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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... ecologists working in species - rich Tropical Rain Forest ( where up to 400 different species of tall trees , 300 ... ecologist's interest in morphological arrangements of plants is usually not an end in itself . Some aspects of the ...
... ecologists working in species - rich Tropical Rain Forest ( where up to 400 different species of tall trees , 300 ... ecologist's interest in morphological arrangements of plants is usually not an end in itself . Some aspects of the ...
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... ecologists , had likewise arisen in America . Subsequently , British plant ecologists compromised between the two theories . They regarded one climax formation in each climatic region ( that found on the most widespread combination of ...
... ecologists , had likewise arisen in America . Subsequently , British plant ecologists compromised between the two theories . They regarded one climax formation in each climatic region ( that found on the most widespread combination of ...
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... ecologists have an interest in the determination of the tree - line . This last point can be nicely illustrated by a brief reference to several recent studies on the boundary of the Tundra - Taiga zones ( the latitudinal tree - line ) ...
... ecologists have an interest in the determination of the tree - line . This last point can be nicely illustrated by a brief reference to several recent studies on the boundary of the Tundra - Taiga zones ( the latitudinal tree - line ) ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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