England's Rare Mosses and Liverworts : : Their History, Ecology, and Conservation /

England's Rare Mosses and Liverworts : : Their History, Ecology, and Conservation / / Ron D. Porley.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Porley, Ron D.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:WILDGuides ; 100
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 3 illus. 165 color photos. 85 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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