Heinz Ellenberg

Aims and methods of vegetation ecology

Aims and methods of vegetation ecology , Aims and methods of vegetation ecology , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe.

Foreword Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Preface to the third and fourth editions Part I. Introductory Survey: 1. The vegetation of Central Europe in general 2. The development of the plant cover under the influence of man Part II. Near-natural woods and thickets: 1. General view of the central European woodlands 2. Beech and mixed beech woods 3. Other deciduous woodland excluding flood plains and mires 4. Coniferous woodland and mixed woods dominated by conifers 5. Tree and shrub vegetation of flood plains and peat lands Part III. Other Near-Natural Formations: 1. The vegetation of fresh water, its banks and springs 2. Woodland fens and intermediate mires compared with other mire types 3. Raised bogs and the communities connected with them 4. Sea marshes and inland saline habitats 5. Dunes and their vegetation successions 6. The vegetation above the alpine tree line 7. Plant life in the region of eternal snow 8. On the epiphytic vegetation in central Europe Part IV. Formations Created and Maintained Largely by Mans Activities: 1. Arid and semi-arid grasslands in colline and monotane climate 2. Dwarf-shrub heaths and commons on strongly acid soils 3. Forestry plantations and woodland clearings 4. Woodland edges, bushes, hedges and their barbarous margins 5. Hay and litter meadows 6. Manured pastures, trodden swards and those subject to flooding 7. Man-influenced vegetation of muddy ground, lakesides and banks 8. Ruderal communities of drier sites 9. Weed communities of arable land, gardens and vineyards 10. Vegetation development on abandoned land Tabular summary and index: Bibliography Remarks on the changes in the system of plant sociology Summary of the vegetation units and species Subject Index.