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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... Plant nomenclature • Discussion section • References 2 Initial approaches to
vegetation study Introduction • Sampling • Physiognomic methods · Dominant
species Floristic methods · Discussion section • References 3 Initial approaches
to ...
... Plant nomenclature • Discussion section • References 2 Initial approaches to
vegetation study Introduction • Sampling • Physiognomic methods · Dominant
species Floristic methods · Discussion section • References 3 Initial approaches
to ...
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The bibliography at the end of each chapter includes a few specific references ,
which can be readily linked to studies ... The Harvard system of reference , e.g.
Smith ( 1962 ) , has not been used nor has the numbering system , e.g. Both
would ...
The bibliography at the end of each chapter includes a few specific references ,
which can be readily linked to studies ... The Harvard system of reference , e.g.
Smith ( 1962 ) , has not been used nor has the numbering system , e.g. Both
would ...
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Their essential problem was to select vegetational ' 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 ...
Their essential problem was to select vegetational ' 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 ...
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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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