Tentsmuir : (Record no. 12435)
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| control field | MiAaPQ |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240724113853.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 240724s2019 xx o ||||0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781789691252 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC5845619 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL5845619 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)1111948385 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| -- | pn |
| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QH540.83.S36 C73 2019 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 577.094129 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Crawford, Robert M. M. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Tentsmuir : |
| Remainder of title | Ten Thousand Years of Environmental History. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Oxford : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Archaeopress, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2019. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Ecology-Scotland-Tentsmuir Sands. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Natural history-Scotland-Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Crawford, Robert M. M. |
| Title | Tentsmuir: Ten Thousand Years of Environmental History |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Oxford : Archaeopress,c2019 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5845619">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5845619</a> |
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