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The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland (Paperback, Revised)
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The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Systematics Association Special Volumes
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Periodic comprehensive overviews of the status of the diverse
organisms that make up wildlife are essential to determining
trends, threats and future prospects. In the 1970s, leading
authorities on different kinds of kinds of wildlife came together
to prepare an assessment of their status of a wide range of
organisms in Great Britain and Ireland in "The Changing Flora and
Fauna of Britain", also edited by Professor David L. Hawksworth
CBE. Now, in "The Changing Wildlife of Great Britain and Ireland",
he has gathered together some of the original and also new
contributors to review changes since that time and look to the
future. Contributions range from viruses, diatoms, fungi, lichens,
mites and nematodes; through butterflies, dragonflies, flies and
slugs; to flowering plants, ferns, mammals, birds and fish. The
state of knowledge in different groups is assessed, and the
effectiveness of statutory and other measures taken to safeguard
wildlife considered. The picture is far from bleak - ameliorating
sulphur dioxide levels have benefited sensitive lichens and mosses
in a dramatic way, water quality improvement has been beneficial,
there have been few certain extinctions and rediscov
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