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... Scottish Highlands , Monographs of the Nature Conservancy , No. 1 , London . Oosting , H. J. , 1956. The study of plant communities , Freeman , San Francisco . Poore , M. E. D. , 1955. ' The use of phytosociological methods in ...
... Scottish Highlands , Monographs of the Nature Conservancy , No. 1 , London . Oosting , H. J. , 1956. The study of plant communities , Freeman , San Francisco . Poore , M. E. D. , 1955. ' The use of phytosociological methods in ...
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... Scottish Highlands . These species are found as pure stands or as mixtures with pine or oak . Birch grows well under the oceanic climate of western districts and on good soils at lower elevations it is some- times seen mixed with oak or ...
... Scottish Highlands . These species are found as pure stands or as mixtures with pine or oak . Birch grows well under the oceanic climate of western districts and on good soils at lower elevations it is some- times seen mixed with oak or ...
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... Scottish Highlands ' , J. Ecol . , 51 , 671-86 . McVean , D. N. and Ratcliffe , D. A. , 1962. Plant communities of the Scottish Highlands , Nature Conservancy Monograph No. 1 , HMSO , London . Mellanby , K. , 1968. ' The effects of some ...
... Scottish Highlands ' , J. Ecol . , 51 , 671-86 . McVean , D. N. and Ratcliffe , D. A. , 1962. Plant communities of the Scottish Highlands , Nature Conservancy Monograph No. 1 , HMSO , London . Mellanby , K. , 1968. ' The effects of some ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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