1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453981103321

Autore

Maun M. Anwar

Titolo

The biology of coastal sand dunes [[electronic resource] /] / M. Anwar Maun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-191673-0

1-282-05306-X

9786612053061

0-19-154709-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p. ) : ill

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

578.7583

Soggetti

Sand dune ecology

Seashore biology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Anwar Maun obituary; 1. Geomorphology; 2. The sand dune environment; 3. Seed dispersal; 4. Seed banks; 5. Seed germination and seedling establishment; 6. Burial by sand; 7. The Ammophila problem; 8. Salt spray and soil salinity; 9. Mycorrhizal fungi; 10. Animal-plant interactions; 11. Plant communities; 12. Zonation and succession; 13. Dune systems in relation to rising seas; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of coastal sand dunes. The emphasis in this text is on the organisms that dominate this predominantly marine environment, although pollution, conservation, management and experimental aspects are also considered.



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Record Nr.

UNISA996392110703316

Autore

Stock Richard <1569?-1626.>

Titolo

The churches lamentation for the losse of the godly [[electronic resource] ] : Deliuered in a sermon, at the funerals of that truly noble and hopefull yong gentleman, Iohn Lord Harington, baron of Exton, knight of the noble Order of the Bath, and his Maiesties lieutenant of the county of Rutland, at Exton in Rutland, the last day of March 1614. Together with a patterne of piety, and the power of godlinesse expressed in his life and death, who yielded to nature the 27. of February 1613 when hee wanted two moneths of twenty two yeeres. By Richard Stocke, pastor of Alhollowes-Breadstreet in London

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Imprinted at London, : By Iohn Beale, 1614

Descrizione fisica

[24], 104, [10] p

Soggetti

Funeral sermons

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

B1r catchword: 'stitute,'.

Imperfect; date cropped on title page. Some print faded and show-through; some pages tightly bound.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014