The IBP Survey of Conservation Sites: An Experimental Study Book

Contributors; Foreword; Introduction E. M. Nicholson; Part I. The Choice of the Check-Sheet Approach G. L. Radford; Section 1. Definition of the Task; Section 2. Advantages of the Check-Sheet Approach; Section 3. Special Problems of the Check-Sheet Approach; Section 4. Design and Contents of the Check-Sheet; Part II. Problems of Description and Specification A. R. Clapham and G. L. Radford; Section 1. General Consideration of the Problems; Section 2. Vegetation-Types: 1. Historical background; 2. Methods available for classification and their suitability for various purposes D. Mueller-Dombois and H. Ellenberg; 3. The special problem of tropical forest classification L. J. Webb; 4. Further consideration of the Fosberg system and its value for biological surveys G. L. Radford and A. R. Clapham; 5. Concluding observations on vegetational recording A. R. Clapham; Section 3. Soil Types: 1. Historical background; 2. Problems of soil classification R. F. Isbell; 3. Further comments on soil recording for biological surveys A. R. Clapham; Section 4. Other Recording Problems A. R. Clapham; Part III. Data-Processing and the Storage and Retrieval of Information G. L. Ratford; Part IV. The Outcome of the Check-Sheet Survey R. J. de Boer and G. L. Radford; Part V. Conclusions and Recommendations A. R. Clapham and G. R. Radford; Appendixes; References; Index.