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Index
access methods
Bolivia
decision-making 117–19
community agreements 57
design variables 31–3
field guide production case study 7
dynamic guides 109–16
mock-up in the office 232
principles of good access 106–9
publishing house creation 239
static formats 96–109
species inclusion 31
types of field guide 95–117
species selection 48–9
accuracy of information 12, 174–6
stakeholder needs definition by proxy 27–8
acknowledgements 180
botanical literature 72–90
Acrobat PDF files 114
Botanical Research and Management System
action plans 53, 55
(BRAHMS) 157
see also planning process
brainstorming 39–40
activities calendar 46–7
Brazil
additional information 151–82
field guide production 7–8, 17–22
agreements with indigenous communities 57
forage legumes case study 164–5
Alice database management system 157
format and cost option case study 50–1, 56
Amazon forest 17–21
mock-up presentation case study 231
analytical identification 92, 93
species inclusion 30
anatomy, wood 140, 142–3
stakeholder involvement 15
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) 98
teamworking case study 58–60
Arboles y Arbustos para Sistemas
usability testing form 224
Agroforestales en los Valles Interandinos
workshop example 35, 36–8
de Santa Cruz, Bolivia 31
browsing 95–9, 100
architecture, characters 139–40
budgeting see costs
artists 194, 203–4, 231
buttress tree base types 144
Árvores Brasileiras 19–20
Australia 116
Caatinga, Brazil 30
authors 66, 69
camera use 200
automatic identification 91
camera-ready copy 241, 242
availability of field guides 13
Cameroon 8, 184, 185
card guides 80, 85–6, 96, 110
backing up computer files 153
Caribbean Spice Island Plants 43–5, 125
Bajo Paraguá, Bolivia 48–9, 57, 232
case studies
bark 136–8, 143–6
Australian rainforest key 116
base (of tree) types 144
Bolivia
Berne Convention 191
community agreements 57
binomial species names 66
field guide production 7
Biodiversidad del Parque Nacional Noel
mock-up in the office 232
Kempff Mercado 245–6
publishing house creation 239
biodiversity 1–9, 239
species selection 48–9
bitmap images 207, 208, 210
success indicators 245–6
bole 142–3, 144
Brazil
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forage legumes questionnaire 164–5
checklists 78
format and cost options 50–1
botanical 73–4
species description-writing 179–80
costs 49
species selection 30
do-it-yourself publication 238
teamworking 58–60
planning stage questions 56
Chicago Field Museum Rapid Colour
sections to be written 180–1
Guides 85–6, 88
Chicago Field Museum Rapid Colour Guides
community agreements 57
85–6, 88
DFID–FRP illustrative material trials 184–7
choices see decision-making
different country approaches 7–9
Chrysophyllum spp. 65
forage legumes questionnaire 164–5
CIAT see Centro Internacional de Agricultura format and cost options 50–1
Tropical
Ghana
circular keys 103, 106
field guide production 8
classical characters 121, 122
illustrative material 184, 186
classification 2, 61–76
Sapotaceae names 65
Cola 8, 184, 185
‘time needed’ 43
collaborative processes 15
Grenada
collecting information 151–82
field guide production 8–9
accuracy 12, 174–6
illustrative material 184, 187
databases 113, 133, 152–7, 172–3, 205
‘time needed’ 43–5
kinds of information 151–2
illustrative material 184–7
ownership 173–4, 190–1
Malayan tree flora scientific names 66
primary data 158–69
mock-ups 231, 232
secondary data 169–73
Mount Cameroon 167–8
writing skills 176–82
publishing house creation 239
colour 134–5, 209
rattans of Laos shifting local names 64
commercial publishers 236
Sapotaceae names 65
common names 62, 68–9
species description writing 179–80
common objects, recognition 92
species selection 30, 48–9
compound leaves 129
success indicators 245–6
computers
teamworking 58–60
dynamic guides 117–18
‘time needed’ 43–5
graphics handling 204–11
The Woody Plants of Western African
interactive identification 111–17
Forests 213–14
software tools 157, 205
World Bank funding application guidelines
see also databases; spreadsheets
54–5
concise guides 85
CBD see Convention on Biological Diversity
consultative processes 15, 34–41
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
content finalization 240
(CIAT) 46–7
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1
changing names 71
copyright 173–4, 190–1
characters
costs
criteria for a useful set 94
Brazil case study 50–1
definition 93
checklist 49
efficient key characters 108
estimation 42–51
keys 99–106
gr
aphic designers 203, 231
Mount Cameroon case study 167–8
pricing the guide 242–3
suitable for field guides 121–49
printing 241, 242
usability testing 220
production process review 23, 41–53
whole plants 138–48
criteria 94, 175–6
checking information 174–6
crown form 139–40, 141
Index 263
cultural differences 93, 215–16
see also formats; illustrations
customized databases 154–5
desktop publishing 232, 238, 240
customized species sequences 98
detail in illustrations 188
developing countries 1–2
data storage 113, 133, 152–7, 172-3, 205
DFID see Department for International
databases 172–3
Development
Alice 157
diagnostic characters see characters
BRAHMS 157
dichotomous keys 101
design principles 155
digital images 204–11
digital images 205
digital photography 193, 199, 201
dynamic field guides 113
distribution of the guide 242–4
leaf shape definitions 133
distribution of species 146, 148
management 152–3
DNA barcoding 91
Dawkins’s primary table 104
do-it-yourself publication 237–8
decision-making
documentation 224, 232–4
access methods/media 117–19
documented information sources 169, 172
dried plant use for illustrations 195–6
drawings 203, 204
format of field guide 61, 87–90
dried leaf specimens 192, 195–7
illustration types 211–12
dynamic guides 96, 109–19
initial plan 14–15
dynamics of usability workshops 228
interviewee selection 156
jargon use 126
e-keys 111–15
printer choice 240
Earthscan 237
publisher choice 236–7
eco-tourists 27–8, 246
definitions
ecology 146, 148
biodiversity 1
egg-shaped 131
characters 93
electronic guides 86
classical characters 122
enhanced imagery 201–2
egg-shaped 131
ethnobotanical studies 163, 166
field characters 122
evaluation of success 229, 244–7
field guides/Floras 3–4, 74–5
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