Natural Woodland: Ecology and Conservation in Northern Temperate Regions.

Preface Part I. Definitions, Significance and Survival: 1. Woodlands, nature and history: a personal introduction 2. Definitions, values and philosophies 3. Natural woodland in Europe and North America Part II. Temperate and Boreal Natural Forests: 4. Selected virgin forests 5. Disturbance in natural woodland 6. Succession after catastrophic disturbances 7. Structures and dynamics of old-growth forests 8. Components of the forest 9. Wildlife of natural woodlands Part III. Virgin Forest Remnants: 10. Human impacts on natural forests in North America 11. Wildlife responses to the modification of natural forests 12. Protecting virgin forest remnants Part IV. Natural Features in the Conservation of British Woodlands: 13. Woodland nature conservation: development, rationale and practice 14. British natural woodlands 15. Reconstructing British natural woodlands 16. Management of broadleaved woodland 17. Design and management of upland conifer plantations 18. Priorities in woodland nature conservation Appendix Bibliography Indexes.