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... Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland . The present tree - line in the Cairngorms shows features of a natural tree - line along one small section only . Here , on the western flanks of Creag Fhiaclach at 640 m exposure is severe and several ...
... Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland . The present tree - line in the Cairngorms shows features of a natural tree - line along one small section only . Here , on the western flanks of Creag Fhiaclach at 640 m exposure is severe and several ...
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... Cairngorm Mountains where Watt and Jones recognized three main altitudinal zones above the forest edge ( Fig . 8.22 ) : the Calluna zone , the Empetrum - Vaccinium zone and the Juncus zone ( and snow - patch vegetation ) . The ...
... Cairngorm Mountains where Watt and Jones recognized three main altitudinal zones above the forest edge ( Fig . 8.22 ) : the Calluna zone , the Empetrum - Vaccinium zone and the Juncus zone ( and snow - patch vegetation ) . The ...
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... Cairngorm Mountains but most of the findings are of general application because many other parts of the British Isles have recently had a similar experience , e.g. the Lake District , Dartmoor and the Peak District . In the Cairngorms ...
... Cairngorm Mountains but most of the findings are of general application because many other parts of the British Isles have recently had a similar experience , e.g. the Lake District , Dartmoor and the Peak District . In the Cairngorms ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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