Photographs, Species accounts and Interface.

Photos

32 species have had their photographs added or contributed to. We continually ask for photographs, particularly from critical groups.

Species accounts
 21 species have had their descriptions and data added to the database.

User Interface

We are still working on the user interface and a final search page allowing users to type in the item for which they wish information should be ready soon.

Data Updates and Interface Revamp

New Species and Updates. 

14 species have had descriptions and ecological characteristics added and 10 have had the descriptions and characteristics updates.

User Interface

There will be few updates for the next couple of months as we will be concentrating on improving the user interface.  We hope to incorporate user suggestions, and you have a little while to contact us with any suggestions.  We will be concentrating on making the whole database searchable, improving the output so that all the information is retrieved, and making bringing the interface into the 21st century.

Happy New Year and Current Activities

Happy New year to all our users. Slightly belated but HF has just had an ankle replaced and is only now getting back to a semblance of regular activity. I avoided the use of the word normal.

In the mean time  some 25 plants have had their descriptions added and their data entered into the  characteristics table together with another 10 descriptions, and 2 updates. Three papers containing over 1500  data items  have been incorporated as well, and we have programmed links to more external databases from the species pages.

As HF improves we are looking towards the revamp of the interface, which will be a response to the metrics collected on the database, as well as individual comments from users, and needs identified by the team.  Then  we would like to incorporate new methods of data collection involving the ecological  community, and ultimately we hope to plan a secure future for the database once the current team retire.