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 89
... biotic factors . Between 500-1,000 m on the basalt cone mountain of Pico Island in the Azores , Marler and Boatman described a cyclic sere related to the intensity of grazing of animals introduced by man . The biotic climax vegetation ...
... biotic factors . Between 500-1,000 m on the basalt cone mountain of Pico Island in the Azores , Marler and Boatman described a cyclic sere related to the intensity of grazing of animals introduced by man . The biotic climax vegetation ...
Page 110
... biotic potential and the environmental resistance . This settled population level is sometimes referred to as the carrying capacity of the site for that species . Its value is not constant ; it will vary as environmental factors change ...
... biotic potential and the environmental resistance . This settled population level is sometimes referred to as the carrying capacity of the site for that species . Its value is not constant ; it will vary as environmental factors change ...
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... biotic regions may equally bear a close correlation with different types of air - mass dominance . But Hare points out that the cause of this relationship is not certain . Perhaps the vegetation zones reflect the dominance of particular ...
... biotic regions may equally bear a close correlation with different types of air - mass dominance . But Hare points out that the cause of this relationship is not certain . Perhaps the vegetation zones reflect the dominance of particular ...
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