Britain's Habitats (eBook)

A Field Guide to the Wildlife Habitats of Great Britain and Ireland - Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition

Sophie Lake, Durwyn Liley, Robert Still, Andy Swash (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2020
416 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21179-4 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated photographic guide-now in a handy field-guide formatThis lavishly illustrated photographic guide provides a comprehensive overview of the natural history of wildlife habitats in Britain and Ireland. Now completely redesigned in a handy field-guide format, and featuring revised and updated text throughout, this new edition of Britain's Habitats guides readers through all the main habitat types, presenting information on their characteristics, extent, geographical variation, key species, cultural importance, origins and conservation. It aims to help visitors to the countryside recognize the habitats around them, understand how they have evolved and what makes them special, and imagine how they might change in the future. This new edition includes updated maps and additional photographs throughout, and covers a new habitat-gardens. The perfect companion for anyone travelling in Britain and Ireland, the book is essential reading for all wildlife enthusiasts, professional ecologists and landscape architects.Individual sections on all the main habitat types found in Britain and IrelandMore than 680 evocative colour photographs, including images from around Britain and Ireland in all seasonsDetails and photographs of key species and features associated with the different habitatsUp-to-date information-including maps-on the distribution, extent and importance of all habitat typesFeatures new to this edition include a field-guide format, updated maps, more photographs throughout and coverage of an additional habitat-gardens

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Britain's Wildlife
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides of Britain & Europe
• Reihe/Serie: WILDGuides of Britain & Europe
• Vorwort: Alastair Driver
• Zusatzinfo: 700 color photos, color maps and diagrams
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: afforestation • American mink • Anthriscus sylvestris • aquatic • arable land • Beech • Beetle bank • bilberry • Black grouse • blanket bog • bog • Bramble • Breckland • Britain • British • brown trout • Bryophyte • Buffer strip • Bulrush • calcareous grassland • Caledonian Forest • Camping • cereal • Cetti's warbler • climate change • climax community • Coastal • Coastal Management • Conservation headland • Coppicing • Country Walks • crofting • Cyperaceae • Dew pond • Drainage • Dropwort • ecotone • Ecotourism • Exmoor Pony • Flora • Fraxinus • Freshwater • fungus • global warming • Grassland • grazing • Grazing marsh • Guidebook • habitat fragmentation • Heath • heathland • Hiking • Hill farming • Hunting • Hydrosere • Identification • illustrated Book • Invertebrate • Irish • Juniperus communis • keystone species • kitchen garden • Landscape • layering • Limestone pavement • livestock • Lowland heath • Machair • manure • Mercurialis perennis • mire • Mountain ecosystems • Mountains • mudflat • Nature • nature guide • nature walks • nightjar • nutrient • oak • old-growth forest • Open field system • overgrazing • Oxalis • pasture • Peat • Pesticide • Pine • pine nut • Pioneer species • plant community • Primary succession • Ranunculus • Red grouse • Reforestation • Rewilding • salt marsh • Scotland • Scots pine • Scottish • scree • Scrub • Secondary succession • Sediment • sedum • Shrub • Silage • Soil • Sorrel • Sphagnum • Stone-curlew • succession • Sunken lane • Swamp • The Fens • thicket • Tourist guide • Travel Guide • Trophic state index • Utricularia • Vascular plant • Vegetation • visitors guide • wader • Wales • waterfowl • Welsh • wetland • Wetlands • Wet woodland • wildlife • woodland • Wood pasture • yellowhammer
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21179-5 / 0691211795
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21179-4 / 9780691211794