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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... seedlings growing well away from an infected oak escape this defoliation completely . Many are eaten back so much that they have not even been recognized as oak seedlings in the past . Seedlings under large established oaks seldom ...
... seedlings growing well away from an infected oak escape this defoliation completely . Many are eaten back so much that they have not even been recognized as oak seedlings in the past . Seedlings under large established oaks seldom ...
Page 249
... seedlings . Likewise , Kinnaird shows that birch seed germination and seedling growth are suppressed by the shade of parent trees and undergrowth species . Other factors , however , may also be involved . Birch seedlings are susceptible ...
... seedlings . Likewise , Kinnaird shows that birch seed germination and seedling growth are suppressed by the shade of parent trees and undergrowth species . Other factors , however , may also be involved . Birch seedlings are susceptible ...
Page 250
... seedlings arise to maintain the forest . But very few of these survive because , for both pine and birch woods , grazing is the main cause of regeneration failure . Kinnaird gives a 99 per cent mortality rate for birch seedlings ...
... seedlings arise to maintain the forest . But very few of these survive because , for both pine and birch woods , grazing is the main cause of regeneration failure . Kinnaird gives a 99 per cent mortality rate for birch seedlings ...
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