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Geoecology is a fruitful interdisciplinary field, relating rocks to soils to plant and animal communities and studying the interactions between them. Modern geoecology especially concentrates on showing how geology and soils affect the structure, composition and distribution of plant communities in a certain research area. This book applies the principles of geoecology to Western North America, and to a specific kind of rock, the fascinating serpentine belts that run along the continental margins of the West Coast from Alaska to Baja.
Ultrabasic rocks --- Soils --- Environmental geology --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Earth (Soils) --- Mold, Vegetable --- Mould, Vegetable --- Soil --- Vegetable mold --- Agricultural resources --- Plant growing media --- Regolith --- Land capability for agriculture --- Rocks, Ultrabasic --- Ultramafic rocks --- Igneous rocks --- Serpentine content
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Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California. Results from molecular studies offer insight into evolutionary patterns, while new ecological research examines both species and communities. Serpentine highlights research whose breadth provides context and fresh insights into the evolution and ecology of stressful environments.
Plants --- Plant-soil relationships. --- Serpentine plants. --- Soils --- Adaptation. --- Evolution. --- Serpentine content. --- adaptation. --- biodiversity. --- biology. --- biosphere. --- climate change. --- climate. --- conservation. --- earth history. --- ecology. --- endemism. --- environment. --- environmentalism. --- evolution. --- flora. --- geology. --- global warming. --- habitat. --- harsh soils. --- invasive species. --- life sciences. --- minerals. --- molecular studies. --- nature. --- nonfiction. --- plant growth. --- plant soil. --- plant speciation. --- plant survival. --- pollination. --- restoration ecology. --- restorative ecology. --- revegetation. --- rocks. --- science. --- serpentine soils. --- serpentine. --- stressful environments. --- ultramafic rocks.
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