Many of the selected works below, particularly those forming a collection of seminar papers, contain useful bibliographies that together make up an extensive list of scientific and historical titles for the area. A few less site-specific publications, which the author found useful in the preparation of the account, have been added.
Adams, C.E. et al. (1990). A Check-list of the Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of the Loch Lomond Catchment. The Glasgow Naturalist 21:537–554.
Agnew, J. (1975). The Story of the Vale of Leven. Famedram, Gartocharn.
Anderson, M.L. (1967). A History of Scottish Forestry 2 vols. Thomas Nelson, Edinburgh.
Anon, (1967). History of Croftamie and District. Women’s Rural Institute, Croftamie.
Backmeroff, C.E. & Peterken, G.F. (1988). Long-term Changes in the Woodlands of Clairinsh. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 45:253–297.
Bassett, D.A. (1958). Geological Excursion Guide to the Glasgow District. Geological Society of Glasgow.
Bennet, D. (1986). The Southern Highlands (2nd ed.). The Scottish Mountaineering Trust, Edinburgh.
Bignal, E. (1978). Mink Predation of Shelduck and other Wildfowl at Loch Lomond. The Western Naturalist 7:47–53.
Boney, A.D. (1978). Microscopic Plant Life in Loch Lomond. The Glasgow Naturalist 19:391–402.
Brown, H. (1992). Munro and Munro-ing. The Scots Magazine. September 1992, pp. 611–621.
Brown, M. & Mendum, J. (1995). Loch Lomond to Stirling: A Landscape Fashioned by Geology. Scottish Natural Heritage and British Geological Survey, Edinburgh.
Bryant, D.M. (1993). Bird Communities in Oak and Norway Spruce Woodlands on Loch Lomondside – a long-term study. The Forth Naturalist and Historian 16:59–69.
Calder, C. & Lindsay, L. (1992). The Islands of Loch Lomond. Famedram, Formartine.
Calladine, J. et al. (1990). Moorland Birds on the Campsie Fells, Touch Hills and West Ochil Hills, Stirling: Habitats, Distribution and Numbers. The Forth Naturalist and Historian 13:53–69.
Cameron, I.B. & Stephenson, D. (1995). British Regional Geology: The Midland Valley of Scotland 4th ed. British Geological Survey, London.
Christie, I.C. & Christie, E.R. (1982). The Lepidoptera of East Loch Lomondside and Aberfoyle. Unpublished Nature Conservancy Council Report, Balloch.
Clyde Birds. (1988–1999). Nos 1–12.
Colquhoun, J. (1878). The Moor and the Loch. 2 vols. William Blackwood, Edinburgh.
Corbett, L. et al. (1993). Central Scotland: Land–Wildlife–People. Forth Naturalist and Historian, Stirling.
Davies, M. (1978). A Survey of the Breeding Birds of the Caorran Plateau, Loch Lomondside. Unpublished Nature Conservancy Report, Balloch.
Dennison, E.P. & Coleman, R. (1999). Historic Dumbarton. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh.
Dickson, C.A. & Parks, W. (1994). Ten Years of Population Counts of Orchids at Dumbrock Loch Meadows, Stirlingshire and Problems of Management. The Glasgow Naturalist 22:349–360.
Dickson, J.H. (1977). Western Scotland II: Excursion Guide. International Union for Quaternary Research.
Dickson, J.H. et al. (1978). Palynology, Palaemagnetism and Radiometric dating of Flandrian Marine and Freshwater Sediments of Loch Lomond. Nature 274:548–553.
Edlin, H.L. et al. (1973). Queen Elizabeth Forest Park 2nd ed. (Forestry Commission Guide). HMSO, Edinburgh.
Edlin, H.L. et al. (1976). Argyll Forest Park 5th ed. (Forestry Commission Guide). HMSO, Edinburgh.
Eggling, W.J. (1963). Nature Conservation in Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (6th series). 8:1–27.
Futter, K.R. (1990). A Habitat Survey of the Leven Valley, Dumbarton District. Scottish Wildlife Trust, Renton.
Gibson, J.A. (1984). The Mammals of Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire Naturalist Report 6:11–34.
Gibson, J.A. & Mitchell, J. (1986). An Atlas of Loch Lomond Vertebrates. Scottish Wildlife Trust, Glasgow.
Gilbert, J.M. (1979). Hunting and Hunting Reserves in Medieval Scotland. John Donald, Edinburgh.
Gilbert, O.L. & Mitchell, J. (1981). Rossdhu Park, Dunbartonshire – a major site for Epiphytic Lichens. The Glasgow Naturalist 20:123–132.
