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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... period would hardly compensate for longer periods of severe exposure , conditions are obviously very critical at these levels today . The tatter rate of one square inch per day is decidely optimistic when applied to these native ...
... period would hardly compensate for longer periods of severe exposure , conditions are obviously very critical at these levels today . The tatter rate of one square inch per day is decidely optimistic when applied to these native ...
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... period following the last glacial phase ( the Post - glacial , Post - Devensian or Flandrian , see Table 8.2 ) . Controversy is largely centred on the finer details within Table 8.2 Subdivisions of the Pleistocene Epoch ( Quaternary Period ) ...
... period following the last glacial phase ( the Post - glacial , Post - Devensian or Flandrian , see Table 8.2 ) . Controversy is largely centred on the finer details within Table 8.2 Subdivisions of the Pleistocene Epoch ( Quaternary Period ) ...
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... period began about 13000 B.P. Alleröd Period . This period , named after a Danish site , was a climatic improvement running from about 10000 B.C. to 8000 B.C. More plants were able to colonize ; tree birch - scrub along with willow and ...
... period began about 13000 B.P. Alleröd Period . This period , named after a Danish site , was a climatic improvement running from about 10000 B.C. to 8000 B.C. More plants were able to colonize ; tree birch - scrub along with willow and ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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