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 34
... processes involved and the classification of the resulting soil types . Edaphology is the scientific study of the influence of soils on living things , particularly plants , and it includes man's use of soil for plant growth . It is ...
... processes involved and the classification of the resulting soil types . Edaphology is the scientific study of the influence of soils on living things , particularly plants , and it includes man's use of soil for plant growth . It is ...
Page 36
... process within soils by proposing a generalized theory that all soils could be viewed in terms of four main processes : additions , removals ( occurring as either inputs or outputs of solid , liquid or gaseous ' elements ' of organic ...
... process within soils by proposing a generalized theory that all soils could be viewed in terms of four main processes : additions , removals ( occurring as either inputs or outputs of solid , liquid or gaseous ' elements ' of organic ...
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... processes ( see below ) . Iversen has traced these changes in some detail for Danish forests , using palynological techniques . He termed the vegetational phenomenon retrogressive succession and showed how podzolization of the soil ...
... processes ( see below ) . Iversen has traced these changes in some detail for Danish forests , using palynological techniques . He termed the vegetational phenomenon retrogressive succession and showed how podzolization of the soil ...
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