Woodland Development: A Long Term Study of Lady Park Wood

Description

Lady Park Wood was set aside as a "natural" reserve for ecological research in 1944, and the trees, shrubs and ground vegetation have been recorded in detail ever since. These 70 years of observations now represent one of the largest and most detailed records in Europe of how a woodland develops under the influence of natural factors. This book is an invaluable read for researchers and professionals in nature conservation, ecological research, and forestry Content: Understanding woods -- Lady Park Wood and its history -- The ecological reserve -- Recording trees and expressing change -- The changing wood -- Ash : the tree in the spotlight -- Beech and oak, the major forest trees -- Limes and wych elm -- Birch and other short-lived canopy trees -- Field maple and hazel, the other coppice species -- Minor trees and shrubs -- Habitats -- Species -- Long-term ecological studies -- Natural woodland in theory and practice -- Near-to-nature forestry -- Re-wilding, remoteness and wilderness.