Oxford University Press New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
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Description:
* Comprehensive, authoratitive, and definitive
* Provides unique distribution maps of plant species
* No other source includes such detailed information on habitats of summarises habitats of all species
* Provides information on plant history never previously assembled
* Assesses relative change in frequency of native and some introduced species
* Allows reassessment of conservation status of species
* CD-ROM - Enables the user to produce additional maps and overlays, as well as viewing and printing the maps, captions, and associated data tables
* Based on a database of over 9 million records, including 5 million collated since 1987 by 1,600 volunteers
* An invaluable reference work for those interested and involved in conservation in Britain and Ireland
This provides a distribution map and accompanying text for 2412 flowering plants and ferns in Great Britain and Ireland. It presents an up-to-date summary of the range of British and Irish plant species, replacing the Atlas of British Flora (1962) and demonstrating the large changes which have taken place in the range and frequency of many species since it was published. All native species and all the commoner hybrids and introduced species are covered, together with some subspecies. The distribution maps are based on a database of over 9 million records, including nearly 5 million records have been collected since 1987 by over 1600 volunteers; pre-1987 records are shown on the maps as separate symbols. The accompanying text describes the habitat of the plant, summarises changes in its distribution, includes the dates of introduction of alien species, briefly outlines its European and wider distribution and provides key references for further reading. Introductory chapters deal with the history and organisation of recording project and summarise some of the major changes which have taken place since the 1962 Atlas. The records and text for the mapped species, and over 900 additional rare aliens, are summarised on an accompanying CD-ROM. Users of the CD-ROM will be able to view and print distribution maps, captions and associated data tables, as well as manipulate the data to produce additional maps such as co-incidence maps and add overlays containing environmental information.
Readership: For amateur and professional botanists, conservationists and environmentalists, and environment and planning policy makers this book provides a fundamental work of reference.
Author:
C D Preston, D. A. Pearman and T. D. Dines
Number of Pages:
922
RRP:
£125.00
Published Date:
19 September 2002
Dimensions:
318x250 mm
ISBN:
0-19-851067-5
Format
Paperback Hardback
Author
Tiggrx Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: January 2006 Location: London Posts: 2093
Review Date: Thu 15, June, 2006
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
Strengths:
Lots of information on distribution clearly presented. Plus extra info on DVD.
Weaknesses:
Expensive, very large & heavy
Large, expensive book but invaluble distribution data for the British Flora. Extra species (mostly non-natives) on included DVD.
Very useful but for most people looking at a library copy would be the best option.
Registered: July 2006 Location: Suffolk Posts: 548
Review Date: Mon 31, July, 2006
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £45.00| Rating: 10
Strengths:
Good reference material for Square bashers
Weaknesses:
To heavy for the field, Good CD for aliens & spilts though
I use this book a lot when square bashing ie recording in tetrads. an invaluable book for woofers too. The Maps are good but as in all ffloras it is out of date as soon as it is published, May be too much for a beginner but teaches you where certain plants will be on certain soil types.
Definatly a home Study book.
