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... Scotland in the early fourteenth century , according to Steven and Carlisle . Aeneas Sylvius , who later became Pope Pius II , visited Scotland in 1405 and remarked on the general lack of woodland . Likewise , Sir Anthony Weldon ...
... Scotland in the early fourteenth century , according to Steven and Carlisle . Aeneas Sylvius , who later became Pope Pius II , visited Scotland in 1405 and remarked on the general lack of woodland . Likewise , Sir Anthony Weldon ...
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... Scotland . The strips within the heather are muirburns of different ages . land in Scotland below 610 m now carry a Calluna - dominated vegetation where once woods of pine , birch or oak existed . These dwarf shrubs are sometimes a ...
... Scotland . The strips within the heather are muirburns of different ages . land in Scotland below 610 m now carry a Calluna - dominated vegetation where once woods of pine , birch or oak existed . These dwarf shrubs are sometimes a ...
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... Scotland , yet in A.D. 1617 Sir Anthony Weldon , touring low- land Scotland , was led to comment , ' there's scarce a tree to hang a Judas on ' , an indication of the completeness of tree removal in these parts . Regional examples - The ...
... Scotland , yet in A.D. 1617 Sir Anthony Weldon , touring low- land Scotland , was led to comment , ' there's scarce a tree to hang a Judas on ' , an indication of the completeness of tree removal in these parts . Regional examples - The ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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