Wtham Woods must be the most studied woodland in the world. "Harvard would argue with that, but we're definitely in the top three," laughs Nigel Fisher, conservator of Wytham Woods since 2000. "In any case, it's the long-term datasets where westand out - these records just don't exist anywhere else." It's hard not to feel a little awed by these, as he reels off a list of continuous long-term studies on small mammals (officially since 1062, potentially earlier).
展开▼
