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Web URL(s): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2258891.pdf Last checked: 08/09/2012 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Morton, A. J. |
Author Affiliation: | School of Plant Biology, University College of North Wales, Bangor |
Title: | The structure of the grassland |
Article Series: | Ecological studies of a fixed dune grassland at Newborough Warren, Anglesey, part 1 |
Source: | Journal of Ecology. Vol. 62, No. 1, March 1974, p. 253-260. |
# of Pages: | 18 |
Related Web URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/2258891 Last checked: 08/09/2012 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Festuca rubra subsp. rubra; Poa pratensis; Carex arenaria
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Geographic Terms: | UK |
Abstract/Contents: | "The technique of pattern analysis was used to investigate the structure of a fixed dune grassland at Newborough Warren. The most abundant species in the grassland exhibited two scales of pattern: a small-scale pattern of high productivity alternating with low, superimposed on a similar large-scale pattern. The four most abundant species, Festuca rubra, Poa pratensis, Carex arenaria and C. flacca, were all positively inter-correlated at the small pattern scale. It is suggested that the pattern is environmentally controlled. Microtopographic studies revealed that the corresponding small-scale microtopo- graphic pattern was a direct result of litter and humus accumulation. The large-scale pattern in the vegetation was negatively correlated with the large-scale pattern in soil level, possibly indicating a water deficiency in the summer months." |
Language: | English |
References: | 14 |
Note: | Figures Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Morton, A. J. 1974. The structure of the grassland. J. Ecol. 62(1):p. 253-260. |
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