MOUNTAINS AND MOORLANDS. By W.H. Pearsall. New Naturalist No. 11. Bloomsbury Books Edition.

(1950) 1989 Bloomsbury edition. Ppxvi,312. B/w photographs, b/w line illustrations, maps and bibliography. Paper-covered cream boards.

"With 47 colour photographs by John Markham, B.A. Crouch and others. 34 photographs in black and white and 48 maps and diagrams." This is an excellent examination of the geography, flora and fauna of British mountain and moorland environments. Even now indispensible reading for anybody interested in British geography, ecology and conservation. Many good illustrations. Chapters include; structure; climate; soils; mountain vegetation; the lower grasslands; woodlands; moorlands and bogs; vegetation and habitat; ecological history; upland animals - the invertebrates; the larger mammals and birds; animal communities and their history; the future - conservation and utilisation; the Nature Conservancy.