[PDF] The Saproxylic Invertebrates Of Historic Parklands eBook

Author : Aljos Farjon
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing Ltd
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2024-08-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1784274313

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High Park, at Blenheim in Oxfordshire UK, is a SSSI of great significance for its numerous ancient oaks and the organisms associated with these trees. This book gives a detailed, lavishly illustrated and thoroughly researched description of the biodiversity and natural history of what is by several measures the most significant site for ancient oaks in Europe. It draws together the expertise of more 60 specialists, and reports on the results of in-depth surveys of High Park. Chapters cover different groups, including: flora (including bryophytes), fungi, lichens, molluscs, arachnids, flies, hymenoptera, butterflies, moths, beetles – with a special focus on saproxylic species, bugs, reptiles and amphibians, birds and mammals. Despite their undoubted importance, very few sites with ancient oaks in England, the most important European country for these magnificent trees, have seen a comprehensive published account, adding to the value of this study. Several of the contributing authors describe their survey techniques in some detail, some of which are not widely known. Records are analysed in the various chapters and often compared with data from other similar sites. Overall, the book gives encouraging evidence of the great biodiversity still to be found in England, and should help to stimulate similar efforts to uncover the biodiversity and describe the natural history of ancient parkland and woodland, so that conservation of these sites can be based on firm scientific data.

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287132093

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Author : Mark Frater
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134677707

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Woodland habitats explores the history and ecology of British woodland and explains why they a re such a valuable resource. It examines the wide range of different types of woodland habitats and the typical species that live within them. It offers a practical guide to all the key woodland issues including: *conservation and management * coppicing * grazing in woodlands * fire breaks * recreation * management for game * pasture woodland and commercial forestry Woodland Habitats also includes a guide to notable sites with location maps and illustrations, suggested practical projects and a full glossary of terms.

Author : Peter Savill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199605181

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This iconic location has been the subject of a series of continuous ecological research programmes dating back to the 1920s, which has provided a level of continuity that is extremely rare. For the first time, this book tells the Wytham story in a way that is accessible to both scientist and general reader alike.

Author : N.M. Collins
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0323149308

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The Conservation of Insects and their Habitats is a compilation of papers presented in the 15th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London held at the Department of Physics Lecture Theatre Imperial College, London, on September 14-15, 1989. The papers cover topics on the diversity of entomological habitats and ecologicalroles around the world, and highlight the value of insects to humanity. Some practical proposals for conservation, especially in tropical forests and on islands, where their diversity is greatest, are also given. This book will add to the continuing force for the conservation and protection of biological diversity of the Earth.

Author : George F. Peterken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 1996-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521367929

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A fascinating account of woodland natural history for all those concerned with woodland management and ecology.