Research Catalog

Title

Species dispersal in agricultural habitats / edited by R.G.H. Bunce and D.C. Howard.

Publication

London ; New York : Belhaven Press, 1990.

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Additional Authors

• Bunce, R. G. H. (Robert Gerald Henry)
• Howard, D. C., 1956-
• Institute of Terrestrial Ecology.

Description

288 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book takes as its theme the fundamental, but still little understood processes whereby plant and animal species disperse through space and over time. The mechanisms of dispersal are complex and varied so the book adopts a thematic perspective, reviewing in the first chapter general principles and then describing surveys of major botanical and zoological groups, primarily, but not exclusively, in agricultural environments. The contributors are all leading specialists in the field and present results from current research. Published in association with the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, this book is a valuable review of a key field for plant scientists, zoologists, agricultural scientists, ecologists and biogeographers.

Subject

• Habitat (Ecology) > Great Britain
• Agricultural ecology > Great Britain
• Land use, Rural > Environmental aspects > Great Britain
• Biogeography > Great Britain
• Agricultural ecology
• Biogeography
• Habitat (Ecology)
• Land use, Rural > Environmental aspects
• Biogéographie > Grande-Bretagne
• Habitat (écologie) > Grande-Bretagne
• Sol, Utilisation agricole du > Grande-Bretagne
• Écologie agricole > Grande-Bretagne
• Great Britain

Note

• "Published in association with the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology"--T.p. verso.
• Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Introduction / R. G. H. Bunce and D. C. Howard -- 1. Dispersal in fragmented populations: the key to survival / P. Opdam -- 2. Dispersal, dispersion and conservation in the agricultural ecosystem / D. W. Macdonald and H. Smith -- 3. The role of dispersal mechanisms, regenerative strategies and seed banks in the vegetation dynamics of the British landscape / J. G. Hodgson and J. P. Grime -- 4. Corridors as a tool for plant species conservation? / H. J. Verkaar -- 5. Plant species composition and dispersal in agricultural land / E. J. P. Marshall and A. Hopkins -- 6. Plant dispersal in moorlands and heathlands in Britain / D. Welch, G. R. Miller and C. J. Legg -- 7. Dispersal mechanisms through the air / H. A. McCartney -- 8. The dispersal of mammals in agricultural habitats in Britain / S. Harris and T. Woollard -- 9. Butterflies and moths -- migration in the agricultural environment / I. P. Woiwod and A. J. A. Stewart -- 10. Dispersal of invertebrates in the agricultural environment / R. C. Welch.
• 11. Farm-scale spatial dynamics of predators and parasitoids in agricultural landscapes / S. D. Wratten and C. F. G. Thomas -- 12. Hedgerow networks as habitats for forest species: implications for colonising abandoned agricultural land / F. Burel and J. Baudry -- 13. The agricultural perspective / D. R. Harvey and M. Bell.

ISBN

• 1852930764
• 9781852930769

LCCN

90037137

OCLC

• ocm21524499
• 21524499
• SCSB-9609262

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library