Botanical Journal of Scotland
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 248
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Plant Atlas 2020
Author: P. A. Stroh
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2023-03-21
Total Pages: 1530
ISBN-13: 0691247609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative two-volume overview of the distribution of the wild plants of Great Britain and Ireland Plant Atlas 2020 presents the results of field surveys by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, building on past atlas surveys undertaken by the Botanical Society in the early and late twentieth century. Drawing on the work of thousands of botanists who covered the entirety of Britain and Ireland between 2000 and 2019, this two-volume book features introductory chapters that provide a detailed assessment of the changes to the region’s flora over the past hundred years. Distribution maps and accompanying text and graphics display the phenology, altitudinal range, and time-series trends for 2,616 native and alien species and 247 hybrids. With more than 30 million records gathered during the project, Plant Atlas 2020 will serve as an essential resource for the study and conservation of these wild plants and their vitally important habitats for decades to come. The most in-depth survey of British and Irish flora ever undertaken, based on more than 30 million individual records Covers 2,616 native and alien species and 247 hybrids Features a wealth of distribution maps and infographics, accompanied by informative text A must-have reference book for botanists, field naturalists, conservation organizations, government agencies, and anyone interested in the diverse plant life of Great Britain and Ireland
Open Ecosystems
Author: William J. Bond
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 0198812450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of 'open ecosystems' which include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands.
Native Woodlands of Scotland
Author: Scott Wilson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2015-04-26
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 0748692878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents up-to-date information about Scotland's native woodlands. It draws upon professional experience of scientific research, survey and management, where the author has studied many important native woodlands in Scotland and beyond.
Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora
Author: Graeme Morton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-10-28
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1000203816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy did large numbers of Scots leave a temperate climate to live permanently in parts of the world where greater temperature extreme was the norm? The long nineteenth century was a period consistently cooler than now, and Scotland remains the coldest of the British nations. Nineteenth-century meteorologists turned to environmental determinism to explain the persistence of agricultural shortage and to identify the atmospheric conditions that exacerbated the incidence of death and disease in the towns. In these cases, the logic of emigration and the benefits of an alternative climate were compelling. Emigration agents portrayed their favoured climate in order to pull migrants in their direction. The climate reasons, pressures and incentives that resulted in the movement of people have been neither straightforward nor uniform. There are known structural features that contextualize the migration experience, chief among them being economic and demographic factors. By building on the work of historical climatologists, and the availability of long-run climate data, for the first time the emigration history of Scotland is examined through the lens of the nation’s climate. In significant per capita numbers, the Scots left the cold country behind; yet the ‘homeland’ remained an unbreakable connection for the diaspora.
Scotland's Foreshore
Author: John MacAskill
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2018-06-21
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1474436935
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The Nature of the Cairngorms
Author: Philip Shaw
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Published: 2006-06-12
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 0114973261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cairngorms area is arguably the most significant for nature conservation in the British Isles and contains its largest National Park. In this book, 35 authors, drawing on published and unpublished sources, present an up-to-date review of the area's natural features, including plants, animals, habitats, geology and landforms. The review falls into three parts. The first and largest part describes the area's rich diversity of nature, with each chapter summarising recent research findings, trends and conservation issues for a different landform, habitat or species group. The second part considers deer management, recreation and projected climate change impacts. Part three focuses on rare and threatened species, and identifies areas and habitats rich in species for which the Cairngorms are nationally and internationally important.
Woodland Flowers
Author: Keith Kirby
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-08-06
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1472949099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKObserving the plants of the forest floor – the flowers, ferns, sedges and grasses – can be a vital way of understanding our relationship with British woodland. They tell us stories about its history and past management, and can be a visible sign of progress when we get conservation right. For centuries, woodland plants have also been part of our lives in practical ways as food and medicines, and they have influenced our culture through poetry, perfume and pub signs. In this insightful and original account, Keith Kirby explores how woodland plants in Great Britain have come to be where they are, coped with living in the shade of their bigger relatives, and responded to threats in the form of storms, fires, floods, the attentions of grazing herbivores and the effects of the changing seasons. Along the way, the reader is introduced to the work of important botanists who have walked the woods in the past, collecting information on where plants occur and why. In-depth profiles of some of our most important and popular ground flora species provide extra detail and insight. Beautifully illustrated, Woodland Flowers is a must for anyone who appreciates and wants to learn more about British woodland and its plants.