Gordon, J.E. & Sutherland, D.G. (1993). Quaternary of Scotland. Chapman & Hall, London & Glasgow.
Graham, P. (1812). General View of the Agriculture of Stirlingshire. Board of Agriculture, Edinburgh.
Gray, R. (1864). ‘Quadrupeds, Birds and Fishes of Loch Lomond and its vicinity’ in Tourist Guide Book to the Trossachs, Loch Lomond, etc. pp.69–83. Maclure & Macdonald, Glasgow.
Habib, O.A. et al. (1997). Seasonal changes in phytoplankton community structure in relation to physico-chemical factors in Loch Lomond, Scotland. Hydrobiologia 350:63–79.
Hall, I.H.S. et al. (1998). Geology of the Glasgow District. British Geological Survey, London.
Hamilton, J.D. (1988). Recent Human Influences on the Ecology of Loch Lomond. Proceedings of the International Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology. 23: 403–413.
Holliday, F. et al. (1979). Wildlife of Scotland. Macmillan, London.
Huxley, T. et al. (1979). Shore Erosion around Loch Lomond. Countryside Commission for Scotland, Battleby.
Idle, E.T. (1968). Rumex aquaticus L. at Loch Lomondside. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 40:445–449.
Idle, E.T. & Mitchell, J. (1968 & 1982). The Fallow Deer of Loch Lomondside. Deer 1:263–265 & 5:368–369.
Idle, E.T. et al. (1970). Elatine hydropiper L. – New to Scotland. Watsonia 8:45–46.
Jardine, W.G. et al. (1980). Field Guide to the Glasgow Region. Quaternary Research Association, Glasgow.
Lamond, H. (1931). Loch Lomond. Jackson & Wylie, Glasgow.
Lawson, J. & Lawson, J. (1976). Geology Explained around Glasgow and South West Scotland, including Arran. David & Charles, Newton Abbot.
Lee, J.R. (1933). The Flora of the Clyde Area. John Smith, Glasgow.
Lee, J.R. (1953). Additions to the Flora of the Clyde Area. The Glasgow Naturalist 17:65–82.
Leiper, J. (1995). Early Textile Industry and Planned Villages in the Endrick Valley. The Forth Naturalist and Historian 18:117–125.
Linton, D.L. & Moisley, H.A. (1960). The Origin of Loch Lomond. Scottish Geographical Magazine 76:26–37.
Loch Lomond Bird Reports. (1972–1992). Nos.1–21.
Lockie, J.D. (1955). The Breeding Habits and Food of Short-eared Owls after a Vole Plague. Bird Study 2:53–69.
Lumsden, J. & Brown, A. (1895). A Guide to the Natural History of Loch Lomond and Neighbourhood. David Bryce, Glasgow.
McEwan, W. (1980). Angling on Loch Lomond. Albyn Press, Edinburgh.
Macfarlane, M.M.G. (1966). Village and District History: Buchanan. Women’s Rural Institute, Buchanan.
MacPhail, I.M.M. (1972). Dumbarton Through the Centuries. Dumbarton Town Council.
MacPhail, I.M.M. (1979). Dumbarton Castle. John Donald, Edinburgh.
MacPhail, I.M.M. (1984). A Short History of Dunbartonshire. Spa Books, Stevenage.
MacPhail, I.M.M. (1987). Lennox Lore. Dumbarton District Libraries, Dumbarton.
McWilliam, J.M. (1936). The Birds of the Firth of Clyde. H.F.&G. Witherby, London; Supplement, with Gibson, J.A. (1959): The Glasgow Bird Bulletin 8:5–93.
Maitland, P.S. (1966). Studies on Loch Lomond 2: The Fauna of the River Endrick. Blackie, Glasgow.
Maitland, P.S. (1972). Loch Lomond: Man’s Effects on the Salmonid Community. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 29:849–860.
Maitland, P.S. & Campbell, R.N. (1992). Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles (New Naturalist). HarperCollins, London.
Maitland, P.S. et al. (1981). The Ecology of Scotland’s Largest Lochs. Junk, The Hague.
Maitland, P.S. et al. (1994). The Fresh Waters of Scotland. John Wiley, Chichester.
Miller, R., Tivy, J. et al. (1958). The Glasgow Region. British Association handbook, Glasgow.
Mitchell, J. (1974). The Yew Trees of Inchlonaig. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 42:163–166.
Mitchell, J. (1978 & 1993). The Heronry at Gartfairn Wood, Loch Lomondside. The Forth Naturalist and Historian 3:56–67 & 16:58.
