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MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)

Written by Ron Porley, Nick Hodgetts
Published by Collins in 2005
ISBN: 0002202123

MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley, Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1329769
1st. 2005. Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Wrapper spine is very slightly faded, light damp stain to lower edge of wrapper spine and some grubby marks to rear panel. Light foxing to top edge of textblock.

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MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97)
Written by Ron Porley, Nick Hodgetts.
Stock no. 1329294
Circa. 2005. Hardback. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

New Naturalist Series. Green cloth. 179 colour and b/w photographs. ISBN: 0002202123. Still in original shrinkwrap (which is split in places). Top corners are bumped.

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Front cover

Cover of MOSSES & LIVERWORTS (NN 97) by Ron Porley; Nick Hodgetts

Contents

  • Editor's Preface
  • Author's Foreword and Acknowledgements
  • 1 The World of Bryophytes - Unique, Diverse and Important
  • 2 The Dawn of Bryophytes
  • 3 Dispersal - How Bryophytes Spread
  • 4 Distribution Patterns and Climate Change
  • 5 Man-made habitats
  • 6 Woodland and Epiphytes
  • 7 Lowland Heath and Acid Grassland
  • 8 Acid Rock Outcrops in the Lowlands
  • 9 Chalk and Limestone Country
  • 10 Living on the coast
  • 11 The Freshwater Environment
  • 12 Sphagnum and Peatlands
  • 13 Small Plants in Big Landscapes - Mosses in the Mountains
  • 14 Taking Bryology Forward
  • Appendix : Protected Bryophytes
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index of Species
  • Index of Subjects