Bulletin of the BBS A full list of abbreviations of journals can be found HERE.

Authors:
[author] means that although the author's name is not given, there is good evidence this is the correct name. Used for example in Reports of the BBS when the author's initials are given.

In a multi-authored citation, second and subsequent authors are each given in a separate citation referring back to the full citation.
Thus:

Smith, A.B., Jones, F.H. and Taylor, D.G., The first list of bryophytes found in Bristol, J-01, (1969) 123

would also be cited as:

Jones, F.H. see Smith, A.B., J-43, (1999) 123
and
Taylor, D.G. see Smith, A.B., J-43, (1999) 123

Page and volume numbers:
Page and volume numbers less than 100 are preceded by one or two zeros, e.g. pages 002, 054. This is to facilitate software sorting by page and volume numbers.

Diacritics:
Be aware that some diacritics have not converted, e.g. Ø sometimes will display as an O. This is a limitation caused by various versions of the software used during the production of the Index.