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Title Wytham Woods : Oxford's ecological laboratory / editors, P.S. Savill [and others]
Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 263 pages [8] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series [Oxford biology]
Oxford biology.
Contents Preface / John Krebs -- 1. Introduction / C.M. Perrins -- 2. The Physical Environment / M.E. Taylor, M.D. Morecroft, and H.R. Oliver -- 3. Woods Ancient and Modern: land use history / C.W.D. Gibson and K.J. Kirby -- 4. The Woods in the Modern Landscape / K.J. Kirby and C.W.D. Gibson -- 5. The Trees in the Woods 1945 -2007 / K.J. Kirby -- 6. The Flowers of the Forest / K.J. Kirby and M D Morecroft -- 7. The Ecology of Upper Seeds: an old-field succession experiment / C.W.D. Gibson -- 8. Invertebrates / C. Hambler, G.R.W. Wint, and D.J. Rogers -- 9. Birds / C.M. Perrins and A.G. Gosler -- 10. Mammals of Wytham Woods / C.D. Buesching, J.R. Clarke, S.A. Ellwood, C. King, C. Newman, and D.W. Macdonald -- 11. Conservation Management of Wytham Woods, / N. Fisher, N.D. Brown, and P.S. Savill -- 12. Wytham in a Changing World / M.D. Morecroft and M.E. Taylor -- References -- Index
Summary "For the first time, this book tells the Wytham story in a way that is accessible to both scientist and general reader alike. It provides a fascinating overview of what the Woods are like, their history, composition (both plant and animal), and how their wildlife has changed over time. This iconic location has been the subject of a series of continuous ecological research programmes dating back to the 1920s, a level of continuity of research effort that is extremely rare. Hence there is a strong emphasis on the significance of the scientific research that has been done there and how this has contributed to ecological thinking elsewhere"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-252) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Forest ecology -- Research -- England -- Wytham Woods
Natural history -- England -- Wytham Woods
NATURE -- Plants -- Trees.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Forests & Rainforests.
Forest ecology -- Research
Natural history
Ekosystem på land -- England.
Ekologi -- England.
Naturhistoria -- England.
Skogar -- ekologi -- England.
SUBJECT Wytham Woods (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010000817
Subject England -- Wytham Woods
Form Electronic book
Author Savill, Peter S.
LC no. 2010000246
ISBN 9780191562389
0191562386
9780199543205
0199543208
9780199605187
0199605181
9780191810039
0191810037
1282730622
9781282730625
9786612730627
6612730625