Vegetation history

Vegetation history edited by B. Huntley, T. Webb III.

The analysis of vegetation history is one of the prime objectives for vegetation scientists. In order to understand the recent composition of local floras and plant communities a second knowledge of species com­ position during recent millenia is essential. With the present concern over climate chan...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Huntley, B. (Editor), Webb III, T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1988.
Edition:1st ed. 1988.
Series:Handbook of Vegetation Science ; 7
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Plant science.
Botany.
Plant ecology.
Ecology .
Hydrogeology.
Paleontology .
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List Of Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Section I: Background and Methods
  • I.1 Ancient permanent plots: Sampling in paleovegetational studies
  • I.2 Records of vegetation in time and space: the principles of pollen analysis
  • I.3 Data analysis and display
  • I.4 Time-scales and dating
  • I.5 Late-Tertiary and Quaternary palaeoenvironments
  • Section II: Late-Tertiary and Pleistocene Vegetation History — 20 My To 20 Ky
  • II.1 Europe
  • II.2 North America
  • II.3 Australasia
  • II.4 South America
  • Section III: Glacial and Holocene Vegetation History — 20 Ky to Present
  • III.1 Europe
  • III. 2 Eastern North America
  • III. 3 Western North America
  • III.4 Japan
  • III.5 The Arctic
  • III.6 New Zealand
  • Section IV: Smaller-Scale Studies
  • IV.1 Fire and disease history of forests
  • IV.2 The role of man in European vegetation history
  • IV.3 Human disturbance of North American forests and grasslands: the fossil pollen record
  • IV.4 Post-glacial vegetation history: Ecological considerations
  • IV.5 Spatially-precise studies of forest dynamics
  • IV.6 Temporally-precise studies of vegetation history
  • Discussion.

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