Mitchell, J. (1979). Inchmoan – The Everchanging Bird Island of Loch Lomond. West Dunbartonshire Naturalist Report 4:2–9.
Mitchell, J. (1980). Notes on the Hen Harrier in the Loch Lomond Area. The Western Naturalist 9:3–8.
Mitchell, J. (1981). The Adaptable Loch Lomondside Mole. Scottish Wildlife 17:18–21.
Mitchell, J. (1983 & 1995). Strange Beasts on the Bonny Banks. Scottish Wildlife 19:20–24 & The Scottish Naturalist 107:133–134.
Mitchell, J. (1984). The Peregrine Population in the Loch Lomond – Trossachs Area of Scotland between 1961 and 1981: A Review. The Glasgow Naturalist 20:389–399.
Mitchell, J. (1984 & 1994). The Birds of the Endrick Mouth, Loch Lomond. The Scottish Naturalist 1984:3–47 & 1994:3–30.
Mitchell, J. (1993). Shelduck at the Endrick Mouth, Loch Lomond. The Glasgow Naturalist 23: 58–59.
Mitchell, J. (1995 & 1998). Old Cornstone Workings in Dunbartonshire and West Stirlingshire, with notes on their associated flora. The Glasgow Naturalist 22:485–491 & 23(3):61–62.
Mitchell, J. (1996 & 1998). The Legacy of the Loch Lomondside Wolf. The Glasgow Naturalist 23(1):4–6 & 23(3): 59–60.
Mitchell, J. (1997). Wet Meadows in Lowland West Central Scotland – an almost forgotten Botanical Habitat. Botanical Journal of Scotland 49: 341–345.
Mitchell, J. (1998). Loch Lomondside Depicted and Described: 1. Myths, Marvels and Monsters. The Glasgow Naturalist 23(3):5–8.
Mitchell, J. (2000). Wetland Vegetation Management at the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve. BSBI Scottish Newsletter 22:24–27.
Mitchell, J. & Stirling, A.McG. (1980). Carex elongata in Scotland. The Glasgow Naturalist 20:65–70.
Mitchell, J. et al. (1993). Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve. The Reserve Record Pt.II: The Flora of the Reserve. Unpublished Scottish Natural Heritage report, Clydebank.
Murphy, K.J. et al. (1994). The Ecology of Loch Lomond. Klewer Academic, Dordrecht. Murray, J. & Pullar, L. (1910). Bathymetrical Survey of the Freshwater Lochs of Scotland. Challenger Office, Edinburgh.
Murray, W.H. (1982). Rob Roy MacGregor: his life and times. Richard Drew, Glasgow.
Paton, D. (1924). Vegetation of Beinn Laoigh. Report of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1923 7:268–319.
Pearsall, W.H. (1950). Mountains and Moorlands (New Naturalist). Collins, London.
Pilkington, N. et al. (1994 & 1996). The Inchlonaig Yews, their Tree Epiphytes and their Tree Partners. The Glasgow Naturalist 22:365–376 & 23(1):59.
Placido, C. et al. (1986). Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve. The Reserve Record Pt. 1: Preliminary. Unpublished Nature Conservancy Report, Balloch.
Price, R.J. (1983). Scotland’s Environment during the last 30,000 Years. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh.
Ramsay, S. & Dickson, J.H. (1997). Vegetational History of Central Scotland. Botanical Journal of Scotland 49:141–150.
Ratcliffe, D.A. (1968). An Ecological Account of Atlantic Bryophytes in the British Isles. New Phytologist 67:365–439.
Ritchie, J. (1920). The Influence of Man on Animal Life in Scotland. University Press, Cambridge.
Rose, J. (1981). Field Guide to the Quaternary Geology of the South Eastern Part of the Loch Lomond Basin. Proceedings of the Geological Society of Glasgow 122/123:12–28.
Shaw, G. (1975). The Breeding Birds of Crom Mhin, Loch Lomond. Scottish Birds 8:356–363.
Shaw, G. (1976). The Breeding Bird Communities of the Hillside Oakwoods of Loch Lomondside. The Western Naturalist 5:41–52.
Shaw, G. (1977). The Breeding Bird Community in a Scottish Yew Plantation. Scottish Forestry 31:74–82.
Sheail, J. (1976). Nature in Trust: The History of Nature Conservation in Britain. Blackie, Glasgow.
Slack, H.D. et al. (1957). Studies on Loch Lomond 1. Blackie, Glasgow.
Smith, J.G. (1886). The Parish of Strathblane and its Inhabitants from Early Times. James Maclehose, Glasgow.
