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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... mainly on differences in floral structures and the number of initial leaves (cotyledons) produced when the seed first germinates. Examples of Monocotyledons are sedges, rushes and grasses (the latter include as cereals most of man's ...
... mainly on differences in floral structures and the number of initial leaves (cotyledons) produced when the seed first germinates. Examples of Monocotyledons are sedges, rushes and grasses (the latter include as cereals most of man's ...
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... 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: Tasmanian ...
... 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: Tasmanian ...
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... mainly pedological but at several points edaphological implications should become apparent. Soil usually results from the weathering of underlying solid rock surfaces. Some soil types, however, develop from transported materials, such ...
... mainly pedological but at several points edaphological implications should become apparent. Soil usually results from the weathering of underlying solid rock surfaces. Some soil types, however, develop from transported materials, such ...
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... mainly due to the biological processes at work . A fertile soil is packed with living organisms . Many of these are minute and largely unseen in a superficial examination of a sample . They constitute the soil microflora and microfauna ...
... mainly due to the biological processes at work . A fertile soil is packed with living organisms . Many of these are minute and largely unseen in a superficial examination of a sample . They constitute the soil microflora and microfauna ...
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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