Historical Ecology Of The British Flora

The native British flora is today relatively ant species on the continent, such as Picea impoverished. The of the English Channel shows that there are comparison is more marked when consider­ species present in England and not in ing the endemic species, those specialities of northern France as well as vice versa. This text describes the development of the British and Irish flora, beginning with its fossil history in the Silurian period and continuing through the last 10,000 years to the present day. It covers topics such as the diversity of the flora, the interaction of various physical and biotic factors in determining the flora, and the response of the flora to climatic change and changes in land use. This book should be of interest to undergraduates in environmental science, botany, palaeobotany and evolution.