Other useful resources

Below are some key publications on limestone pavements. Where possible links are provided:

• Backshall, J., Webb, S. & Rigby, J. (2011) Chapter 10 Craggs, Scree and Limestone Pavement. In: The Upland Management Handbook. Peterborough: Natural England.
• Goldie , H. S. (1987) Human impact on limestone pavement. Endins, 13, 71-81.
• Goldie, H. S. (1993) The legal protection of limestone pavements in Great Britain. Environmental Geology, 21, 160-166.
• Goldie , H. S. (1996) The limestone pavements of great Asby scar, Cumbria, UK. Environmental Geology, 28, 128-136.
• JNCC (2009) Common standards monitoring guidance for upland habitats. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
• Sand-Jensen, K. & Hammer, K. J. (2012) Moss cushions facilitate water and nutrient supply for plant species on bare limestone pavements. Oecologia, 170, 305-312.
• Silvertown, J. W. (1982) Measuring plant distribution in limestone pavement. Field Studies, 5, 651-662.
• Silvertown, J. W. (1983) The distribution of plants in limestone pavement: tests of species interaction and niche separation against null hypotheses. Journal of Ecology, 71, 819-828.
• Sweeting, M. M. (1972) Karst Landforms London and Basingstoke: MacMillan.
• Ward, S. D. & Evans, D. F. (1975) A botanical survey and conservation assessment of British limestone pavements. Bangor: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology.
• Webb, S. (2013) Limestone Pavements. In: Waltam, T. & Lowe, D. (eds.) Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales. British Cave Research Association.
• Webb, S. & Crowle, A. (2023) Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for limestone pavement. Peterborough: Natural England.