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In British Plant Life emphasis is placed on the gaps and uncertainties in our knowledge and it is suggested how readers with a flair for accurate observation and simple experiment can help towards completing the story. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com There has been a great increase in knowledge of the composition, structure, and history of our flora in recent years. Dr. Turrill, Keeper of the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has contributed as much as any other botanist to this increase and has laid special emphasis on the integration of the older methods of classification with the more recent techniques of ecological and genetical research. The resulting story, though not yet complete, is as exciting as a first-class detective novel. In the present volume emphasis is placed on the gaps and uncertainties in our knowledge and it is suggested how readers with a flair for accurate observation and simple experiment can help towards completing the story. In the broad sense, the British flora can be regarded as an offshoot of that of the European continent. The influence of geographical position and geographical history has, however, resulted in distinct peculiarities, and, above all, there have been the modifications produced by the last great Ice Age. How much was destroyed and how much survived this catastrophe is discussed by Dr. Turrill. The various routes of migration are traced as far as possible and the changes in climate and the advent of man are shown to have led to profound alterations in the flora. The plants illustrated in the plates are those of special scientific interest on account of their origin, distribution or behaviour. They include rarities depicted for the first time in their natural habitats by coloured photography.… (más)
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
To the memory of my mother, to whom I owe my love of plants
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
During the last twenty or thirty years a marked change has taken place in our approach to the study of the British Flora.
Editor's preface.
It is, perhaps, of some significance that the study of plant life is almost always referred to as "Botany" and attempts to replace this word by "Phytology" would almost certainly fail.
Author's preface.
At the beginning of the Second World War an old Yorkshire botanist, now deceased, wrote for some information.
Chapter 1. Introduction to the study of British plants.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
They can be preserved only by preserving the habitat range they tolerate.
In British Plant Life emphasis is placed on the gaps and uncertainties in our knowledge and it is suggested how readers with a flair for accurate observation and simple experiment can help towards completing the story. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com There has been a great increase in knowledge of the composition, structure, and history of our flora in recent years. Dr. Turrill, Keeper of the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has contributed as much as any other botanist to this increase and has laid special emphasis on the integration of the older methods of classification with the more recent techniques of ecological and genetical research. The resulting story, though not yet complete, is as exciting as a first-class detective novel. In the present volume emphasis is placed on the gaps and uncertainties in our knowledge and it is suggested how readers with a flair for accurate observation and simple experiment can help towards completing the story. In the broad sense, the British flora can be regarded as an offshoot of that of the European continent. The influence of geographical position and geographical history has, however, resulted in distinct peculiarities, and, above all, there have been the modifications produced by the last great Ice Age. How much was destroyed and how much survived this catastrophe is discussed by Dr. Turrill. The various routes of migration are traced as far as possible and the changes in climate and the advent of man are shown to have led to profound alterations in the flora. The plants illustrated in the plates are those of special scientific interest on account of their origin, distribution or behaviour. They include rarities depicted for the first time in their natural habitats by coloured photography.
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