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Acclimatization (Plants). --- Aquatic plants. --- Plant ecology. --- Stream plants.
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Acclimatization (Plants). --- Mousses --- Plantes --- Thèses et écrits académiques. --- Acclimatation
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In 1880, William Herbert Guthrie-Smith (1862-1940) emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand, where he learned the basics of sheep farming and acquired Tutira, a disused sheep station of 20,000 acres in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island. Tutira, published in 1921, describes every aspect of Guthrie-Smith's enterprise, including the redevelopment of the land and comprehensive advice on sheep farming. The book also covers the history of the local Maori and of European settlement, and provides an extensive account of the farm's natural history including its geological configuration, meteorological patterns, the formation of lakes and waterways, and the native plant and bird species Guthrie-Smith discovered on his land. It also draws attention to the impact of introduced, 'alien' plants and animals. Tutira is one of the great classics of New World environmental consciousness; it was reprinted in 1926, and a posthumous revised edition appeared in 1953.
Natural History --- Acclimatization (Plants) --- Plant Ecology --- Weeds --- Nature --- Science --- Technology & Engineering
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Natural history --- Acclimatization (Plants) --- Plant ecology. --- Weeds --- New Zealand --- Hawke's Bay (Province) --- New Zealand.
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Vegetation dynamics --- Végétation --- Dynamique --- Dynamics of vegetation --- Acclimatization (Plants) --- Plant communities --- Vegetation and climate --- Vegetation dynamics. --- phytosociology --- Végétation
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Pinales --- Introduction de plantes --- Plant introduction --- Écologie forestière --- forest ecology --- Production forestière --- Forestry production --- Spain --- Coniferae = Conifers --- forestry --- sylviculture --- Conifers --- Acclimatization (Plants) --- Forests and forestry
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Vegetation dynamics --- Paleoecology --- Plant ecology --- Paleobotany --- Fossil botany --- Palaeobotany --- Palaeoecology --- Dynamics of vegetation --- Botany --- Paleontology --- Ecology --- Paleobiology --- Acclimatization (Plants) --- Plant communities --- Vegetation and climate
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This book celebrates the relaunch of the African Pollen Database, presents state-of-the-art of modern and ancient pollen data from sub-Saharan Africa, and promotes Open Access science. Pollen grains are powerful tools for the study of past vegetation dynamics because they preserve well within sedimentary deposits and have a huge diversity in ornamentation that allows different taxa to be determined. The reconstruction of past vegetation from the examination of ancient pollen records thus can be used to characterize the nature of past landscapes (e.g. abundance of forests vs. grasslands), provide insights into changes in biodiversity, and gain empirical evidence of vegetation response to climatic change and human activity. In this, the 35th Volume of "Palaeoecology of Africa", we bring together new data and extensive synthetic reviews to provide novel insights into the relationships between human evolution, human activity, climate change and vegetation dynamics during the Quaternary, the last 2.6 million years. Current and ongoing climate and land-use change is exerting pressure on modern vegetation formations and threatening the livelihoods and wellbeing of many peoples in Africa. In this book the focus is on the Quaternary because it is during this geological period that the modern vegetation formations developed into their current configurations against a backdrop of high magnitude global climate change (glacial-interglacial cycles), human evolution, and a growing human land-use footprint. In this book the latest information is presented and collated from around the African continent to parameterize past vegetation states, identify the drivers of vegetation change, and assess the vegetation resilience to change. To achieve this research from two broad themes are covered: (i) the present is the key to the past (i.e. studies which improve our understanding of modern environments so that we can better interpret evidence from the past), and (ii) the past is the key to the future (i.e. studies which unlock information on how and why vegetation changed in the past so one can better anticipate trajectories of future change). This Open Access book will provide a strong foundation for future research exploring past ecological, environmental and climatic change within Africa and the surrounding islands. The book is organized regionally (covering western, eastern, central, and southern Africa) and it contains specialized articles focused on particular topics (such as modern pollen-vegetation relationships and fire as a driver of vegetation change), as well as regional and pan-African syntheses drawing together decades of research to assess key scientific questions (including the role of climate in driving vegetation change and the role of vegetation change in human evolution). These articles will be useful to students and teachers from high school to the highest level of university who are interested in the origins and dynamics of vegetation in Africa. Furthermore, it is also meant to provide societally relevant information that can act as an inspiration for the development of sustainable management practices for the future.
Paleoecology. --- Paleoecology --- Vegetation dynamics. --- Dynamics of vegetation --- Acclimatization (Plants) --- Plant communities --- Vegetation and climate --- Palaeoecology --- Ecology --- Paleobiology --- climate change --- open access --- vegetation dynamics
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plants --- Adaptation --- Frost damage --- Stress --- Temperature resistance --- Acclimatization (Plants). --- Plants --- Plants, Effect of cold on. --- Effect of cold on. --- Frost resistance. --- Wounds and injuries.
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