Ebook: Ecology and Management of Coppice Woodlands

Contributed to by leading experts, this book looks at the history of coppice woodlands, their physical environment, the different management techniques used and their effects on the flora and fauna. The implications of this for conservation is controversial and this is debated in a lively way in many of the chapters.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Coppices in the lowland landscape....Pages 3-17
Coppice forestry — an overview....Pages 18-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Growth stages and microclimate in coppice and high forest....Pages 31-51
Soil-water relations in an ancient coppice woodland....Pages 52-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Coppicing and natural disturbance in temperate woodlands — a review....Pages 79-98
Accumulation of dead wood — a missing ingredient in coppicing?....Pages 99-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The effects of coppicing and neglect on the performance of the perennial ground flora....Pages 115-146
The effects of changing management on seed banks in ancient coppices....Pages 147-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Effects of coppice management on woodland breeding birds....Pages 169-192
Coppice management for pheasants....Pages 193-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
The effects of coppice management on small mammal populations....Pages 213-232
The interaction of deer and vegetation in coppice woods....Pages 233-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Butterfly responses to coppicing....Pages 249-270
The quality of coppice woods as habitats for invertebrates....Pages 271-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Coppicing for nature conservation — the practical reality....Pages 299-305
Coppicing — a conservation panacea?....Pages 306-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-336

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Coppices in the lowland landscape....Pages 3-17
Coppice forestry — an overview....Pages 18-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Growth stages and microclimate in coppice and high forest....Pages 31-51
Soil-water relations in an ancient coppice woodland....Pages 52-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Coppicing and natural disturbance in temperate woodlands — a review....Pages 79-98
Accumulation of dead wood — a missing ingredient in coppicing?....Pages 99-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
The effects of coppicing and neglect on the performance of the perennial ground flora....Pages 115-146
The effects of changing management on seed banks in ancient coppices....Pages 147-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Effects of coppice management on woodland breeding birds....Pages 169-192
Coppice management for pheasants....Pages 193-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
The effects of coppice management on small mammal populations....Pages 213-232
The interaction of deer and vegetation in coppice woods....Pages 233-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Butterfly responses to coppicing....Pages 249-270
The quality of coppice woods as habitats for invertebrates....Pages 271-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
Coppicing for nature conservation — the practical reality....Pages 299-305
Coppicing — a conservation panacea?....Pages 306-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-336
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