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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Page vii
... detailed literature. The structure of the first edition, which most reviewers found an attractive feature, has been retained for this edition and a reasonable selection of these research findings has been incorporated. This has been ...
... detailed literature. The structure of the first edition, which most reviewers found an attractive feature, has been retained for this edition and a reasonable selection of these research findings has been incorporated. This has been ...
Page 10
... detailed observation and measurement of the plant morphology. Unfortunately it can take much practice and experience to work speedily through a key. Some books rely more on immediate visual recognition, with all the common plants well ...
... detailed observation and measurement of the plant morphology. Unfortunately it can take much practice and experience to work speedily through a key. Some books rely more on immediate visual recognition, with all the common plants well ...
Page 12
... detailed study that will give an adequate sampling of the whole population. Ecologists commonly use quadrats to mark out such sample areas. Originally quadrats were square frames but various shapes (circles, rectangles) may be used. For ...
... detailed study that will give an adequate sampling of the whole population. Ecologists commonly use quadrats to mark out such sample areas. Originally quadrats were square frames but various shapes (circles, rectangles) may be used. For ...
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... detailed knowledge of the species composition of the vegetation (the community floristics). Rather, there is emphasis on the predominant species present and a relatively quick visual classification of these plants into an estab lished ...
... detailed knowledge of the species composition of the vegetation (the community floristics). Rather, there is emphasis on the predominant species present and a relatively quick visual classification of these plants into an estab lished ...
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... detailed knowledge of taxonomy. These simple ideas have been elaborated to provide increasingly sophisticated schemes for the physiognomic description of plant communities. One of the best known is the scheme proposed by Dansereau ...
... detailed knowledge of taxonomy. These simple ideas have been elaborated to provide increasingly sophisticated schemes for the physiognomic description of plant communities. One of the best known is the scheme proposed by Dansereau ...
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