Author: C. W. MurrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Botanist in Skye and Adjacent Islands
Author: C. W. MurrayMountain Flowers
Author: Michael ScottPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472939735
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
'Mountain flowers are the most romantic in our flora, exquisite, enigmatic and, often, remote from human habitation. Michael Scott has not only seen them all but has roamed every part of the hill scenery of Britain and brings to his subject passion, learning and hands-on experience. This is field botany at its best, engrossing, exciting and full of wonder.' - Peter Marren Britain's mountains and exposed sub-arctic regions of the far north are home to a remarkable range of specialist flowers, shrubs and ferns that are able to thrive on our islands thanks to a combination of conditions seldom found in mainland Europe. The peculiarities of their occurrence here, at unusually low altitudes for typically alpine species and uncommonly far south for arctic species, make their ecology especially intriguing. In this invigorating journey from the Lizard of Cornwall to Unst in Shetland, Michael Scott examines Britain's richest upland sites, bringing an important 21st-century perspective to our understanding of the flora along the way. Lavishly illustrated with over 340 colour photographs of plants and their spectacular habitats, Mountain Flowers has much to offer wild flower enthusiasts and botanists. Included are detailed profiles of over 150 of the plants most characteristic of our montane regions, as well as 20 extended profiles for the most enigmatic species. This book will prove an indispensable companion for hillwalkers and climbers wanting to learn more about the enigmatic species that are such an intrinsic part of the British mountain landscape. Jacket artwork by Carry Akroyd.
Animal, Man & Treescapes (b/w)
Author: Ian D. RotherhamPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1904098258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book has been published as part of a major conference held in Sheffield UK, on the theme of 'Animals, Man and Treescapes' which looked at the interactions between grazing animals, humans and wooded landscapes. It linked community projects and educational outputs throughout the UK, across Europe and beyond. The event promoted landscape ecology conservation through local, national and international initiatives.
Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals
Author: Ian D. RotherhamPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415626110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape - forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed landscapes, of large grazing herbivores in Europe, and the implications of the past in shaping our environment today and in the future. Debates on the types of anciently grazed landscapes in Europe, and what they tell us about past and present ecology, have been especially topical and controversial recently. This treatment brings the current discussions and the latest research to a much wider audience. The book breaks new ground in broadening the scope of wood-pasture and woodland research to address sites and ecologies that have previously been overlooked but which hold potential keys to understanding landscape dynamics. Eminent contributors, including Oliver Rackham and Frans Vera, present a text which addresses the importance of history in understanding the past landscape, and the relevance of historical ecology and landscape studies in providing a future vision.
The Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
The New Botanist's Guide to the Localities of the Rarer Plants of Britain
Author: Hewett Cottrell WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Journal of Botany, British and Foreign
Author: Berthold SeemannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Glasgow Naturalist
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Includes the Transactions and proceedings of the Society 1909-55 (called "third series" 1909-30).