Basic biogeography
by Nigel Pears
- 2nd ed.
- New York Routledge 1985
- x, 358p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes biographies and index.
PART I : BASIC CONSIDERATIONS : Introduction -- Initial approaches to vegetation study -- Initial approaches to soil study -- Plant dynamics and the nature of vegetation -- Ecosystem -- Ecological factors and environmental variations -- Disturbed ecosystem -- PART II : SELECTED EXAMPLES FROM THE BRITISH ISLES : The vegetation -- The soil -- The impact man