Grasslands of Wales - A Survey of Lowland Species-Rich Grasslands, 1987-2004

Informationen zum Autor The authors worked as part of the Terrestrial Science Group of the Countryside Council for Wales! the successor body to the Nature Conservancy Council for Wales! during the preparation of this book. Until his untimely death in 2007! David Stevens co-ordinated the Lowland Grassland Survey of Wales. Stuart Smith spent several years undertaking grassland field survey! and has since had a major role in compiling the survey findings. Tim Blackstock is head of the group and has overseen the grassland survey since its inception in 1987. Sam Bosanquet participated in the final phase of fieldwork on the grassland survey! and has played a key role in analysing the spatial dataset. Jane Stevens has organised the database with the survey findings and undertook vegetation data analysis. Klappentext Pioneering the use of the National Vegetation Classification for describing and mapping vegetation at a regional scale! this comprehensive volume provides a unique account of the plant communities in the species-rich lowland grasslands of Wales at the end of the twentieth century! detailing the distribution! concentration! and physical and environmental characteristics of each species. Zusammenfassung Presents an account of the vegetation of species-rich grasslands in lowland Wales at the end of the 20th century. This title sets out the findings of 18 years of research and survey of the significant stands of agriculturally unimproved lowland grasslands and their associated vegetation.

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• Authors: T. H. Blackstock, Tim Blackstock, Blackstock Tim, S. L. N. Smith, Stuart Smith, D. P. Stevens, David Stevens, David Smith Stevens, David Stuart Stevens, STEVENS DAVID STUART SMITH BLACK, Smith Stuart
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780708322550
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2255-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Wales, 2004, 1987, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Species, rich, of, Survey, Regional Geography, Grasslands, Lowland