The Natural History of Blenheim’s High Park

Buch | Hardcover

424 Seiten

2024
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78427-430-6 (ISBN)

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This book gives a detailed, lavishly illustrated and comprehensively researched description of the biodiversity and natural history of what is by several measures the most important site for ancient oaks in Europe. It draws together the expertise of more 60 specialists, about a third of whom are senior authors of the 19 chapters.

High Park, at Blenheim in Oxfordshire UK, is a SSSI of great significance for its numerous ancient oaks and the organisms associated with these trees. This book gives a detailed, lavishly illustrated and thoroughly researched description of the biodiversity and natural history of what is by several measures the most significant site for ancient oaks in Europe. It draws together the expertise of more 60 specialists, and reports on the results of in-depth surveys of High Park.

Chapters cover different groups, including: flora (including bryophytes), fungi, lichens, molluscs, arachnids, flies, hymenoptera, butterflies, moths, beetles – with a special focus on saproxylic species, bugs, reptiles and amphibians, birds and mammals.

Despite their undoubted importance, very few sites with ancient oaks in England, the most important European country for these magnificent trees, have seen a comprehensive published account, adding to the value of this study. Several of the contributing authors describe their survey techniques in some detail, some of which are not widely known. Records are analysed in the various chapters and often compared with data from other similar sites. Overall, the book gives encouraging evidence of the great biodiversity still to be found in England, and should help to stimulate similar efforts to uncover the biodiversity and describe the natural history of ancient parkland and woodland, so that conservation of these sites can be based on firm scientific data.

Aljos Farjon is a renowned botanist and recipient of several international awards for his work on conifers, on which he has published 11 books and more than 100 papers and articles. He is also an accomplished botanical artist, illustrating many of his books and papers. He worked successively at the Universities of Utrecht and Oxford and at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew until his official retirement; he continues at Kew as an Honorary Research Associate. In recent years, Aljos has shifted his research interests to the extraordinary wealth of ancient oaks in his adopted country, England. His Ancient Oaks in the English Landscape was named ‘Reference Book of the Year’ in the Garden Media Guild Awards 2017.

Introduction Aljos Farjon

DOI: 10.53061/YKRB6101

1. Historical Review Alison Moller and Torsten Moller

DOI: 10.53061/ZZBX6109

2. The Ancient Oaks Aljos Farjon

DOI: 10.53061/WPSJ5341

3. Planted and Self-Seeded Trees Aljos Farjon and Torsten Moller

DOI: 10.53061/JWXM7823

4. Flora and Vegetation David M. Morris, Aljos Farjon and Jacqueline Wright

DOI: 10.53061/NSNS7740

5. Fungi (Excluding Lichens) A. Martyn Ainsworth, Richard Fortey, Alona Yu. Biketova and Laura M. Suz

DOI: 10.53061/OZOM2670

6. Lichens Pat Wolseley, Neil Sanderson, Brian Coppins and Sandy Coppins

DOI: 10.53061/RTDO9050

7. Snails, Slugs and Bivalves (Mollusca) Rosemary Hill, Peter Topley, Thomas Walker and Rosemary Winnall

DOI: 10.53061/ZAFH4557

8. Spiders and Relatives (Arachnida) Aljos Farjon

DOI: 10.53061/KRTC5727

9. Two-Winged Flies (Diptera) Peter Chandler

DOI: 10.53061/PEVB9384

10. Sawflies, Wasps, Bees and Ants (Hymenoptera) Ivan Wright

DOI: 10.53061/NZVF3441

11. Butterflies (Lepidoptera) Phillip Cribb and Caroline Steel

DOI: 10.53061/REZP4047

12. Moths (Lepidoptera) Martin Corley

DOI: 10.53061/WZHD1567

13. Beetles (Coleoptera) Benedict John Pollard

DOI: 10.53061/ESXO4392

14. Bugs (Hemiptera) and other Insect Orders Graham A. Collins and Jovita F. Kaunang

DOI: 10.53061/NQKI9199

15. Assessing the Importance of High Park for Saproxylic Beetles Benedict John Pollard and Keith N.A. Alexander

DOI: 10.53061/NGWD5034

16. Amphibians and Reptiles Aljos Farjon and Angela Julian

DOI: 10.53061/PKXT2424

17. Birds (Aves) Anthony S. Cheke

DOI: 10.53061/CIGW8855

18. Mammals Ray Heaton

DOI: 10.53061/KVXM4486

19. Review of Management Practices Torsten Moller, Aljos Farjon and Anthony S. Cheke

DOI: 10.53061/ILNU8469

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.8.2024
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	1144 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-78427-430-5 / 1784274305
ISBN-13	978-1-78427-430-6 / 9781784274306
Zustand	Neuware