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Upland habitats / Alan H. Fielding and Paul F. Haworth ; illustrations by Jo Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fielding, Alan.
- Fielding Haworth Staff, Corporate Author.
- Series:
- Habitat guides.
- Habitat guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Upland ecology--Great Britain.
- Upland ecology.
- Ecosystem management--Great Britain.
- Ecosystem management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Upland Habitats presents a comprehensive illustrated guide to the habits wildlife and conservation of Britains last wilderness areas. These include: heather moors, sheep walk deer forest, blanket bogs, montane and sub-montane forests. The book examines the unique characteristics of uplands and the ecological processes and historical events that have shaped them since the end of the last glaciaton. Among the key conservation and management issues explored in are:* modern agricultural practices and economics* habitat degradation through overgrazing* commercial forest plantat
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; List of species boxes; Acknowledgements; Series introduction; INTRODUCTION; THE ECOLOGY OF UPLAND HABITATS; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION; CASE STUDIES; PRACTICAL WORK; Glossary; Species list; Further reading; References; Subject index; Species index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-134) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-67777-4
- 1-134-67778-2
- 9780203265483
- 0-203-06115-2
- 1-280-33013-9
- 0-203-26548-3
- 9780203061152
- OCLC:
- 560046789
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