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Rare Plants
Buch von Peter Marren
Sprache: Englisch

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A fascinating exploration of the rare plants of Britain and Ireland: their biology, ecology and place in our culture, and how we can protect and conserve them.
A fascinating exploration of the rare plants of Britain and Ireland: their biology, ecology and place in our culture, and how we can protect and conserve them.
Über den Autor
Peter Marren is a natural-history writer and former government and freelance conservationist. He is a wildlife polymath whose writings extend from newspaper journalism, obituaries, book reviews and opinion pieces to humour and news summaries for the likes of Whitaker's Almanack. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Bugs Britannica, Chasing the Ghost, After They're Gone, and Mushrooms - the first title in the British Wildlife Collection series.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Modes of rarity
2. Discovery: how rare plants were found
3. The continuing story: new flowers
4. Origins: natives, archaeophytes and neophytes
5. Made in Britain: our endemic flora
6. Micro-rarities: how a few can make a lot
7. Across the divide: the world of hybrids
8. The end game: lost flowers
9. The other world: bryophytes, stoneworts, seaweeds and desmids
10. Plants and people: subjects, symbols and icons
11. The condition of rarity: problems, opportunities and imaginings
12. Lost slippers and other floral icons: challenges, champions and chickenwire
13. The conservation labyrinth: legislation, argument and action
Appendix 1. Protected plants in the United Kingdom
Appendix 2. Protected plants in Ireland
References and further reading
Illustration credits
Acknowledgements
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Umwelt
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Ökologie
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781399407328
ISBN-10: 1399407325
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Marren, Peter
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 176 x 251 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Marren
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.11.2024
Gewicht: 1,24 kg
Artikel-ID: 129131467
Über den Autor
Peter Marren is a natural-history writer and former government and freelance conservationist. He is a wildlife polymath whose writings extend from newspaper journalism, obituaries, book reviews and opinion pieces to humour and news summaries for the likes of Whitaker's Almanack. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Bugs Britannica, Chasing the Ghost, After They're Gone, and Mushrooms - the first title in the British Wildlife Collection series.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Modes of rarity
2. Discovery: how rare plants were found
3. The continuing story: new flowers
4. Origins: natives, archaeophytes and neophytes
5. Made in Britain: our endemic flora
6. Micro-rarities: how a few can make a lot
7. Across the divide: the world of hybrids
8. The end game: lost flowers
9. The other world: bryophytes, stoneworts, seaweeds and desmids
10. Plants and people: subjects, symbols and icons
11. The condition of rarity: problems, opportunities and imaginings
12. Lost slippers and other floral icons: challenges, champions and chickenwire
13. The conservation labyrinth: legislation, argument and action
Appendix 1. Protected plants in the United Kingdom
Appendix 2. Protected plants in Ireland
References and further reading
Illustration credits
Acknowledgements
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Importe, Umwelt
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Ökologie
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781399407328
ISBN-10: 1399407325
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Marren, Peter
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 176 x 251 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Peter Marren
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.11.2024
Gewicht: 1,24 kg
Artikel-ID: 129131467
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