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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... plants provides a logical starting point for an understanding of the complexities in ecological relationships . The green plant stands as an intermediary between the inorganic and organic worlds . The basic source of energy for the ...
... plants provides a logical starting point for an understanding of the complexities in ecological relationships . The green plant stands as an intermediary between the inorganic and organic worlds . The basic source of energy for the ...
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... plant modifies its immediate habitat to a greater or lesser extent and that a tree or shrub to some degree will determine the habitat available to herbaceous species . He refers to plants having such influence as ' dominating ' species ...
... plant modifies its immediate habitat to a greater or lesser extent and that a tree or shrub to some degree will determine the habitat available to herbaceous species . He refers to plants having such influence as ' dominating ' species ...
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... plant patterns and population migration into the Australian New Guinea Highlands ' , in Plants and the migration of Pacific Peoples : a symposium ( ed . Barrau , J. ) , Tenth Pacific Science Congress , 1961 , Bishop Museum Press ...
... plant patterns and population migration into the Australian New Guinea Highlands ' , in Plants and the migration of Pacific Peoples : a symposium ( ed . Barrau , J. ) , Tenth Pacific Science Congress , 1961 , Bishop Museum Press ...
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