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 258
... upland moors . The wild herbi- vores include red deer , mountain hares , red grouse and ptarmigan . Hares have not usually been cropped but the other species provide for sporting interests . More recently , the commercial market for red ...
... upland moors . The wild herbi- vores include red deer , mountain hares , red grouse and ptarmigan . Hares have not usually been cropped but the other species provide for sporting interests . More recently , the commercial market for red ...
Page 290
... upland soils between 300 and 600 m due to progressive leaching . This led to a degeneration of the damp , climax oak forests which consequently became much more open in character . This occurred long before man began to have an impact ...
... upland soils between 300 and 600 m due to progressive leaching . This led to a degeneration of the damp , climax oak forests which consequently became much more open in character . This occurred long before man began to have an impact ...
Page 322
... upland farms in England and Wales . Much upland terrain is marginal for agriculture and may provide a better economic return and more rural employment under forestry . But the position is not simple , as James shows in his review ; each ...
... upland farms in England and Wales . Much upland terrain is marginal for agriculture and may provide a better economic return and more rural employment under forestry . But the position is not simple , as James shows in his review ; each ...
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