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

• Other Authors: Kirby, K. J., (Editor), Watkins, C., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Forest ecology > History. > Europe; Forest management > History. > Europe; Forests and forestry > History. > Europe; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Biological Resources (Animal); Biological Resources (Plant); Sport and Recreational Activities, (New March 2000); Plant Ecology.; Animal Ecology.; Coppice.; Fauna.; Flora.; Forest management.; Forest plantations.; Forestry.; Forests.; History.; Human activity.; Hunting.; Nature conservation.; Resource conservation.; Silvicultural systems.; Silviculture.; Stand characteristics.; Trees.; Understorey.; Veteran or remarkable trees.; Woodlands.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.