1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450497603321

Autore

Walker Lawrence R.

Titolo

Primary succession and ecosystem rehabilitation / / Lawrence R. Walker and Roger del Moral [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-107-13027-1

1-280-43031-1

9786610430314

1-139-14700-5

0-511-17866-2

0-511-06328-8

0-511-05695-8

0-511-30588-5

0-511-61507-8

0-511-07174-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 442 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

577/.18

Soggetti

Ecological succession

Ecosystem management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-427) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Denudation: the creation of a barren substrate; 3 Successional theory; 4 Soil development; 5 Life histories of early colonists; 6 Species interactions; 7 Successional patterns; 8 Applications of theory for rehabilitation; 9 Future directions; Glossary; Illustration credits; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Natural disturbances such as lava flows, landslides and glacial moraines, and human-damaged sites such as pavement, road edges and mine wastes often leave little or no soil or biological legacy. This 2003 book provided the first comprehensive summary of how plant, animal and microbial communities develop under the harsh conditions following such dramatic disturbances. The authors examine the basic



principles that determine ecosystem development and apply the general rules to the urgent practical need for promoting the reclamation of damaged lands. Written for ecologists concerned with disturbance, landscape dynamics, restoration, life histories, invasions, modeling, soil formation and community or population dynamics, this book will also serve as an authoritative text for graduate students and a valuable reference for professionals involved in land management.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794505903321

Autore

Mac Póilin Aodán <1948->

Titolo

Our tangled speech : essays on language and culture / / Aodan Mac Poilin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Belfast] : , : Ulster Historical Foundation, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-913993-22-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Disciplina

491.62

Soggetti

Irish language - History

Irish language - Dialects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction -- Taig talk -- Our tangled speech: Languages in Northern Ireland -- 'Something of a cultural war': Linguistic politics in Northern Ireland -- What about Ullans?: Ulster Scots and the Irish language -- Language maintenance, language revival -- 'Spiritual Beyond the Ways of Men': Images of the Gael -- Plus ça change: The Irish language and politics -- The Protestant Gaelic Tradition -- The Irish language in Belfast until 1900 -- Irish in Belfast, 1892-1960 -- Belfast in 20th-Century literature in Irish -- The Pobal Feirste Neo-Gaeltacht: Lessons to learn? -- Irish language television in Northern Ireland -- The BBC and the Irish language -- Irish and other origins of surnames -- Endnotes -- Index -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Irish language revival north and south of Ireland, examining its successes and failures.



It gives a fascinating account of historical attitudes towards the Gael and examines the complexities of linguistic and cultural identity.