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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... grazing animals but also many other necessities from the plant cover, such as wood products, fibres and drugs. It is therefore essential to know how the various types of plant cover originate, what relationships exist within the ...
... grazing animals but also many other necessities from the plant cover, such as wood products, fibres and drugs. It is therefore essential to know how the various types of plant cover originate, what relationships exist within the ...
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... grazing, burning or mowing and they may be of natural origin or man-induced. These factors create an intensity of disturbance. By permutating high and low values for each class of factors he arrives at four alternative primary ...
... grazing, burning or mowing and they may be of natural origin or man-induced. These factors create an intensity of disturbance. By permutating high and low values for each class of factors he arrives at four alternative primary ...
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Contents
Plant dynamics and the nature of vegetation | |
Ecosystems | |
Ecological factors and environmental variations | |
Disturbed ecosystems | |
The Vegetation | |
The soils | |
The impact of | |
General Index | |
Species Index | |
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acid agricultural animals approach areas biogeography birch Britain British Isles brown earths bryophyte Cairngorm Cairngorm Mountains Calluna cent changes chemical classification clay climatic climax vegetation complex conifers conservation coypus crop cycle disturbance dominant Ecol ecologists ecology ecosystem energy environment environmental erosion example factors fire forest Forestry Forestry Commission gley soils grass grassland grazing ground flora growth habitat heather herbivores horizon humus important increasing influence input insect land landscape layer leached lichen litter London measure methods mineral moorland moors mountain natural nutrients oakwood occur organic parent material pattern peat pest pine pinewood plant communities podzol pollen population present PRINT#3 production quadrats Quercus petraea recent regeneration 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 zone