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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... References · 2 Initial approaches to vegetation study 11 · · Introduction Sampling • Physiognomic methods • Dominant species Floristic methods Discussion section References · 3 Initial approaches to soil study 28 Definitions Pedogenic ...
... References · 2 Initial approaches to vegetation study 11 · · Introduction Sampling • Physiognomic methods • Dominant species Floristic methods Discussion section References · 3 Initial approaches to soil study 28 Definitions Pedogenic ...
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... references , which can be readily linked to studies mentioned in the text , and more general sources which have provided material for the chapter . The Harvard system of reference , e.g. Smith ( 1962 ) , has not been used nor has the ...
... references , which can be readily linked to studies mentioned in the text , and more general sources which have provided material for the chapter . The Harvard system of reference , e.g. Smith ( 1962 ) , has not been used nor has the ...
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... reference points ' , sufficient in kind and number for an adequate representation of the total range of variation found in the vegetation . Poore expressed this concept of reference points in a field of more or less continuous variation ...
... reference points ' , sufficient in kind and number for an adequate representation of the total range of variation found in the vegetation . Poore expressed this concept of reference points in a field of more or less continuous variation ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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