dc.contributor.author | Niven, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Liddle, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-17T02:52:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-17T02:52:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1100-9233 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2307/3235855 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/121827 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | |
dc.publisher.place | Sweden | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 317 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 326 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Journal of Vegetation Science | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 5 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Information and Computing Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Ecology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Plant Biology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Forestry Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 08 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 0602 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 0607 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 0705 | |
dc.title | Towards a classification of the environment and the community of Quercus robur | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Sciences, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Liddle, Michael J. | |
gro.griffith.author | Niven, Susan | |