Introduction to World Vegetation - Collinson, P.E.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1988)
1 Environmental and ecological principles -- 1 Land plants, evolution and geography -- 2 The geological record and past distributions -- 3 Ecology, biogeography and energy variations -- 4 Nutrients and nutrient cycles -- 5 Ecosystem conditions and plant distributions -- 6 Soil conditions and their influence on plant distributions -- 7 Plants in communities and their distributions -- 2 The vegetation of tropical and temperate regions -- 8 Vegetation and climate: an introduction to world vegetation patterns -- 9 Tropical forests -- 10 Tropical formations with conspicuous grasslands: savannas -- 11 The temperate deciduous forests -- 12 The coniferous forests of the Northern Hemisphere -- 13 The temperate grasslands -- 3 The vegetation of extreme habitats -- 14 Adaptations and selective factors: an introduction -- 15 Vegetation of arid lands -- 16 Wetlands -- 17 Arctic and alpine tundra -- 18 The vegetation of estuaries and sea shores -- Conclusion -- Indexes.
Keywords: Ecology .; Plant physiology; Civil engineering; Ecology; Plant Physiology; Civil Engineering