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This book should be of interest to ecologists and plant scientists.

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Author:   P.E. Collinson
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   Second Edition 1988
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.960kg
ISBN:  

9780045810314

ISBN 10:   0045810311
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   31 October 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1 Environmental and ecological principles.- 1 Land plants, evolution and geography.- 2 The geological record and past distributions.- 3 Ecology, biogeography and energy variations.- 4 Nutrients and nutrient cycles.- 5 Ecosystem conditions and plant distributions.- 6 Soil conditions and their influence on plant distributions.- 7 Plants in communities and their distributions.- 2 The vegetation of tropical and temperate regions.- 8 Vegetation and climate: an introduction to world vegetation patterns.- 9 Tropical forests.- 10 Tropical formations with conspicuous grasslands: savannas.- 11 The temperate deciduous forests.- 12 The coniferous forests of the Northern Hemisphere.- 13 The temperate grasslands.- 3 The vegetation of extreme habitats.- 14 Adaptations and selective factors: an introduction.- 15 Vegetation of arid lands.- 16 Wetlands.- 17 Arctic and alpine tundra.- 18 The vegetation of estuaries and sea shores.- Conclusion.- Indexes.

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Ecologists will find Collinson's book to be a highly readable and engaging synthesis, certainly worthy of consideration for use in an undergraduate vegetation ecology course. - Ecology

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