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Exploring oak woodland - for iPad/Mac/PC

The Open Universitywww3.open.ac.uk
Oak woodland is a characteristic feature of the English landscape and home to a huge variety of plants and animals. On this album, Professor David Streeter of the University of Sussex explores some characteristic features of an English oak wood, and reveals some of the processes that maintain the web of life within the wood. In three further tracks, Dr Sarah Watkinson and Dr George McGavin of the University of Oxford take a closer look at some of the fungi, mosses and galls that can be found within an oak wood. The album draws on material originally created to support The Open University course Exploring science.
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Episodes

Touring an oak wood

Professor David Streeter takes us on a guided tour of an English oak wood.

Sep 18, 20095 min

Following a food chain

From sunlight to sparrow hawks - Professors David Streeter and Chris Perrins track a woodland food chain.

Sep 18, 20095 min

Looking for regeneration

Professor David Streeter investigates the lack of young trees in a Sussex wood.

Sep 18, 20096 min

Focusing on fungi

Dr Sarah Watkinson reveals the role of fungi in breaking down dead leaves.

Sep 18, 20091 min
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