Europe's changing woods and forests : from wildwood to managed landscapes /

This book brings together information about Europe's forests and how they have developed since the last Ice Age. The first part (Chapters 1-4) gives an overview of Europe's woods and forests in space and over time; the second part (Chapters 5-9) looks at how they have been managed; the thi...

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Other Authors: Kirby, K. J., (Editor), Watkins, C., (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
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245 0 0 |a Europe's changing woods and forests :  |b from wildwood to managed landscapes /  |c edited by Keith J. Kirby (Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford, UK) and Charles Watkins (School of Geography, Nottingham, UK). 
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505 0 # |a Overview of Europe's Woods and Forests / Keith J. Kirby and Charles Watkins -- Methods and Approaches in the Study of Woodland History / Charles Watkins -- The Forest Landscape Before Farming / Keith J. Kirby and Charles Watkins -- Evolution of Modern Landscapes / Keith J. Kirby and Charles Watkins -- Wood-pastures in Europe / Tibor Hartel, Tobias Plieninger and Anna Varga -- Coppice Silviculture: From the Mesolithic to the 21st Century / Peter Buckley and Jenny Mills -- High Forest Management and the Rise of Even-aged Stands / Peter Savill -- Close-to-nature Forestry / Matthias Bürgi -- The Impact of Hunting on European Woodland from Medieval to Modern Times / John Fletcher -- The Flora and Fauna of Coppice Woods: Winners and Losers of Active Management or Neglect? / Peter Buckley and Jenny Mills -- The Importance of Veteran Trees for Saproxylic Insects / Juha Siitonen and Thomas Ranius -- The Changing Fortunes of Woodland Birds in Temperate Europe / Shelley A. Hinsley, Robert J. Fuller and Peter N. Ferns -- Evolution and Changes in the Understorey of Deciduous Forests: Lagging Behind Drivers of Change / Martin Hermy -- Gains and Losses in the European Mammal Fauna / Robert Hearn -- The Curious Case of the Even-aged Plantation: Wretched, Funereal or Misunderstood? / Chris P. Quine -- Historical Ecology in Modern Conservation in Italy / Roberta Cevasco and Diego Moreno -- Białowiez̊a Primeval Forest: A 2000-year Interplay of Environmental and Cultural Forces in Europe's Best Preserved Temperate Woodland / Małgorzata Latałowa, Marcelina Zimny, Bogumiła Jędrzejewska and Tomasz Samojlik -- Woodland History in the British Isles: An Interaction of Environmental and Cultural Forces / George F. Peterken -- Forest Management and Species Composition: A Historical Approach in Lorraine, France / Xavier Rochel -- Barriers and Bridges for Sustainable Forest Management: The Role of Landscape History in Swedish Bergslagen / Per Angelstam, Kjell Andersson, Robert Axelsson, Erik Degerman, Marine Elbakidze, Per Sjölander and Johan Törnblom -- The Development of Forest Conservation in Europe / James Latham -- The UK's Ancient Woodland Inventory and its Use / Emma Goldberg -- Tree and Forest Pests and Diseases: Learning from the Past to Prepare for the Future / Clive Potter -- Reflections / Charles Watkins and Keith J. Kirby. 
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520 3 # |a This book brings together information about Europe's forests and how they have developed since the last Ice Age. The first part (Chapters 1-4) gives an overview of Europe's woods and forests in space and over time; the second part (Chapters 5-9) looks at how they have been managed; the third part (Chapters 10-15) deals with how plants and animals have responded to alteration of the forest cover; the fourth part (Chapters 16-20) illustrates a range of different histories for locations from Italy to Sweden, from Poland to the UK; while the final part (Chapters 21-24) explores some of the issues around woodland conservation, now and in the future. 
530 # # |a Also available in print format. 
588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed July 22, 2015). 
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