Tentsmuir : Ten Thousand Years of Environmental History.
Crawford, Robert M. M.
Tentsmuir : Ten Thousand Years of Environmental History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (205 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One -- Tentsmuir in pre-history -- Mesolithic Tentsmuir -- Mesolithic shell gatherers -- Norwegian Holocene Storegga Slide tsunami -- Neolithic, Bronze and Iron-age Tentsmuir -- Chapter Two -- Tentsmuir in history -- Medieval Tentsmuir -- The Normans at Leuchars -- Late Medieval Tentsmuir -- Salmon fishing rights -- Tentsmuir - a Royal hunting Forest -- Agricultural improvement -- The draining of Tentsmuir -- Malaria at Tentsmuir -- Tentsmuir's farms -- German spies at Tentsmuir -- Chapter 3 -- Sand and water -- Sand and water interactions -- Afforestation of Tentsmuir -- Dune slacks -- Permanent wetlands -- Coastal accretion and longshore drift -- Coastal accretion -- Coastal accretion time-scale -- Erosion -- Long-term history of the Tentsmuir coast -- The future survival of Tentsmuir -- Chapter 4 -- Tentsmuir's dunes -a changing landscape -- Dune structure and stability -- Physical versus biological fragility -- Sand dune grasses -- Plant geography at Tentsmuir -- Grey Dunes -- Woody plants on sand dunes -- Drought tolerance -- Plant survival in sand dunes -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5 -- Tentsmuir's wetlands -- Dune slacks and salt Marshes -- Avoidance of anoxic stress -- Dune-slack variation -- Flood-line Alder Association -- Salt Slacks -- Lotus corniculatus Slack -- Erica tetralix slacks -- The desiccation of the slacks -- Chapter 6 -- Land, people and resources -- Tentsmuir as a sporting estate -- Tentsmuir ornithology -- The Tentsmuir Grouse Moor -- Grouse Disease -- Bird migration -- 20th Century Tentsmuir -- The Afforestation and Drainage of Tentsmuir -- Tentsmuir Drainage -- Creation of Morton Lochs Nature Reserve -- Morton Lochs -- Tentsmuir Forestry -- Water table levels -- Chapter 7. Tentsmuir's thriving birds -- Bird habitats at Tentsmuir -- Winter visitors -- Tentsmuir's Geese -- Shore Birds -- Birds of Fresh Waters -- Birds of the forest -- Morton Lochs restored -- Tentsmuir's ornithological future -- Chapter 8. -- Tentsmuir's declining birds -- Bird losses from Tentsmuir -- Declining Wader populations -- Plovers -- Historical bird records from the Eden Estuary -- Wigeon -- Physiology of Swan-song -- Chapter 9 -- Tentsmuir's mammals butterflies and moths -- Wildfowl and lead poisoning -- Seals -- Lepidoptera -- Rodentia -- Chapter 10 -- Saving the Wilderness -- Tentsmuir's origins -- Creating a Wilderness Reserve -- Ecological history of Tentsmuir Point -- Biological birch control -- Dune invasion by Scots Pine -- Onset of Coastal Erosion -- The Great Slack -- Erosion at the Eden Estuary -- Ecological restoration -- Conservation and Education -- Environmental recording -- Tentsmuir in the Future -- References -- Back cover.
Tentsmuir, north east Fife, has seen human activity for over 10,000 years. The area provides a natural refuge for a wide range of plants, resident and migrating birds, and an array of animal and insect life. This book investigates how plant and animal communities are constantly reacting to the environmental changes common to the region.
9781789691252
Ecology-Scotland-Tentsmuir Sands.
Natural history-Scotland-Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve.
Electronic books.
QH540.83.S36 C73 2019
577.094129
Tentsmuir : Ten Thousand Years of Environmental History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (205 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One -- Tentsmuir in pre-history -- Mesolithic Tentsmuir -- Mesolithic shell gatherers -- Norwegian Holocene Storegga Slide tsunami -- Neolithic, Bronze and Iron-age Tentsmuir -- Chapter Two -- Tentsmuir in history -- Medieval Tentsmuir -- The Normans at Leuchars -- Late Medieval Tentsmuir -- Salmon fishing rights -- Tentsmuir - a Royal hunting Forest -- Agricultural improvement -- The draining of Tentsmuir -- Malaria at Tentsmuir -- Tentsmuir's farms -- German spies at Tentsmuir -- Chapter 3 -- Sand and water -- Sand and water interactions -- Afforestation of Tentsmuir -- Dune slacks -- Permanent wetlands -- Coastal accretion and longshore drift -- Coastal accretion -- Coastal accretion time-scale -- Erosion -- Long-term history of the Tentsmuir coast -- The future survival of Tentsmuir -- Chapter 4 -- Tentsmuir's dunes -a changing landscape -- Dune structure and stability -- Physical versus biological fragility -- Sand dune grasses -- Plant geography at Tentsmuir -- Grey Dunes -- Woody plants on sand dunes -- Drought tolerance -- Plant survival in sand dunes -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5 -- Tentsmuir's wetlands -- Dune slacks and salt Marshes -- Avoidance of anoxic stress -- Dune-slack variation -- Flood-line Alder Association -- Salt Slacks -- Lotus corniculatus Slack -- Erica tetralix slacks -- The desiccation of the slacks -- Chapter 6 -- Land, people and resources -- Tentsmuir as a sporting estate -- Tentsmuir ornithology -- The Tentsmuir Grouse Moor -- Grouse Disease -- Bird migration -- 20th Century Tentsmuir -- The Afforestation and Drainage of Tentsmuir -- Tentsmuir Drainage -- Creation of Morton Lochs Nature Reserve -- Morton Lochs -- Tentsmuir Forestry -- Water table levels -- Chapter 7. Tentsmuir's thriving birds -- Bird habitats at Tentsmuir -- Winter visitors -- Tentsmuir's Geese -- Shore Birds -- Birds of Fresh Waters -- Birds of the forest -- Morton Lochs restored -- Tentsmuir's ornithological future -- Chapter 8. -- Tentsmuir's declining birds -- Bird losses from Tentsmuir -- Declining Wader populations -- Plovers -- Historical bird records from the Eden Estuary -- Wigeon -- Physiology of Swan-song -- Chapter 9 -- Tentsmuir's mammals butterflies and moths -- Wildfowl and lead poisoning -- Seals -- Lepidoptera -- Rodentia -- Chapter 10 -- Saving the Wilderness -- Tentsmuir's origins -- Creating a Wilderness Reserve -- Ecological history of Tentsmuir Point -- Biological birch control -- Dune invasion by Scots Pine -- Onset of Coastal Erosion -- The Great Slack -- Erosion at the Eden Estuary -- Ecological restoration -- Conservation and Education -- Environmental recording -- Tentsmuir in the Future -- References -- Back cover.
Tentsmuir, north east Fife, has seen human activity for over 10,000 years. The area provides a natural refuge for a wide range of plants, resident and migrating birds, and an array of animal and insect life. This book investigates how plant and animal communities are constantly reacting to the environmental changes common to the region.
9781789691252
Ecology-Scotland-Tentsmuir Sands.
Natural history-Scotland-Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve.
Electronic books.
QH540.83.S36 C73 2019
577.094129