Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe - Softcover

Ellenberg, Heinz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521115124 ISBN 13: 9780521115124

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

English translation makes this unique book, now in its fourth edition, available to a wider audience. This book is without doubt the most important work ever published about the vegetation of central Europe and its ecology. No other book contains so much ecological information and discusses so many principles relevant not only to plant ecologists in continental Europe, but to ecologists and palaeoecologists in the British Isles and North America. Besides providing valuable syntheses of the major plant communities, Ellenberg details the ecology and environmental requirements of all the vegetation types and discusses the climatic tolerances and ecological physiology of many of the major species. The account is based upon a life time of thorough field work and experimental investigation. One of the major messages to be gleaned from the book concerns the long-lasting and considerable effects of human activity upon the vegetation, and the book therefore has much to teach about the impact of agriculture and industrial pollution and highlights the need to plan carefully for the conservation of our rich natural and semi-natural environment.

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Book Description:

This book is without doubt the most important work ever published about the vegetation of central Europe and its ecology. Besides providing valuable syntheses of the major plant communities, Ellenberg details the ecology and environmental requirements of all the vegetation types and discusses the climatic tolerances and ecological physiology of many of the major species.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521115124
• ISBN 13: 9780521115124
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 756