Basic BiogeographyFirst published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
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... vegetation , he states that every individual 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 ...
... vegetation , he states that every individual 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 ...
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... vegetation . Poore expressed this concept of reference points in a field of more or less continuous variation by the term nodum , an abstract vegetation unit of any category ( see Fig . 4.11 ) . A1 A B 0 2 4 km B3 A3 A2 B2 B1 In form ...
... vegetation . Poore expressed this concept of reference points in a field of more or less continuous variation by the term nodum , an abstract vegetation unit of any category ( see Fig . 4.11 ) . A1 A B 0 2 4 km B3 A3 A2 B2 B1 In form ...
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... vegetation studies . 2. Important early criticism came from researchers outside the ' classic ' regions . Studies in tropical and semi - arid zones figured prominently in the early rise of alternative views . In Britain , Tansley ...
... vegetation studies . 2. Important early criticism came from researchers outside the ' classic ' regions . Studies in tropical and semi - arid zones figured prominently in the early rise of alternative views . In Britain , Tansley ...
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