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    Livestock grazing in National Trust parkland

    5. References and further reading

    Alexander, K. 1995. Historic parks and pasture-woodlands; the National Trust resource and its conservation. In: The National Trust and nature conservation (eds D.J. Bullock and H.J. Harvey). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 56 (suppl).

    Bullock, D.J. and Alexander, K.N.A. 1998. Parklands - the way forward. English Nature Research Report No. 295. Peterborough.

    Cox, J and Sanderson, N. 2001. Livestock grazing in National Trust parklands - its impact on tree health and habitat. The National Trust

    Crofts, A. and Jefferson, R.G. (eds) 1999. The Lowland Grassland Management Handbook. English Nature / The Wildlife Trusts. Peterborough / Lincoln

    Harding P.T. and Alexander, K.N.A. 1993. The saproxylic invertebrates of historic parklands. In: Dead wood matters: the ecology and conservation of saproxylic invertebrates in Britain (eds K.J. Kirby and C.M. Drake, English Nature Science No. 7).

    Harding, P.T. and Rose, F. 1986. Pasture-woodland in lowland England. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. Huntingdon.

    Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 1998. A Statement on Common Standards Monitoring. JNCC. Peterborough

    Kirby, K., Thomas, R.C., Key, R.S. and McLean, I.F.G. 1995. Pasture-woodland and its conservation in Britain. In: The National Trust and nature conservation (eds D.J. Bullock and H.J. Harvey). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 56 (suppl).

    Rackham, O. 1998. Savanna in Europe. In: The Ecological History of European Forests, CAB International (eds K.J. Kirby and C. Watkins)

    Rackham, O. 1986. The last forest: the story of Hatfield forest. Dent. London

    Read, H. 2000. Veteran trees, a guide to good management. English Nature/Veteran Trees Initiative. Peterborough.

    Rodwell, J. 1992. British plant communities, Volume 3 Grasslands and Montane Communities. Cambridge University Press

    van der Heijden, M.G.A., Klironomos, J.N., Ursic, M., Moutoglis, P., Streitwolf-Egel, R., Boller, T., Wiemken, A. and Sanders, I.R. Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity. Nature 396, 69-72.

    Vera, F. 1998. Large herbivores and the management of natural landscapes - oak and hazel as metaphors for diversity. In: Planta Europa Proceedings of the second European conference on the conservation of wild plants (eds H. Synge and J. Akeroyd)

    Wright, R. and Westerhoff, D. 2000. The New Forest SAC Nature Conservation Objectives and Condition Assessment Monitoring. English Nature

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