Vegetation, patterning

Paleovegetation Indicators Elements or compounds that reflect historic vegetation patterns. 

Andersson T. (1991) Influence of stemflow and throughfall from common oak (Quercus robur) on soil chemistry and vegetation patterns. Can. J. Forest Res. 21, 917-924. 

Gottfried, M., Pauli, H., Grabherr, G. 1998. Predietion of vegetation patterns at the limits of plant life A new view of the alpine-nival ecotone. Arctic Alp. Res. 30 207-221. 

Saward S.A. (1992) A global view of Cretaceous vegetation patterns. In Controls on the Distribution and Quality of Cretaceous Coals (ed.McCabe P.J., Parrish J.T.) Geol. Soc.Am. 

Prentice, I. C., and Webb III, T. (1998). BIOME 6000 reconstructing global mid-Holocene vegetation patterns from paleoecological records. /. Biogeography 25, 997-1005. 

Scanlan, J. C. (1988). Spatial and temporal vegetation patterns in a subtropical Prosopis savanna woodland, Texas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A8jM University, College Station. 

Doran, R. R, T. V. Armentano, L. D. Whiteaker, and R. D. Jones. 1997. Marsh vegetation patterns and soil phosphorus gradients in the Everglades ecosystem. Aquat. Bot. 30 1-19. 

This natural cycling of water is now perturbed by human activities. Together with changing vegetation patterns due to land-use management (see Chapter 2.6.5.3), these factors complicate the prediction of the consequences of climate change on the global water cycle. 

Brown G, Schoknecht N (2001) Off-road vehicles and vegetation patterning in a degraded desert ecosystem in Kuwait. J Arid Environ 49 413-427... 

Li XR, Zhang ZS, Zhang JG, Wang XP, Jia XH (2004) Association between vegetation pattern and soil properties in the south-eastern Tennger Desert, China. Aridland Res Manage 18 369-383... 

The conclusions of these authors on the importance of climate are undoubtedly very valid but soil type (mesotrophic vs. dystrophic) can also be the major factor in determining the floristics and structure of cerrado communities (Ratter et al, 1977 Furley and Ratter, 1988 Ratter and Dargie, 1992). It should also be remembered that in addition to present-day enviromnental factors the vegetation pattern of the Cerrado Biome must reflect the major dynamic changes which are known to have occurred repeatedly during the Quaternary period, and much further research is necessary to correlate observations with new data emerging on this subject. 

White, D.A. and Hood, C.S., Vegetation patterns and environmental gradients in tropical dry forests of the northern Yucatan Peninsula, J. Veg. ScL, 15, 151, 2004. 

Cox, G.W. and Gakahu, C.G., Mima mound microtopography and vegetation pattern in Kenyan savannas, J. Trop. EcoL, 1, 23, 1985. 

The vegetative pattern of the field situation must be known, qualitatively and quantitatively. The importance of careful field observation in suggesting appropriate experiments cannot be overstated. 

Muller, C.H. W.H. Muller. 1964. Antibiosis as a factor in vegetation patterns. Science 144 889-890. 

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