Description |
ix, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Designing new habitats: general principles -- 3. Promoting natural succession -- 4. Grasslands -- 5. Woodland, scrub, and hedgerow -- 6. Heath and moor -- 7. Montane and submontane habitats -- 8. The coast -- 9. Farmland -- 10. Wetlands -- 11. Getting it right |
Summary |
With increasing awareness of environmental issues, ecologists, landscape designers and developers are being required to create areas of natural habitat specifically for wildlife. Habitat Creation and Repair is a modern, definitive guide about how to achieve this. It covers everything from the ethics, theory, and principles of habitat creation to the practical detail of designing habitats for wildlife |
Analysis |
restoration ecology habitat conservation |
Notes |
Bibliography: p246-264. _ Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-264) and index |
Subject |
Habitat (Ecology)
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Habitat (Ecology) -- Great Britain.
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Habitat conservation -- Great Britain.
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Habitat conservation.
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Restoration ecology -- Great Britain.
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Restoration ecology.
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Wildlife habitat improvement -- Great Britain.
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Wildlife habitat improvement.
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Author |
Anderson, Penny.
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LC no. |
97044755 |
ISBN |
0198549660 (paperback) |
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0198549679 (hbk.) |
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