Download or read book Historical Plant Geography written by Philip Stott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1981 Historical Plant Geography is an introductory treatment of historical plant geography and stresses the basic theoretical frame of the subject. The book is about neither the study of vegetation nor the concept of the ecosystem, instead focusing on the much older tradition concerned with analysing the geographical distribution of individual species and natural plant groups. Important areas are discussed, such as global plate tectonics and sea-floor spreading, plant maps are introduced and there is a basic treatment of recent advances in plant taxonomy. The book will appeal to students and academics of geography, botany, ecology and environmental sciences.
Download or read book Ecology of Plants written by Eug Warming and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Work Studies In Detail The Various Plant-Communities And Analyses How Plants Or Plant-Communities Adjust Their Forms And Modes Of Behaviour To Different Actually Operating Factors, Such As The Amounts Of Available Water, Heat, Light, Nutriment Etc. After An Introduction To Ecological Plant-Geography And Ecological Botany, The External Factors Affecting The Plant S Economy And Their Impact Upon The Structure Of The Plant, Its Life Duration And The Topographical Distribution Of Species, Has Been Discussed In Section I Of The Volume. Further, The Various Plant-Communities Have Been Divided Into 13 Ecological Classes On The Basis Of Edaphic And Climatic Distinctions And Have Been Treated In General In Sections Ii And Iii, Followed By Their Specific Treatment In Sections Iv To Svi. Before Coming To A Close, The Book Has Another Useful Section That Deals With The Struggle Between Plant-Communities, An Extensive Bibliography And Also A Comprehensive Index That Makes References Hunting Easier. Already Translated Into Various Languages, This Pioneering Work On Ecological Plant-Geography Should Be A Great Attraction For Every Study And Scholar Of Botany. Contents Introduction: Floristic And Oecological Plant-Geography, Growth-Forms, Plant-Communities, Plan Of This Book; Section I: Oecological Factors And Their Action; Light, Heat, Atmospheric Humidity And Precipitations, Movements Of The Air, Nature Of The Nutrient Substratum, Structure Of The Soil, Air In The Soil, Water In The Soil, Temperature Of Soil, Depth Of The Soil, The Upper Layers Of The Soil And The Subsoil, Nutriment In Soil, Kinds Of Soil, Are The Chemical Or The Physical Characters Of Soil The More Important?, The Effect Of A Non-Living Covering Over Vegetation, Effect Of A Living Vegetable Covering On Soil, The Activity Of Animals And Plants In Soil, Exposure, Orographic And Other Factors; Section Ii: Communal Life Of Organisms; Reciprocal Relations Among Organisms, Interference By Man, Symbiosis Of Plants With Animals, Symbiosis Of Plants With One Another, Mutualism, Commensalism, Plant-Communities; Section Iii: Adaptations Of Aquatic And Terrestrial Plants Oecological Classification; Aquatic And Terrestrial Plants, Adaptations Of Water-Plants (Hydrophytes), Adaptations Of Land-Plants, Regulation Of Transpiration In Land-Plant, Absorption Of Water By Land-Plants, Storage Of Water By Land-Plants Water-Reservoirs, Other Structural Characters And Growth-Forms Of Land-Plants, And Especially Of Xerophytes, Oecological Classification, Physiognomy Of Vegetation, Formations Associations Varieties Of Associations; Section Iv: Hydrophytes Formations Of Aquatic Plants; Oecological Factors, Formations Of Aquatic Plants, Plankton-Formation, Cryoplankton, Vegetation Of Ice And Snow, Hydrocharid-Formation Of Pleuston, Lithophilous Benthos, Benthos Of Loose Soil; Section V: Helophytes Marsh-Plants; Adaptations Formations, Reed-Swamp Of Reed-Formation, Bush-Swamp And Forest-Swamp Of Fresh Water; Section Vi: Oxylophytes Formations On Sour (Acid) Soil; Xeromorphy Formations, Low-Moor Formation, Grass-Heath, Tussock Formation, High-Moor Formation, Moss-Tundra Or Moss-Heath, Lichen-Tundra Of Lichen-Heath, Dwarf-Shrub Heath, Bush And Forest On Acid Humus Soil; Section Vii: Halophytes Formations On Saline Soil; Introductory General Remarks On Halophytes, Adaptations Of Halophytes, Lothophilous Halophytes, Psammophilous Halophytes, Pelophilous Halophytes, Salt-Swamp And Salt-Desert, Littoral Swamp-Forest, Mangrove; Section Viii: Lithophytes, Formations On Rocks; Rocky Country, Lithophytes, Chasmophytes, Formations On Shingle And Rubble, Section Ix: Psychrophytes, Formations On Cold Soil; Climatic Conditions In Subglacial Fell-Fields, Adaptation Of Species In Subglacial Fell-Fields, Subglacial Fell-Field Formations; Section X: Psammophytes, Formations On Sand And Gravel; Oecological Factors, Formations, Shifting Or White, Sand Dunes, Stationary Or Grey, Sand-Dune, Sand-Fields, Dune-Heath, Dune-Bushland, Dune-Forest, Other Examples Of Psammophilous Vegetation; Section Xi: Eremophytes Formations On Desert And Steppe; Oecological Factors, Formations, Desert, Shrub-Steppe, Grass-Steppe, Sibljak; Section Xii: Chersophytes, Formations On Waste Land; Waste Herbage, Bushland On Dry Soil; Section Xiii: Psilophytes, Savannah-Formations; Savannah-Formations, Thorny Savannah, True Savannah, Savannah-Forest; Section Xiv: Sclerophyllous Formations, Bush And Forest; Sclerophyllous Vegetation And Formations, Garigue, Tomillares, Maqui: Sclerophyllous Scrub, Sclerophyllous Forest; Section Xv: Coinferous Formations, Forest; Evergreen Coniferae; Section Xvi: Mesophytes; Mesophytic Vegetation And Formations, Arctic And Alpine Mat-Grassland And Mat-Herbage, Meadow, Pasture On Cultivated Soil, Mesophytic Bushland, Deciduous Dicotylous Forest, Evergreen Dicotylous Forest; Section Xvii: Struggle Between Plant Communities; Conditions Of The Struggle, The Peopling Of New Soil, Changes In Vegetation Induced By Slow Changes In Soil Fully Occupied By Plants, Change Of Vegetation Without Change Of Climate Or Of Soil, The Weapons Of Species, Rare Species, Origin Of Species.
