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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... described and named that particular plant , e.g. L. for Carl von Linné , R. Br . for Robert Brown , Benth . for G. Bentham . Watercress is named under this scheme as Nasturtium officinale R. Br . This increases the accuracy of the ...
... described and named that particular plant , e.g. L. for Carl von Linné , R. Br . for Robert Brown , Benth . for G. Bentham . Watercress is named under this scheme as Nasturtium officinale R. Br . This increases the accuracy of the ...
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... described by Clements were essentially linear in form . Various workers have since reported cyclic successions . These are now thought to be reasonably common . Two examples should make this clear . On windswept ridges in the Scottish ...
... described by Clements were essentially linear in form . Various workers have since reported cyclic successions . These are now thought to be reasonably common . Two examples should make this clear . On windswept ridges in the Scottish ...
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... described as podzolized acid brown soils and they usually have a moder humus . Mackney and Burnham note that in this case the Ea horizon still contains some iron content and is often brown or yellow in colour . Very similar soils have ...
... described as podzolized acid brown soils and they usually have a moder humus . Mackney and Burnham note that in this case the Ea horizon still contains some iron content and is often brown or yellow in colour . Very similar soils have ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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