萊坎教授(Oliver Rackham)常年專注於地景研究,在其著名的《英國鄉村史》(The History of the Countryside: The Full Fascinating Story of Britain's Landscape)及《英國地景中的樹木與林地》(Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape: The Complete History of Britain's Trees, Woods & Hedgerows),萊坎的研究追溯英國史