THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMATIC CHANGES IN BRITAIN
Written by C.G. Johnson, L.P. Smith
Published by Academic Press
in 1965
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THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CLIMATIC CHANGES IN BRITAIN
Written by C.G. Johnson, L.P. Smith.
Stock no. 553716
1st.
1965.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Symposia of the Institute of Biology No. 14. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, on 29 and 30 October 1964. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 222 pages including index. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown, hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and browned.
Front cover
Contents
- Dimensions of Change:
- Britain's Changing Climate
- Effects of Climatic Change and their Implication:
- Climatic Change as Related to Altitudinal Thresholds and Soil Variables
- The Advance and Retreat of the British Flora
- Observations on the Effects of Climate and Weather on Marine Communities
- Hydrographic Fluctuations in the North Atlantic Ocean and some Biological Consequences
- Changing Patterns of Distriibution in Marine Algae
- Crop Responses in Relation to the Forecasting of Yields
- Agronomic Implications of Long-term Weather Forescasting
- The Manipulation of Material and the Selection of Sites:
- Climatic Factors and Choice of Site, with Special Reference to Horticulture
- Climatic Factors and the Productivity of Different Breeds of Livestock
- Climatic Adaptation of Local Varieties of Forage Grasses
- Perspectives of the Future:
- Possible Changes in Seasonal Weather
- Agricultural Perspectives: Short-term Climate Change and the Farmer