Basic BiogeographyBasic considerations. Introduction. Inital approaches to vegetation study. Inital approaches to soil study. Plant dynamics and the nature of vegetation. Ecosystems. Ecological factors and environmental variations. distubed ecosystems. Selected examples from the British Isles. The vegetation. The soils. The impact of man. |
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... Cairngorms Fig . 10.2 Some aspects of the historical geography of the Cairngorm Mountains : areas of pronounced disturbance by man from early Medieval to recent times . of Glenavon Cairngorms National Nature Reserve was declared . Many ...
... Cairngorms Fig . 10.2 Some aspects of the historical geography of the Cairngorm Mountains : areas of pronounced disturbance by man from early Medieval to recent times . of Glenavon Cairngorms National Nature Reserve was declared . Many ...
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... Cairngorm Mountains but most of the findings are of general application because many other parts of the British ... Cairngorm itself and during the first seven months of operation 80,000 people used the chair - lift . Over a 5 - day ...
... Cairngorm Mountains but most of the findings are of general application because many other parts of the British ... Cairngorm itself and during the first seven months of operation 80,000 people used the chair - lift . Over a 5 - day ...
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... Cairngorms are people on day trips . Many will come in their own vehicle but there is a rapidly growing bus and coach tour element in these numbers ( Scotland's bus and coach tour passenger ... Cairngorm Plateau . 244 The impact of man.
... Cairngorms are people on day trips . Many will come in their own vehicle but there is a rapidly growing bus and coach tour element in these numbers ( Scotland's bus and coach tour passenger ... Cairngorm Plateau . 244 The impact of man.
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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