Download or read book Historical Plant Geography written by Philip Stott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1981 Historical Plant Geography is an introductory treatment of historical plant geography and stresses the basic theoretical frame of the subject. The book is about neither the study of vegetation nor the concept of the ecosystem, instead focusing on the much older tradition concerned with analysing the geographical distribution of individual species and natural plant groups. Important areas are discussed, such as global plate tectonics and sea-floor spreading, plant maps are introduced and there is a basic treatment of recent advances in plant taxonomy. The book will appeal to students and academics of geography, botany, ecology and environmental sciences.
Download or read book Applied Plant Geography written by Pramod Pagare and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men and Plant co-exist on the earth. God has bestowed mankind with diversified resource of flora, of course he has left the task of recognizing their curative values to man. thus, forest resources now attract unprecedented attention. The present book is a humble attempt to study potential plant resources in the environment of the Central India. This phytogeographical study focuses on the plant ecology and valuable plant species based on the original research work of the author through field surveys. Encompassin all aspects of plant resources, the present volume is of tremendous use to biogeographers, foresters, botanists, research scholars and community as resources in the forests.
Download or read book Vegetation Ecology written by Eddy van der Maarel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/vandermaarelfranklin/vegetationecology. Vegetation Ecology, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive, integrated account of plant communities and their environments. Written by leading experts in their field from four continents, the second edition of this book: covers the composition, structure, ecology, dynamics, diversity, biotic interactions and distribution of plant communities, with an emphasis on functional adaptations; reviews modern developments in vegetation ecology in a historical perspective; presents a coherent view on vegetation ecology while integrating population ecology, dispersal biology, soil biology, ecosystem ecology and global change studies; tackles applied aspects of vegetation ecology, including management of communities and invasive species; includes new chapters addressing the classification and mapping of vegetation, and the significance of plant functional types Vegetation Ecology, 2nd Edition is aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduates and researchers and teachers in plant ecology, geography, forestry and nature conservation. Vegetation Ecology takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach and will be welcomed as an essential reference for plant ecologists the world over.
Download or read book Plant Geography written by Rexford Daubenmire and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Geography: With Special Reference to North America covers main concepts of the two major approaches to plant geography, namely, the floristic plant geography and the ecologic plant geography. Floristic plant geography primarily studies evolutionary divergence, migration, and decline of taxa, as influenced by past events of the earth’s history. Ecologic plant geography is an alternative approach to plant geography, which takes plant communities as units having ranges to be interpreted, dominated by sociologic and physiologic, rather than phylogenetic and historic considerations. Under the floristic plant geography part, topics covered include interrelations among floristic plant geography, taxonomy, and geology; the relation between plant dissemination and migration; evidence of the dynamic character of plant ranges; and migratory route. After a brief introduction to the evolution of North and South America vegetation, the book discusses the ecologic plant geography section that focuses on various vegetation regions in North America, including Tundra, subarctic-subalpine forest, temperate mesophytic, xerophytic forest, and chaparral and steppe regions and temperate affinity forests in Middle America. Other regions examined include the desert and marine regions, as well as the microphyllous woodland, tropical savanna, rain forest, and tropical alpine. With great information on geologic history of each vegetation unit and paleontology, this book will be helpful to paleobotanists, historical geologists, and taxonomists.
