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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... vegetation in the world , an important element of Cryptogam vegetation is always present in these communities : for example , the mosses in the ground flora of beechwoods , the lichens on oak trunks , or the ' unseen ' but immensely ...
... vegetation in the world , an important element of Cryptogam vegetation is always present in these communities : for example , the mosses in the ground flora of beechwoods , the lichens on oak trunks , or the ' unseen ' but immensely ...
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... ground flora of grasses, herbs and mosses frequently occurs, some of the herbs reaching several feet in height. A woodland like this has three main strata and may be visualized as in Fig. 2.2. This, of course, is a gross simplification ...
... ground flora of grasses, herbs and mosses frequently occurs, some of the herbs reaching several feet in height. A woodland like this has three main strata and may be visualized as in Fig. 2.2. This, of course, is a gross simplification ...
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... vegetation would not necessarily provide a very complete picture of the two types being compared. Fig. 2.4 Birchwood (Betula pendula) at 320 m ... ground flora is absent over large areas. Table 2.1 Six categories of criteria to be applied to.
... vegetation would not necessarily provide a very complete picture of the two types being compared. Fig. 2.4 Birchwood (Betula pendula) at 320 m ... ground flora is absent over large areas. Table 2.1 Six categories of criteria to be applied to.
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... Ground flora mainly of Vaccinium spp (whortleberry), calluna vulgaris (heather) and Deschampsia flexuosa (wavy hair-grass). Compare this woodland structure with that shown in Fig. 2.5. Fig. 2.5 Eucalyptus woodland (Eucalyptus coccifera ...
... Ground flora mainly of Vaccinium spp (whortleberry), calluna vulgaris (heather) and Deschampsia flexuosa (wavy hair-grass). Compare this woodland structure with that shown in Fig. 2.5. Fig. 2.5 Eucalyptus woodland (Eucalyptus coccifera ...
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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