The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a Changing Environment

The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a Changing Environment
ISBN-10
0114973261
ISBN-13
9780114973261
Category
Science
Pages
444
Language
English
Published
2006-06-12
Publisher
The Stationery Office
Authors
Philip Shaw, Des B.A. Thompson

Description

The Cairngorms area is arguably the most significant for nature conservation in the British Isles and contains its largest National Park. In this book, 35 authors, drawing on published and unpublished sources, present an up-to-date review of the area's natural features, including plants, animals, habitats, geology and landforms. The review falls into three parts. The first and largest part describes the area's rich diversity of nature, with each chapter summarising recent research findings, trends and conservation issues for a different landform, habitat or species group. The second part considers deer management, recreation and projected climate change impacts. Part three focuses on rare and threatened species, and identifies areas and habitats rich in species for which the Cairngorms are nationally and internationally important.

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