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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... animals , including man , must obtain their chemical energy indirectly from solar energy through plant life . This dependency can be traced by constructing food chains for each animal species , e.g. Sun → Cabbage → Caterpillar ...
... animals , including man , must obtain their chemical energy indirectly from solar energy through plant life . This dependency can be traced by constructing food chains for each animal species , e.g. Sun → Cabbage → Caterpillar ...
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... animals restricted to particular plants or plant communities . Some are restricted because of a highly specific food requirement while many larger animals have a strong territorial sense . For example , the northern limit of the North ...
... animals restricted to particular plants or plant communities . Some are restricted because of a highly specific food requirement while many larger animals have a strong territorial sense . For example , the northern limit of the North ...
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... animal communities . Some of these ideas have already been outlined in Chapter 5 . First , the principle of the food chain goes a long way towards explaining many species interactions . All animals have a driving force in the form of a ...
... animal communities . Some of these ideas have already been outlined in Chapter 5 . First , the principle of the food chain goes a long way towards explaining many species interactions . All animals have a driving force in the form of a ...
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