Table of Contents

PART 1 BASIC CONSIDERATIONS 1 Introduction 2 initial approaches to vegetation study 3 Initial approaches to soil study 4 Plant dynamics and the nature of vegetation 5 Ecosystems 6 Ecological factors and environmental variations 7 Disturbed ecosystems PART 2 SELECTED EXAMPLES FROM THE BRITISH ISLES 8 The vegetation 9 The soils 10 The impact of man

About the Author

Nigel Pairs, Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Leicester