Oecology of plants : an introduction to the study of plant-communities / by Eug. Warming, assisted by Martin Vahl. Prepared for publication in English by Percy Groom and Isaac Bayley Balfour.

  • Warming, Eugenius, 1841-1924.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Oecology of plants : an introduction to the study of plant-communities / by Eug. Warming, assisted by Martin Vahl. Prepared for publication in English by Percy Groom and Isaac Bayley Balfour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Musa-form, type of rosette- plant io. Muscoid growth-forms 6. Mutations 369. Mutualism 84. Mutualistic relationship, be¬ tween lichen-fungi and algae 85. Mycorhiza 79, 86. Myr, definition 198. Myrica Faya 309 ; in Makaron- ese maqui 307. M. Gale 212. Myricetum, in northern Europe 212. Myrmechorous plants 83. Myrsinaeeae, in mangrove- vegetation 235. Myrtaeeae, in Australian shrub- steppe 281; in tropical rain¬ forest 346. Myrtilletum 212. Myrtus communis, in maqui 306. Myzodendron, parasitic in antarc¬ tic beech-forest 338. N. Namaqualand, Great, desert 276. Nanism 29, 38; caused by low soil-temperature 50; resulting from defective nutriment 56; in subglacial species 253. Nardetum, in Alpine mat- vegetation 321. Nardus stricta, a tunic-grass 116, 212. Nardus-stricta association, in Alpine mat-vegetation 321. Nebraska, prairie 325. Neottia 331 ; as holosaprophyte 90. Nereid-formation 155. Neritic plankton 160. Nero-plankton 161. Neuropogon Taylori 209. New Caledonia, savannahs 299. New soil, peopling of, by plants 349; sources 355. See also Peopling of new soil. New Zealand, antarctic beech- forest 338 ; fell-field 260 ; for¬ ests, tree-ferns 339; foreign species in 364; and Patago¬ nian forests, similarity 338; tussock-formation 199. Nipa fruticans, in mangrove- vegetation 235; as swamp-plant 191. Nitrification of soil, by bac¬ teria 79. Nitrophilous plants 68. Nitrophytes 68. Non-living covering over vege¬ tation, effect 72. North America. SeeAmerica, North. North Pole, fell-field 257. Norway, meadow 325; myr 198. Norwegian mountains, meso- phytic bushland 328. jVostoc, in leaves of Sphagnum 87. Notofagus, in antarctic forest 338; in deciduous forest of Patagonia 336. Nova Zembla, mat-grassland 319; mat-herbage 320. Nutriment, chemical consti¬ tution, significance 68; quan¬ titative selection 58; quantity and quality, effect on plant- form 56 ; in soil, geographical significance 58, as oecological factor 55. Nutritive substances, dissolved in water 151; in soil 55. Nyssa bijlora, in black-gum swamp 191. O. Oak-forest, characters and flora 333; Mediterranean 308. Oases, in tundra 320. Obione 220. Obligate parasites 85. Oceanic plankton 161. Ochur-vegetation 295. Odontospermum (Asteriscus) pygmaeum 108; in Egypto- Arabian desert 275; a rolling- plant 277. Oecological, classes 136; classi¬ fication 96; factors 16, in re¬ lation to hydrophytes 149; genus, formation as 145 ; plant- geography, scope 2. Oland, alvar-vegetation 290. Olea europaea 309; in maqui 306. Oligotrophic communities 193. Olive-forests, in Mediterranean countries 309. Ombrophilous plants 32. Ombrophobous plants 32. Optimal area, of a species 367. Opuntia, in Mediterranean coun¬ tries 364; in Mexican suc¬ culent-steppe 280. Orchard-scrub, of Kilimanjaro 293- Orchidaceae, epiphytic 88, in tropical rain-forest 340; on low-moor 197. Origin of species, general con¬ siderations 369. Of'obanche, as holoparasite 85. Oscilliaria, in hot springs 174, 175- Oxalidaceae, in South African deserts 276. Oxylophytes 136, 193. P. Palisade tissue, in halophytes 220; in xerophytes 107. Palm-bushland, distribution and flora 291. Palm-forest, in South America 347- Palmae, inmangrove-vegetation 235- Pampas 281 ; Argentine, salt- steppe 232; salt tract 218; in South America, associations 287, characters 286, flora 287. Pan, hard, formation 63 ; moor-, formation 63. Pandanus, in Barringtonia- association 228; prop-roots 342* Panicum, in prairie-flora 285. Pannonian hills, see Pontic hills. Papilionaceae, as lianes 91; in Mediterranean flora 305. Papillae, asxeromorphic charac¬ ter 193. Paramos, of South America 258, 261. Parasites 85 ; root-, in tropical rain-forest 340. Parasitism, definition 84. Parklands, of Eastern Asia 325. Parmelia 241. P. esculent a, as rolling-plant of deserts 277. Pasture, on cultivated soil 318, distribution and flora 326 ; in tropics, artificial 327. Patagonia, Nothofagus in deci¬ duous forest 336 ; tussock-for¬ mation in 200. Patagonian, and New Zealand forests, similarity 338; shrub- steppe 280. Patanas of Ceylon 354; vege¬ tation 298. Peat 196 ; in frigid zones 205 ; heather-, composition 210; of high-moor 201; production 61, by mosses 205, in tundra 207; soil 61 ; in tropics 204. Peat-hillocks 206. Pelagic plankton 161. Pelogenous rocks 69. Pelophilous halophytes 223, 230. Pelopsammitic soil 69. Pentzia, in composita-steppe of Cape Colony 279. Peopling of new soil by plants 349 > general conclusions regard¬ ing 356; marsh production 351; on new soil, resulting from fires in forest and grass¬ land 353, resulting from land¬ slips 352, resulting from volcanic eruptions 351; on sand 350; on soil exposed on lowering of water-level 351. Perennation, of species in sub¬ glacial fell-fields 251.