The Pattern of Animal Communities - Brossura

Elton, C. S.

 
9780412218804: The Pattern of Animal Communities

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THE ECOLOGICAL SURVEY on which this book is based began to be planned in 1942, and since 1945 has been mainly centred upon Oxford University's estate at Wytham Woods, where a rich series of habitats from open ground and limestone to woodland with many springs and marshes interspersed occupies a hill set in riverine surroundings.

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Preface.- 1 Patterns in Nature.- 2 Ecological Survey.- 3 Wytham Hill.- 4 The Classification of Habitats.- 5 Recording Communities: The Wytham Ecological Survey.- 6 Open Ground and Meadow.- 7 Heath, Mountain and Croplands.- 8 The Terrestrial Maritime Zone.- 9 Scrub and Hedgerow.- 10 The Forest Canopy: Herbivores.- 11 Hunters in the Forest Canopy.- 12 The Ground-Plan of Woodland.- 13 Natural Fuel Stations: Concourses on Flowers and Fruits.- 14 Dying and Dead Wood.- 15 Bracket Fungi and Toadstools.- 16 Carrion, Dung and Nests.- 17 Woods and Water Bodies.- 18 Dispersal and Invaders.- 19 The Whole Pattern.- References.- Notes.

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9780416412802: Pattern of Animal Communities

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ISBN 10:  0416412807 ISBN 13:  9780416412802
Casa editrice: Methuen young books, 1966
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