Natural Woodland

£59.00

G F Peterken
Cambridge University Press 1996
522pp P/B
Illustrated in b/w
This book describes first how woods grow, die and regenerate in the absence of human influence, and the structures and range of habitats found in natural woods. Virgin and old growth forests in North America and Europe are used as examples. This knowledge is then applied to nature conservation issues in British woods and forests, particularly the maintenance of 'untouched' reserves, the management of native broadleaved woods, and the design of coniferous plantations.
Contents include: Definitions, values and philosophies; Natural woodland in Europe and North America; Selected virgin forests; Disturbance in natural woodland; Succession after catastrophic disturbances; structures and dynamics of old growth forests; Wildlife of natural forests; Human impacts on natural forests in North America; Wildlife responses to the modification of natural forests; British natural woodland; Reconstructing British natural woodland; management of broadleaved woodland; Design and management of upland conifer plantations; Priorities in woodland nature conservation.