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England's Rare Mosses and Liverworts : Their History, Ecology, and Conservation /
This is the first book to cover England's rare and threatened mosses and liverworts, collectively known as bryophytes. As a group, they are the most ancient land plants and occupy a unique position in the colonization of the Earth by plant life. However, many are at risk from habitat loss, poll...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2013]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
| Colección: | WILDGuides ;
100 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- What are bryophytes and why are they important?
- Rarity in bryophytes
- Conservation measures
- People and bryophyte conservation
- The Red List
- Overview of threatened English bryophytes
- The species profiles
- Introduction
- A-D
- E-P
- R-Z
- Losses - the English extinctions
- APPENDIX 1: British Red List species with post-2000 Welsh and Scottish records but not seen in England for over 50 years (Hill et al., 2008)
- APPENDIX 2: Species' Status Summary
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Index