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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...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a England's Rare Mosses and Liverworts : |b Their History, Ecology, and Conservation / |c Ron D. Porley. |
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| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2015 | |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Introduction -- |t What are bryophytes and why are they important? -- |t Rarity in bryophytes -- |t Conservation measures -- |t People and bryophyte conservation -- |t The Red List -- |t Overview of threatened English bryophytes -- |t Introduction -- |t A-D -- |t E-P -- |t R-Z -- |t Losses -- the English extinctions -- |t 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) -- |t APPENDIX 2: Species' Status Summary -- |t Glossary -- |t References -- |t Acknowledgements -- |t Index. |
| 520 | |a 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, pollution, climate change, and other factors. Britain is one of the world's best bryologically recorded areas, yet its mosses and liverworts are not well known outside a small band of experts. This has meant that conservation action has tended to lag behind that of more charismatic groups such as birds an. | ||
| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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