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Production ecology of British moors and montane grasslands
- Title
- Production ecology of British moors and montane grasslands / edited by O.W. Heal and D.F. Perkins ; assisted by Wendy M. Brown.
- Publication
- Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1978.
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- Description
- xii, 426 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Ecological studies ; v. 27
- Uniform Title
- Ecological studies ; v. 27.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [397]-416.
- Contents
- The Moor house program -- Introduction and site description / O. W. Heal and R. A. H. Smith (with 3 figures) -- Field estimates of primary production / R. A. H. Smith and G. I. Forrest (with 9 figures) -- Physiological aspects of bog production at Moor house / J. Grace and T. C. Marks (with 15 figures) -- Ecology of Moorland animals / J. C. Coulson and J. B. Whittaker (with 20 figures) -- Microbial populations in peat / V. G. Collins, B. T. D'Sylva and P. M. Latter (with 1 figure) -- Nutrient availability and other factors limiting microbial activity in the blanket peat / N. J. Martin and A. J. Holding (with 3 figures) -- A study of the rates of decomposition of organic matter / O. W. Heal, P. M. Latter and G. Howson (with 6 figures) -- A simulation of production and decay in blanket bog / H. E. Jones and A. J. P. Gore (with 8 figures) -- A model of peat bog growth / R. S. Clymo (with 17 figures) -- The blanket bog as part of a Pennine Moorland / M. Rawes and O. W. Heal (with 6 figures) -- Supporting studies—Dwarf shrub communities -- The productivity of a Calluna heathland in southern England / S. B. Chapman and N. R. Webb (with 9 figures) -- Production in Montane dwarf shrub communities / C. F. Summers (with 6 figures) -- Heather productivity and its relevance to the regulation of red grouse populations / G. R. Miller and A. Watson (with 1 figure) -- Snowdonia grasslands -- Snowdonia grassland: introduction, vegetation and climate / D. F. Perkins (with 3 figures) -- Physiography, geology and soils of the grassland site at Llyn Llydaw / D. F. Ball -- Primary production, mineral nutrients and litter decomposition in the grassland ecosystem / D. F. Perkins, V. Jones, R. O. Millar and P. Neep (with 5 figures) -- The role of slugs in an Agrostis-Festuca grassland / J. Lutman (with 8 figures) -- Sheep population studies in relation to the Snowdonian environment / J. Dale and R. E. Hughes -- The grazing intensity and productivity of sheep in the grassland ecosystem / S. Brasher and D. F. Perkins (with 8 figures) -- The distribution and transfer of energy and nutrients in the Agrostis-Festuca grassland ecosystem / D. F. Perkins (with 3 figures).
- ISBN
- 0387084576
- 9780387084572
- 3540084576
- 9783540084570
- LCCN
- 77017853
- OCLC
- ocm03447408
- 3447408
- SCSB-289378
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library