Collins New Naturalist Library. David Cabot

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Copyright

      William Collins

       An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF WilliamCollinsBooks.com This eBook edition published by William Collins in 2018

      First published 1999

      © David Cabot 1999

      © in all photographs David Cabot unless otherwise stated.

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      Source ISBN 9780002200806

      Ebook Edition © NOVEMBER 2018 ISBN: 9780007400423

      Version: 2018-11-23

Dedication

      For my parents, Isabel & Sid.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

List of Plates

Editors’ Preface

Author’s Foreword

1 Naturalists and their Works

2 Biological History

3 Mountains and Uplands

       4 Peatlands

       5 Lakes and Rivers

       6 The Burren and Turloughs

       7 Broadleaved Woodlands

       8 Farmland

       9 The Coastline

       10 Islands

       11 The Sea

       12 Conservation of Nature

       Picture Section

       Appendices

       Bibliography

       Acknowledgements

       Keep Reading

       About the Publisher

List of Plates

       Plate 1

      Remains of a sixth century monastery, including a later twelfth century round tower, Devenish Island, Lower Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh

      Crucifixion slab, early Christian hermitage, Duvillaun More, Co. Mayo

      Mweelrea Mountain with Killary Harbour and Maumturk Mountains in the distance

      Red deer stag and hind

       Plate 2

      Part of the northeast facing cliffs, Benbulbin mountain range, Co. Sligo

      Lowland blanket bog with characteristic surface pools. Glenamoy, Co. Mayo

      Bank of hand cut blanket bog, Co. Galway

      Irish heath in April. Bellacragher Bay, СКАЧАТЬ