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 55
... similar profiles become apparent . Soil profiles in a local study will often be very similar since one would only expect major differences when soils are compared which have developed on contrasting geologies or under different climatic ...
... similar profiles become apparent . Soil profiles in a local study will often be very similar since one would only expect major differences when soils are compared which have developed on contrasting geologies or under different climatic ...
Page 57
... similar mapping unit is used known as the soil series ( a group of similar profiles based on the same lithology ) . These ideas are of interest to geographers because they stress geomorphological links by essen- tially relating soils to ...
... similar mapping unit is used known as the soil series ( a group of similar profiles based on the same lithology ) . These ideas are of interest to geographers because they stress geomorphological links by essen- tially relating soils to ...
Page 83
... similar conclusions . But Hill points out that there are field situations where environment gradients are not obvious and then the more floristic - based and mathematical indirect approaches are the only types of ordination possible ...
... similar conclusions . But Hill points out that there are field situations where environment gradients are not obvious and then the more floristic - based and mathematical indirect approaches are the only types of ordination possible ...
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