Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals: A European Perspective on Woodlands and Grazed Treescapes

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Synopsis
In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape – forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed landscapes, of large grazing herbivores in Europe, and the implications of the past in shaping our environment today and in the future. Debates on the types of anciently grazed landscapes in Europe, and what they tell us about past and present ecology, have been especially topical and controversial recently. This treatment brings the current discussions and the latest research to a much wider audience. The book breaks new ground in broadening the scope of wood-pasture and woodland research to address sites and ecologies that have previously been overlooked but which hold potential keys to understanding landscape dynamics. Eminent contributors, including Oliver Rackham and Frans Vera, present a text which addresses the importance of history in understanding the past landscape, and the relevance of historical ecology and landscape studies in providing a future vision.
Copyright:
2013

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
432 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781136242212
Related ISBNs:
9781138304482, 9780415626118, 9780203102909
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Selection and editorial material, Ian D. Rotherham
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Ian D. Rotherham

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