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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Page 184
... activities of just one of these societies for the period 1865-6 . Such work continued until the New Zealand Wildlife Act was passed in 1953. The societies still exist and now play a part in the overall management of New Zealand's ...
... activities of just one of these societies for the period 1865-6 . Such work continued until the New Zealand Wildlife Act was passed in 1953. The societies still exist and now play a part in the overall management of New Zealand's ...
Page 310
... activities working against the remaining forest cover . In the Cairngorms sheep were never so important as in other parts of the Highlands and eventually most sheep runs were converted to grouse moors . Again , this meant the ...
... activities working against the remaining forest cover . In the Cairngorms sheep were never so important as in other parts of the Highlands and eventually most sheep runs were converted to grouse moors . Again , this meant the ...
Page 334
... activities for the use of a given area of land , the economic implications of these alternative activities provide society with its best measuring rod . This is not to imply that social , strategic or political issues are irrelevant or ...
... activities for the use of a given area of land , the economic implications of these alternative activities provide society with its best measuring rod . This is not to imply that social , strategic or political issues are irrelevant or ...
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