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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... oakwoods growing on wet soils whilst others feature more strongly on drier lowland soils . The soils associated with pedunculate oakwoods can be quite variable but are usually clays ( often with gley horizons ) , heavy loams and silts ...
... oakwoods growing on wet soils whilst others feature more strongly on drier lowland soils . The soils associated with pedunculate oakwoods can be quite variable but are usually clays ( often with gley horizons ) , heavy loams and silts ...
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... oakwoods . If this is the case in a relatively remote area then it is likely to be even more so in many southern woods where interference has a much longer history . As Tittensor noted , management by coppicing lasted just over 200 ...
... oakwoods . If this is the case in a relatively remote area then it is likely to be even more so in many southern woods where interference has a much longer history . As Tittensor noted , management by coppicing lasted just over 200 ...
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... oakwoods ; any differences displayed probably being due to variations in the initial site conditions or management history . Faunal influences Herbivores have the most direct influence on oakwood dynamics because they feed entirely on ...
... oakwoods ; any differences displayed probably being due to variations in the initial site conditions or management history . Faunal influences Herbivores have the most direct influence on oakwood dynamics because they feed entirely on ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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