Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Editors

Editors’ Preface

Author’s Foreword and Acknowledgements

Part I The Physical Environment

1 An Introductory Overview of the Region

2 The Rocks Beneath

3 Shaping of the Landscape

4 A Wealth of Weather

Part II The Influence of Man on the Environment

5 From Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers to Feudal Land Tenure

6 Forestry, Agriculture and Fisheries

7 Industry, Water Supply and Hydro-electric Power

8 Field Sports and other Recreational Activities

Part III Wildlife Habitats, Communities and Species

9 The Loch and its Surrounds

10 The Lowland Fringe

11 Deciduous and Coniferous Woodlands

12 Muirs and Mountains

Part IV Conservation: Past, Present and Future

13 The Long Struggle for Nature’s Place

References

Index

Plates

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