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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Nigel Pears. 1 INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS Geography students quickly become aware of the problems of defining their ... becomes Plant or Animal Ecology . This can be sub - divided into autecology which deals with individual organisms or ...
Nigel Pears. 1 INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS Geography students quickly become aware of the problems of defining their ... becomes Plant or Animal Ecology . This can be sub - divided into autecology which deals with individual organisms or ...
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... become established by a short series of intermediate communities reflecting this progressive deflection ( a plagiosere ) . Should the factor cease to operate at some later stage then site conditions will change . The habitat may now be ...
... become established by a short series of intermediate communities reflecting this progressive deflection ( a plagiosere ) . Should the factor cease to operate at some later stage then site conditions will change . The habitat may now be ...
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... becomes a major problem . Anything which reduces the effective growing season ( and thus curtails the ripening ... become established as upright mature trees at the timber - line in shaded sites where temperatures are close to the ...
... becomes a major problem . Anything which reduces the effective growing season ( and thus curtails the ripening ... become established as upright mature trees at the timber - line in shaded sites where temperatures are close to the ...
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