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Author:   Keith J. Kirby (Visiting Researcher, Department of Biology, Visiting Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
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9780197610602

ISBN 10:   0197610609
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   07 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION 1. Welcome to the Wytham Estate THE SHAPING OF THE WYTHAM LANDSCAPE OVER TIME 2. The history of the Estate prior to the University's aqquisition 3. The Estate under the University's stewardship THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE WYTHAM LANDSCAPE 4. Stocks and flows across the landscape: carbon, trace gases and energy 5. Woodland structure and composition 6. Maintenance and restoration of open habitats CHANGES IN THE FAUNA AND THEIR CAUSES 7. Changes in the fauna 8. A 50-year glimpse of the badgers of Wytham Woods 9. New ways of understanding the biology of tits: from nest boxes to integrative ecology and evolution THE ESTATE AND THE WIDER WORLD 10.The Estate as a social landscape 11. Wytham's place in the wider landscape 12. From the past to the future APPENDICES REFERENCES

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Keith Kirby joined the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) in 1979, a predecessor to Natural England, as woodland ecologist/forestry policy officer and worked with them for 33 years. Throughout this period, he maintained an interest in Wytham Woods, re-surveying permanent vegetation plots spread over the Woods every 5-10 years and has published extensively on his work in the Estate. Since retiring from Natural England in 2012 he has continued his work in Wytham as a visiting researcher in the Department of Biology. For this book he has worked with leading scientists across the University of Oxford. The team of co-editors (Nick Leimu-Brown, Nigel Fisher, Andrew Hector, Maggie Kilbey, David Macdonald, Yadvinder Malhi, Ben Sheldon and Sarah Watkinson) have decades of first-hand experience of the Woods and the Wytham Estate more generally. Together they have produced this new account of one of the most famous ecological research sites in the world.

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