1973 Past and Present Vegetation of the Isle of Skye: A Palaeoecological Study

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First Edition, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Illustrated with seven folding plates inserted into a pocket at the rear of the text, with numerous in-text maps and figures. Collated complete. The secrets of the history of an ecosystem are revealed through the fossils and sediments found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. With the use of modern analytical techniques and sophisticated microscopy to build a picture of the past vegetation in this area. Written by Harry John Betteley Birks, a British botanist and emeritus professor at the University of Bergen and University College London. He is best known for his work on the development of quantitative techniques in Quaternary palaeoecology, as well as his research into the vegetational and environmental history over the past 10–20,000 years in many parts of the world.