Download or read book Practical Ecology for Geography and Biology written by M. Gilbertson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our aim in writing this book is to provide students and teachers with a simple introductory text which deals with practical aspects of ecology, environmen tal biology and biogeography, emphasizing actual field and classroom investigations. Basic concepts and methods of survey, mapping and aerial photography, data collection and data analysis are described and discussed, in order to encourage students to identify and tackle worthwhile projects. The level at which this text is appropriate depends very much upon particular circumstances. The greater part lies within the scope of the sixth form and the first and second years of college, polytechnic and university courses in the British Isles and their equivalents overseas. All students inevitably meet difficulties in the identification of plant and animal species, particularly when they venture into unfamiliar habitats and regions. This is often the cause of unnecessary alarm. Many ecological principles or problems may be illustrated by reference to familiar species and habitats, such as are found in urban environments, as well as those areas of semi-natural vegetation favoured for field courses.
Download or read book Ecology and Plant Geography written by Umesh Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essay on the Geography of Plants written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Church. The chronicles of the expedition were published in Paris after Humboldt’s return, and first among them was the 1807 “Essay on the Geography of Plants.” Among the most cited writings in natural history, after the works of Darwin and Wallace, this work appears here for the first time in a complete English-language translation. Covering far more than its title implies, it represents the first articulation of an integrative “science of the earth, ” encompassing most of today’s environmental sciences. Ecologist Stephen T. Jackson introduces the treatise and explains its enduring significance two centuries after its publication.
Download or read book On the History of Plant Geography and Plant Ecology in Berlin written by Herbert Sukopp and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Floristic Study of Arid Ecosystem Ecology and Phytosociology written by Dr. Ekta B. Joshi and published by Google Book Publishers . This book was released on with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book “Floristic Study of Arid Ecosystem: Ecology and Phytosociology” focuses on biodiversity, ecology and taxonomy of plant diversity of altitudinal hill gradient environment viz. Kachchh Arid Ecosystem, Western Gujarat, India, with special emphasis on conservation and management of rare, endangered and threatened (RET) taxa. It encompasses the in-depth information on occurrence and distribution of general vegetation, species richness, frequency, density, abundance, commonness and rarity of important and significant plant species exist in the region. The core theme of this book is floristic study and altitudinal diversity of hilly plants with special reference to species distribution, population dynamics and community structure in addition to ethnobotany, ethnomedicine and phytosociology. The book embodies the vast and enormous information about ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal plants used by tribal community of hilly habitats of Kachchh. This book also highlights the phytosociological aspects of invasive plant species viz. Prosopis julifora, along with historical account, population structure, dominance and dynamics. It summarizes the unique records of RET plants in relation to status, distribution, age structure, threats faced, etc. Besides, the book is a good repository of field records of some native and endemic plants used by locales as medications or panacea for curing incorrigible ailments. The special feature of this book is conservation and management strategies of RET plants using grass-root techniques for survival, sustenance, revival, restoration and rejuvenation of dwindling plant species of environmental, ecological and economic importance of arid hill ecosystem.
Download or read book Plant Geography and Ecology System written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plant and Vegetation Mapping written by Franco Pedrotti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is concerned principally with geobotanical mapping. Geobotany is a broad science that deals with the study of species and of vegetation communities in relation to the environment; it includes other, perhaps more familiar sciences, such as plant geography, plant ecology, and chorology, and phytosociology (plant sociology). Geobotanical cartography is a field of thematic cartography that deals with the interpretation and representation, in the form of maps, of those spatial and temporal phenomena that pertain to flora, vegetation, vegetated landscapes, vegetation zones, and phytogeographical units. The production of a geobotanical map represents the last stage in a cognitive process that begins with observations in the field and continues with the collection of sample data, interpretation of the phenomena observed, and their appropriate cartographic representation; geobotanical cartography is closely tied to the concepts and scope of geobotany in general
Download or read book Foundations of Plant Geography written by Stanley Adair Cain and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plant Ecology in the Middle East written by Ahmad K. Hegazy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This advanced textbook is about Middle Eastern plants and plant ecology, presented within the wider context of the changing landscape, global climate change, and human history (particularly in relation to agriculture, conflict, and religion).
Download or read book Geography written by Geographical Association and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plant Geography written by Martin Kellman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2023-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1975 and in a second edition in 1980, Plant Geography was the first text in biogeography that provided an adequate treatment of modern plant population theory. It is an introduction to the subject for students of both geography and biology. The author develops a series of plant geographic concepts that are based primarily in plant population biology, treating in turn processes that operate at the level of the individual plant and the plant population; interactions between plant populations; environmental conditions and plant dissemination in shaping plant species' distributions, and the geography of vegetation. Emphasis throughout is placed upon the dynamic nature of the earth's plant cover, and the interplay between contemporary conditions and historical events in shaping plant distributions and evolution.
