Basic BiogeographyFirst published in 1985. This is the is the second edition of a study looking at ecology and biogeography with updated chapters including current research. It starts with the with the study of plants to gain an understanding of the complexities of ecological relationships. |
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... forests are the best surviving remnants of the Caledonian Forest which formerly covered much of Highland Scotland . Wind was studied as one of the factors considered to be preventing the re- establishment of tree seedlings in the zone ...
... forests are the best surviving remnants of the Caledonian Forest which formerly covered much of Highland Scotland . Wind was studied as one of the factors considered to be preventing the re- establishment of tree seedlings in the zone ...
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... Caledonian Forest ( Caledonia Silva ) . This was the descriptive term given to the whole of the Scottish Highlands , indicating the heavily wooded nature of this terrain . But as early as AD 1329 the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland ( Vol ...
... Caledonian Forest ( Caledonia Silva ) . This was the descriptive term given to the whole of the Scottish Highlands , indicating the heavily wooded nature of this terrain . But as early as AD 1329 the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland ( Vol ...
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... Caledonian Forest and their ecology has already been referred to in Chapters 8 and 9. In complete contrast are the numerous small mixed - deciduous woodland plots lying a few km east of Leicester , many of which are fox coverts . Some ...
... Caledonian Forest and their ecology has already been referred to in Chapters 8 and 9. In complete contrast are the numerous small mixed - deciduous woodland plots lying a few km east of Leicester , many of which are fox coverts . Some ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 12 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 34 |
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acid agricultural animals approach areas biogeography birch Britain British Isles brown earths bryophyte Cairngorm Calluna cations cent changes chemical clay climatic climax vegetation complex conifers conservation coypus crop cycle deciduous deer disturbance dominant Ecol ecology ecosystem energy environment environmental erosion example factors fire Flandrian forest Forestry Forestry Commission gley soils grass grazing ground flora growth habitat heather herbivores horizon humus important increase influence input insect land landscape layer leached lichen litter mainly methods mineral moorland moors mountain natural nutrients oakwood occur organic parent material pattern peat pest pine pinewood Pinus plant communities podzol pollen population present PRINT#3 production quadrats Quercus Quercus petraea recent region sample Scotland Scots pine Scottish Highlands seed seedlings shrubs slopes species structure surface Table temperature tree-line trees trophic level tropical upland values vegetation wood woodland Zealand zone