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HEATHLANDS (NN 72)

Written by Nigel Webb
Published by Book Club Associates in 1986
ISBN: 0002190206

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HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1330691
Circa. 1986. Hardback. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price and no 'Collins' at base of spine of dustwrapper. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine (as normal with these NN books) and has a light crease in the laminate on front panel.

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HEATHLANDS (NN 72)
Written by Nigel Webb.
Stock no. 1202149
1986. Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series No. 72. Book Club edition - no price and no 'Collins' at base of spine of dustwrapper. Green cloth. 20 colour photos and over 100 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0002190206. Foxing to endpapers. Free front endpaper has pencil erasure marks and top corner is creased. Text block is slightly grubby otherwise contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine (normal for this series).

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Front cover

Cover of HEATHLANDS (NN 72) by Nigel Webb

Contents

  • Editor's Preface
  • Author's Preface
  • 1. 'A Waste and Barren Land'
  • The 'image' of heathland
  • Definitions, and the scope of the book
  • 2. The Basic Requirements
  • Heathland zones and distribution
  • The influence of climate, soils, geology
  • 3. A Primeval Landscape?
  • Early views on the origins of heathland
  • Pollen analysis - and the findings
  • Heathland pollen profiles
  • 4. The Influence of Man
  • Farming, settlement, land-use and the effects
  • The documentary evidence, grazing, fuel-gathering, etc
  • 5. British Lowland Heaths
  • Flora, fauna, and distinctive, characteristics of individual 'plant' communities
  • 6. Heathland Plant Communities
  • The pattern of vegetations. The categories of heathland plant communities
  • 7. The Dynamics of Heathland Vegetation
  • The patters of change, and succession. Production and decomposition. Nutrients. The effects of fire, and post-fire succession
  • 8. The Heathers
  • Distributions, characteristics, germinations, life history
  • 9. Other Heathland Plants
  • Plants of dry heath, wet and humid heath
  • Gorses, whins and brooms. Insectivorous plants
  • 10. Heathland Invertebrates
  • Species and ecology, Ants, Spiders, grasshoppers, dragonflies, beetles and bugs. Heather beetle, butterflies and moths
  • 11. Heathland Vertebrates
  • Species and ecology. Amphibians and reptiles, birds, mammals
  • 12. What the Future Holds
  • The science of ecology. Conservation managements, restoration. Criteria for selecting reserves. Burning. Brackens. Scrub control. Protection of individual species. Recreation and amenity.
  • References for Further Reading
  • Heathland Nature Reserves
  • Index