The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hawksworth, David L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415326818 ISBN-13: 9780415326810 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Periodic comprehensive overviews of the status of the diverse organisms that make up wildlife are essential to determining trends, threats and future prospects. In The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland, original and new contributors review changes since the last overview 25 years ago. Specialists in over twenty groups of organisms, from viruses to dragonflies and mosses to mammals, review the factors affecting losses, gains and change. Issues of agriculture, climate, pollution, habitat management and the effectiveness of legislation are analyzed. This stock-check and look to the future will be a key source book to conservationists, naturalists, and professional biologists. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Wildlife - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Nature | Ecology |
Dewey: 333.951 |
Series: Systematics Association Special Volumes |
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.78" W x 9.6" (2.07 lbs) 470 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Periodic comprehensive overviews of the status of the diverse organisms that make up wildlife are essential to determining trends, threats and future prospects. Just over 25 years ago, leading authorities on different kinds of wildlife came together to prepare an assessment of their status of a wide range of organisms in Great Britain and Ireland in The Changing Flora and Fauna of Britain, also edited by Professor David L. Hawksworth CBE. Now, in The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland, he has gathered together some of the original and also new contributors to review changes since that time and look to the future. Contributions range from viruses, diatoms, fungi, lichens, mites and nematodes; through butterflies, dragonflies, flies and slugs; to flowering plants, ferns, mammals, birds and fish. The state of knowledge in different groups is assessed, and the effectiveness of statutory and other measures taken to safeguard wildlife considered. |