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... various levels of sophistication , thus some progress in describing and analysing vegetation is immediately possible . Even the research worker studying unfamiliar vegetation in remote regions for which accurate reference books ( floras ) ...
... various levels of sophistication , thus some progress in describing and analysing vegetation is immediately possible . Even the research worker studying unfamiliar vegetation in remote regions for which accurate reference books ( floras ) ...
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... various parts of ecology within a single conceptual framework . This framework is provided by the ecosystem concept . Hall and Fagen define a system as a set of objects together with the relationships between those objects and between ...
... various parts of ecology within a single conceptual framework . This framework is provided by the ecosystem concept . Hall and Fagen define a system as a set of objects together with the relationships between those objects and between ...
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... various ways of doing this but again , conventionally , the usual method is to express the counts for all individual species as a percentage of the total AP count . Figure 8.6 shows a simple pollen analysis presented in this manner for ...
... various ways of doing this but again , conventionally , the usual method is to express the counts for all individual species as a percentage of the total AP count . Figure 8.6 shows a simple pollen analysis presented in this manner for ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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