Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Geological setting; 3. Sedimentary environments and taphonomy; 4. The data tables; 5. The sites; 6. Identification of the flora; 7. The flora; 8. Representation of taxa in the fossil record; 9. Biological aspects of the cold stage flora; 10. Habitats of the cold stages; 11. The present distribution of taxa found fossil; 12. The vegetation: types and their flora; 13. Evidence of climate; 14. A wider view of cold stage biota; 15. Origin and fate of the cold stage stadial flora; 16. A final word; References; Appendix I -- works consulted in the identification of macroscopic remains -- Appendix II -- Taxa recorded in cold stage sediments
Summary:
This text brings together the published information on the Quaternary cold stage flora of over 80 sites in Britain and Ireland to present a factual cold stage flora from the fossil record.
