Mountains and Moorlands (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 11)

by W. H. Pearsall

Overview

An invaluable introduction to the upland regions of Britain – their structure, climate, vegetation and animal life, their present and past uses and the problems of their conservation for the future. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com

Moorland, mountain-top and upland grazing occupy over a third of the total living-space of the British Isles, and, of all kinds of land, have suffered least interference by man. Mountains and moorlands provide the widest scope for studying natural wild life on land.

Professor Pearsall died in 1964. This new edition has been revised by his friend and pupil, Winifred Pennington. The book remains an invaluable introduction to the upland regions of Britain – their structure, climate, vegetation and animal life, their present and past uses and the problems of their conservation for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780007406128
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/19/2012
Series:	Collins New Naturalist Library , #11
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

(1891–1964). Ecologist and university professor, author of Mountains and Moorlands (1950) and The Lake District (posth. 1973) with Winifred Pennington. Work on lake succession led to doctorate. Reader in botany at Leeds 1922–38, followed by first professional chair at Sheffield 1938–44. Quain Professor at UCL, 1944–57. Founding Director of Freshwater Biological Association 1929–37; Charter member and Chairman of scientific policy at the Nature Conservancy, 1949–63. Influential in science education, founding conservation diploma at UCL. At his best in the field, to be seen striding up mountains in all weathers.