VEGETATION OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND (NN 122)

Proctor, Michael

ISBN 10: 0002201488 / ISBN 13: 9780002201483

Editore: Collins, 2013

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1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. New Naturalist series 122. The author discusses the development of the landscape of Britain and Ireland from prehistoric times, including the influence of people and their agricultural practices on the vegetation. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Green endpapers with repeating New Naturalist logo. Minor mark to top of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has minor scuffing to rear panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

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• Titolo: VEGETATION OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND (NN 122)
• Editore: Collins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0002201488
• ISBN 13: 9780002201483
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Edizione: First edition.
• Condizione: Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Fine

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Riassunto

Another volume in the popular New Naturalist series, this book covers all aspects of the plant life of Britain and Ireland.

Michael Proctor, an expert in his field, discusses the development of the landscape of Britain and Ireland from prehistoric times, including the influence of people and their agricultural practices on the vegetation.

He provides a comprehensive account of all the different types of plant habitat in Britain and Ireland: from woodlands and scrubland to meadows and grasslands, from wetlands and peatlands to heaths, and from the mountain vegetation to the sea coast. He examines the history and ecology of each of these habitats, and describes the rich variety of flora found living there.

The author concludes with an account of the changes to our landscape which have taken place during the twentieth century, and prospects for the future, including the effects of environmental change.

Informazioni sull?autore

Michael Proctor is an Honorary Research Fellow (and until his retirement in 1994 was Reader in Plant Ecology) at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter. With wide interests in ecology and plant biosystematics, his interest in insects and pollination ecology dates from his student days, shared with Peter Yeo at Cambridge. He has published many scientific papers on a variety of ecological topics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.