Smith, J.G. (1896). Strathendrick and its Inhabitants from Early Times. James Maclehose, Glasgow.
Stamp, L.D. (1946). The Land of Britain, pts. 22 & 23: Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire. Geographical Publications, London.
Stephenson, D. & Gould, D. (1995). British Regional Geology: The Grampion Highlands (4th ed.). British Geological Survey, London.
Stewart D. A. (1979) The Flandrian Vegetational History of the Loch Lomond Area. Ph.D. thesis, University of Glasgow.
Stewart, D.A. (1983). The History of Alder, Alnus glutinosa L., in the Campsie Fells. The Glasgow Naturalist 20:333–345.
Stewart, D.A. et al. (1984). Pollen Diagrams from Dubh Lochan, near Loch Lomond. New Phytologist 98: 531–549.
Stirling, A.McG. & Mitchell, J. (1978). Summer Snowflake. The Glasgow Naturalist 19:429–430.
Stirling, A.McG. & Mitchell, J. (1996). Pillwort at Loch Lomond. The Glasgow Naturalist 23(1): 58.
Stott, L. (1995). The Ring of Words: Literary Loch Lomond. Creag Darach, Milton of Aberfoyle.
Tait, N. (1995). Capercaillie on Loch Lomondside. The Glasgow Naturalist 5:535–537.
The Meteorological Office. (1989). The Climate of Scotland: Some Facts and Figures. HMSO, London.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. (1963). Stirlingshire: An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments 2 Vols. HMSO, Edinburgh.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. (1978). The Archaeological Sites of Dumbarton District, Clydebank District, Bearsden and Milngavie District, Strathclyde Region. Edinburgh.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland & Historic Scotland. (2000). The Historic Landscape of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs. Edinburgh.
Thomson, G. (1988). The Butterflies of Scotland. Croom Helm, London.
Thomson, J. (1991). The Balfron Heritage. Balfron Heritage Group.
Thornton, T. (1804). A Sporting Tour through the northern parts of England and a great part of the Highlands of Scotland. Vernor & Hood, London.
Tims, D.W.G. et al. (1974). The Stirling Region. British Association handbook, Stirling.
Tippet, R. et al. (1974). A Natural History of Loch Lomond. University Press, Glasgow.
Tittensor, R.M. (1970). History of the Loch Lomond Oakwoods. Scottish Forestry 24:100–118.
Tittensor, R.M. & Steele, R.C. (1971). Plant Communities of the Loch Lomond Oakwoods. Journal of Ecology 59:561–582.
Trubridge, M. (1988). The Goats of the Loch. The Scots Magazine May 1988, pp.179–188.
Trubridge, M. (1996). Inversnaid RSPB Reserve – the first ten years. The Forth Naturalist and Historian 19:83–90.
University of Glasgow & University of Strathclyde. (1992). Loch Lomond 1991. Glasgow.
Waltho, C.M. (1979). The Breeding Bird Community of the Aber Bogs, Loch Lomondside, in 1978. Unpublished Nature Conservancy Report, Balloch.
Waltho, C.M. (1980). The establishment of Fen Carr in the Aber Bogs, Dunbartonshire. West Dunbartonshire Naturalist Report 5:14–23.
Waltho, C.M. (1982). The Breeding Bird Community of Inchmoan, Loch Lomond, 1979–80. Unpublished Nature Conservancy Report, Balloch.
Waugh, D.R. (1978). The Breeding Bird Community of the Glen Douglas Woodlands. Unpublished Nature Conservancy Report, Balloch.
Weir, T. (1976). A threat to Loch Lomond [Craigrostan hydro-electric scheme]. Country Life December 1976, pp.1746–1748.
Whyte, A. & Macfarlan, D. (1811). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Dumbarton. Board of Agriculture, Glasgow.
Willby, N.J. & Mitchell, J. (1996). Limosella aquatica at Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve. The Glasgow Naturalist 23: 58–59.
Williamson, K. et al. (1973). Bird Communities of the Mainland Section of Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve. The Western Naturalist 2: 15–28.
Williamson, K. (1974). Oak Wood Breeding Bird Communities in the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 68:9–28.
Wilson, A. et al. (1988). The Parish of Killearn 2nd ed. Killearn Trust.
Wood, I. (1954). Loch Lomond and its Salmon. The Glasgow Herald, Glasgow.
Wylie, D.D. & Dickson, J.H. (1998). The Holocene History of Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris L. at Loch Sloy, Scottish Highlands. The Glasgow Naturalist 23(3):16–23.