Publisher's Synopsis
This is a manual of techniques for describing and analyzing plant-life in an ecological context. It provides a step-by-step introduction to the whole range of methods available, and aims to provide an understanding of techniques as well as what their results mean and how they can be interpreted.;Case studies drawn from all environmental settings, illustrations, diagrams, tables and photographs are also provided. A feature of the book is the integration of computer methods, and several listings and routines are reproduced that can be mounted by the user on micro and main frame computers. The book is aimed at laboratory and field science, ecology, biogeography, environmental science, botany, agriculture, forestry and conservation.
