Our Pinewood Heritage

In contributions from more than 24 speakers, the present status of native Caledonian pinewoods is reviewed, management issues and practices discussed, and recent research and development is described. With a keynote address from Magnus Magnusson, KBE, the proceedings include papers on: the marketability of Scots pine timber from native pinewoods; people, enjoyment and pinewoods; implications of genetics research for pinewood conservation; pinewood restoration at the RSPB's Abernethy forest reserve; biodiversity and the ecology of pinewood plants and deer management and tree regeration in the RSPB reserve at Abernethy Forest.