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9781856230438

The Living Landscape

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  • ISBN13:

    9781856230438

  • ISBN10:

    1856230430

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-01-11
  • Publisher: Permanent Pubns
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Summary

This book shows you how to read the landscape and looks at what you can expect to find in woods, grassland, heath, moor, wetlands, hedgecrows and waysides.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vii
Introductionp. ix
The Landscape and How To Read Itp. 1
Rocks The Bones of the Landscapep. 25
The Soil and What Plants Can Tell Us About Itp. 45
Climate and Microclimatep. 69
The History of the Landscapep. 83
Wild Animals and How to Recognise their Signsp. 107
Niches or How Plants and Animals Make their Livingp. 121
Succession How Landscapes Change through Timep. 135
Trees as Individualsp. 163
The Different Kinds of Woodlandp. 177
How Woods Workp. 197
Grasslandp. 215
Heaths and Moorsp. 241
Water in the Landscapep. 259
Hedges and Other Field Boundariesp. 279
Roads and Pathsp. 303
Afterwordp. 315
Glossaryp. 317
Further Readingp. 319
Indentifying Trees at a Distancep. 323
Indexp. 325
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