Trees and Woodlands

Features almost 300 colour photographs and brings together more than 60 years of research by a leading voice in British woodland ecology.

Trees define woodland. They provide a complex, multi-layered habitat for a great range of wildlife, yet they are wildlife themselves, reacting to their circumstances and each other. Woodlands are important to people, supplying timber, food and fuel, accumulating carbon, and offering places of refuge and refreshment. But they are also under threat: some st...