Ancient oaks in the English landscape / Aljos Farjon ; with contributions on biodiversity by Martyn Ainsworth, Keith Alexander and Pat Wolseley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farjon, Aljos, author.

Contributor:

Ainsworth, Martyn, contributor.

Alexander, Keith, 1953- contributor.

Wolseley, P. A., contributor.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oak--England.

Oak.

England.

Physical Description:

348 pages : color illustrations, graphs, tables ; cm

Production:

Kew, Richmond, Surrey : Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2017.

Contents:

Foreward

Introduction

1. The life of an oak

2. The age of ancient oaks

3. General distribution of ancient and veteran oaks

4. Distribution of ancient and veteran oaks in England explained : Deer parks

5. Distribution of ancient and veteran oaks in England explained : Royal forests, chases and other historical connections

6. Ancient oaks in Europe

7. Why England has most of the ancient oaks

8. Ancient oaks in a pasture woodland context

9. The most important oak sites

10. The biodiversity of ancient oaks

References

Glossary

List of illustrations and tables

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-329) and index.

ISBN:

1842466402

9781842466407

OCLC:

964380061