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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... forest of Abernethy , Inverness- shire ' , Ph.D. thesis , New University of Ulster . Ovington , J. D. , 1965. Woodlands ... Forestry Commission , HMSO , London . Rymer , L. , 1976. ' The history and ethnobotany of bracken ' , Bot . J ...
... forest of Abernethy , Inverness- shire ' , Ph.D. thesis , New University of Ulster . Ovington , J. D. , 1965. Woodlands ... Forestry Commission , HMSO , London . Rymer , L. , 1976. ' The history and ethnobotany of bracken ' , Bot . J ...
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... Forestry Commission who , from 1923 onwards , began a comprehensive re - afforestation programme using several exotic conifers ( mainly spruce , lodgepole pine , larch and fir ) . Glenmore became a National Forest Park in 1948 and in ...
... Forestry Commission who , from 1923 onwards , began a comprehensive re - afforestation programme using several exotic conifers ( mainly spruce , lodgepole pine , larch and fir ) . Glenmore became a National Forest Park in 1948 and in ...
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... forestry developments . In early Forestry Commission plantations the public were discouraged , partly because of fire hazards and partly by the monotonous nature of the vegetation itself . But the key to present changes is contained in ...
... forestry developments . In early Forestry Commission plantations the public were discouraged , partly because of fire hazards and partly by the monotonous nature of the vegetation itself . But the key to present changes is contained in ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 12 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 34 |
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acid agricultural animals approach areas biogeography birch Britain British Isles brown earths bryophyte Cairngorm Calluna cations cent changes chemical clay climatic climax vegetation complex conifers conservation coypus crop cycle deciduous deer disturbance dominant Ecol ecology ecosystem energy environment environmental erosion example factors fire Flandrian forest Forestry Forestry Commission gley soils grass grazing ground flora growth habitat heather herbivores horizon humus important increase influence input insect land landscape layer leached lichen litter mainly methods mineral moorland moors mountain natural nutrients oakwood occur organic parent material pattern peat pest pine pinewood Pinus plant communities podzol pollen population present PRINT#3 production quadrats Quercus Quercus petraea recent 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 Zealand zone