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Author Porley, Ron D

Title England's rare mosses & liverworts : their history, ecology and conservation / Ron D. Porley
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Series Wild guides
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- What are bryophytes and why are they important? -- Rarity in bryophytes -- Conservation measures -- People and bryophyte conservation -- The Red List -- Overview of threatened English bryophytes -- Introduction -- A-D -- E-P -- R-Z -- Losses -- the English extinctions -- APPENDIX 1: British Red List species with post-2000 Welsh and Scottish records but not seen in England for over 50 years (Hill et al., 2008) -- APPENDIX 2: Species' Status Summary -- Glossary -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary This is the first book to cover England's rare and threatened mosses and liverworts, collectively known as bryophytes. As a group, they are the most ancient land plants and occupy a unique position in the colonization of the Earth by plant life. However, many are at risk from habitat loss, pollution, climate change, and other factors. Britain is one of the world's best bryologically recorded areas, yet its mosses and liverworts are not well known outside a small band of experts. This has meant that conservation action has tended to lag behind that of more charismatic groups such as birds an
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Bryophytes -- Great Britain
Rare mosses -- Great Britain
Liverworts -- Great Britain
NATURE -- Plants -- General.
Bryophytes
Liverworts
Rare mosses
Bedrohte Pflanzen
Moose
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012956134
ISBN 9781400846917
1400846919
1299441971
9781299441972
Other Titles England's rare mosses and liverworts