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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... Highlands was as follows : - 900-1,800 m 1,800-2,750 m - mixed forest ( spp of Podocarpaceae and Lauraceae ) , or pure stands of southern beech ( Nothofagus ) . oak forest ( spp of Quercus and Castanopsis ) . 2,750-3,050 m above 3,050 m ...
... Highlands was as follows : - 900-1,800 m 1,800-2,750 m - mixed forest ( spp of Podocarpaceae and Lauraceae ) , or pure stands of southern beech ( Nothofagus ) . oak forest ( spp of Quercus and Castanopsis ) . 2,750-3,050 m above 3,050 m ...
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... Highlands , Monographs of the Nature Conservancy , No. 1 , London . Oosting , H. J. , 1956. The study of plant communities , Freeman , San Francisco . Poore , M. E. D. , 1955. ' The use of phytosociological methods in ecological ...
... Highlands , Monographs of the Nature Conservancy , No. 1 , London . Oosting , H. J. , 1956. The study of plant communities , Freeman , San Francisco . Poore , M. E. D. , 1955. ' The use of phytosociological methods in ecological ...
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... Highlands throughout most of the Flandrian period . This is particularly the case north of a line running approximately along the Aberdeen- shire - Angus county boundary . South of this line birch and , to a lesser extent , alder have ...
... Highlands throughout most of the Flandrian period . This is particularly the case north of a line running approximately along the Aberdeen- shire - Angus county boundary . South of this line birch and , to a lesser extent , alder have ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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