378 Pages
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Routledge
378 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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Vegetation and Soils is an introduction to the study of vegetation and soil distribution. In this accessible work, S. R. Eyre describes the distributions of these two important elements in the landscape. The book progresses regionally, and the land areas of the earth are subdivided according to the distribution of their main vegetation and soil types. The author argues that the nature of the soil... Read more
Part One: Vegetation and Soil Development; Chapter I: The Original Landscape and the Hand of Man; Chapter II: Vegetation Development; Chapter III: Soil Development; Part Two: Vegetation and Soils Outside the Tropics; Chapter IV: Coniferous Forests; Chapter V: The Mixed Forests of Middle Latitudes; Chapter VI: Broad-leaved Forests of Middle Latitudes; Chapter VII: The Evolution of Extra-Tropical Forests; Chapter VIII: Tundra and Alpine Vegetation; Chapter IX: Grasslands; Chapter X: Woodlands and Scrublands; Part Three: The British Isles; Chapter XI: The Climatic Climax Vegetation and its Associated Soils; Chapter XII: Seres and Subclimaxes on the Original Landscape; Chapter XIII: The Impact of Man; Part Four: Tropical Regions; Chapter XIV: Introduction to Tropical Vegetation and Soils; Chapter XV: Tropical Rain Forest; Chapter XVI: Tropical Seasonal Forests; Chapter XVII: Microphyllous Forest, Semi-desert and Desert; Chapter XVIII: Tropical Savanna; Chapter XIX: Tropical Soils subject to Seasonal Drought; Chapter XX: The Vegetation of Tropical Mountains; Conclusion; Chapter XXI: The Outlook for Wild Nature
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S. R. Eyre
