British Plant Communities: Volume 3, Grasslands and Montane CommunitiesJohn S. Rodwell British Plant Communities is the first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of Britain. It covers all natural, semi-natural and major artificial habitats in Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland), representing the fruits of fifteen years of research by leading plant ecologists. The book breaks new ground in wedding the rigorous interest in the classification of plant communities that has characterized Continental phytosociology with the deep concern traditional in Great Britain to understand how vegetation works. The published volumes have been greeted with universal acclaim, and the series has become firmly established as a framework for a wide variety of teaching, research and management activities in ecology, conservation and land-use planning. |
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altitude Andrew Malloch approach to data biotic Birse Britain British Plant Communities British vegetation bryophytes calcicolous grasslands calcifugous grasslands Cambridge Centaurea nigra-Cynosurus cristatus classification of British climate Completed sample cards coordinator coverage data analysis data collection David Shimwell Derek Ratcliffe Distribution of samples Donald Pigott Dr John Dr Ratcliffe ecological environmental existing data Festuca Figure Floristic table frequency grassland in relation grasslands and montane habitats Hadač Harry Godwin interpretation John Birks kinds of vegetation Lancaster lichens Macaulay Institute major vegetation types McVean mesotrophic grasslands Messrs Michael Proctor mires Miss Katherine Hearn montane vegetation Nature Conservancy Council nigra-Cynosurus cristatus grassland pastures patterns Paul Wilkins Philip Grime phytosociological Pigott and Dr pratensis preliminary accounts published and unpublished recorded relation to soil samples available scheme Scottish Scottish Highlands snow-beds stands of vegetation sub-communities summarised survey systematic Tansley tation type tion treatment University vascular plants vege vegetation description volumes