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The ecological history of European forests

Title: The ecological history of European forests / edited by Keith J. Kirby and Charles Watkins.
Publication: Oxon, UK ; New York : CAB International, ©1998.

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Description

xv, 373 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

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Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.
History.

Note

"Based on presentations given at the International Conference on Advances in Forest and Woodland History ... held at the University of Nottingham in September 1996"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-361) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Historical Ecology and European Woodland / C. Watkins and K. J. Kirby -- 1. Savanna in Europe / O. Rackham -- 2. Development and Dynamics of Agricultural Parks in West Africa / H.-J. Sturm -- 3. Pollard Meadows: Multiple Use of Human-made Nature / C.-A. Haeggstrom -- 4. The Production of Fodder Trees in Valdagno, Vicenza, Italy / E. Bargioni and A. Z. Sulli -- 5. Wood-pasture in Dutch Common Woodlands and the Deforestation of the Dutch Landscape / G. H. P. Dirkx -- 6. Persistent Outcomes of Coppice Grazing in Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire, UK / J. A. Best -- 7. The Links between Forest History and Biodiversity: the Invertebrate Fauna of Ancient Pasture-woodlands in Britain and its Conservation / K. N. A. Alexander -- 8. Interactions between Humans and Woodland in Prehistoric and Medieval Drenthe (the Netherlands): an Interdisciplinary Approach / T. Spek -- 9. Forest History of the Dutch Province of Drenthe and its Ancient Woodland: a Survey / J. N. van Laar and J. B. den Ouden -- 10. Ecology and History of a Wooded Landscape in Southern Spain / T. Maranon and J. F. Ojeda -- 11. Landscape Evolution on a Central Tuscan Estate between the Eighteenth and Twentieth Centuries / M. Agnoletti and M. Paci -- 12. An Insight into Past Climate via a Fossil Tree / M. Inan -- 13. What were Woods Like in the Seventeenth Century? Examples from the Helmsley Estate, Northeast Yorkshire, UK / R. Gulliver -- 14. Manx Woodland History and Vegetation / R. Bohan -- 15. The History of the Coniston Woodlands, Cumbria, UK / S. Barker -- 16. Historical Ecology and Post-medieval Management Practices in Alderwoods (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) in the Northern Apennines, Italy / D. Moreno, R. Cevasco and S. Bertolotto [et al.] -- 17. Habitat Alterations Caused by Long-term Changes in Forest Use in Northeastern Switzerland / M. Burgi -- 18. The Investigation of Long-term Successions in Temperate Woodland Using Fine Spatial Resolution Pollen Analysis / F. J. G. Mitchell -- 19. Ecological Changes in Bernwood Forest -- Woodland Management during the Present Millennium / R. C. Thomas -- 20. Interpreting Present Vegetation Features by Landscape Historical Data: an Example from a Woodland-Grassland Mosaic Landscape (Nagykoros Wood, Kiskunsag, Hungary) / Z. Molnar -- 21. Researching Forest History to Underpin the Classification of Dutch Forest Ecosystems / R. J. A. M. Wolf -- 22. Historical Ecology of Woodlands in Flanders / G. Tack and M. Hermy -- 23. Occurrence of Woodland Herbs in an Area Poor in Woodland: NW Zealand, Denmark / P. M. Petersen -- 24. Distribution of Ancient Woodland, Afforestation and Clearances in Relation to Quaternary Deposits and Soil Types in Northwestern Brandenburg (Germany) / M. Wulf -- 25. Opportunities to Protect the Biodiversity of Ancient Woodland in England / S. A. Bailey, R. Haines-Young and C. Watkins -- 26. The Ancient Woodland Inventory in England and its Uses / K. J. Kirby, C. M. Reid and D. Isaac [et al.].

ISBN

0851992560
9780851992563

LCCN

97051763

OCLC

ocm38168277
38168277
SCSB-9463782

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Princeton University Library