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Woodlands (New Naturalist)
Oliver Rackham
Collins
September 2006
Hardback 592 pp ISBN 9780007202430
£45.00
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Paperback 592 pp ISBN 9780007202447
£25.00
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This 100th volume of the New Naturalist series presents a landmark in natural history publishing.
Looking at such diverse evidence as the woods used in buildings and ships, and how woodland
has been portrayed in pictures and photographs, Rackham reconstructs British woodland through the ages.
Aimed at the non-specialist, 'New Naturalist Woodlands' investigates what woods
are and how they function. In lively style, Rackham takes us through:
- How woods evolved and how they are managed,
- The basic botany (understanding roots, partnerships, longevity, tree-rings),
- Outline of woodland history,
- Pollen analysis and wildwood,
- Archives of woodland and how to study them,
- Different types of woodland,
- The rise and fall of modern forestry.
Illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, this New Naturalist is set to
be a classic for collectors and general readers alike.
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