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 102
... associated with the wild cabbage plant ( Brassica oleracea ) are portrayed . Some insects are herbivorous , others parasitic or predaceous on each other . Attempts to quantify this complexity , if at all possible , would be a major ...
... associated with the wild cabbage plant ( Brassica oleracea ) are portrayed . Some insects are herbivorous , others parasitic or predaceous on each other . Attempts to quantify this complexity , if at all possible , would be a major ...
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... associated with damp oakwood developed on heavier lowland soils . Quercus petraea ( sessile or durmast oak ) is found on shallower soils , frequently developed from siliceous rocks , and is often the dominant tree of oakwoods in ...
... associated with damp oakwood developed on heavier lowland soils . Quercus petraea ( sessile or durmast oak ) is found on shallower soils , frequently developed from siliceous rocks , and is often the dominant tree of oakwoods in ...
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... ( associated with the mixed - oak climax forests ) towards pronounced podzolization - i.e. the concept of soil as a gradu- ally acidifying medium approaching a degraded state . Similar views were also expressed by Dimbleby ( who pioneered ...
... ( associated with the mixed - oak climax forests ) towards pronounced podzolization - i.e. the concept of soil as a gradu- ally acidifying medium approaching a degraded state . Similar views were also expressed by Dimbleby ( who pioneered ...
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