C D Preston is at Biological Records Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood. D A Pearman is at Botanical Society of the British Isles.
"Compiling the atlas has been a massive exercise ... [it] gives the first complete picture of flowering plants in Wales."--
News Wales"[P]lots the location of every flowering plant and fern across Britain and Ireland."--
Northern Echo"The New Atlas will be a great asset to anyone involved in framing national, regional and local policies affecting wildlife and the countryside, as well as to botanists, conservation agencies, academics and amateur naturalists."--
M2 Communications"This atlas is a shining example of the best practice in partnerships between funders, researchers, specialists and enthusiasts."--John Lawton, Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council
"[A] monumental effort that not only showed the number of new flora in Britain -- some 750 -- but also the perilous state of many traditional species."--
The London Times0
"The atlas represented a wake-up call for policymakers who had to confront the threats of changing agricultural practices, overgrazing, the switch from cattle to arable, the draining of marshes, the creation of new roads and housing settlements, and the march of the polluters."--
The Guardian"[R]eveals the subtle and dramatic changes to flora over the last four decades."--
Daily Echo"A new atlas of the British Flora has shown the dramatic effect that modern agriculture is having on our wildflowers."--
Garden"[A] monumental tome"--
Dorset Echo