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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... acid rain ( ' pure ' rain has a pH value usually well above 5.6 ; ' acid ' rain values of 4.3 are common ) . Sulphur and other oxides released into the atmosphere by industrial processes and fossil fuel burning can be carried well into ...
... acid rain ( ' pure ' rain has a pH value usually well above 5.6 ; ' acid ' rain values of 4.3 are common ) . Sulphur and other oxides released into the atmosphere by industrial processes and fossil fuel burning can be carried well into ...
Page 202
... acid rain from their heavily industrialized neighbours to the south . More than 9,000 lakes in Sweden are now sterile and widespread tree destruc- tion is reported from Scandinavia , Germany and Canada . It has only recently been ...
... acid rain from their heavily industrialized neighbours to the south . More than 9,000 lakes in Sweden are now sterile and widespread tree destruc- tion is reported from Scandinavia , Germany and Canada . It has only recently been ...
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... Acid brown soils with acid mull or moder humus and a B horizon . Moderate to strong acidic reactions occur throughout the profile . They tend to be sandy or silty in texture with a low clay content . These soils were formerly known as ...
... Acid brown soils with acid mull or moder humus and a B horizon . Moderate to strong acidic reactions occur throughout the profile . They tend to be sandy or silty in texture with a low clay content . These soils were formerly known as ...
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