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 131
... zone in which the grey - green crustose lichen , Lecanora conizaeoides appears at base of trunk first and then gradually higher up the tree . 3. A zone in which the grey , narrow - lobed foliose lichen , Parmelia physodes appears ...
... zone in which the grey - green crustose lichen , Lecanora conizaeoides appears at base of trunk first and then gradually higher up the tree . 3. A zone in which the grey , narrow - lobed foliose lichen , Parmelia physodes appears ...
Page 217
... zone their own individual pollen diagrams in terms of these divisions but it is now realized that forcing new diagrams to fit the established pattern is an unsuitable , initial approach . Instead , use of the Local Assemblage Zone ...
... zone their own individual pollen diagrams in terms of these divisions but it is now realized that forcing new diagrams to fit the established pattern is an unsuitable , initial approach . Instead , use of the Local Assemblage Zone ...
Page 276
... zone is fairly sharply divided from a dark grey zone where the organic material becomes mixed with mineral fragments . Beneath this comes the pale , bleached zone which has had most of its colouring substances , the iron compounds ...
... zone is fairly sharply divided from a dark grey zone where the organic material becomes mixed with mineral fragments . Beneath this comes the pale , bleached zone which has had most of its colouring substances , the iron compounds ...
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