Edited by farmland butterflies expert Prof John Dover, it assesses the significance within the British lowland landscape of the network of hedges, ditches and grass margins.
The work is likely to be of great interest to researchers and professionals in ecology, agriculture, wildlife conservation, natural history, landscape, environmental and land management.
The first part looks at current and historic management, the impact of pesticides, the decline in hedge stock and condition, and new approaches to hedge evaluation using remote sensing techniques.
The second section explores the pollination and biological pest control benefits provided by hedges and field margins and examines the ecology of some of the major groups that are found in hedgerows and field margins - birds, butterflies and moths, carabid beetles and mammals.
Among contributors are Nick Sotherton, John Holland and Chris Stoate.
The book costs £39.99. It can be ordered wherever books are sold.
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