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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Page 73
This energy source and material source are used to manufacture complex
organic substances in the cells of the autotrophs . 2. The heterotrophic ( other -
feeding ) component , which is essentially concerned with using , rearranging
and ...
This energy source and material source are used to manufacture complex
organic substances in the cells of the autotrophs . 2. The heterotrophic ( other -
feeding ) component , which is essentially concerned with using , rearranging
and ...
Page 103
The factor - complex hinted at by Daubenmire affects tall and low plants
differently since many species of shrubs and herbs are not prevented from
extending many hundreds of metres higher on the mountain side but only the
trees are so ...
The factor - complex hinted at by Daubenmire affects tall and low plants
differently since many species of shrubs and herbs are not prevented from
extending many hundreds of metres higher on the mountain side but only the
trees are so ...
Page 221
The Cottam Complex occurs on sandy , reddish boulder clay derived from
Triassic rocks . This heterogenous clay outcrops on valley sides from beneath the
Chalky Boulder Clay of the plateau . The profile shows a loamy A horizon and a ...
The Cottam Complex occurs on sandy , reddish boulder clay derived from
Triassic rocks . This heterogenous clay outcrops on valley sides from beneath the
Chalky Boulder Clay of the plateau . The profile shows a loamy A horizon and a ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Basic Biogeography A Longman Text |
| Author | Nigel Pears |
| Edition | 3, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Longman, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0582484014, 9780582484016 |
| Length | 272 pages |
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