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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The Latin binomial is often followed by the name of the authority who first
scientifically 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 ...
The Latin binomial is often followed by the name of the authority who first
scientifically 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 ...
Page 66
Discussion section Are there any types of plant succession not covered by the
theories of Clements ? The successions described by Clements were essentially
linear in form . Various workers have since reported cyclic successions . These
are ...
Discussion section Are there any types of plant succession not covered by the
theories of Clements ? The successions described by Clements were essentially
linear in form . Various workers have since reported cyclic successions . These
are ...
Page 213
When not so pronounced , the soils are more properly 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 ...
When not so pronounced , the soils are more properly 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 ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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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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