Podcasts by Exploring oak woodland - for iPod/iPhone
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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Transcript -- Exploring oak woodland from 2009-09-18T03:46:57
A short introduction to this album.
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Touring an oak wood from 2009-09-18T03:45:58
Professor David Streeter takes us on a guided tour of an English oak wood.
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Transcript -- Touring an oak wood from 2009-09-18T03:45:57
Professor David Streeter takes us on a guided tour of an English oak wood.
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Following a food chain from 2009-09-18T03:44:58
From sunlight to sparrow hawks - Professors David Streeter and Chris Perrins track a woodland food chain.
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Transcript -- Following a food chain from 2009-09-18T03:44:57
From sunlight to sparrow hawks - Professors David Streeter and Chris Perrins track a woodland food chain.
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Looking for regeneration from 2009-09-18T03:43:58
Professor David Streeter investigates the lack of young trees in a Sussex wood.
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Transcript -- Looking for regeneration from 2009-09-18T03:43:57
Professor David Streeter investigates the lack of young trees in a Sussex wood.
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Focusing on fungi from 2009-09-18T03:42:58
Dr Sarah Watkinson reveals the role of fungi in breaking down dead leaves.
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Transcript -- Focusing on fungi from 2009-09-18T03:42:57
Dr Sarah Watkinson reveals the role of fungi in breaking down dead leaves.
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Investigating woodland moss from 2009-09-18T03:41:58
Dr Sarah Watkinson looks at mosses - plants with pre-historic life cycles.
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Transcript -- Investigating woodland moss from 2009-09-18T03:41:57
Dr Sarah Watkinson looks at mosses - plants with pre-historic life cycles.
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Getting to grips with galls from 2009-09-18T03:40:58
Dr George McGavin on the strange phenomenon of woodland galls.
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Transcript -- Getting to grips with galls from 2009-09-18T03:40:57
Transcript -- Dr George McGavin on the strange phenomenon of woodland galls.
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Transcript -- Getting to grips with galls from 2009-09-18T03:40:57
Dr George McGavin on the strange phenomenon of woodland galls.
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