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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... peat and pollen analysis ( palynology ) has provided a valuable insight into past environments and how they changed , giving a detailed picture of former plant cover . PALYNOLOGY Pollen analysis depends on the distinctive nature of the ...
... peat and pollen analysis ( palynology ) has provided a valuable insight into past environments and how they changed , giving a detailed picture of former plant cover . PALYNOLOGY Pollen analysis depends on the distinctive nature of the ...
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... peat Humified Sphagnum peat Cyperaceae Ericaceae Herbs Filicales Sphagnum Amorphous peat with Eriophorum and Scirpus remains Wood peat with small wood remains Carex peat B.A.T Boreal Atlantic Transition Bedrock + Less than 1 % Fig . 8.6 ...
... peat Humified Sphagnum peat Cyperaceae Ericaceae Herbs Filicales Sphagnum Amorphous peat with Eriophorum and Scirpus remains Wood peat with small wood remains Carex peat B.A.T Boreal Atlantic Transition Bedrock + Less than 1 % Fig . 8.6 ...
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... peat accumulation but we now know that other factors may be involved . So while we can envisage multiple causes for peat accumulation we also have the same possibility for peat erosion . Undoubtedly , most pedologists would come down in ...
... peat accumulation but we now know that other factors may be involved . So while we can envisage multiple causes for peat accumulation we also have the same possibility for peat erosion . Undoubtedly , most pedologists would come down in ...
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