Ben Averis worked for some years on woodland vegetation and bryophyte (moss & liverwort) surveys, but since 1990 has worked in a very wide range of upland and lowland habitats in Britain. His MPhil was a study of bryophyte flora and ecology in over 400 woods in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. He has also studied vegetation in Ireland, Norway, the Faroe Islands, France and Japan.

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