Book description
An invaluable introduction to the upland regions of Britain - their
structure, climate, vegetation and animal life, their present and past
uses and the problems of their conservation for the future. This edition
is exclusive to newnaturalists. com
Moorland, mountain-top and upland grazing occupy over a third of the
total living-space of the British Isles, and, of all kinds of land, have
suffered least interference by man. Mountains and moorlands provide the
widest scope for studying natural wild life on land.
Professor Pearsall died in 1964. This new edition has been revised by
his friend and pupil, Winifred Pennington. The book remains an
invaluable introduction to the upland regions of Britain - their
structure, climate, vegetation and animal life, their present and past
uses and the problems of their conservation for the future. 'A most
useful and lucid survey. It should be a real help to visitors and also
residents in those parts towards understanding and enjoying the things
that lie around them.'
The Times Literary Supplement
'This is a book that will surely be read and quoted fifty years hence.'
Countryman
'A book for the professional as well as for the amateur …full of wisdom
about the history, the soils, the plants and the creatures on the
mountains and moorlands of Britain.'
Guardian
'It is doubtful whether any other author could, single-handed, have
produced such a well-balanced picture of the wild life of an area. His
book is illustrated by a really magnificent series of colour photographs
of hill country.'
Weekly Scotsman (1891-1964). Ecologist and university professor,
author of Mountains and Moorlands (1950) and The Lake District (posth.
1973) with Winifred Pennington. Work on lake succession led to
doctorate. Reader in botany at Leeds 1922-38, followed by first
professional chair at Sheffield 1938-44. Quain Professor at UCL,
1944-57. Founding Director of Freshwater Biological Association 1929-37;
Charter member and Chairman of scientific policy at the Nature
Conservancy, 1949-63. Influential in science education, founding
conservation diploma at UCL. At his best in the field, to be seen
striding up mountains in all weathers.
