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dc.contributor.authorNiven, Susan
dc.contributor.authorLiddle, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T02:52:59Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T02:52:59Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.identifier.issn1100-9233
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/3235855
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/121827
dc.description.abstractThe environment of the oak Quercus robur is precisely classified using a mathematical definition of the environment of a plant previously developed by the senior author. The definition is explained in words and a minimum of symbolism is used. The inclusion of each object in the environment of the oak is justified by a semi‐formalized sentence, fully translated into ordinary English at the first usage. A diagram known as an ‘envirogram’, originally developed for the animal environment, is described. It presents the classification of the environment of a specific organism in simple graphic form. Two envirograms are given, for acorn and mature oak tree. These are the first plant envirograms to be constructed. A simplified community in a small habitat containing oaks and other organisms is described. It is fully analysed using a minimum of symbolism and classified as being of second order. The method gives mathematical precision to the notion that living organisms in a habitat are functionally related and it provides a modus operandi for the analysis of such a community.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeSweden
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom317
dc.relation.ispartofpageto326
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Vegetation Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInformation and Computing Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPlant Biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchForestry Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode08
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0602
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0607
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0705
dc.titleTowards a classification of the environment and the community of Quercus robur
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLiddle, Michael J.
gro.griffith.authorNiven, Susan


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