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North America contains an incredibly diverse array of natural environments, each supporting unique systems of plant and animal life. These systems, the largest of which are biomes, form intricate webs of life that have taken millennia to evolve. This richly illustrated book intr…
As pressures on Australia's inland waters intensify from population growth, expanding resource development and climate change, there is an urgent need to manage and protect these special areas. Understanding their ecology underpins their wise management and conservation. Austral…
This book provides an introduction to the diverse aspects of this subject. The book takes a logical and progressive approach to uniting examples from a wide range of taxonomic groups. The writing style offers in-depth analysis whilst making often challenging subjects such as pop…
Forty-two chapters by international experts from a wide range of disciplines make The Wetlands Handbook the essential tool for those seeking comprehensive understanding of the subject. A departure from more traditional treatises, this text examines freshwater wetland ecosystem s…
Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approachprovides a research level text which highlights recent developments of this emerging and expanding field. With a focus on interdisciplinary research the text examines:- the evolution and scope of ecohydraulicsinteractions between hydraulics, …
2.2.4 Grid quadrats2.2.5 Line intercept; 2.2.6 Areas; 2.2.7 Plotless units; 2.3 Density; 2.3.1 Plot size; 2.3.2 Shape of plots; 2.3.3 Line transects; 2.3.4 Distance methods; 2.4 Biomass; 2.4.1 Plot characteristics; 2.4.2 Indirect methods; 2.5 Tree measurements; 2.5.1 Tree height…
Measurements for Terrestrial Vegetation, 2nd Edition presents up-to-date methods for analyzing species frequency, plant cover, density and biomass data. Each method is presented in detail with a full discussion of its strengths and weaknesses from field applications through stat…
